Linguistic history of republican Italy
19 November 2014
Tullio De Mauro investigates the evolution of Italian from the post-war period to today. A common language crossed by its regional variants. But that few master.
Tullio De Mauro investigates the evolution of Italian from the post-war period to today. A common language crossed by its regional variants. But that few master.
As someone before me has already pointed out, there are various elements that unite the communication of Renzi, the aspiring leader of the Italian left, to that of Pope Bergoglio. First of all, the constant effort of appearing in rupture with the past and with the predecessors. Verbal, body and advertising language communicate only one thing:
Teaching materials. Here is the outline for a nice writing exercise that will get used (the kids, but not only) to the exercise of the imagination and to the textual organization. On the basis of the information and statements written below, you compose a journalistic reportage in which you pretend to be the special correspondent for a fake film festival
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
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
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
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
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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