The Structure and Diachrony of Consecutives

Diachronica ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Dorothy Disterheft
Keyword(s):  
Deep Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Historical Source ◽  
African Languages ◽  
Other Hand

SUMMARY Three claims about the structure and diachrony of consecutives and serials in African languages are examined: Serials evolve from consecutives; serials develop further into minor categories such as prepositions, auxiliaries, complementizers, etc.; the synchronic deep structure (and presumably historical source) of serials is a coordinate, not subordinate, one. According to Lightfoot (1979), however, any hypotheses based on reconstruction are invalid without written records; the direction of change could have been from minor category to verb, and from serial to consecutive. Examination of the African evidence indicates that there is little functional distinction between the two constructions and that the major difference lies in morphosyntax. Furthermore, typological parallels from Hittite and Irish confirm that the direction of development is from consecutive to serial by a process of semantic bleaching and from major to minor category. On the other hand, we can make no claim about the structure of consecutives and serials either synchronic or diachronic. RÉSUMÉ Dans cet article on examine trois hypotheses concernant la structure et la diachronie des consecutives et des 'sérielles', dans des langues africaines; les proviennent des consecutives; les sérielles deviennent ensuite des catégories mineures, par exemple des prépositions, des auxiliaires, des complémenteurs, etc.; la structure sous-jacente synchronique (et vraisemblablement la source historique) des sérielles est de nature coordonnée, et non pas subordonnée. Selon Lightfoot (1979), cependant, les hypothèses basées sur des reconstructions sans données attestées sont sans valeur; la direction du changement aurait pu se faire d'une catégorie mineure au verbe et d'une sérielle à la consécutive. L'examen des données des langues africaines indique qu'il y a peu de distinction fonctionnelle entre les deux types de constructions et que la différence majeure entre elles ressort de la morphosyntaxe. De plus, des parallèles typologiques tirés de l'hittite et de l'irlandais confirment que la direction du développement est de la consécutive à la sérielle par un procès de 'décoloration' sémantique et d'une catégorie majeure à une catégorie mineure. Par contre, on ne peut bien affirmer concernant la structure des consecutives et des sérielles qu'il s'agisse de la synchronie ou de la diachronie. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Drei Behauptungen beziiglich der Struktur und der Diachronie von konsekutiven und seriellen Konstrukt ionen in Af rikanischen Sprachen werden untersucht: Serielle entwickeln sich aus konsekutiven; serielle entwickeln sich weiter zu weniger wichtigen Kategorien wie etwa Prapositionen, Hilfszeitwörter, Satzergänzungen usw.; die synchronische Tiefenstruktur (und wahrscheinlich die historische Quelle) der seriellen Konstruktionen ist koordiniert, nicht subordiniert. Nach Lightfoot (1979) jedoch sind Hypothesen ohne Dokumentation wertlos; die Richtung der Veranderung könnte von der weniger bedeutenden Ka-tegorie zum Verbum und von der seriellen zur konsekutiven Konstruk-tion vor sich gegangen sein. Die Untersuchung des afrikanischen Materials zeigt an, daft geringer funktionaler Unterschied besteht zwi-schen diesen beiden Konstruktionen und daß der Hauptunterschied in der Morphosyntax liegt. Darüberhinaus bekraftigen typologische Pa-rallelen im Hittitischen und Irischen, daft die Richtung der Entwick-lung von konsekutiven zu seriellen Konstruktionen geht, und zwar durch einen Prozeß semantischer Verbleichung, und von einer Haupt- zu einer Nebenkategorie. Zum andern können wir keine entweder synchronische oder diachronische Behauptung iiber die Struktur konsekutiver und serieller Konstruktionen aufstellen.

scholarly journals سيميائيَّة الغياب في ديوان "ما تلاه عليّ الغياب" دراسة في ضوء سيميائيَّة الأهواء

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 181-199
Author(s):  
Alreem M Alfawaz Alreem M Alfawaz
Keyword(s):  
Surface Structure ◽  
Deep Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Semiotic Approach

