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La resistenza dei tratti intonativi nell acquisizione dell italiano da parte di parlanti anglo celti
(Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (AItLA) and Officinaventuno, 2019)Although research on intonational phonology plays a crucial role in second language acquisition, scientific contributions investigating prosodic features in a contrastive perspective are scarce. This study aims at ... -
Language and migration in Ireland
(Immigrant Council of Ireland, 2017)This report looks at the linguistic landscape in Ireland in 2017, using the words of migrants to describe their experiences in a changing and multilingual context. According to the 2016 Census, 612,018 people in Ireland ... -
The languages of transnationalism: translation, training, and transfer
(Irish American Cultural Institute, 2016-02-01)In the flows and connections that are central to transnational studies, language is a conduit that facilitates transfers; it allows for the movement of ideas and people across national and linguistic boundaries. In the ... -
Letters to Italy: translation and religion in nineteenth-century Ireland
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)The analysis of translation activity in particular societies and contexts can often focus on published texts and literary works. In nineteenth-century Ireland, such an approach would only capture a proportion of translation ... -
Literature of Indistinction: Blanchot and Caproni
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The Metastasio moment: language, music and translation
(Palermo University Press, 2018)The production, circulation and reception of translations are deeply embedded in the historical circumstances of the society that chooses to translate such texts. According to Lawrence Venuti, changing interpretations of ... -
Moving online: Zoom and audiovisual translation tasks to teach foreign languages to children
(Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2022-12-12)Este artículo explora la estructura de un curso de idiomas basado en Traducción Audiovisual (TAV) con el objetivo de adecuarlo para su impartición a niños en un entorno virtual. Dado el potencial de los programas audiovisuales, ... -
Okra in translation: Asylum seekers, food, and integration
(John Benjamins, 2021-06-18)This article explores the theme of food translation, based on research conducted in Italy in 2018 with a group of asylum seekers from different West African countries. It concentrates on a community gardening project ... -
Open educational resources for online language teacher training: conceptual framework and practical implementation
(AIRCC Publishing Corporation, 2022)This paper discusses a conceptual framework for the design of Open Educational Resources (OERs) for online language teacher training including an example of practical implementation. The authors identify in the principles ... -
Petrarch goes west: translation and the literary canon
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-09-08)This article addresses the translation of Petrarch's work on the Western fringes of Europe demonstrating how the appropriation and transformation of the European literary canon served domestic ends in Ireland in the ... -
A phonetic comparison of two Irish English varieties
(International Society of Experimental Linguistics, 2020-10-12)This research offers a preliminary survey on vowels and diphthong variation between two Irish English varieties: Galway (GW) and Letterkenny (LK). The results showed only a smaller difference between GW and LK with respect ... -
Renunciation: Heidegger, Agamben, Blanchot, Vattimo
(Edinburgh University Press, 2009-02)In the essay Das Wort (Words) in On the Way to Language, Martin Heidegger speaks of 'renunciation' (Verzicht) as the necessary route towards experiencing that which remains otherwise invisible and unsayable. Heidegger ... -
"Saving Venice": local, global and transnational perspectives on cultural heritage in children's fantasy
(MDPI, 2019-05-29)Children s literature has always been heavily influenced by the local and national climate in which it is produced, the birth of this literature having coincided in many places with the formation of the nation-state. Over ... -
Sottotitolaggio e apprendimento del vocabolario aziendale in italiano lingua straniera: uno studio esplorativo
(Edizioni Edilingua, 2021)Il presente articolo intende delineare le potenzialità della traduzione audiovisiva e promuove l’attività del sottotitolaggio interlinguistico nell’apprendimento del vocabolario aziendale nella classe di italiano ... -
That dangerous serpent: Garibaldi and Ireland 1860 - 1870
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2010-09-28)This article analyses the reaction to Garibaldi in Ireland during the Risorgimento, a reaction which, in its negativity, generally contrasted with the Italian's heroic depiction elsewhere. Attitudes towards Garibaldi ... -
The Threshold and the Topos of the Remnant: Giorgio Agamben
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-04)In this article I will follow Agamben as he conceptualises the space of the threshold. The next section will be devoted to investigating Agamben's reading of Paul, with particular attention to hope and love. I will show ... -
Translating the Vatican: Paul Cullen, power and language in nineteenth-century Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-09-29)This paper examines how one of the most influential figures in nineteenth-century Ireland, Cardinal Paul Cullen, used language and translation to further his career and his vision for the Catholic Church in this period. ... -
Translating the village: Translation as part of the everyday lives of asylum seekers in Italy
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2020-10-27)This article explores translation in the lives of asylum seekers from various African countries living in state-provided accommodation in the region of Umbria, Italy. While (semi) professional translators and interpreters ... -
Travel literature and traveling Irishness: An Italian case study
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)This chapter looks at the important societal, cultural, and historical issues relating to Irish travel to Europe in the nineteenth century. Using the case study of Julia Kavanagh’s travel book on Italy, A Summer and Winter ... -
Triumphant failure: the return of the Irish Papal Brigade
(Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 2009)In early 1860, Italian unification was gaining momentum and Pope Pius IX, the temporal ruler of large parts of central Italy, feared an invasion of his extensive territories by the troops of Victor Emanuel of Piedmont ...