scholarly journals Quantitative approaches to productivity and borrowing in Maltese derivation

Morphology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Saade
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Morphological Productivity ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Quantitative Approaches

Abstract This paper applies quantitative measures of productivity to a selection of Maltese derivational affixes borrowed from Italian/Sicilian. The productivity rankings of the selected affixes are compared to their Italian sources revealing identical rankings for the most productive affixes and slightly deviating rankings for the less productive affixes. It is argued that morphological productivity scores and the subsequent rankings form a pattern that is established in the recipient language by the sum of matter borrowings of formations involving the respective affixes. In conjunction with a discussion of the mixed lexicon and morphology of Maltese, a case is made that converging or diverging productivity rankings can be explained by well-studied variables in language contact studies: intensity of contact, availability of registers/repertoires, and route of borrowing (direct/indirect). In addition it is shown that the cross-linguistic application of other quantitative measures, including a newly proposed Integration Factor and Seifart’s criteria for direct and indirect borrowing, can help uncover where the distributions of donor and recipient language affixes diverge, providing an exploratory tool for morphologist and contact linguists alike.

scholarly journals Directional Idioms in English and Welsh: A Usage-Based Perspective on Language Contact

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-611
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Rottet
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Motion Events ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Bilingual Speakers ◽  
The Hill ◽  
English Verb ◽  
Single Set ◽  
Roll Out ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The English verb-particle construction or phrasal verb (pv) has undergone dramatic semantic extensions from the expression of literal motion events (the ball rolled down the hill) – a pattern known as satellite-framing – to idiomatic figurative uses (the company will roll out a new plan) where selection of the particle is motivated by Conceptual Metaphors. Over the course of its long contact with English, Welsh – also satellite-framed with literal motion events – has extended the use of its verb-particle construction to replicate even highly idiomatic English pv s. Through a case study of ten metaphorical uses of up and its Welsh equivalent, we argue that this dramatic contact outcome points to the convergence by bilingual speakers on a single set of Conceptual Metaphors motivating the pv combinations. A residual Celtic possessive construction (lit. she rose on her sitting ‘she sat up’) competes with English-like pv s to express change of bodily posture.

scholarly journals Selection of the cross-section design for the LHC main dipole

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Fessia ◽  
D. Perini ◽  
S. Russenschuk ◽  
C. Voellinger ◽  
R. Vuillermet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Section Design ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Selection Of

scholarly journals The trees in the middle of Paradise (Gn 2:9) during the Great Lent: Orthodox hymnography as biblical interpretation

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantin H. Oancea
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Biblical Interpretation ◽  
Tree Of Life ◽  
Direct Connection ◽  
Interesting Aspect ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
Selection Of

The article examines the interpretation of the Scripture in Byzantine hymnography during the Great Lent. Some notable recent contributions focus on Andrew of Crete’s and Romanos the Melodist’s compositions, illustrating the hymnographic way of understanding the Scriptures. The author of this study presents a selection of stanzas from hymns of the Triodion that refer to the trees of Paradise. Hymnography perceives the trees in Genesis 2–3 in direct connection with the cross. Only rarely is the tree of life a metaphor for Jesus, as the shadow of the tree of the cross is seldom a metaphor for protection. Another interesting aspect in relation to hymnography is the fact that it represents a type of intertextual exegesis of biblical texts. Hymnographers interpret passages from Genesis by using texts from Psalms, Prophets and especially from the New Testament, combining images and biblical texts in the depiction of liturgical moments.Contribution: Compared with previous research, this article discusses some rare hymnographic interpretations (shadow of the cross; cross in the middle of the earth). The analysis accentuates that the hymnic approach to the Scripture is a form of intertextual exegesis.

scholarly journals Learning Economics: Evaluation of Students' Cross-Interest Selection of Economics Subjects

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ni Made Indira Suari ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Evaluative Research ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Process Dimension ◽  
11Th Grade ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Product Dimension

The lack of socialization about students’ interest will have an impact on the wrong choice of cross-interest learning. Besides, the lack of teaching staff can also affect errors in the choice of cross-interest learning. This research was conducted to determine the level of effectiveness from cross-interest selection in 11th economics students at SMA Negeri 3 Singaraja in the academic year 2020/2021 based on the dimensions of context, input, process, and product. This study used an evaluative research design with a quantitative approach, and a questionnaire used as the research instrument. The population of this study was 245 students of class XI SMA Negeri 3 Singaraja who received economics learning. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique in getting a sample of 176 students. Questionnaires, interviews, and documentation was used to collect the data. The questionnaire was analyzed by using Z-score and T-score descriptive tests. Then the results of the analysis were converted into a prototype Glickman quadratic. From the data analysis, the context dimension is positive (+), the input dimension is positive (+), the process dimension is positive (+), and the product dimension is positive (+).These results indicate that the evaluation of the cross-interest selection of 11th grade students on economics subject at SMA Negeri 3 Singaraja in the academic year 2020/2021 is (+ + + +) located in quadrant I. So that it can be interpreted that the implementation of the cross-interest selection program is classified as very effective.

Single-language and code-switching strategies in immigrant and heritage varieties: Spanish subject personal pronouns in Toribio's cross-modal hypothesis

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICARDO OTHEGUY
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Personal Pronouns ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Switching Strategies ◽  
Selection Of

In an important theoretical contribution to our understanding of language contact, Toribio elaborates on the familiar generalization, best known from the work of Silva-Corvalán, that contact varieties resemble monolingual lects of the same language in overall grammar, but differ with regard to (a) the selection of structures and (b) the semantic-pragmatic constraints on the use of structures. In Toribio's valuable elaboration of this basic idea, these peculiar patterns of selection and constraint in the contact variety are not the same in all contexts of use, but differ depending on whether the bilingual is in the single-language mode, or in the codeswitching mode where stretches of speech in the contact variety alternate, rapidly and relatively seamlessly, with stretches in the acrolect. The insight is that the same type of process that distinguishes the contact variety from its monolingual reference lects also distinguishes, within the contact variety, the codeswitching mode from its single-language reference mode.

The Application of Fuzzy AHP in Safety Evaluation of Highway Construction Crossover Operation

2015 ◽  
Vol 738-739 ◽  
pp. 512-518
Author(s):  
Zhu Lu ◽  
Han Kun Yu ◽  
Peng Gang ◽  
Xiao Yang Ni
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Highway Construction ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Construction Technology ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Selection Of

With the progress of highway construction technology and the difficulty of operation, cross-operation becomes emerging constantly, but safety accidents also appear constantly and the problem is how to ensure the cross-operation security. In order to ensure the safety of highways cross operation, we evaluated the security of cross-operation. We choose the method of fuzzy AHP which can quantify the qualitative data. In the selection of indicators, we choose “exchange of information” as an index which evaluated the security of cross-operation of YIBA highway construction by fuzzy AHP.

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