Why very good in India might be pretty good in North America

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-489
Author(s):  
Susanne Wagner
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
North American ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
World Englishes ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Variationist Sociolinguistics ◽  
The Future ◽  
Trajectories Of Change

Abstract Situated at the interface of several sub-disciplines (corpus linguistics, World Englishes, variationist sociolinguistics), this study investigates patterns of adjectival amplification (very good, so glad, pretty cool) in the Corpus of Global Web-Based English (GloWbE). It highlights regional distributions/preferences of amplifier-adjective 2-grams and the idiosyncratic status of certain bigrams according to their frequency status. Globally, clear regional preferences in amplification patterns as well as possible trends concerning change are identified. Regionally, L1 varieties contrast starkly with some regions (Africa, Indian subcontinent) but – maybe unexpectedly – not with others (Southeast Asia). The results offer insights into current trajectories of change concerning the investigated amplifiers in certain regions and 2-grams: North American varieties are leading a trend away from very towards so and possibly pretty in the future.

The demography of grandparenthood in 16 European countries and two North American countries

2018 ◽  
pp. 23-42
Author(s):  
Rachel Margolis ◽  
Bruno Arpino
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Young Children ◽  
North American ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Intergenerational Relationships ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Population Characteristics ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The Future

Intergenerational relationships between grandparents and grandchildren can offer tremendous benefits to family members of each generation. The demography of grandparenthood – the timing, length and population characteristics – shape the extent to which young children have grandparents available, how many grandparents are alive, and the duration of overlap with grandparents. In this chapter, we examine how the demography of grandparenthood varies across 16 countries in Europe and two countries in North America, and why it is changing. Next, we examine variation in two key determinants of intergenerational relationships – the labour force participation and health of grandparents. Last, we comment on some important changes in the demography of grandparenthood that may come in the future.

Pools, Parlays, and Point Spreads: A Sociological Consideration of the Legalization of Sports Gambling

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garry J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Sports Gambling ◽  
The Future ◽  
Moral Arguments ◽  
Guiding Principles

The legalization of sports gambling has recently become a major social policy issue in some North American jurisdictions. Unfortunately, there are few guiding principles to help policymakers in their deliberations. This paper presents a synopsis of the main practical and moral arguments for and against sports gambling. The discussion of the consequences of legalizing sports gambling follows a sociological overview that emphasizes the scope, growth, and appeal of the activity. The concluding section examines the future of sports gambling: why legalization appears inevitable, the formats legalized sports gambling may take, and where in North America the enabling legislation is most likely to surface.

Towards a better understanding of sustainability accounting and management research and teaching in North America: a look at the community

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 985-1007
Author(s):  
Charles H. Cho ◽  
Anna Kim ◽  
Michelle Rodrigue ◽  
Thomas Schneider
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sustainability Accounting

Purpose The purpose of this paper is two-fold. The first is to provide insight into the academic life, teaching and research activities of active participants in the sustainability accounting and management academic community in North America. The second is to provide readers with an overview of the papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach To meet the first objective, we specifically sought out those who self-identify as sustainability accounting and management academics, based in North American universities and who actively engage in the sustainability academic community in North America. Using an anonymous online survey, this group was asked to respond to various questions about their academic life, research and teaching activities. Findings Survey respondents report that they choose to focus on sustainability accounting and management because they want to make a difference (change the world). To that end, the respondents identify carbon emissions and climate change, social issues such as inequalities, as well as grand challenges and sustainable development goals, as important research topics to pursue in the future. While passionate about their research topics, respondents generally note that research outlets that will serve to significantly move their careers forward are difficult to find. A relatively small number of respondents teach sustainability accounting or management, however, most courses taught are dedicated to the topic and teaching sustainability was identified as amongst the most enjoyable aspects of their academic lives. Practical implications With study respondents feeling closed out of a number of mainstream journals, career paths at North American institutions could appear somewhat limited for those choosing sustainability accounting and management research as a focus, interest and even passion. This is perhaps even more profound on the teaching side where from a practical perspective, we need to be teaching accountants and managers the significance of sustainability in and for the profession, yes – but even more so for society broadly. Social implications As we move into the digital age, it is important that professionals bend their minds to sustainability as much as they do to keep up with the “pace of change” on other fronts. A potential risk is that “high-tech” subsumes equally important social aspects that need to be embedded in the process of generating accounting and management professionals. Originality/value To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a survey on the work experiences of a sample of scholars teaching and doing research in the area of sustainability accounting and management has been presented for publication. It is meant to provide some descriptive insights into what drives some active participants in this group of academics and reflect on where the future might lead as sustainability becomes an urgent necessity rather than a choice. These descriptive insights and reflections provide a starting point for future inquiries.