T he semiotic approach is based on the assumption that the text includes a surface structure and a deep structure. Analyzing the two structures looks at the relations between the two. As for the objective behind the semiotic approach it is the uncovering of the relations that link the hidden implications of the text by following the development of meaning. On the other hand, the semiotics of emotions is a branch of general semiotics. Emotion is what semiotics analyzes to know its role in the creative text. In the collection of poems discussed here it is absence that played a role in the formation of the emotion of sadness: the absence of people or specific attitudes. Sadness is seen as preceding the ways meaning reveals itself and also as an agent in their production

Donnees geophysiques sur la structure profonde du Diois et des Baronnies

1966 ◽  
Vol S7-VIII (3) ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Flandrin ◽  
Christian Weber
Keyword(s):  
Deep Structure ◽  
Surface Structures ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
East West ◽  
Clear Relation ◽  
Made In

Abstract Aeromagnetic and gravimetric studies made in the region of the Diois and Baronnies mountains (French Prealps) indicate a clear relation between deep structure and many surface structures. In particular, the basement took part in three displacements, the two great north-south faults of Saillans-Merindol and Die-la Motte-Chalancon, and the northeast-trending Clery fault. On the other hand, the east-west folds affecting the Mesozoic and Tertiary are definitely shallow decollements in which the basement did not participate.

The Gbaya Languages

Africa ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Samarin
Keyword(s):  
Single Unit ◽  
The Other ◽  
African Languages ◽  
The Third ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Cluster A ◽  
Linguistic Groups ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphThe Gbaya languages are treated in the third part of the recently published volume of the series, Handbook of African Languages. In this work they are held to represent a dialect cluster (a single unit) within the larger unit, the Banda-Gbaya-Ngbandi languages. In thus uniting these linguistic groups, Tucker and Bryan agree at least in part with Greenberg, who includes them as well as some other languages within his Eastern Branch of the Niger-Congo Family. On the other hand, they do not go as far as Greenberg does on the ground that ‘the divergent features of these languages [i.e. those included by Greenberg in the Eastern Branch] would seem to be sufficient to exclude some of them from this “branch”, and possibly to allocate them to other branches . . .’. They therefore ‘feel that Greenberg's “Eastern Branch” grouping cannot be justified (still less the order of his items), except on the grounds of geographical expediency’ (Tucker and Bryan, p. 146).

scholarly journals Selected Problems of Generating Apposition Groups in Old Polish

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Piotr Zbróg
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Deep Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
The 19Th Century

The subject of interest in this chapter is the concepts of creating apposition groups that appear in the literature on the subject, e.g. zbawiciel Jesus, dziewica Maryja, matka jego, słudze Bryjidzie. Opposing theories on this topic indicated on the one hand that apposition was an element added to the parent unit, and on the other hand, that apposition was the effect of transforming the deep structure into surface constructs. These approaches were, usually intuitive, reflected by language courts describing the title expressions since the beginning of the 19th century. In this study, they were traced and proved the dominance of opinions about the syntactic starting point in the derivative of apposition. In addition, other aspects of the characteristics of the groups of positions are discussed, placing them in the basic dichotomy of the derivation of positions.

A ‘Horrible Conflict with Theory’ in Heinrich Hertz's Experiments on Electromagnetic Waves

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-559
Author(s):  
JAMES G. O'HARA
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Standing Waves ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wireless Transmission ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Historical Source ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
George Francis Fitzgerald ◽  
Good Agreement

In his celebrated 1888 experiment on standing waves, Hertz found the velocity of transmission along a wire line to depend on wavelength and to differ from that for wireless transmission, a result that was in contradiction to theory. Hertz called on others to repeat the experiments and verify or refute his results. The call was heard by two groups of scientists. In Dublin, George Francis Fitzgerald and associates repeated and elaborated Hertz's experimental discoveries. For wire transmission, their results were in good agreement with those of Hertz. On the other hand Édouard Sarasin and Lucien de la Rive of Geneva obtained the results required by theory. Hertz looked for an explanation of his own results in the ambient conditions of his apparatus. He corresponded with both Fitzgerald and with the Genevan scientists. These letters are an important historical source in reconstructing the circumstances of Hertz's experiment.

