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ABRUZZO a “Communications Highway” in Copper and Fibre Optic
ABRUZZO A “communications highway” in copper and fibre optic cables Abruzzo has taken measures to upgrade its telecommunications and IT systems. Telephone exchanges have been modernised in order to improve quality in communications and, in an effort to improve the fixed and mobile telephone systems, 28,000 kilometres of copper cables and about 2,000 kilometres of fibre optic cables have been laid. Finally, 8,000 ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Network) gateways have been opened up to increase the number of Internet services available and facilitate the exchange of data and images. New material for production processes In order to help companies to innovate their technology, in 1996 the L’Aquila branch of the National Institute for the Physics of Matter (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia) set up a research laboratory: CASTI (Centre for Scientific and Technological Assistance to Companies). Since its foundation, the Centre has been assisting firms wishing to use innovative components in their production processes, carrying out studies on the composition and microstructure of materials. This type of research is also applied industrially in certain aspects of quality and production process control. CASTI has electronic microscopes capable of observing a few atoms at a time and instruments that can treat extremely thin (monomolecular) layers to produce materials with various specific properties. Thanks to this equipment, experiments can be carried out at over 1,000° or close to absolute zero, in a vacuum or at pressures of several thousand atmospheres. The Centre has 15 researchers and attracts large amounts of research investment. Internet site: http://www.aquila.infn.it/infm/Casti/Indice.html The missing link in the Bologna-Bari double track The sharp increase in traffic on the railways of Abruzzo over the last few years, especially in coastal towns, has made it necessary to upgrade the lines. -
Abruzzo: Europe’S 2 Greenest Region
en_ambiente&natura:Layout 1 3-09-2008 12:33 Pagina 1 Abruzzo: Europe’s 2 greenest region Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga 6 National Park 12 Majella National Park Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise 20 National Park Sirente-Velino 26 Regional Park Regional Reserves and 30 Oases en_ambiente&natura:Layout 1 3-09-2008 12:33 Pagina 2 ABRUZZO In Abruzzo nature is a protected resource. With a third of its territory set aside as Park, the region not only holds a cultural and civil record for protection of the environment, but also stands as the biggest nature area in Europe: the real green heart of the Mediterranean. en_ambiente&natura:Layout 1 3-09-2008 12:33 Pagina 3 ABRUZZO ITALY 3 Europe’s greenest region In Abruzzo, a third of the territory is set aside in protected areas: three National Parks, a Regional Park and more than 30 Nature Reserves. A visionary and tough decision by those who have made the environment their resource and will project Abruzzo into a major and leading role in “green tourism”. Overall most of this legacy – but not all – is to be found in the mountains, where the landscapes and ecosystems change according to altitude, shifting from typically Mediterranean milieus to outright alpine scenarios, with mugo pine groves and high-altitude steppe. Of all the Apennine regions, Abruzzo is distinctive for its prevalently mountainous nature, with two thirds of its territory found at over 750 metres in altitude.This is due to the unique way that the Apennine develops in its central section, where it continues to proceed along the peninsula’s -
AMELIO PEZZETTA Via Monteperalba 34 – 34149 Trieste; E-Mail: [email protected]
