Francesca Ervas
Biographic Data
| ID | 460850 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Ervas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Ervas |
| SIGNATURE | ERVAS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cagliari |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8521-0266 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Metaphors and Linguistic Intimacy in Ad Populum Arguments
Metaphor is a pragmatic device that might influence how arguments are evaluated. Beyond its cognitive and aesthetic value, metaphor also fosters linguistic intimacy, i.e., the feeling of belonging to an intimate community. The paper hypothesizes that linguistic intimacy might be particularly relevant in ad populum arguments, where a sense of belonging to the community endorsing the argument might influence the acceptance of the conclusion. In ad …
‘It was the illness talking’
Metaphors may present some challenges in cases of self-illness ambiguity, yet they remain necessary to access a person’s perspective on illness and her relationship with it. The paper outlines the main functions of metaphors (i.e., naming, framing, changing functions) to explain why they can be valuable tools for reducing self-illness ambiguity. First, metaphor is presented as a creative way for a patient to (re)claim her ‘self’ through her own s…
Two levels in the feeling of familiarity
This paper explores the role of phenomenology in the understanding of the cognitive processes of coupling/decoupling, defending the Wittgensteinian idea that phenomenology can play a crucial role as a description of immediate (social) experience. We argue that epistemic feelings can provide a phenomenological description of the development of a subject's everyday experience, tracking the transition from the processes of coupling/decoupling and re…
Intercultural discussion of conceptual universals in discourse
The present article addresses the professional conclusions of an international platform of education in intercultural discourse in the European Union’s EDUC Project. In flagging social issues and concerns, cross-cultural academic collaboration is a powerful tool to bring about social change . In our educational project participants encounter different cultures, so the discussed topics, and especially the metaphors for the Covid-19 pandemic, recei…
Metaphor, ignorance and the sentiment of (ir)rationality
Ignorant Cognition
Traduzione, terra di nessuno
La traduzione, mettendo in contatto lingue e culture diverse, sembra una “terra di nessuno”, contesa da più ambiti di studio e difficile da ricondurre entro confini concettuali condivisi e uniformi. Il nostro viaggio in questa terra di nessuno, riunisce studiosi di diverse discipline –filosofia, linguistica, scienze cognitive – in unconfronto sulproblema della traduzione, che, per la sua stessa natura, richiedeun’analisi di tipo interdisciplinare
Come puň una traduzione essere "radicale"
In analytical philosophy a translation is "radical" when we try to translate a sentence from a completely unknown language. However, understanding another person always requires a radical interpretation, whether she speaks our native tongue or a language we do not know. In this second sense, "radical" describes a kind of inquiry that leads us to the root of the problem of linguistic meaning. The purpose of this paper is to show that the philosoph…
Davidson’s Notions of Translation Equivalence
The paper analyses the relationship of semantic equivalence as described by Donald Davidson in his theory of meaning, showing its limits above all in respect to language use in the contextual situation. The notion of equivalence used by the "first" Davidson does not successfully explain why some biconditionals are simply true and why others, besides being true, offer the real translation of the source sentence. The paper argues that the main limi…
Davidson’s Notions of Translation Equivalence
The paper analyses the relationship of semantic equivalence as described by Donald Davidson in his theory of meaning, showing its limits above all in respect to language use in the contextual situation. The notion of equivalence used by the "first" Davidson does not successfully explain why some biconditionals are simply true and why others, besides being true, offer the real translation of the source sentence. The paper argues that the main limi…
Traduzione, terra di nessuno
La traduzione, mettendo in contatto lingue e culture diverse, sembra una “terra di nessuno”, contesa da più ambiti di studio e difficile da ricondurre entro confini concettuali condivisi e uniformi. Il nostro viaggio in questa terra di nessuno, riunisce studiosi di diverse discipline –filosofia, linguistica, scienze cognitive – in unconfronto sulproblema della traduzione, che, per la sua stessa natura, richiedeun’analisi di tipo interdisciplinare
Come puň una traduzione essere "radicale"
In analytical philosophy a translation is "radical" when we try to translate a sentence from a completely unknown language. However, understanding another person always requires a radical interpretation, whether she speaks our native tongue or a language we do not know. In this second sense, "radical" describes a kind of inquiry that leads us to the root of the problem of linguistic meaning. The purpose of this paper is to show that the philosoph…
Metaphor, ignorance and the sentiment of (ir)rationality
Ignorant Cognition
Intercultural discussion of conceptual universals in discourse
The present article addresses the professional conclusions of an international platform of education in intercultural discourse in the European Union’s EDUC Project. In flagging social issues and concerns, cross-cultural academic collaboration is a powerful tool to bring about social change . In our educational project participants encounter different cultures, so the discussed topics, and especially the metaphors for the Covid-19 pandemic, recei…
Two levels in the feeling of familiarity
This paper explores the role of phenomenology in the understanding of the cognitive processes of coupling/decoupling, defending the Wittgensteinian idea that phenomenology can play a crucial role as a description of immediate (social) experience. We argue that epistemic feelings can provide a phenomenological description of the development of a subject's everyday experience, tracking the transition from the processes of coupling/decoupling and re…
‘It was the illness talking’
Metaphors may present some challenges in cases of self-illness ambiguity, yet they remain necessary to access a person’s perspective on illness and her relationship with it. The paper outlines the main functions of metaphors (i.e., naming, framing, changing functions) to explain why they can be valuable tools for reducing self-illness ambiguity. First, metaphor is presented as a creative way for a patient to (re)claim her ‘self’ through her own s…
Metaphors and Linguistic Intimacy in Ad Populum Arguments
Metaphor is a pragmatic device that might influence how arguments are evaluated. Beyond its cognitive and aesthetic value, metaphor also fosters linguistic intimacy, i.e., the feeling of belonging to an intimate community. The paper hypothesizes that linguistic intimacy might be particularly relevant in ad populum arguments, where a sense of belonging to the community endorsing the argument might influence the acceptance of the conclusion. In ad …
Epistemology (7 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Cognitive science (2 works) · Interpreter (2 works)