scholarly journals Commitment: The term and the notions

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe De Brabanter ◽  
Patrick Dendale
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Prise En Charge ◽  
Formal Modelling ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Separate Entry

This volume brings together thoroughly reworked versions of a selection of papers presented at the conference The Notion of Commitment in Linguistics, held at the University of Antwerp in January 2007. It is the companion volume to a collection of essays in French to be published in Langue Française and devoted to La notion de prise en charge. Commitment is a close counterpart toprise en charge, and two contributors, Celle and Lansari, use it essentially as a translation of the French term. However, commitment and its verbal cognates (to commit NP to and to be committed to) do not cover the exact same range of meanings as prise en charge. For a thorough assessment of the French term, we refer readers to the introduction to the Langue Française volume. In the present article, we focus entirely on commitment. The term is widely used in at least three major areas of linguistic enquiry:1 studies on illocutionary acts, studies on modality and evidentiality, and the formal modelling of dialogue/argumentation. In spite of its frequent use, the notion has rarely been theorised and has never been the subject of a monograph or a specialised reader. In keeping with this is the fact that none of the many dictionaries and encyclopaedias of linguistics or philosophy that we have consulted devotes a separate entry to it. Section 1 of this introduction briefly reviews what commitment means in the three fields just mentioned. Now and then, with respect to a particular issue, pointers are given to which articles in this collection have something to say about the issue. In section 2, we take a lexical and syntactic look at the ways in which the contributors to the present volume use the term. In section 3, we outline each of the contributions, with a focus on the role that commitment plays in them.

scholarly journals From the theory to practice: Five years of urban regeneration workshops

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Raimundo Bambó-Naya ◽  
Pablo De la Cal-Nicolás ◽  
Carmen Díez-Medina ◽  
Sergio García-Pérez ◽  
Javier Monclús-Fraga
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Academic Courses ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Previous Phase ◽  
Selection Of

The aim of this communication is to present the experience of four academic courses in the subject of Integrated Urban and Landscape Design, taught in the framework of the Master in Architecture of the School of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Zaragoza. It addresses urban regeneration interventions in vulnerable areas of the consolidated city with approaches to teaching innovation in the academic field and in the topic of user participation.The workshop methodology is explained in detail, paying more attention to the process followed than to the specific results of the workshop. The different stages of the process are presented: previous phase and selection of the study area, phase of analysis and diagnosis, phase of proposals, where a joint work is carried out with vision of action in the whole of the neighbourhood, and phase of presentation of the results to the Neighbours. Finally, some future challenges of this workshop are outlined.

LYKOPHRON AND EPIGRAPHY: THE VALUE AND FUNCTION OF CULT EPITHETS IN THEALEXANDRA

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Hornblower
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Greek Religion ◽  
Local Origin ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
And Function

The subject of this paper is a striking and unavoidable feature of theAlexandra: Lykophron's habit of referring to single gods not by their usual names, but by multiple lists of epithets piled up in asyndeton. This phenomenon first occurs early in the 1474-line poem, and this occurrence will serve as an illustration. At 152–3, Demeter has five descriptors in a row: Ἐνναία ποτὲ | Ἕρκυνν' Ἐρινὺς Θουρία Ξιφηφόρος, ‘Ennaian … Herkynna, Erinys, Thouria, Sword-bearing’. In the footnote I give the probable explanations of these epithets. Although in this sample the explanations to most of the epithets are not to be found in inscriptions, my main aim in what follows will be to emphasize the relevance of epigraphy to the unravelling of some of the famous obscurity of Lykophron. In this paper, I ask why the poet accumulates divine epithets in this special way. I also ask whether the information provided by the ancient scholiasts, about the local origin of the epithets, is of good quality and of value to the historian of religion. This will mean checking some of that information against the evidence of inscriptions, beginning with Linear B. It will be argued that it stands up very well to such a check. TheAlexandrahas enjoyed remarkable recent vogue, but this attention has come mainly from the literary side. Historians, in particular historians of religion, and students of myths relating to colonial identity, have been much less ready to exploit the intricate detail of the poem, although it has so much to offer in these respects. The present article is, then, intended primarily as a contribution to the elucidation of a difficult literary text, and to the history of ancient Greek religion. Despite the article's main title, there will, as the subtitle is intended to make clear, be no attempt to gather and assess all the many passages in Lykophron to which inscriptions are relevant. There will, for example, be no discussion of 1141–74 and the early Hellenistic ‘Lokrian Maidens inscription’ (IG9.12706); or of the light thrown on 599 by the inscribed potsherds carrying dedications to Diomedes, recently found on the tiny island of Palagruza in the Adriatic, and beginning as early as the fifth centuryb.c.(SEG48.692bis–694); or of 733–4 and their relation to the fifth-centuryb.c.Athenian decree (n. 127) mentioning Diotimos, the general who founded a torch race at Naples, according to Lykophron; or of 570–85 and the epigraphically attested Archegesion or cult building of Anios on Delos, which shows that this strange founder king with three magical daughters was a figure of historical cult as well as of myth.