Atti Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Trieste 58 2016 57/83 XII 2016 ISSN: 0335-1576 LE ORCHIDACEAE DELLA PROVINCIA DI CHIETI (ABRUZZO) AMELIO PEZZETTA Via Monteperalba 34 – 34149 Trieste; e-mail: [email protected] Riassunto – Il territorio della provincia di Chieti (regione Abruzzo) misura 2.592 km² e occupa da nord a sud l'area com- presa tra le valli dei fiumi Pescara e Trigno, mentre da sud-ovest a nord-ovest lo spartiacque di vari massicci montuosi lo separa da altre province. Nel complesso è caratterizzato da una grande eterogeneità ambientale che consente l'attec- chimento di molte specie vegetali. Nel presente lavoro è riportato l’elenco floristico di tutte le Orchidacee comprendenti 88 taxa e 21 ibridi. A sua volta l'analisi corologica evidenzia la prevalenza degli elementi mediterranei seguita da quelli eurasiatici. Parole chiave: Chieti, Orchidaceae, check-list provinciale, elementi floristici. Abstract – The province of Chieti (Abruzzo Region) measuring 2,592 square kilometers and from north to south occupies the area between the valleys of the rivers Trigno and Pescara while from the south-west to north-west the watershed of several mountain ranges separating it from other provinces. In the complex it is characterized by a great diversity envi- ronment that allows the engraftment of many plant species. In this paper it contains a list of all the Orchids flora including 88 taxa and 21 hybrids. In turn chorological analysis highlights the prevalence of Mediterranean elements followed by those Eurasian. Keywords: Chieti, Orchidaceae, provincial check-list, floristic contingents. 1. - Inquadramento dell'area d'indagine Il territorio della provincia di Chieti copre la superficie di 2.592 km², com- prende 104 comuni e la sua popolazione attuale e di circa 397000 abitanti. -
Chapter 5 Variation in Romance Diego Pescarini and Michele Loporcaro
Variation in Romance Diego Pescarini, Michele Loporcaro To cite this version: Diego Pescarini, Michele Loporcaro. Variation in Romance. Cambridge Handbook of Romance Lin- guistics, In press. hal-02420353 HAL Id: hal-02420353 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02420353 Submitted on 19 Dec 2019 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Chapter 5 Variation in Romance Diego Pescarini and Michele Loporcaro 5.1 Introduction This chapter sets out to show how the study of linguistic variation across closely related languages can fuel research questions and provide a fertile testbed for linguistic theory. We will present two case studies in structural variation – subject clitics and (perfective) auxiliation – and show how a comparative view of these phenomena is best suited to providing a satisfactory account for them, and how such a comparative account bears on a number of theoretical issues ranging from (rather trivially) the modeling of variation to the definition of wordhood, the inventory of parts of speech, and the division of labour between syntax and morphology. 5.2 Systematic variation: the case of subject clitics French, northern Italian Dialects, Ladin, and Romansh are characterized by the presence, with variable degrees of obligatoriness, of clitic elements stemming from Latin nominative personal pronouns. -
Attitudes Towards the Safeguarding of Minority Languages and Dialects in Modern Italy
ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SAFEGUARDING OF MINORITY LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS IN MODERN ITALY: The Cases of Sardinia and Sicily Maria Chiara La Sala Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Leeds Department of Italian September 2004 This copy has been supplied on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. The candidate confirms that the work submitted is her own and that appropriate credit has been given where reference has been made to the work of others. ABSTRACT The aim of this thesis is to assess attitudes of speakers towards their local or regional variety. Research in the field of sociolinguistics has shown that factors such as gender, age, place of residence, and social status affect linguistic behaviour and perception of local and regional varieties. This thesis consists of three main parts. In the first part the concept of language, minority language, and dialect is discussed; in the second part the official position towards local or regional varieties in Europe and in Italy is considered; in the third part attitudes of speakers towards actions aimed at safeguarding their local or regional varieties are analyzed. The conclusion offers a comparison of the results of the surveys and a discussion on how things may develop in the future. This thesis is carried out within the framework of the discipline of sociolinguistics. ii DEDICATION Ai miei figli Youcef e Amil che mi hanno distolto -
