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本文分析了古籍中权衡身体部位（如指、臂、头）的隐喻。当前西方汉学界对这个议题的认识主要来自葛瑞汉对其修辞功能的分析，以及方丽特对某一类型的“权”的理解。他们主要是依据《墨辩》里两段残缺的材料。本文关注的是《吕氏春秋》中涉及肢体轻重权衡的故事，这类故事总是被用来强调生命和健康的价值，有相对一致的论述结构，可能是一场相关问题的大辩论的重要组成部分。剖析这些段落，有助于我们理解其他文本的内涵...

The غرفة الضيوف (ghurfat al-duyuf, the “guests’ room”) is a core component of houses in the Levant. This receptive space works as a public domain within the house, where all sorts of formal functions regarding social relations between the family and the broader community are managed. The ghurfat al-duyuf (or simply the duyuf) is the scene where the family stages its identity to the eyes of visitors: each material detail is assembled to express ...

The human right to an interpreter for minority-language speakers in criminal proceedings is protected and provided for under European and Maltese law. This study considers whether the provision of interpreting has an impact on the criminal trial in Malta. To answer this question, two lines of inquiry were followed in the three cases studied: firstly, on the particular communicative context, to understand contextual expectations vis-à-vis court ...