scholarly journals Recent developments and open questions in the field of semantic roles

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seppo Kittilä ◽  
Fernando Zúñiga
Keyword(s):  
Previous Literature ◽  
Semantic Roles ◽  
Linguistic Data ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Recent Developments

This introductory chapter briefly introduces a few milestones in the voluminous previous literature on semantic roles, and charts the territory in which the papers of this volume aim to make a contribution. This territory is characterized by fairly disparate conceptualizations of semantic roles and their status in theories of grammar and the lexicon, as well as by diverse and probably complementary ways of deriving or identifying them based on linguistic data. Particular attention is given to the question of how selected roles appear to relate to each other, and we preliminarily address the issue of how roles, subroles, and role complexes are best thought of in general.

Introduction: Exploring Russian nationalisms

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pål Kolstø ◽  
Helge Blakkisrud
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Complex Interplay ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Part Structure

Russian societal nationalism comes in various guises, both ethnic and imperialist. Also Putin’s rhetoric is marked by the tensions between ethnic and state-focused, imperialist thinking. Noting the complex interplay of state nationalism and societal nationalism, this introductory chapter examines the mental framework within which Russian politicians were acting prior to the decision to annex Crimea. The chapter develops a typology of Russian nationalisms, surveys recent developments, and presents the three-part structure of this book: official nationalism, radical and other societal nationalisms, and identities/otherings. It concludes that after the annexation of Crimea, when the state took over the agenda of both ethnic and imperialist nationalists in Russia, societal nationalism finds itself at low ebb.

scholarly journals Recent developments on the Stieltjes transform of generalized functions

1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 641-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Sankar Pathak ◽  
Lokenath Debnath
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Generalized Functions ◽  
Stieltjes Transform ◽  
Poisson Transform ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
The Laplace Transform ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Abelian Theorems ◽  
Stieltjes Transforms

This paper is concerned with recent developments on the Stieltjes transform of generalized functions. Sections 1 and 2 give a very brief introduction to the subject and the Stieltjes transform of ordinary functions with an emphasis to the inversion theorems. The Stieltjes transform of generalized functions is described in section 3 with a special attention to the inversion theorems of this transform. Sections 4 and 5 deal with the adjoint and kernel methods used for the development of the Stieltjes transform of generalized functions. The real and complex inversion theorems are discussed in sections 6 and 7. The Poisson transform of generalized functions, the iteration of the Laplace transform and the iterated Stieltjes transfrom are included in sections 8, 9 and 10. The Stieltjes transforms of different orders and the fractional order integration and further generalizations of the Stieltjes transform are discussed in sections 11 and 12. Sections 13, 14 and 15 are devoted to Abelian theorems, initial-value and final-value results. Some applications of the Stieltjes transforms are discussed in section 16. The final section deals with some open questions and unsolved problems. Many important and recent references are listed at the end.

Introduction

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas M. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Finite Field ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Prime Fields

This introductory chapter sets out the book's focus, namely equidistribution results over larger and larger finite extensions of a given finite field. Emanuel Kowalski drew attention to the interest of having equidistribution results over, for example, prime fields 𝔽p, that become better and better as p grows. This question is addressed in Chapter 28, where the problem is to make effective the estimates, already given in the equicharacteristic setting of larger and larger extensions of a given finite field. Chapter 29 points out some open questions about “the situation over ℤ” and gives some illustrative examples. The chapter concludes by pointing out two potential ambiguities of notation.

Contemporary Complex Cinema

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklós Kiss ◽  
Steven Willemsen
Keyword(s):  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Contemporary Cinema

Chapter 1 briefly introduces the trend of narrative complexity in contemporary cinema. It concisely positions narrative complexity within broader shifts in the audiovisual media landscape, including the relation to recent developments in a techno-economical context, as well as this changing context’s impact on modes of viewing. This introductory chapter also briefly reviews existing studies on taxonomies that have so far offered formal-structural approaches to narrative complexity.

scholarly journals Dynamic Mechanism Design: An Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Bergemann ◽  
Juuso Välimäki
Keyword(s):  
Mechanism Design ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Limited Liability ◽  
Dynamic Mechanism ◽  
Dynamic Mechanism Design ◽  
Dynamic Mechanisms ◽  
Sequential Screening ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Primary Focus

We provide an introduction to the recent developments of dynamic mechanism design, with a primary focus on the quasilinear case. First, we describe socially optimal (or efficient) dynamic mechanisms. These mechanisms extend the well-known Vickrey– Clark–Groves and D’Aspremont–Gérard–Varet mechanisms to a dynamic environment. Second, we discuss revenue optimal mechanisms. We cover models of sequential screening and revenue-maximizing auctions with dynamically changing bidder types. We also discuss models of information management where the mechanism designer can control (at least partially) the stochastic process governing the agents’ types. Third, we consider models with changing populations of agents over time. After discussing related models with risk-averse agents and limited liability, we conclude with a number of open questions and challenges that remain for the theory of dynamic mechanism design. ( JEL D44, D81, D82)

Ion transport in polymeric ionic liquids: recent developments and open questions

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venkat Ganesan
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Ion Transport ◽  
Charge Transport ◽  
Transport Mechanisms ◽  
Polymeric Ionic Liquids ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Recent Developments

Recent developments and outstanding questions in the context of charge transport mechanisms in polymeric ionic liquids are highlighted.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Economic Crises ◽  
Working People ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Historical Contextualization

This introductory chapter sets out the book's purpose, which is to put the present economic crisis and its impact on workers in historical perspective, situating recent developments in the context of previous economic crises that have marked the industrial era. For, while much as been written about the origins and impact of the present crisis, most of it treats that crisis in historical isolation, and most of it treats workers as mere casualties or as an afterthought, if at all. The volume is premised on the notion that the historical contextualization of the present economic crisis demands an approach that is both transnational and cross-disciplinary, and one that takes the experiences of working people seriously. The chapter then discusses the long view of economic crises and workers' agency in an era of global transformation. An overview of the subsequent chapters is also presented.

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