Form-function relationship in artificial lateral lines

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 026001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Kaldenbach ◽  
Adrian Klein ◽  
Horst Bleckmann
2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-38
Author(s):  
Nicola McLelland

Summary This article adapts Linn’s ‘stylistics of standardization’ concept, which Linn (1998) has used to compare Norwegian and Faroese grammarians, to look at grammaticization processes in the first two grammars of German (Albertus 1573, Ölinger 1574). While both are clearly indebted to traditional Latin grammar and humanist ideals, these two grammars differ interestingly in the picture of the language that emerges from their metalanguage and structural principles. In his reflection on the language, his structuring and naming of linguistic phenomena and his attitudes to variation, Ölinger is the practical pedagogue, who imposes systematicity and aims for a one-to-one form-function relationship. Albertus on the other hand, though he too envisages his grammar being used for learning German, has a more cultural patriotic motivation, celebrating the richness and variety of German, worthy to be ranked alongside Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Albertus and Ölinger thus come up with quite different versions of the (as yet arguably non-existent) High German language. Each grammar yields a different subset of possible forms, reminding us that grammar-writing is always a task of creative construction.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 181447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrick J. Larabee ◽  
Adrian A. Smith ◽  
Andrew V. Suarez

What is the limit of animal speed and what mechanisms produce the fastest movements? More than natural history trivia, the answer provides key insight into the form–function relationship of musculoskeletal movement and can determine the outcome of predator–prey interactions. The fastest known animal movements belong to arthropods, including trap-jaw ants, mantis shrimp and froghoppers, that have incorporated latches and springs into their appendage systems to overcome the limits of muscle power. In contrast to these examples of power amplification, where separate structures act as latch and spring to accelerate an appendage, some animals use a ‘snap-jaw’ mechanism that incorporates the latch and spring on the accelerating appendage itself. We examined the kinematics and functional morphology of the Dracula ant, Mystrium camillae , who use a snap-jaw mechanism to quickly slide their mandibles across each other similar to a finger snap. Kinematic analysis of high-speed video revealed that snap-jaw ant mandibles complete their strike in as little as 23 µsec and reach peak velocities of 90 m s −1 , making them the fastest known animal appendage. Finite-element analysis demonstrated that snap-jaw mandibles were less stiff than biting non-power-amplified mandibles, consistent with their use as a flexible spring. These results extend our understanding of animal speed and demonstrate how small changes in morphology can result in dramatic differences in performance.


2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola McLelland

SUMMARY This article adapts Linn’s ‘stylistics of standardization’ concept, which Linn (1998) has used to compare Norwegian and Faroese grammarians, to look at grammaticization processes in the first two grammars of German (Albertus 1573, Ölinger 1574). While both are clearly indebted to traditional Latin grammar and humanist ideals, these two grammars differ interestingly in the picture of the language that emerges from their metalanguage and structural principles. In his reflection on the language, his structuring and naming of linguistic phenomena and his attitudes to variation, Ölinger is the practical pedagogue, who imposes systematicity and aims for a one-to-one form-function relationship. Albertus on the other hand, though he too envisages his grammar being used for learning German, has a more cultural patriotic motivation, celebrating the richness and variety of German, worthy to be ranked alongside Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Albertus and Ölinger thus come up with quite different versions of the (as yet arguably non-existent) High German language. Each grammar yields a different subset of possible forms, reminding us that grammar-writing is always a task of creative construction.RÉSUMÉ Cet article prend comme point de départ la ‘stylistique de standardisation’ que Linn (1998) a utilisé dans sa comparaison d’un grammairien norvégien et d’un grammairien féroïen. Cette approche est adaptée ici pour permettre la comparaison des processus de grammaticisation dans les deux premières grammaires allemandes (Albertus 1573, Ölinger 1574). Tandis qu’Albertus et Ölinger doivent tous les deux beaucoup et à la grammaire latine traditionnelle et aux idéaux humanistes de l’époque, leurs grammaires diffèrent de manière intéressante en ce qui concerne l’image de la langue allemande que créent leur métalangage et leurs principes d’organisation. Dans ses réflexions sur la langue, dans la structure et la façon de nommer les phénomènes linguistiques, et dans son attitude envers la variation, Ölinger est le pédagogue pragmatique, qui cherche à imposer un système et à produire une relation unique entre forme et fonction. Albertus, pour sa part, s’il écrit lui aussi sa grammaire pour faciliter l’apprentissage de la langue, semble avoir une motivation patriotique, célébrant la richesse de l’allemand, digne d’être rangé à côté du latin, du grec et de l’hébreu. Albertus et Ölinger offrent donc deux versions différentes de la langue allemande — chaque grammaire produit un sous-ensemble de formes possibles, nous rappellant que la tâche d’écrire une grammaire est toujours un processus de ‘construction créative’.ZUSAMMENFASSUNG In diesem Artikel wird Linns Ansatz einer ‘Stilistik der Standardisierung’, den Linn (1998) für den Vergleich eines norwegischen und eines färörischen Grammatikers anwandte, auf Grammatisierungsprozesse in den beiden ersten deutschen Grammatiken (Albertus 1573, Ölinger 1574) angewandt. Während beide Grammatiken offensichtlich sowohl der traditionellen lateinischen Grammatik als auch humanistischen Idealen manches schulden, unterscheiden sie sich systematisch im Bild der Sprache, das aus ihrer Metasprache und ihrem Aufbau entsteht. In seiner Reflexion über die Sprache, in der Strukturierung und Benennung sprachlicher Phänomene, und in seiner Einstellung der Variation gegenüber, ist Ölinger durchweg der pragmatische Pädagoge, der ein System — und möglichst eine Eins-zu-eins-Form-Funktion-Beziehung — sucht und findet. Albertus, obwohl er seine Grammatik ebenfalls als Lehrtext konzipiert, geht eher von einer kulturpatriotischen Motivation aus, um den Reichtum der deutschen Sprache zu feiern — einer Sprache, die nicht weniger vollkommen sei als Lateinisch, Griechisch und Hebräisch. Albertus und Ölinger entwerfen also ziemlich verschiedene Versionen der (noch nicht wirklich existierenden) hochdeutschen Sprache — jede Grammatik läßt jeweils verschiedene Formen zu, und wir erkennen noch einmal, dass die Grammatikschreibung stets einen Prozess ‘kreativer Konstruktion’ darstellt.