Apocope in Heritage Italian
languages Article Apocope in Heritage Italian Anissa Baird 1, Angela Cristiano 2 and Naomi Nagy 1,* 1 Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada; [email protected] 2 Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: Apocope (deletion of word-final vowels) and word-final vowel reduction are hallmarks of southern Italian varieties. To investigate whether heritage speakers reproduce the complex variable patterns of these processes, we analyze spontaneous speech of three generations of heritage Calabrian Italian speakers and a homeland comparator sample. All occurrences (N = 2477) from a list of frequent polysyllabic words are extracted from 25 speakers’ interviews and analyzed via mixed effects models. Tested predictors include: vowel identity, phonological context, clausal position, lexical frequency, word length, gender, generation, ethnic orientation and age. Homeland and heritage speakers exhibit similar distributions of full, reduced and deleted forms, but there are inter-generational differences in the constraints governing the variation. Primarily linguistic factors condition the variation. Homeland variation in reduction shows sensitivity to part of speech, while heritage speakers show sensitivity to segmental context and part of speech. Slightly different factors influence apocope, with suprasegmental factors and part of speech significant for homeland speakers, but only part of speech for heritage speakers. Surprisingly, for such a socially marked feature, few social factors are relevant. Factors influencing reduction and apocope are similar, suggesting the processes are related. Citation: Baird, Anissa, Angela Cristiano, and Naomi Nagy. 2021. Keywords: heritage language; apocope; vowel centralization; vowel reduction; variationist sociolin- Apocope in Heritage Italian. -
Edited by Giovanni Lattanzi -.:: Camera Di Commercio Di Chieti
edited by Giovanni Lattanzi index introduction 5 craft in Abruzzo, a long history 6 craftmen, instructions for use 12 province of Chieti, capitals of craft Guardiagrele 16 Lanciano 22 Chieti 28 Vasto 36 province of Chieti, routes for the craft workshops the stone masters 42 the goldsmith’s masters 48 the glass masters 56 the ceramics masters 60 the iron and copper masters 68 the paper and decorations masters 74 the leather, textiles and embroidery masters 80 the wood masters 86 introduction his work, that I have the pleasure of presenting, moves out of the normal schemes that distinguish it from guides on Tartistic craft to offer the keen traveler a cross-section of the territory of our province indicating some tourist itineraries that include, apart from the artistic and environment beauties, what this province can offer, also an index of craft workshops representing various sectors. The guide to the itineraries to artistic craft wishes to tell of the magic spell of our villages and of people’s passion that animate these places through their work with the awareness that it is possible to hand down the memory only by drawing visitors close to this priceless heritage. The Chieti province, with its peculiarity of environment and traditions, is the ideal place to satisfy the curiosity of the attentive tourist. The four chosen itineraries are just a small part of what this territory has to offer. This guide is testimony to the interest the Chamber of Commerce of Chieti nurtures for this sector, so important because it is evidence of a civilization that proposes itself in such an evident way. -
In Relazioni Internazionali Comparate Tesi Di Laurea L
