In all ages, “philosophers and artists have proposed definitions of Beauty; thanks to their testimonies can thus reconstruct a history of aesthetic ideas over the time. But other things were with the idea of Ugly. Most often, Ugly was defined in opposition to the Beauty, but almost never have been dedicated ample studies, but some hints in parenthesis or some marginal notes” as U. Eco asserts (...

This volume explores an underappreciated feature of the standard Tiberian Masoretic tradition Biblical Hebrew, namely its composite nature. Focusing on cases dissonance between tradition’s written (consonantal) and reading (vocalic) components, study shows that spelling pronunciation traditions, though related, interdependent, largely in harmony, at numerous points reflect distinct oral realisa...

Euphemisms, as a common linguistic, social and cultural phenomenon in the process of human development, have attracted lot academic community’s attention. Due to differences aspects between countries nations, English Chinese differ their expressions vocabulary choices, are mainly seen fact that uses more euphemisms than Chinese, but is not devoid euphemistic ways presentation. With both having ...

A euphemism is defined as a “A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing” [1]. The word is derived from the Greek – eu “well” and phenai “to speak” and was first used in the English language in the late 16th century. In the context of healthcare, the use of euphemisms is often discouraged, a...

According to Satosi Watanabe’s “theorem of the ugly duckling”, the number of (possible) predicates satisfied by any two different particulars is a constant, which does not depend on the choice of the two particulars. If the number of (possible) predicates satisfied by two particulars is their number of properties in common, and the degree of resemblance between two particulars is a function of ...

According to Satosi Watanabe’s “theorem of the ugly duckling”, the number of (possible) predicates satisfied by any two different particulars is a constant, which does not depend on the choice of the two particulars. If the number of (possible) predicates satisfied by two particulars is their number of properties in common, and the degree of resemblance between two particulars is a function of ...