scholarly journals Quantifiers, Binding, and Agreement

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. p33
Author(s):  
Namkil Kang
Keyword(s):  
Major Point

The main goal of this paper is to argue that Korean pronouns must be phi-feature-compatible with their antecedents, whereas Korean reflexives are not. It is worth pointing out that Korean pronouns are sensitive to the number feature, whereas Korean anaphors are not. A major point to note is that every-type QPs have a Q feature that is plural in its number, whereas which-type QPs have an optional Q-feature that is singular or plural in number. A further point to note is that Korean pronouns are sensitive to phi-features, which is in accordance with Safir’s (2014) hypothesis that “D-bound anaphora must be feature-compatible with its antecedent”. With respect to Korean pronouns, it is worth noting that Safir’s hypothesis does not work for Korean pronouns since they induce a bound variable reading through the phi-feature agreement. Finally, it is significant to note that Korean anaphors are not feature-compatible with antecedents and that they yield a bound variable reading regardless of their phi-features.

Notes on the Writing of Scientific English for Japanese Physicists

2014 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Leggett
Keyword(s):  
Good Deal ◽  
Mental Effort ◽  
The Other ◽  
Simple Rule ◽  
Major Point ◽  
Sentence Construction ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
Elegant Form ◽  
Form Of Expression

The main guiding principles I have used are the following. First, it is much more important that the English written by Japanese authors be clear and easily readable than that it be elegant. Therefore, in a situation where there is a choice between an elegant form of expression which, however, may easily lead to confusion if misused and a less elegant but practically "foolproof" one, I have never hesitated to recommend the latter. Secondly, the importance of avoiding a mistake is roughly proportional to the amount of misunderstanding it may entail and/or the amount of psychological "wear and tear" it may cause on the reader's nerves. Accordingly, I have spent a good deal of space on "macroscopic" points like sentence construction, and proportionately less on "microscopic" ones like the correct use of "a" and "the"; prepositions, which most Japanese writers seem to consider a major point of difficulty in writing English, I have scarcely mentioned, not only because this is the sort of point for which one can easily refer to dictionaries but because I believe the reader can usually correct any mistakes for himself with very little mental effort. Thirdly, the usefulness of a set of notes such as this is much reduced if the rules given become too complicated. Therefore, rather than give a complicated set of rules which would ensure correctness 100% of the time, I have often preferred to give a simple rule which will be right 95% of the time, provided that in the other 5% of cases, it is unlikely to lead to confusion. I do not claim that anyone who tries to follow the advice given here will write beautiful or even invariably correct English; but I hope that what he writes will be clear and readable and that any mistakes he does make will be minor ones.

Plasma Threonine in Premature Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-144
Author(s):  
NIELS RÄIHÄ ◽  
DAVID RASSIN ◽  
GERALD GAULL
Keyword(s):  
Premature Infants ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Milk Formula ◽  
Major Point

In Reply.— The major point raised by the letter of Rigo and Senterre is that the plasma threonine concentration should decrease with increasing gestational age in the groups with high threonine intake (>1,500 µmol/kg/day). These are the infants receiving a milk formula containing 3.0 g/100 mL of protein in one of our first studies.1 In our recent study on term infants2 the threonine intake in the formula-fed infants was <1,500 µmol/kg/day. Plasma threonine values in relation to gestational age from the first study are shown in the Table.

scholarly journals Source apportionment of benzene downwind of a major point source

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Li ◽  
Sheila Kalenge ◽  
Philip K. Hopke ◽  
Ryan Lebouf ◽  
Alan Rossner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Point Source ◽  
Source Apportionment ◽  
Major Point

scholarly journals The Subject of Critique: Ricoeur in Dialogue with Feminist Philosophers

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39
Author(s):  
Annemie Halsema
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Thought Experiments ◽  
The Self ◽  
Major Point ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Rule Out

This paper aims to show the relevance of Ricœur’s notion of the self for postmodern feminist theory, but also to critically assess it. By bringing Ricœur’s “self” into dialogue with Braidotti’s, Irigaray’s and Butler’s conceptions of the subject, it shows that it is close to the feminist self in that it is articulated into language, is embodied and not fully conscious of itself. In the course of the argument, the major point of divergence also comes to light, namely, that the former considers discourse to be a laboratory for thought experiments, while the latter consider discourse to be normative, restrictive and exclusive. In the second part, the possibility of critique and change are further developed. Ricœur does not rule out critique, rather interpretation includes distanciation and critique. Finally, his notion of productive imagination explains how new identifications become possible. 