Corso di Laurea magistrale ( ordinamento ex D.M. 270/2004 ) in Relazioni Internazionali Comparate Tesi di Laurea L'immigrazione romena e l'influenza dei mezzi di comunicazione nel processo migratorio Relatore Ch. Prof. Antonio Trampus Co-Relatrice Ch. Prof. Elisabetta Pavan Laureando Valentina Rizzo Matricola 822673 Anno Accademico 2013/2014 2 INDICE INTRODUZIONE PAG. 5 CAPITOLO 1 – ITALIA E ROMANIA: DUE POPOLI, UNA PAG. 10 STORIA CAPITOLO 2 – LA MIGRAZIONE TRANSNAZIONALE PAG. 28 2.1 – MIGRAZIONI: LA TENDENZA NEL NUOVO SECOLO PAG. 28 2.2 – LA LEGISLAZIONE SUGLI IMMIGRATI PAG. 57 CAPITOLO 3 – IL RAPPORTO TRA ITALIA E ROMANIA PAG. 66 3.1 – IL CASO ROMENO PAG. 66 3.2 – ITALIANI IN ROMANIA PAG. 98 CAPITOLO 4 – COMUNICAZIONE E CONTATTI PAG. 116 TRANSNAZIONALI 4.1 – COMUNICAZIONE OLTRE I CONFINI PAG. 116 4.2 – LA MIGRAZIONE, I MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE E I PAG. 121 MASS MEDIA 4.3 – PARTENARIATO EUROMEDITERRANEO PAG. 131 CONCLUSIONE PAG. 137 BIBLIOGRAFIA E SITOGRAFIA PAG. 145 ABSTRACT PAG. 161 3 4 INTRODUCTION Pacts, agreements and treaties have allowed men to create a “smaller” world, where men always can be in contact with each other. This is possible and easier thanks to the creation of new innovations about means of communication and means of transport. These factors (so the desire to be more united and the consequent creation of new innovations) have created a new era known as the “era of the globalization”. There are two consequences of the phenomenon of the globalization which are extremely important in my work: the international migration and the evolution of the means of communication. -
Are Mountain Areas Attractive for Investments? the Case of the Alpine Provinces in Italy
Europ. Countrys. · Vol. 12 · 2020 · No. 4 · p. 469-493 DOI: 10.2478/euco-2020-0025 European Countryside MENDELU ARE MOUNTAIN AREAS ATTRACTIVE FOR INVESTMENTS? THE CASE OF THE ALPINE PROVINCES IN ITALY Dario Musolino1, Alessia Silvetti2 1 Dario Musolino, Bocconi University, GREEN (Centre for research in Geography, Resources, Environment, Energy and Networks), Via G. Roentgen 1, 20136 Milan, Italy; & Università della Valle d’Aosta, Department of Economics and Political Science, Strada Cappuccini 2A, 11100 Aosta, Italy; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]; ORCID: 0000-0002-8245-0798. 2 Alessia Silvetti, Università della Valle d’Aosta, Department of Economics and Political Science, Strada Cappuccini 2A, 11100 Aosta, Italy; email: [email protected]. 469/648 Received 31 March 2020, Revised 7 August 2020, Accepted 8 September 2020 Abstract: In the increasing territorial competition to attract productive investments in the age of globalization, mountain areas have a role to play, if they wish to find new (exogenous) resources to diversify their economy and to develop sustainably in the future. This means that they have either to be, or to become attractive. Attractiveness for investments is an issue rarely studied with respect to mountain areas. This paper casts light on the attractiveness of the Italian Alpine provinces, using quantitative and qualitative data coming from a research on the stated locational preferences of entrepreneurs in Italy. According to the findings, it is not said that mountain areas are unattractive, due to their characteristics in terms of physical geography and accessibility. Instead, a different perspective on geography itself (Alpine areas bordering with foreign countries), and the role of the government, can make even marginal areas like mountain areas rather attractive for investments. -
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov
ISSN 2066-7701 TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRAŞOV BULLETIN OF THE TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV VOL. 9 (58) No. 2- 2016 SERIES VII - SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW Published by Transilvania University Press Braşov, Romania 2016 EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief: Mariela PAVALACHE-ILIE Senior Editor: Gabriela RĂŢULEA Editors, Series VII Claudiu COMAN Romulus CHIRIŢĂ Cristinel MURZEA Ioana NICOLAE Codrina ŞANDRU Camelia TRUŢĂ Secretary: Mihaela GOTEA Laura MANEA Final Technical supervision Victor BRICIU English Language Supervision Lucian RADU Mădălina MATEI Web-site: http://webbut.unitbv.ro/bulletin Webmaster: Corina POP Address: 29, Eroilor st., 500036, Brasov, Romania Phone: +40-268-410525 E-mail: [email protected] © All rights reserved SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Teodor Mircea ALEXIU, West University, Timisoara, Romania Dumitru BATÂR, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania Septimiu