La sémiologie selon L. J. Prieto

Dans « Caractéristique et dimension » (1988), Luis J. Prieto propose une définition sémiologique de la syntaxe. La présente étude est consacrée à son examen. Dans un premier temps, on situe cette définition dans son contexte théorique, en l’articulant notamment avec les définitions du « sens » et de l’« univers de discours » et en mettant en avant ses conditions épistémologiques. Dans un second temps, cette même définition est portée à la critique, en fonction du principe de cohérence théorique et en considération d’autres options théoriques, proposées par L. Hjelmslev. Enfin, dans un troisième temps, on tente de montrer en quoi cette définition est sémiologique, c’est-à-dire quelle est la fonction assignée par Prieto à la sémiologie par rapport à la linguistique d’où dérive évidemment la notion de syntaxe.« Characteristic and dimension » (1988), by L. J. Prieto, offers a ‘semiological’ definition of what ‘syntax’ is. Here we propose to examine this definition in three steps: 1) in regards to its theoretical context and in connection with the definitions of ‘meaning’ and ‘discursive universe’; 2) through a comparative analysis between its theoretical foundations and Hjelmslev's contributions to epistemology; 3) in questioning its ‘semiological’ status. In the light of these observations, we would like to show how precisely Prieto put semiology and linguistics in relation each other

"Secretum" de Antonio Prieto. La novela de una canción

Antonio Prieto´s novel Secretum is seen in these lines as a poetic biography where the author rewrites Petrarch´s Canzoniere in a dialogue among many voices and within a science fiction novel pattern. The same way that Petrarch in his Canzoniere talks to Saint Augustine as he himself did with God in his Confessions. It is indeed the same dialogue that every reader holds with the books he reads. This novel is therefore analyzed as the mythical fusion between Antonio Prieto and Petrarch in an attempt to rescue and save the past (as the author himself states through one of his characters) and in so doing Antonio Prieto becomes a modern interlocutor laden with memory.La novela de Antonio Prieto, Secretum, se observa en estas líneas como una biografía poética en la que el autor reescribe el Cancionero de Petrarca en un diálogo cantado a varias voces y en un molde de novela de ciencia ficción. Del mismo modo que Petrarca en su Cancionero dialogó con San Agustín y éste último, en sus Confesiones, lo hizo con Dios. Es el diálogo que, en definitiva, mantiene cada lector con los libros que lee. Se analiza, pues, esta novela como la fusión mítica de Antonio Prieto con Petrarca en un intento de recuperar y salvar el pasado, (así lo dice el propio autor a través de uno de sus personajes), que convierte a Antonio Prieto en un moderno interlocutor cargado de memoria

Coupling hydro-geo-chemical and isotopic approaches to assess the main factors controlling karst development in a fissure-dominated carbonate aquifer system (s-Spain)

Sierra Tejeda, Almijara and Albuñuelas mountains comprise a large outcrop (750 km² ca) of Triassic marbles in between of Málaga and Granada provinces in S Spain. They constitute a large entity carbonate aquifer system providing strategic groundwater resources for drinking water supply in sparse urban settlements and crops irrigation. The present research aims to refine the current hydrogeological knowledge of large-scale fissure-dominated carbonate aquifers regarding flow mechanisms and geochemical processes defining observed groundwater quality. To this, a two-year monitoring program of aquifer dynamics have been conducted in three selected discharge points (Fájara, Cijancos and Maro springs) showing characteristic spring responses. A combined approach based on the analysis of spring discharge and time series of selected hydrochemical and isotopic tracers (Na+, Ca+2, Mg+2, TA, TOC, Cl-, SO4-2 and δ13CTDIC) and on the geochemical calculations from the chemical signature of spring waters have been followed. The results indicate that the more bicarbonate enriched waters and the lowest hydrochemical variability of Cijancos spring, practically in all analyzed solutes, denotes a fissure type dominant flow system, while the larger variations in meteoric/soil tracers (Cl- and TOC) observed in Fajara spring chemograph as consequence of rainfall inputs characterize a karst drainage from a better hierarchized fracture-enlarged flow system. Maro spring waters are rich in Na+, Ca+2, Cl- and SO4-2, have higher δ13CTDIC amplitude and the temporal variations of major ions display marked dilutions after rainfall events followed by rapid recoveries of pre-event concentrations, evidence a complex flow system and variable groundwater source contribution. The chemical reactions deduced from the molar ratios of spring water chemistry are commonly CO2 dissolution and calcite dissolution, but also salt evapoconcentration in soil layer and gypsum dissolution in the case of Maro spring.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Correction: Understanding MAOS through computational chemistry

Correction for 'Understanding MAOS through computational chemistry' by P. Prieto et al., Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 431–451

Foreign languages and trade

Cultural factors and especially common languages are well-known determinants of trade. By contrast, the knowledge of foreign languages was not explored in the literature so far. We combine traditional gravity models with data on fluency in the main languages used in EU and candidate countries. We show that widespread knowledge of languages is an important determinant for foreign trade, with English playing an especially important role. Other languages (French, German, and Russian) play an important role mainly in particular regions. Furthermore, we document non-linear effects of foreign languages on trade. The robustness of the results is confirmed in quantile regressions

Foreign languages and trade: Evidence from a natural experiment

Cultural factors and common languages are well-known determinants of trade. By contrast, the knowledge of foreign languages was not explored in the literature so far. We combine traditional gravity models with data on fluency in the main languages used in EU and candidate countries. We show that widespread knowledge of languages is an important determinant for foreign trade, with English playing an especially important role. The robustness of our results is confirmed by quantile regressions