Metonymy-induced polysemy and the role of suffixation in its resolution in some Slavic languages

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 58-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Brdar
Keyword(s):  
Slavic Languages ◽  
Central Concern ◽  
Avoidance Strategies ◽  
Limiting Case

The central concern of the present paper are metonymy avoidance strategies as a limiting case of polysemy resolution. Specifically, I look into the role of suffixation in the resolution of metonymy-induced polysemy in a number of languages (Germanic, Romance, Slavic and Hungarian) in two frames, animals and their meat, and trees and woods. The particular mix of strategies a language makes use of is of course dependent on its structural makeup. It is established that Slavic languages do not really have many choices apart from suffixation in the resolution of metonymy-induced polysemy. The analysis of patterns of suffixation found in six Slavic languages reveals that unlike compounding, which as good as removes any ambiguity in spite of its underspecificity, suffixation as a polysemy-resolving strategy is even more underspecified, and as an interesting twist, prone to contract additional polysemy or just relegate it to another level.

Cartesian Fingerprints in Beckett's Imagination Dead Imagine

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-243
Author(s):  
Irit Degani-Raz
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Levels Of Abstraction ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Limiting Case

The idea that Beckett investigates in his works the limits of the media he uses has been widely discussed. In this article I examine the fiction Imagination Dead Imagine as a limiting case in Beckett's exploration of limits at large and the limits of the media he uses in particular. Imagination Dead Imagine is shown to be the self-reflexive act of an artist who imaginatively explores the limits of that ultimate medium – the artist's imagination itself. My central aim is to show that various types of structural homologies (at several levels of abstraction) can be discerned between this poetic exploration of the limits of imagination and Cartesian thought. The homologies indicated here transcend what might be termed as ‘Cartesian typical topics’ (such as the mind-body dualism, the cogito, rationalism versus empiricism, etc.). The most important homologies that are indicated here are those existing between the role of imagination in Descartes' thought - an issue that until only a few decades ago was quite neglected, even by Cartesian scholars - and Beckett's perception of imagination. I suggest the use of these homologies as a tool for tracing possible sources of inspiration for Beckett's Imagination Dead Imagine.

RADIATING COLLAPSE WITH VANISHING WEYL STRESSES

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 667-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. MAHARAJ ◽  
M. GOVENDER
Keyword(s):  
Irreversible Thermodynamics ◽  
Temperature Profiles ◽  
Junction Conditions ◽  
Einstein Field Equations ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics ◽  
Recent Approach ◽  
Dust Solution ◽  
Limiting Case

In a recent approach in modeling a radiating relativistic star undergoing gravitational collapse the role of the Weyl stresses was emphasized. It is possible to generate a model which is physically reasonable by approximately solving the junction conditions at the boundary of the star. In this paper we demonstrate that it is possible to solve the Einstein field equations and the junction conditions exactly. This exact solution contains the Friedmann dust solution as a limiting case. We briefly consider the radiative transfer within the framework of extended irreversible thermodynamics and show that relaxational effects significantly alter the temperature profiles.

scholarly journals Creep consolidation in land subsidence modelling; integrating geotechnical and hydrological approaches in a new MODFLOW package (SUB-CR)

2020 ◽  
Vol 382 ◽  
pp. 499-503
Author(s):  
Henk Kooi ◽  
Gilles Erkens
Keyword(s):  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Groundwater Extraction ◽  
Compression Model ◽  
A Site ◽  
Limiting Case ◽  
Surface Loads

Abstract. Creep and secondary consolidation are important phenomena in settlement caused by surface loads, but not commonly considered in land subsidence driven by groundwater extraction. To explore the role of creep in such settings, a new MODFLOW-2005 land subsidence package was developed that incorporates a creep formulation gleaned from geotechnical software. This formulation, which is based on the isotache concept, is an extension of, and incorporates the classical elastoplastic compression model of Terzaghi as a limiting case. The package is introduced, and results are presented of an application to a site in northern Jakarta. It is shown that the isotache model requires considerably higher overconsolidation levels of clays than the Terzaghi model, and that creep contributes to subsidence long after drawdown in pumped aquifers has stabilized, a phenomenon that is traditionally attributed to “hydrodynamic lag”.