CHELCEA, University of Bucharest, Romania Giuseppina CERSOSIMO, Universita Degli Studi di Salerno, Italy Romulus CHIRIŢĂ, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania Rita CLAES, Universiteit Gent, Belgium Elena COCORADĂ, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania Mihai COMAN, University of Bucharest, Romania Silviu COPOSESCU, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania Monica DE ANGELIS, Universita Politecnica Delle Marche, Ancona, Itay Nicolae EDROIU, “George Baritiu” History Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Correspondent Member of the Romanian Academy Nicu GAVRILUŢĂ, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania Gheorghiţă GEANĂ, University of Bucharest, Romania -
Culture for Development Indicators
UNESCO Culture for Development Indicators. Romania’s Analytical Brief and Technical Report Authors: conf. univ. dr. Carmen Croitoru (coordinator), Cătălin Dărășteanu (coordinator), dr. Anda Becuț Marinescu, Ioana Ceobanu, Cristina Cotenescu, Simona Barlaboi Editor: Bogdan Pălici Desktop-publishing & Graphics: Aurora Pădureanu Cover design: Annya Crane based on the work of MH Design Special thanks to Alma Mrgan Slipicevic (UNESCO Specialist, Culture for Development Indicators) for all the support and for her tireless efforts in assisting the team in the completion of the project and finalisation of the report. Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României UNESCO Culture for Development Indicators : Romania’s analytical brief and technical report/ conf. univ. dr. Carmen Croitoru (coord.), Cătălin Dărășteanu (coord.), dr. Anda Becuţ Marinescu, ... – București: Editura Universitară : Universul Academic, 2019 Conține bibliografie ISBN 978-606-29-1003-0 ISBN 978-606-9062-30-2 I. Croitoru, Carmen II. Becuţ Marinescu, Anda III. Dărășteanu, Cătălin 008 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING (INCFC) No. 22, Unirii Blvd., 2nd Floor, Sector 3, Postal Code 030833, Bucharest Tel: +4021 891 91 03 | Fax: +4021 893 31 75 | Web: http://www.culturadata.ro/ UNIVERSUL ACADEMIC PUBLISHING HOUSE Splaiul Unirii, no 6, bl. B3A, 4th Floor, Sector 3, Bucharest | Tel: 0722 777 996 email: [email protected] | www.universulacademic.ro CONTENT UNESCO CULTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS Romanian’s Analytical Brief ............................................................................................................................................................................. -
Europe's Greenest Region Gran Sasso E Monti Della Laga National Park Majella National Park Abruzzo, Lazio E Molise Na
en_ambiente&natura:Layout 1 3-09-2008 12:33 Pagina 1 Abruzzo: Europe’s 2 greenest region Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga 6 National Park 12 Majella National Park Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise 20 National Park Sirente-Velino 26 Regional Park Regional Reserves and 30 Oases Abruzzo Promozione Turismo - Corso V. Emanuele II, 301 - 65122 Pescara - Email [email protected] en_ambiente&natura:Layout 1 3-09-2008 12:33 Pagina 2 ABRUZZO In Abruzzo nature is a protected resource. With a third of its territory set aside as Park, the region not only holds a cultural and civil record for protection of the environment, but also stands as the biggest nature area in Europe: the real green heart of the Mediterranean. Abruzzo Promozione Turismo - Corso V. Emanuele II, 301 - 65122 Pescara - Email [email protected] en_ambiente&natura:Layout 1 3-09-2008 12:33 Pagina 3 ABRUZZO ITALY 3 Europe’s greenest region In Abruzzo, a third of the territory is set aside in protected areas: three National Parks, a Regional Park and more than 30 Nature Reserves. A visionary and tough decision by those who have made the environment their resource and will project Abruzzo into a major and leading role in “green tourism”. Overall most of this legacy – but not all – is to be found in the mountains, where the landscapes and ecosystems change according to altitude, shifting from typically Mediterranean milieus to outright alpine scenarios, with mugo pine groves and high-altitude steppe. Of all the Apennine regions, Abruzzo is distinctive for its prevalently mountainous nature,