Diachronic interpretations of word order parameter cohesion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Whitman ◽  
Yohei Ono
Keyword(s):  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Word Order ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Cluster Analyses ◽  
Syntactic Change ◽  
Language Sample ◽  
Head Parameter

This chapter uses statistical tools to investigate the interrelationship between typological features in the World Atlas of Language Structures Online (Dryer and Haspelmath 2013) in the WALS 201 language sample, with the objective of determining how crosscategorial word order generalizations might emerge as the result of syntactic change. Multiple Correspondence Analysis and a variety of cluster analyses show that word order features tend to group along the familiar lines of the Head Parameter. But there is an important caveat to this, previously noticed by Albu (2006): word order features in NP (e.g. [Order of noun and determiner], [Order of noun and adjective]) group separately from word order features in VP and PP, with the exception of [Order of noun and genitive]. We provide a diachronic explanation for this fact: nouns and their arguments may be reanalysed as PPs, or in the case of reanalysed nominalizations, clauses.

Real-life pseudo-passives: The usage and discourse functions of adjunct-based passive constructions

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-57
Author(s):  
Joanna Podhorodecka
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Discourse Context ◽  
Discourse Function ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
Intransitive Verbs

Abstract The aim of this study is to examine the usage of adjunct-based prepositional passives of intransitive verbs. The occurrence of this highly atypical construction, referred to as the pseudo-passive, is motivated by a variety of factors related to its individual components as well as the discourse context. The pseudo-passive is first characterized in terms of its most characteristic verbs and prepositions. Then three main types of the construction are distinguished on the basis of their subject semantics and discourse function, which correlate with specific syntactic and semantic features observed in the data. The study relies on statistical tools for the analysis of the corpus data: collostructional analysis, multiple correspondence analysis and logistic regression.

Multiple-correspondence analysis optical microscopy for determination of starch granules

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Devaux ◽  
E. M. Qannari ◽  
D. J. Gallant
Keyword(s):  
Optical Microscopy ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Starch Granules

scholarly journals Informed Geoheritage Conservation: Determinant Analysis Based on Bibliometric and Sustainability Indicators Using Ordination Techniques

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 539
Author(s):  
Boglárka Németh ◽  
Károly Németh ◽  
Jon N. Procter
Keyword(s):  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Usual Model ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
Business As Usual ◽  
World Development

Ordination methods are used in ecological multivariate statistics in order to reduce the number of dimensions and arrange individual variables along environmental variables. Geoheritage designation is a new challenge for conservation planning. Quantification of geoheritage to date is used explicitly for site selection, however, it also carries significant potential to be one of the indicators of sustainable development that is delivered through geosystem services. In order to achieve such a dominant position, geoheritage needs to be included in the business as usual model of conservation planning. Questions about the quantification process that have typically been addressed in geoheritage studies can be answered more directly by their relationships to world development indicators. We aim to relate the major informative geoheritage practices to underlying trends of successful geoheritage implementation through statistical analysis of countries with the highest trackable geoheritage interest. Correspondence analysis (CA) was used to obtain information on how certain indicators bundle together. Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) was used to detect sets of factors to determine positive geoheritage conservation outcomes. The analysis resulted in ordination diagrams that visualize correlations among determinant variables translated to links between socio-economic background and geoheritage conservation outcomes. Indicators derived from geoheritage-related academic activity and world development metrics show a shift from significant Earth science output toward disciplines of strong international agreement such as tourism, sustainability and biodiversity. Identifying contributing factors to conservation-related decisions helps experts to tailor their proposals for required evidence-based quantification reports and reinforce the scientific significance of geoheritage.

scholarly journals Patterns of Italian high school and university students’ attitudes towards physics: an analysis based on semiotic-cultural perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Italo Testa ◽  
Raffaele De Luca Picione ◽  
Umberto Scotti di Uccio
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to analyse Italian high school and university students’ attitudes towards physics using the Semiotic Cultural Psychological Theory (SCPT). In the SCPT framework, attitudes represent how individuals interpret their experience through the mediation of generalized meaning with which they are identified. A view-of-physics questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect data with 1603 high school and university students. Data were analysed through multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis. We identified four generalized meanings of physics: (a) interesting and important for society; (b) a quite interesting, but badly taught subject at school and not completely useful for society; (c) difficult to study and irrelevant for society; and (d) a fascinating and protective niche from society. The identified generalized meanings are significantly correlated to the choice to study physics at undergraduate level and to the choice of attending physics-related activities in high school. Implications for research are discussed.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of mass treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infection in socially vulnerable areas of a state in northeastern Brazil, 2011–2014

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia Silvestre Outtes Wanderley ◽  
Ulisses Montarroyos ◽  
Cristine Bonfim ◽  
Carolina Cunha-Correia
Keyword(s):  
Schistosoma Mansoni ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Vulnerability Index ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Mass Treatment ◽  
Social Vulnerability Index ◽  
Treatment Information

Abstract Background To assess the effectiveness of mass treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infection in socially vulnerable endemic areas in northeastern Brazil. Method An ecological study was conducted, in which 118 localities in 30 municipalities in the state of Pernambuco were screened before 2011 and in 2014 (after mass treatment). Information on the endemic baseline index, mass treatment coverage, socio-environmental conditions and social vulnerability index were used in the multiple correspondence analysis. One hundred fourteen thousand nine hundred eighty-seven people in 118 locations were examined. Results The first two dimensions of the multiple correspondence analysis represented 55.3% of the variability between locations. The human capital component of the social vulnerability index showed an association with the baseline endemicity index. There was a significant reduction in positivity for schistosomes. For two rounds, for every extra 1% of initial endemicity index, the fixed effect of 13.62% increased by 0.0003%, achieving at most 15.94%. Conclusions The mass treatment intervention helped to reduce transmission of schistosomiasis in areas of high endemicity. Thus, it can be recommended that application of mass treatment should be accompanied by other control actions, such as basic sanitation, monitoring of intermediate vectors and case surveillance.

Word Order Universals: Refinements and Clarifications

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyle Campbell ◽  
Vit Bubenik ◽  
Leslie Saxon
Keyword(s):  
Word Order ◽  
Supplementary Data ◽  
Basic Word ◽  
Language Sample

Studies of word-order universals have had great impact in modern linguistics, thanks to Greenberg’s (1963) work and to Hawkins’s (1983) refinements. Greenberg’s conclusions were based on a sample of 30 languages “for more detailed information” and 142 languages “for certain limited cooccurrences of basic word order” (Hawkins 1983:xi; cf. Greenberg 1963:74–75). Hawkins expanded the 142 “to some 350 languages”, and for “between one-third and one-half of these supplementary data have been collected of the type that Greenberg listed in his 30-language sample” (Hawkins 1983:xi-xii). Hawkins proposed extensive revisions in Greenberg’s universals based on this expanded sample.

Generalized constrained multiple correspondence analysis

Psychometrika ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heungsun Hwang ◽  
Yoshio Takane
Keyword(s):  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis

Measures of Fit in Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Crisp and Fuzzy Coded Data

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zerrin Asan ◽  
Michael Greenacre
Keyword(s):  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis

Tumor Regression Grade After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Surgery for Low Rectal Cancer Evaluated by Multiple Correspondence Analysis: Ten Years as Minimum Follow-up

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e13-e19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaello Mancini ◽  
Giada Pattaro ◽  
Maria Grazia Diodoro ◽  
Isabella Sperduti ◽  
Carlo Garufi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rectal Cancer ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Tumor Regression ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation ◽  
Low Rectal Cancer ◽  
Tumor Regression Grade ◽  
Regression Grade
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