‘The Irishman's Prize’: Views of Canada from the British Press, 1760–1774

1985 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Lawson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
New France ◽  
American Empire ◽  
French Army ◽  
The North ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Future ◽  
British Press ◽  
The City

This was how the Public Advertiser greeted the passage of the Quebec Act through parliament in June 1774. It was a remarkable transformation from the ecstasy evident in newspaper reports that greeted the fall of New France in 1760. As early as November 1759 the city of Nottingham singled out the North American campaign as the glorious core of British strategy. Its loyal address congratulated the king ‘particularly upon the defeat of the French army in Canada, and the taking of Quebec; an acquisition not less honourable to your majesty's forces, than destructive of the trade and commerce and power of France in North America’. What occurred in those fourteen years to produce such a stark revision of views on the conquest of New France? The answer can be found partly by surveying the English press for this period. During these years, treatment of Canadian issues in the press displayed quite distinct characteristics that revealed a whole range of attitudes and opinions on the place Canada held in the future of the North American empire. No consensus on this issue ever existed. Debate on Canada mirrored a wider discussion on the future of the polyglot empire acquired at the end of the Seven Years War in 1763. In ranged from the enthusiasm of officials at Westminster to spokesmen of a strain in English thinking that challenged the whole thrust of imperial policy to date.

scholarly journals Forestry-Wildlife: Whither the Future

1976 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. L. Bunnell
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
The Future ◽  
Old Growth Forests

Conditions in areas with higher ratios of people to trees than North America suggest changes in North American perspectives of forestry-wildlife relations. These conditions, as they were presented at a recent IUFRO meeting, are summarized. Implications of these conditions for North America are that our forestry-wildlife problems will acquire an increasing social dimension, while solutions will become increasingly varied and complex. The old-growth forests still present in North America will permit a degree of flexibility in management now lacking in much of Europe.

Hebraica Catalogers and Cataloging Roles in North America: Today and Tomorrow

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-158
Author(s):  
Heidi Lerner
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
The Future

This study looks at current workflows, practices and preparations for the future among North American Hebraica catalogers in academic, government and other special libraries and archives, The survey explores the demographics of the Hebraica cataloging community. Questions were asked about what types of materials this group processes, workplace responsibilities, and metadata practices and trends. The author was very interested to know what steps and types of training Hebraica catalogers are undertaking to learn about new technologies and tools being developed to describe bibliographic and digital resources.

scholarly journals Intercontinental transport and deposition patterns of atmospheric mercury from anthropogenic emissions

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 25185-25218 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Chen ◽  
H.-H. Wang ◽  
J.-F. Liu ◽  
W. Zhang ◽  
D. Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Atmospheric Mercury ◽  
Anthropogenic Emissions ◽  
Mercury Deposition ◽  
Mercury Emissions ◽  
Source Receptor Relationships