Author(s):  
Esperanza Morales-López

Abstract In this paper, I analyze the construction of the trope of irony in a political interview, more specifically the interview with a Spanish politician on television in 2013. Its context is the emergence of the 15M, a citizen’s protest movement against the cuts imposed by the European Union and the Spanish Government. From a theoretical-methodological point of view, I adopt a holistic perspective, inspired by Halliday’s approach of jointly analysing the form-function relationship and White’s constructivism. I also review the different definitions and explanations of irony. After analysing the formal resources that construct irony, I give an account of the cognitive frameworks that are opposed in this discourse, and finally describe their narrative disposition and the communicative functions that those resources fulfill.


1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bamberg

This article develops the argument that narratives are organized along two orienting axes, one of horizontally sequencing the events, the other of vertically and hierarchically relating events to each other. The use of particular linguistic devices (references to emotions, references to negative states, and active/passive alternations) is explained in terms of their particular indexing functions regarding the relationship between these two axes. The suggested type of discourse analysis elaborates on the form-function relationship relevant to reconstruct the textual and interpersonal context bearing on all interpretation or listening processes—especially the therapeutic setting.


Author(s):  
Aldo I. Vassallo ◽  
Federico Becerra ◽  
Alejandra I. Echeverría ◽  
Alcira O. Díaz ◽  
María Victoria Longo ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshminath Kundanati ◽  
Roberto Guarino ◽  
Michele Menegon ◽  
Nicola M. Pugno

AbstractAmong all the vertebrates, snakes possess the most sophisticated venom delivering system using their fangs. Fangs of many animals are well adapted to the mechanical loads experienced during the functions such as breaking the diet and puncturing the skin of the prey. Thus, investigation and modelling of puncturing mechanics of snakes is of importance to understand the form-function relationship of the fangs and tissue-fang interactions in detail. We have thus chosen fangs of two snake species i.e. viper (Bitis arietans) and burrowing snake (Atractaspis aterrima), with different shape and size and performed insertion experiments using tissue phantoms. Our results showed that both the species have similar mechanical properties but there was a difference in the insertion forces owing to the difference in shape of the fang. Also, our modelling of the fang-tissue interactions predicted some parameters close to the experimental values. Thus, our study can help in the development of bioinspired needles that can potentially have reduced insertion forces and less damage to the tissue.


1988 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 517-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soonja Choi

ABSTRACTNegative utterances were collected longitudinally from two English-, five French- and four Korean-speaking children between 1;7 and 3;4. An analysis focusing on both non-verbal context and linguistic form led to the distinction of nine semantic/pragmatic categories which could capture cognitive and linguistic development in some detail: non-existence, prohibition, rejection, failure, denial, inability, epis-temic negation, normative and inferential negation. The nine categories were found in all three languages and their developmental order was similar across the languages. Different patterns were shown concerning the form-function relationship for different categories; for some categories, the distinct form emerged gradually after the function was acquired, while for others, the distinct form emerged simultaneously with the new function. Thus new forms emerged to subdivide an old category or to express a new function. This pattern was most typical for categories developed at later periods. It is suggested that whereas cognitive development precedes language development at an early period, at later periods cognitive and language development interact with each other.


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