Vasantaka

2019 ◽  
pp. 130-133
Author(s):  
Indu G.
Keyword(s):  
Deep Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
The Past ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Personal Reflections

This contribution deals with some special roles in the Kūṭiyāṭṭam tradition: the Vidūṣaka and the story teller. By giving a description of the story development in Mantrāṅkam, the author, who is an experienced Kūṭiyāttam actress herself, offers some interesting reflections on the development of the figure of the “jester” taking into account the historical background. Indu G. guides us through the structure of the play that continues until the thirty-seventh day and also explains the personal reflections attached to it. As these stories don’t aim at representing a specific historical period, they are not bound either to the present or to the past, and their reflections are not constrained to the ethics or morality of present time. On the other hand they question or mock it. In this sense, if we look at the deep structure, it has the quality to make the audience reconsider their static thinking patterns and make them flexible and vital.

A study of cometary eruptions through OH radio-lines

1999 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 249-254
Author(s):  
A.M. Silva ◽  
R.D. Miró
Keyword(s):  
Short Duration ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
The Other ◽  
Initial Mass ◽  
Radio Lines ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Sudden Rise

AbstractWe have developed a model for theH2OandOHevolution in a comet outburst, assuming that together with the gas, a distribution of icy grains is ejected. With an initial mass of icy grains of 108kg released, theH2OandOHproductions are increased up to a factor two, and the growth curves change drastically in the first two days. The model is applied to eruptions detected in theOHradio monitorings and fits well with the slow variations in the flux. On the other hand, several events of short duration appear, consisting of a sudden rise ofOHflux, followed by a sudden decay on the second day. These apparent short bursts are frequently found as precursors of a more durable eruption. We suggest that both of them are part of a unique eruption, and that the sudden decay is due to collisions that de-excite theOHmaser, when it reaches the Cometopause region located at 1.35 × 105kmfrom the nucleus.

Closing the GAP—A 5Å Scanning Microscope

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
A. V. Crewe
Keyword(s):  
Normal Form ◽  
The Other ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Scanning Microscope ◽  
Conventional Microscope ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Closing The Gap ◽  
Thermal Sources ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Transmission Microscope

We have become accustomed to differentiating between the scanning microscope and the conventional transmission microscope according to the resolving power which the two instruments offer. The conventional microscope is capable of a point resolution of a few angstroms and line resolutions of periodic objects of about 1Å. On the other hand, the scanning microscope, in its normal form, is not ordinarily capable of a point resolution better than 100Å. Upon examining reasons for the 100Å limitation, it becomes clear that this is based more on tradition than reason, and in particular, it is a condition imposed upon the microscope by adherence to thermal sources of electrons.

Life Beyond 1MeV

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
K.H. Westmacott
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Case ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The U.S

Life beyond 1MeV – like life after 40 – is not too different unless one takes advantage of past experience and is receptive to new opportunities. At first glance, the returns on performing electron microscopy at voltages greater than 1MeV diminish rather rapidly as the curves which describe the well-known advantages of HVEM often tend towards saturation. However, in a country with a significant HVEM capability, a good case can be made for investing in instruments with a range of maximum accelerating voltages. In this regard, the 1.5MeV KRATOS HVEM being installed in Berkeley will complement the other 650KeV, 1MeV, and 1.2MeV instruments currently operating in the U.S. One other consideration suggests that 1.5MeV is an optimum voltage machine – Its additional advantages may be purchased for not much more than a 1MeV instrument. On the other hand, the 3MeV HVEM's which seem to be operated at 2MeV maximum, are much more expensive.

Can the Academic Self-Concept be Positive and Realistic?

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reimer Kornmann
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Other Hand

Summary: My comment is basically restricted to the situation in which less-able students find themselves and refers only to literature in German. From this point of view I am basically able to confirm Marsh's results. It must, however, be said that with less-able pupils the opposite effect can be found: Levels of self-esteem in these pupils are raised, at least temporarily, by separate instruction, academic performance however drops; combined instruction, on the other hand, leads to improved academic performance, while levels of self-esteem drop. Apparently, the positive self-image of less-able pupils who receive separate instruction does not bring about the potential enhancement of academic performance one might expect from high-ability pupils receiving separate instruction. To resolve the dilemma, it is proposed that individual progress in learning be accentuated, and that comparisons with others be dispensed with. This fosters a self-image that can in equal measure be realistic and optimistic.

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