IL doppio aspetto della pronuncia delle vocali e, o in italiano

The following article discusses one of the most characteristic problems of Italian phonemics concerning two vowels ‘e ’ and ‘o ’. They are either open or closed vowels. This relevant feature depends on the vowel position, accent and the vowel nature. However, with regard to the differences in the pronunciation of ‘e ’ and ‘o’ in two main kinds of language (Rome/Florence and Milan/Turin) “happy medium” rules are suggested. They can be applied in teaching Italian as a foreign languag

Structures hiérarchiques en terminologie - l\u27hyperonymie

Along with antonymy and synonymy, hyperonymy is one of the basic semantic relations in lexis. In specialistic terminologies the status of hyperonymy seems to be exceptional since this type of vocabulary reflects the hierarchic character so typical for many fields of science. This article presents the phenomenon of hyperonymy in the language of medicine in which it does not only perform the task of ordering terminology, but is also an important factor which is a condition of creation of new terms

Théorie des modèles de textes appliquée à la traductologie

The article describes the connection between the science of translation and contrastive textology. The foucs is on the texts of a strictly determined fixed structure, such as: instructions of use, bank or medical leaflets, recipes, job advertisements, legislative texts (a company establishment agreement, a leasing agreement, etc.), which translators may be exposed to in their professional careers. The article tries to outline these texts’ models, which tend to function parallelly in different societies as a basis for their correct translation

La vision tragique du monde de Roger Martin du Gard présentée dans ses romans

The tragic vision of the world, in the opinion of RMG consisted in ascertaining that, in the universe, neither God nor any metaphysical conception took any place. In this understanding the world is absurd and the presence of man in this world is pointless as well. A human being thrown on his/her own resources, surrounded by enemy forces - the biological fatality, that is to say diseases, old age and death, and the historical fatality in the form of wars weigh on, is always abandoned

Les critères de classement des catégories grammaticales - une perspective diachronique

This paper deals with different ways of classifying grammatical categories, from the antiquity to the present. The author refers to the works of Aristotle as well as to ideas of American and European structural grammarians. A large part of this article is devoted to an explication of the medieval Modistes theory of speculative grammar. This paper is also concerned with the opposition between grammatical and logical criteria

Comment le roman peut-il étre «wagnérien»? Le cas d\u27Élémir Bourges

The centre of attention of the paper is the connections between the novel Le Crépuscule des dieux (1884) by Bourges and Wagnerian cycle of the Ring: their presence is traced in the subject matter of the work, at the level of character construction and composition. The opinion of the author is that Bourges is the most complete example, illustrating the influence of Wagnerian esthetics in the field of French novel

Le journal personnel en tant que dispositif critique et didactique

An intimate diary is not only and exclusively spontaneous form of writing on personal themes, but may also appear as an instrument of critical reflection, and as a didactic aid. On the example of scientfic works of Philippe Lejeune and a handbook for pupils who have learning difficulties, the author analyses directions of development of this form of autobiographical recording and possibilities of using a diary in domains other than writing literature

Consideratii genetice despre categoria prepositiei în limbile romanice, cu referire mai detaliata la limba romanâ

There is a strong connection between the occurrence of prepositions and the reduction of the number of cases. Prepositions and casual flexions have a common objective to assure the placement of a noun in a text conform to syntactic rules. The formation of prepositions can be perceived as a replacement of internal morphology with external morphology

Les aspects de la traduction qui sous-tendent l’aacquisition de la compétence de communication chei les apprenants du français langue étrangère

The article discusses the role of translation in communicative teaching methods. Expunged from language teaching, translation is now coming back thanks to the introduction of communicative teaching methods. Teachers, however, are not prepared for this and the real questions still have to be asked: “Why translate in class?” The various translation exercises increase the effectiveness of teaching and learning and students’ motivation