Investigating inflation driven by DBI-essence scalar field

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 2050087
Author(s):  
Gargee Chakraborty ◽  
Surajit Chattopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Inflationary Model ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Ultraviolet Cutoff ◽  
Big Rip ◽  
Slow Roll ◽  
Limiting Case

Motivated by the work of Nojiri et al., Phys. Lett. B 797, 134829 (2019), the present study demonstrates inflation driven by holographic DBI-essence scalar field. Considering a simple correction due to the Ultraviolet cutoff, we have studied the slow-roll parameters. It has been observed that the role of the UV-cutoff is not negligible and in the limiting case of [Formula: see text] the inflationary model is characterized by Type-III singularity but can avoid Big-Rip singularity. Finally, it has been observed that the trajectories in [Formula: see text] are compatible with the observational bound found by Planck. It has been concluded that the tensor to scalar ratio for this model can explain the primordial fluctuation in the early universe as well. However, under the purview of [Formula: see text] inflation, although the DBI-essence scalar field can explain primordial fluctuation, the holographic DBI-essence scalar field does not lead to [Formula: see text] trajectory satisfying the Planck’s observational bound.

scholarly journals The Limiting Case of Amodal Completion: The Phenomenal Salience and the Role of Contrast Polarity

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinna ◽  
Conti
Keyword(s):  
Perceptual Organization ◽  
Amodal Completion ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Good Continuation ◽  
Contrast Polarity ◽  
Visual Phenomenon ◽  
Continuous Object ◽  
Limiting Case ◽  
Visual Properties

In this work, we demonstrated unique and relevant visual properties imparted by contrast polarity in perceptual organization and in eliciting amodal completion, which is the vivid completion of a single continuous object of the visible parts of an occluded shape despite portions of its boundary contours not actually being seen. T-junction, good continuation, and closure are considered the main principles involved according to relevant explanations of amodal completion based on the simplicity–Prägnanz principle, Helmholtz’s likelihood, and Bayesian inference. The main interest of these approaches is to explain how the occluded object is completed, what is the amodal shape, and how contours of partially visible fragments are relatable behind an occluder. Different from these perspectives, amodal completion was considered here as a visual phenomenon and not as a process, i.e., the final outcome of perceptual processes and grouping principles. Therefore, the main question we addressed through our stimuli was “What is the role of shape formation and perceptual organization in inducing amodal completion?” To answer this question, novel stimuli, similar to limiting cases and instantiae crucis, were studied through Gestalt experimental phenomenology. The results demonstrated the domination of the contrast polarity against good continuation, T-junctions, and regularity. Moreover, the limiting conditions explored revealed a new kind of junction next to the T- and Y-junctions, respectively responsible for amodal completion and tessellation. We called them I-junctions. The results were theoretically discussed in relation to the previous approaches and in the light of the phenomenal salience imparted by contrast polarity.

Lower-hybrid wave generation in an electron beam of finite transverse dimension

1989 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. B. Crew
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Transverse Dimension ◽  
Beam Current ◽  
Lower Hybrid ◽  
Lower Hybrid Wave ◽  
Field Geometry ◽  
Hybrid Waves ◽  
Limiting Case ◽  
Lower Hybrid Waves

The generation of lower-hybrid waves in an inhomogeneous electron beam is examined. Wave amplitudes are invariably limited by the convective nature of the instability. The self-consistent shear of the magnetic-field geometry due to the beam current is limited to the role of dividing the general problem into separate cases according to the relative orientation of the wave vector and direction of inhomogeneity. Moreover, the limiting case of small shear is smoothly connected to the case where shear is altogether negligible. Estimates of the amplification of lower-hybrid waves propagating across the electron beam are made for the various cases.

A Balancing Act: The Norwegian Lutheran Mission in French Colonial Madagascar

Itinerario ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-63
Author(s):  
Karina Hestad Skeie
Keyword(s):  
European Country ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Colonial Studies ◽  
Central Concern ◽  
French Colonial ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Role Of Religion

The plural and particularised expressions of colonialism remain a central concern for post-colonial studies. This paper will discuss the role of the Norwegian Lutheran mission in colonial Madagascar in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. The case of a Protestant mission from a small European country operating in a French colony provides an interesting opportunity to explore the implications of inter-European dynamics in colonial politics and the role of religion in the relationships between missionaries, colonial subjects, and colonial powers.

scholarly journals THe Rule of Law in the «Staatsrecht»: Terminology and Content

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
V E Chirkin
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Special Role ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Slavic Languages ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
Legal Force

Article is based on the study of documentary materials. Although the terminology is inseparable from content the article discusses mainly terminological side of the phenomena. Using comparative, linguistic methods, content analysis, the author examines terminology used in British, French, German, some other constitutions, including the сonstitutions in Slavic languages, other legal acts, international documents to refer to the concepts of «state of law» and «rule of law» (sometimes also used the term «rule of law»), show- ing the differences in the origin, content and meaning of these phrases in Russian, some other Slavic languages, and other languages in Western Europe. The article listed the shortcomings of some terms, limit the content of the rule of law concept by higher legal force of the Constitution, the constitutionality, legality or the special role of the law in the system of sources of law. The author examines the definitions of «rule of law», which given some credible international organizations offers clarification of these definitions.

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