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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Between the XIII and the XIVth century, Italian painter Giotto revolutionized the way of representing the body in pictures. The network of artists he inspired, and was inspired by, is currently on display at GNU - Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria in Perugia. [more pictures in the comments]

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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Whereas… look what I found on the train menu. La Deutsche Vita!! ♥️

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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I love it! Very stereotypical but at the same time you find Maradona shrines in Naples all the time. The black banner over the door though has some dubious political connotations.. but it might be just expat nostalgia.. 😅🤣

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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Have you already started retrieving your data for Rome in September? 😆🤣

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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

On my way back home after an exciting and inspiring conference @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Thank you so much @sofiaruediger.bsky.social for putting this together. And special thanks for the Mandeln-frei (how’s that for an exgredient!?) nimm2 Lachgummi Märchen Prinzen 👑 They really made my day!

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

@marbagli.bsky.social & @fabiociambella.bsky.social on Italian food discourse spaces: what even is authenticity? I also just learned about Carbonara 1954 for the first time 😱 (incl. garlic and gruyere): www.lacucinaitaliana.com/italian-food... #DigitalPalates

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Carbonara: How We Made It in the 1950s

Straight from our 1950s archives, here's La Cucina Italiana's first-ever carbonara recipe.

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Words and Actions @wordsandactions.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Ep. 32 on the language of #food is now in post-production. It features not only one longer interview with Marcelyn Oostendorp (Stellenbosch U, South Africa) but also five sound clips from @instantlinguist.bsky.social, @marbagli.bsky.social, @michaelchesnut.bsky.social, Alla Tovares & Keri Metwick

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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Selected from where? This is the juicy bit. The information reported in common names of mushrooms are a repository of ecological knowledge about the species, which derives from close observations and attention to the shape, color, habitat, and habits of growth of the mushrooms.

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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Thus: the shape of the cap is metonymically selected to represent the whole fungus. Its name is associated to a drinking vessel. The season of growth of the fungus is further metonymically selected to refer to the whole fungus.

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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

For instance, the mushroom in the picture is a “winter chanterelle”: the name chanterelle derives from “kantharos” (pic from Wikipedia), a drinking vessel with a distinctive shape similar to this mushroom. The premodifier “winter” describes the preferred season of growth.

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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Most common names of mushrooms are motivated by a metonymic construal of the fungus, which selects a relevant part of the fungus to name it. Some of these operations are also intertwined with metaphors.

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Marco Bagli @marbagli.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Do you know the name of this mushroom? If not - don’t worry! You’re not alone. Despite growing numerous in British forests, people are often scared by wild mushrooms. Some of them have names, and I review the semantic motivation of some of them in this new paper (link in comments)

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Paula P Sobrino @paulapsobrino.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

If you want to contribute to science but are not yet quite ready to donate your body, why not putting a team together to organise the next 2026 @raammetaphor.bsky.social RaAM Specialised Seminar or 2027 RaAM International Conference? Deadline: January 31 2025! www.raam.org.uk/conferences/...

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