Abstract. Global policies that regulate anthropogenic mercury emissions to the environment require quantitative and comprehensive source–receptor relationships for mercury emissions, transport and deposition among major continental regions. In this study, we use the GEOS-Chem model to establish source–receptor relationships among eleven major continental regions worldwide. Source–receptor relationships for surface mercury concentrations (SMC) show that some regions (e.g. East Asia, the Indian subcontinent and Europe) should be responsible for their local surface Hg(II) and Hg(P) concentrations because of near-field transport and deposition contributions from their local anthropogenic emissions (up to 64% and 71% for Hg(II) and Hg(P), respectively, over East Asia). We define region of primary influence (RPI) and region of secondary influence (RSI) to establish intercontinental influence patterns. Results indicate that East Asia is SMC RPI for almost all other regions, while Europe, Russia and the Indian subcontinent also make some contributions to SMC over some receptor regions because they are dominant RSI source regions. Source–receptor relationships for mercury deposition show that approximately 16% and 17% of dry and wet deposition, respectively, over North America originate from East Asia, indicating that trans-pacific transport of East Asian emissions is the major foreign source of mercury deposition in North America. Europe, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent are also important mercury deposition sources for some receptor regions because they are dominant RSI. We also quantify seasonal variation on mercury deposition contributions over other regions from East Asia. Results show that mercury deposition (including dry and wet) contributions from East Asia over the Northern Hemisphere receptor regions (e.g. North America, Europe, Russia, Middle East and Middle Asia) vary seasonally, with the maximum values in summer and minimum values in winter. The opposite seasonal pattern occurs on mercury dry deposition contributions over Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

The 1990s: North American archaeology with a human face?

Antiquity ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (245) ◽  
pp. 778-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce G. Trigger
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
History Of Archaeology ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Standard Account ◽  
American Archaeology ◽  
The Past ◽  
North American Archaeology ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

The English reviewer for Nature (Renfrew 1990) declared that Bruce Trigger's new history of archaeology will become the standard account of our subject's history, and the French reviewer for ANTIQUITY also has a warm view (this issue, page 960). Having looked to the past, what does Trigger see for the future of archaeology in North America, as the reaction comes to the view of archaeology as, primarily, science that has dominated these last decades?

scholarly journals Through the Looking Glass: Implications of Canada-United States Transgovernmental Networks for Democratic Theory, International Law, and the Future of North American Governance

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Bryk Friedman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
International Law ◽  
North American ◽  
Democratic Theory ◽  
The Future ◽  
Transgovernmental Networks ◽  
Looking Glass

Viewing international law through the lens of transgovernmental networks offers a unique perspective to investigating the connection between democracy and international law. By applying the concept of the “disaggregated state,” the author evaluates the character and nature of transgovernmental networks within North America and offers suggestions for policymakers and scholars envisioning future models of North American governance.

scholarly journals Intercontinental transport and deposition patterns of atmospheric mercury from anthropogenic emissions

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 10163-10176 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Chen ◽  
H. H. Wang ◽  
J. F. Liu ◽  
Y. D. Tong ◽  
L. B. Ou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Atmospheric Mercury ◽  
Anthropogenic Emissions ◽  
Mercury Deposition ◽  
Mercury Emissions ◽  
Source Receptor Relationships

Abstract. Global policies that regulate anthropogenic mercury emissions to the environment require quantitative and comprehensive source–receptor relationships for mercury emissions, transport and deposition among major continental regions. In this study, we use the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model to establish source–receptor relationships among 11 major continental regions worldwide. Source–receptor relationships for surface mercury concentrations (SMC) show that some regions (e.g., East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe) should be responsible for their local surface Hg(II) and Hg(P) concentrations due to near-field transport and deposition contributions from their local anthropogenic emissions (up to 64 and 71% for Hg(II) and Hg(P), respectively, over East Asia). We define the region of primary influence (RPI) and the region of secondary influence (RSI) to establish intercontinental influence patterns. Results indicate that East Asia is the SMC RPI for almost all other regions, while Europe, Russia, and the Indian subcontinent also make some contributions to SMC over some receptor regions because they are dominant RSI source regions. Source–receptor relationships for mercury deposition show that approximately 16 and 17% of dry and wet deposition, respectively, over North America originate from East Asia, indicating that transpacific transport of East Asian emissions is the major foreign source of mercury deposition in North America. Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent are also important mercury deposition sources for some receptor regions because they are the dominant RSIs. We also quantify seasonal variation on mercury deposition contributions over other regions from East Asia. Results show that mercury deposition (including dry and wet) contributions from East Asia over the Northern Hemisphere receptor regions (e.g., North America, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Middle Asia) vary seasonally, with the maximum values in summer and minimum values in winter. The opposite seasonal pattern occurs on mercury dry deposition contributions over Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

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