Patterns of meaning in lexicography and lexicology

The book takes its cue from the topics of PhrasaLex, a workshop dedicated to phraseological approaches to learner’s lexicography which took place for the second time in July 2021 and is connected to the lexicographic project PhraseBase. Considering the great interest that studies on patterns of meaning have gained in lexicology and lexicography, we not only delve into the more phraseological approach, but broaden our horizon to include further approaches, both established and new, that hav...

La vita e la morte nella musica di Debussy

Nel profondo dell’arte di Claude Debussy si annida un’antinomia: l’attrazione simbolista verso un declino negli abissi dell’inesistenza svapora in nostalgia di luce, di spazio e lontananza. Simultaneamente oscillante tra le nuance impressionistiche e un’esattezza puntinistica del dettaglio, fra la tragica frammentazione degli istanti sonori e una continuità di fondo della durata, tra il movimento e una generale assenza di sviluppo e successione, l’animo di Debussy è segnato dalla contraddizio...

Thinking Colours: Perception, Translation and Representation

The essays collected into this volume are organized into five interrelated sections exploring discourse on the interaction between sensation, perceptions of colour and the various forms of their cultural representation. The contributors analyse aspects related to colour ‘labelling’, its mediation and representation, consider traditional and new approaches to colour, and explore the cultural productivity of colour across different fields. Colour is presented within a conceptual framework that ...

Metaphors in focus: methods, cross-cultural and translational insights