Julen, el hijo de todos

La muerte, por definición, es un efecto terminal que resulta del cese de las funciones vitales de un organismo. Esto es, la extinción de la vida. Y puede producirse por causas naturales —por enfermedad o vejez— o por causas inducidas —por accidente, homicidio, suicidio o demás. La ciencia ha discutido sobre la naturaleza de la vida y por tanto de la muerte, y también sobre el umbral que separa una de otra. Igualmente, más allá de la ciencia, la muerte ha sido objeto de reflexión de la filosofía y, por extensión, de la humanística o el arte. Y en el campo cinematográfico, ha sido ...

Cognate Infinitives have been identified and described as productive linguistic features within Arabic language and along the Semitic continuum. However, their full range of function remains largely unstudied in the spoken varieties of Arabic. This study proposes a new grammatical model for the analysis and description of Cognate Infinitives in Lebanese Arabic that accounts for this feature’s semantic, informational, affective and social functions. It suggests that Cognate Infinitives function as focus markers and are efficient communicative tools for a variety of attention management...

Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dalí became the most famous of the Surrealists. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso and Breton all had a great influence on his career. Dalí's film, An Andalusian Dog, produced with Buñuel, marked his official entry into the tightly-knit group of Parisian Surrealists, where he met Gala, the woman who became his lifelong companion and his source of inspiration. But his relationship soon deteriorated until his final rift with André Breton in 1939. Nevertheless Dalí's art remained surrealist in its philosophy and expression and a...

Ever since its first introduction in the field of conservation, the role of UV-VIS luminescence/fluorescence (UVL and UVf, respectively) imaging has been expanding.The unique and significant contribution of this technique for investigation of cultural heritage has led to the development of new methodologies and applications. Each chapter in this volume can be read independently. While this means that some repetition may occur between the individual chapters, in particular regarding the explanation of terminology and methodology, such overlap provides interesting opportunities for...