Mechanisms of language change in a functional system

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadja Nesselhauf
Keyword(s):  
Language Change ◽  
Functional System ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
Late Modern

In this paper, the semantic developments of the major future time expressions in Late Modern English are traced in detail, with the aim of uncovering mechanisms of language change in a complex functional system. The results of the study reveal that to express a pure prediction, the major shift that has taken place in the Late Modern period is from a comparatively frequent use of shall to a comparatively frequent use of ’ll; that to express a prediction based on the intention of the subject, BE going to and the present progressive have replaced will and shall to a certain degree; and that to express a prediction based on a previous arrangement, earlier uses of the simple present have been replaced to a considerable degree by the progressive with future time reference. In addition, the construction WANT to is identified as what may be called an emerging future marker, which has started to be used for predictions based on the subject’s intention. Finally, the possible contribution of certain stylistic and socio-cultural changes to the many recent changes in the system of English future time expressions is also considered, such as the complexification of society, (pseudo-)democratization, and a tendency of many text types towards a more personal style.

scholarly journals Tribute to Theodor Kocher: Far Beyond an Anatomical Reference

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (03) ◽  
pp. 192-196
Author(s):  
Angelo L. Maset ◽  
Dionei Freitas de Morais ◽  
Sérgio Ivo Calzolari
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Surgical Instruments ◽  
General Surgeon ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
The Many ◽  
University Of Bern ◽  
Theodor Kocher ◽  
The University ◽  
To Receive

AbstractWe know Kocher's name as an anatomical reference in neurosurgery. In fact, Theodor Kocher was a Swiss general surgeon, and his contributions were such that Kocher was honored in 1909 with the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology, and he was the first surgeon to receive this honor. Kocher participated in the initial scientific phase of medicine, living with names that are in history, as well as him; Langenbeck and Virchow, Lucke, Billroth, Horsley, Lister, Halstedt, Pasteur, Osler, Lawson Tait, Verneuil, and a long list and other icons of the time. The present account rescues the many important facets and contributions of the Swiss surgeon Theodor Kocher, and his relationship with several of them. Kocher's memory, surgical instruments and literary production are preserved in a small wing of the University of Bern. The present article highlights how intense Kocher's dedication to the medical field was.

Bewegung trotz Sportdispens – activdispens.ch

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Information ◽  
Return Rate ◽  
The Body ◽  
School Sport ◽  
Medical Associations ◽  
Respondent Group ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: The objective of the project is to actively integrate students partially dispensed from school sport through an adapted form of sports dispensation as well as a customized selection of exercises. Method: By means of two online questionnaires, both structured similarly with respect to questions and main themes, a needs assessment was carried out. The questionnaires were sent by e-mail to 2600 members of three Swiss medical associations, doctors of the University Children’s hospital of Basel as well as to approximately 4000 sports teachers of the Swiss organization for sports at school. The addressees were asked to complete the questionnaire within two weeks. The sample size was n=87 (doctors, return rate of 3%) and n= 213 (sports teachers, return rate of 5%). A catalog of 54 exercises was developed using physiotherapeutic and school sport specific literature. The exercises were picturised and were published together with the dispensation form on a newly designed website. Results: Feedback from online questionnaires showed the necessity for a consistent partial dispensation with precise information on permitted and to be avoided stress. Furthermore it is important to clarify which parts of the body are allowed to be stressed or must not be stressed. Additionally the results made it clear that although the form of dispensation should show all relevant information for sports teachers, the time needed to fill in this form should be minimal. After the pilot phase the interest in the subject among doctors and sports teachers was great. However their cooperation turned out to be the most difficult and challenging part, with regard to integration of the project across the country. Discussion: Sports dispensations are an on-going very important topic in Swiss schools. The respondent group of doctors mostly agree on the layout of such a dispensation form and content needed. The same applies to sports teachers. However the most difficult part when talking about sports dispensations appears to be the collaboration of both groups and the functioning as a unity.

Ysopet III of Paris

PMLA ◽  
1909 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 494-546
Author(s):  
Murray P. Brush
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Original Form ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Middle Ages

Amongst the many collections of fables which have come down to us from the middle ages none appears to have enjoyed greater popularity or to have been more widely translated than that in Latin elegiac verse nowadays entitled the Walter of England Collection. In addition to an unusually large number of extant manuscript versions of this collection in its original form, more than one hundred being actually listed, there is a host of printed editions, while translations and adaptations are to be found in French, Italian, Provençal, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Hebrew. Among so many reworkings but a single one occurs in French prose, and it is this collection, not hitherto printed, which forms the subject of the present article.

