Danilo Aprigliano

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A bad writer ...

A bad writer is someone who expresses himself taking into account an inner context that the reader cannot know. In this way the mediocre author is led to say everything he likes. The great rule, on the other hand, lies in forgetting oneself in part, in favor of a communicable expression. This cannot

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Argue. That is the practice of respect.

The forms and modes of the argumentative text: the general lines. Arguing is an indispensable practice for any speech. Whoever speaks or writes presents his / her own opinion on a starting problem or situation; he explains it, demonstrates it, defends it, refutes a thought different from his own

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Write well. A miraculous lifestyle.

Of course, "writing correctly - as Graziadio Isaia Ascoli affirms - always remains, despite the vaunted certainty of contrary norms, something that tastes like a miracle, something to endanger your life" and then you know: "who writes well is scientifically suspect" (Adorno). But rehabilitation is possible. Always and for

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To summarise. Or how to get rid of the useless.

Summarizing means condensing the content into fewer words, simply exposing the essential points, or the plot. The essential points: that is, the bare minimum without losing what you need. But what is it for? This is learned slowly, with experience. Start with taking away

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About lightness

Attention to detail, attention to detail, linguistic precision, philology as a whole, far from being legacies of pedantry, are rather the most authentic corollaries of lightness. An ambitious goal, this noun (which is, rather, a lifestyle): it requires commitment and work, perseverance and determination. On the contrary, superficiality, conformity, sloppiness

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Supercazzole

It happens a little too often - on television, in newspapers, on blogs, on the web, on social media - to attend performances (even quite extreme, at times) in which commentators (almost never improvised, eh!) Hover in a vortex supercazzolista of words and phrases that they aspire to interpret

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A good writer, a few words: the mindset of communicating.

Bad language is not only bad and harmful: it is also ineffective; it is fraudulent. Speaking badly means not being understood; and whoever does not understand does not trust. He thinks there is deception, that you are there to screw him. So a speech, written or spoken, first of all

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The language of propaganda: 'Il Fatto Quotidiano'

Observing the language of the press linked to the phenomenon of grillism is an excellent method to grasp the systems of thought and methods of propaganda. Let's try to draw some lines starting from ilfattoquotidiano.it. By analyzing the semantics and lexicon of titles and articles, we can easily see how often terms occur

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Between growth and merit: the language of job advertisements

From a linguistic analysis of the recurring expressions in job advertisements and in the descriptions that companies provide regarding the mission and the search for new staff "to join the team", it turns out that, in addition to there being little material for the more standardized, it always oscillates between

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