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Kitawa : a linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual art in Melanesia / / by Giancarlo M.G. Scoditti
| Kitawa : a linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual art in Melanesia / / by Giancarlo M.G. Scoditti |
| Autore | Scoditti Giancarlo M. G. |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2011] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
| Disciplina | 730/.0995/3 |
| Collana | Approaches to semiotics |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - Papua New Guinea - Kitava
Wood-carving, Papuan - Papua New Guinea - Kitava Kula exchange - Papua New Guinea - Kitava |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-11-086195-X |
| Classificazione | ER 755 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Conclusion -- Aesthetic Conversations -- Nowau Text -- English Text - Free Translation -- Lexicon: Nowau - English -- Lexicon: English - Nowau -- Figures and maps -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464770303321 |
Scoditti Giancarlo M. G.
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| Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1990 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kitawa : a linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual art in Melanesia / / by Giancarlo M.G. Scoditti
| Kitawa : a linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual art in Melanesia / / by Giancarlo M.G. Scoditti |
| Autore | Scoditti Giancarlo M. G. |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2011] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
| Disciplina | 730/.0995/3 |
| Collana | Approaches to semiotics |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - Papua New Guinea - Kitava
Wood-carving, Papuan - Papua New Guinea - Kitava Kula exchange - Papua New Guinea - Kitava |
| ISBN | 3-11-086195-X |
| Classificazione | ER 755 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Conclusion -- Aesthetic Conversations -- Nowau Text -- English Text - Free Translation -- Lexicon: Nowau - English -- Lexicon: English - Nowau -- Figures and maps -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788709303321 |
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Scoditti Giancarlo M. G.
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| Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1990 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kitawa : a linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual art in Melanesia / / by Giancarlo M.G. Scoditti
| Kitawa : a linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual art in Melanesia / / by Giancarlo M.G. Scoditti |
| Autore | Scoditti Giancarlo M. G. |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2011] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
| Disciplina | 730/.0995/3 |
| Collana | Approaches to semiotics |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - Papua New Guinea - Kitava
Wood-carving, Papuan - Papua New Guinea - Kitava Kula exchange - Papua New Guinea - Kitava |
| ISBN | 3-11-086195-X |
| Classificazione | ER 755 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Conclusion -- Aesthetic Conversations -- Nowau Text -- English Text - Free Translation -- Lexicon: Nowau - English -- Lexicon: English - Nowau -- Figures and maps -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810930703321 |
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Scoditti Giancarlo M. G.
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| Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1990 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Semblance and signification / / edited by Pascal Michelucci, Olga Fischer, Christina Ljungberg
| Semblance and signification / / edited by Pascal Michelucci, Olga Fischer, Christina Ljungberg |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MichelucciPascal
FischerOlga LjungbergChristina |
| Collana | Iconicity in language and literature |
| Soggetto topico | Iconicity (Linguistics) |
| ISBN |
9786613314802
9781283314800 1283314800 9789027284822 9027284822 |
| Classificazione | ER 755 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Semblance and Signification; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; References; Part I. Word forms, word formation, and meaning; Toward a phonosemantic definition of iconic words; 1. Introduction; 2. Japanese phonosemantics; 3. Morphophonological condition of iconic words; 4. Experiment 1: The morphophonological condition as a non-sufficient condition; 4.1 Method and prediction; 4.2 Results and discussion; 5. Experiment 2: Referential condition of iconic words; 5.1 Method and prediction; 5.2 Results and discussion; 6. Conclusion