Drama, Education, and Social Change: the Debate Continues, 1

1986 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 283-283
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Drama Education ◽  
Drama In Education ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Education And Social Change ◽  
The University ◽  
Widespread Interest ◽  
Selection Of

David Hornbrook's articles in NTQ4 and 5 offered a challenging perspective to the history of drama in education, a critique of present practice and practitioners, and some positive proposals for the future place of the subject in the curriculum. These have provoked widespread interest, and we are now publishing a first selection of comments from fellow drama in education workers, and offering a welcome to further contributions in subsequent issues. These initial responses are from David Morton, adviser to the Leeds City Council's Department of Education; Jon Nixon, a research fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Sheffield; and Tony Graham. Head of Drama at Haverstock School, in the Inner London Education Authority's area.

scholarly journals Application for Lecturer Recruitment Using Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) Method Case Study: Tanri Abeng University Jakarta

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Pramitha Dwi Larasati ◽  
Ari Irawan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Simple Additive Weighting ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

In the selection of acceptance of lecturers at a university can be done when the selected applicants have a good competence in accordance with they’re background because this can affect the teaching service. Lecturers who have good competence has the ability for understanding the subject matter that in line with the background, extensive pieces of knowledge, be able to speak English both oral and written and be able to provide a positive example and teaching methods that are easily understood by students. This can provide a good image for the university because the selected lecturers have a good potential. To help determine the acceptance of lecturers then we needed a decision support system. One method that can be used for Decision Support System is using Simple  Additive Weighting (SAW). This method is chosen because it is able to select the best alternative from a number of alternatives, in this case, the intended alternative is to determine the acceptance of lecturers

scholarly journals Reality in a few thermodynamic reference frames: Statistical thermodynamics from Boltzmann via Gibbs to Einstein

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasil Dinev Penchev
Keyword(s):  
Reference Frame ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
Statistical Thermodynamics ◽  
Statistical Thermodynamic ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
Common Space ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
Selection Of

The success of a few theories in statistical thermodynamics can be correlated with their selectivity to reality. These are the theories of Boltzmann, Gibbs, end Einstein.The starting point is Carnot’s theory, which defines implicitly the general selection of reality relevant to thermodynamics. The three other theories share this selection, but specify it further in detail. Each of them separates a few main aspects within the scope of the implicit thermodynamic reality. Their success grounds on that selection. Those aspects can be represented by corresponding oppositions. These are: macroscopic – microscopic; elements – states; relational – non-relational; and observable – theoretical. They can be interpreted as axes of independent qualities constituting a common qualitative reference frame shared by those theories. Each of them can be situated in this reference frame occupying a different place. This reference frame can be interpreted as an additional selection of reality within Carnot’s initial selection describable as macroscopic and both observable and theoretical. The deduced reference frame refers implicitly to many scientific theories independent of their subject therefore defining a general and common space or subspace for scientific theories (not for all).The immediate conclusion is: The examples of a few statistical thermodynamic theories demonstrate that the concept of “reality” is changed or generalized, or even exemplified (i.e. “de-generalized”) from a theory to another.Still a few more general suggestions referring the scientific realism debate can be added: One can admit that reality in scientific theories is some partially shared common qualitative space or subspace describable by relevant oppositions and rather independent of their subject quite different in general. Many or maybe all theories can be situated in that space of reality, which should develop adding new dimensions in it for still newer and newer theories. Its division of independent subspaces can represent the many-realities conception. The subject of a theory determines some relevant subspace of reality. This represents a selection within reality, relevant to the theory in question. The success of that theory correlates essentially with the selection within reality, relevant to its subject.

scholarly journals Informe bibliográfico sobre Schelling

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Rojas Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
First Line ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
Recent Philosophy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

RESUMENBuscando atraer al lector a la bibliografía aquí informada, he procedido en primer lugar a presentar la obra de Schelling haciendo hincapié en el papel que juega para entender el quehacer filosófico reciente, incluso aquel aparentemente más alejado. Dicha presentación es seguida de una indicación de las ediciones de sus obras completas, un registro de sus obras ordenadas por año, y una selección de la bibliografía secundaria con especial atención a las contribuciones del grupo de investigación sobre Schelling de la Universidad de Málaga, cuya labor es rectora en este análisis de la influencia de Schelling en la filosofía reciente.PALABRAS CLAVESDiferencia ontológica, absolute Prius, los límites del concepto, el tema de la filosofía, bibliografíaABSTRACTIn an attempt to seek to attract the reader to the bibliography reported here, I proceed first to present Schelling’s work emphasizing the importance of his role to understand the most recent philosophy, and even more seemingly distant philosophy. This presentation is followed by an index of Schelling’s complete works editions, a list of Schelling’s works organized by year, and a selection of secondary literature on Schelling, with special attention to the contribution of the research group on Schelling at the University of Malaga, whose work is first-line in the analysis of Schelling’s influence on recent philosophy.KEY WORDSOntological difference, absolute Prius, the limits of the concept, the subject of philosophy, BIBLIOGRAPHY

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