ReferencesIconic thinking and the contact-induced transfer of linguistic material; 1. Introduction; 2. Sign language morphology and word-formation processes; 3. Transfer of linguistic material; 3.1 Form; 3.2 Meaning; 3.3 Form-meaning units; 3.4 Syntactic relations; 4. The transfer of meaning and syntactic relations; 5. Conclusion; Note; Acknowledgement; References; Ezra Pound among the Mawu; 1. Introduction; 2. Ideophones; 2.1 The Mawu people and their language; 2.2 Ideophones in Siwu; 3. Iconicity: Relations between form and meaning in ideophones; 3.1 A cautionary tale; 3.2 Imagic iconicity 3.3 Diagrammatic iconicity3.3.1 Gestalt iconicity; 3.3.2 Relative iconicity; 4. Beyond lexical iconicity; 5. Concluding remarks; References; Cognitive iconic grounding of reduplication in language; 1. Introduction; 5.1 Evidence for cognitive connections between transparent and opaque reduplication from sign language; 5.2 Evidence for cognitive connections between transparent and opaque reduplication from the use of the ge-prefix in Germanic languages; 5.3 Why transparency may be lost: grammaticalization and lexicalization; 6. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References Imagic iconicity in the Chinese language1. Introduction; 2. A historical-theoretical overview; 2.1 The Pre-Qin period; 2.2 The Han period; 2.3 The Song period; 2.4 The Qing period; 2.5 From 1949 to the present; 3. Imagic iconicity; 3.1 Picto-phonetic iconicity; 3.1.1 Onomatopoeic iconicity; 3.1.2 Phonaesthetic iconicity; 3.2 Pictographic iconicity; 3.3 Picto-phonetic-graphic iconicity; 4. Concluding remarks; References; Words in the mirror; 1. Theoretical and methodological aspects; 1.1 Echo-mirror neurons and arbitrariness; 1.2 An ancient question; 1.3 Two notions of arbitrariness 1.4 Two notions of iconicity1.5 Working hypothesis; 1.6 Methodological remarks; 2. Descriptive aspects; 2.1 Vowel monophonemes; 2.1.1 Opposition axes; 2.1.1.1 Aperture. The [degree of aperture] of the phonemes tends to distinguish the {grammatical category} of the lexemes:; 2.1.1.2 Place. The [place of articulation] of the phonemes tends to distinguish the {morphological variation} of the lexemes inside each category:; 2.1.1.3 Accent. The [accent] distinguishes the {verbs}: 2.1.1.4 Centrality. The phonological [central] position of /a/ (with respect to [front] and [back] vowels) is reflected by the semantic central positions of ha (with respect to è and ho) and a (with respect to e and o): |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910971264603321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Semiotics at the Circus / / Paul Bouissac
| Semiotics at the Circus / / Paul Bouissac |
| Autore | Bouissac Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.3 |
| Collana | Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC] |
| Soggetto topico |
Circus - Social aspects
Performing arts - Semiotics Performing arts - Audiences Visual communication |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-70651-9
9786612706516 3-11-021831-3 |
| Classificazione | ER 755 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. A semiotician at the circus -- Chapter 1. The production of circus space -- Chapter 2. The time of the circus. Cognitive and emotional dimensions of acrobatics and other circus acts -- Chapter 3. In what sense is a circus animal performing? -- Chapter 4. Horses' feathers: from tacit knowledge to circus metaphors -- Chapter 5. Circus and cycles -- Chapter 6. The pyramid and the wheel: the visual discourse of circus acrobatics -- Chapter 7. The logic of clown faces -- Chapter 8. Incident, accident, failure: life and death at the circus -- Chapter 9. There's no business like show business: the marketing of performance -- Chapter 10. The researcher as spectator: the pragmatics of circus performances -- Conclusion. Circus in perspective -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455722903321 |
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Bouissac Paul
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| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Semiotics at the Circus / / Paul Bouissac
| Semiotics at the Circus / / Paul Bouissac |
| Autore | Bouissac Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.3 |
| Collana | Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC] |
| Soggetto topico |
Circus - Social aspects
Performing arts - Semiotics Performing arts - Audiences Visual communication |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Communication
Cultural Studies Performing Arts Pragmatics Semiotics |
| ISBN |
1-282-70651-9
9786612706516 3-11-021831-3 |
| Classificazione | ER 755 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. A semiotician at the circus -- Chapter 1. The production of circus space -- Chapter 2. The time of the circus. Cognitive and emotional dimensions of acrobatics and other circus acts -- Chapter 3. In what sense is a circus animal performing? -- Chapter 4. Horses' feathers: from tacit knowledge to circus metaphors -- Chapter 5. Circus and cycles -- Chapter 6. The pyramid and the wheel: the visual discourse of circus acrobatics -- Chapter 7. The logic of clown faces -- Chapter 8. Incident, accident, failure: life and death at the circus -- Chapter 9. There's no business like show business: the marketing of performance -- Chapter 10. The researcher as spectator: the pragmatics of circus performances -- Conclusion. Circus in perspective -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780737103321 |
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Bouissac Paul
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| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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