scholarly journals Truth and meaning in the maze of irony: A glance at Muriel Spark’s fiction

2018 ◽  
pp. 101-115
Author(s):  
Anna Walczuk
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Roman Catholicism ◽  
Absolute Truth ◽  
Major Point ◽  
Muriel Spark

The article addresses the issue of truth and its treatment in the fiction of Muriel Spark (1918–2006), who with her first novel, The Com-forters, made her name as a distinctly post-modern novelist. The publication of The Comforters coincided with her conversion to Roman Catholicism, and Spark was explicit about the vital influence which her newly-embraced religion had upon her becoming a writer of fiction. The major point in the following argument is Spark’s overt declaration that her writing of novels, which she defines in terms of lies, represents her quest for absolute truth. This apparently para-doxical admission is reflected in Spark’s creative output, which combines most unlikely features: postmodernist leanings, commitment to religious belief and a deep-seated conviction on the part of the author about the irrefutable validity of absolute truth. The article focuses mainly on two of Spark’s novels: The Only Problem and Symposium, which demonstrate the postmodernist perspective with its in-sistence on the relativity of truth or its outright negation in the form of the concept of “post-truth”. The presented analysis shows how Spark’s narratives pursue truth across the multiplicity of continually undermined meanings jointly generated by the text and the reader as its recipient. The discussion emphasises the irony which Muriel Spark proposes as the most effective strategy for getting an inkling of absolute truth, which remains for Spark a solid though evasive value, hidden under the multiplicity of meanings.

Imbalances: Mass Death and the Economy of ‘Sacrifice’ in the Great War

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Sherry
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Great War ◽  
Ford Madox Ford ◽  
Major Point ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Official Record ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Point Of Reference

This essay engages the values, attitudes, and practices of ‘sacrifice’ in the cultural history and literary and visual representations of the Great War (discussing works by Richard Aldington, David Jones and Ford Madox Ford). It demonstrates how extensively the idea of sacrifice was appealed to in the official record, and it shows how this political construction was responded to, almost always critically and negatively, in a literature of major record. The chief ideas turn around the fact that a sacrificial victim, in order to be effective, needs to be ‘worth’ a good deal; this calculation is profoundly altered in the ongoing, increasingly wholesale character of slaughter in the war. This disenchantment provides a major point of reference for our understanding of the war as a watershed in European and world-cultural history.

8. Proprietary Estoppel

Land Law ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 300-332
Author(s):  
Chris Bevan
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Land Law ◽  
Major Point ◽  
The Law

The chapter explores the doctrine of proprietary estoppel—a means by which a person may acquire a proprietary interest in another’s land. If made out, a claim to proprietary estoppel allows for the informal creation and acquisition of rights in land. Rather than just being raised as defence against legal claims (as is the case for example in promissory estoppel), it is this that sets proprietary estoppel apart and represents its major point of distinction from other estoppels. This chapter considers the requirements for establishing an estoppel claim and the effect of an estoppel on third parties. You come to the law of proprietary estoppel at a time when it is has hit something of a fertile patch. With a bounty of case law, new decisions seemingly handed down almost monthly, proprietary estoppel is having its moment in the sun and remains one of the liveliest and most productive areas of land law today.

Die Deutsche Bibliothek: Germany's National Library and National Bibliographic Agency

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
National Library ◽  
Major Point ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Great Progress ◽  
East And West ◽  
National Libraries

With the unification of Germany in 1990, the two former national libraries and national bibliographic agencies, the Deutsche Bücherei in Leipzig and the Deutsche Bibliothek in Frankfurt, were also united and given a single name: DIE DEUTSCHE BIBLIOTHEK. The Deutsches Musikarchiv in Berlin is also included in the new entity. The locations have remained unchanged, the collections continue to be maintained and responsibilities have been distributed in an effective manner. The new institution, whose total collections number some twelve million volumes, has made great progress in three short years. The merger of the two libraries has made it possible to tap new resources and to offer a new and expanded package of bibliographic services. In addition to important organizational, technical and financial concerns, the establishment of a foundation for a new identity has been a major point of emphasis. Through the step-by-step assumption of responsibility in specific areas, the sense of alienation that had evolved over 50 years has gradually given way to a spirit of teamwork and eagerness to learn. With its centres of strength in Leipzig and Frankfurt, DIE DEUTSCHE BIBLIOTHEK is now prepared to serve as a bridgehead between East and West.

scholarly journals Point source characterization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and extractable organofluorine (EOF) in freshwater and aquatic invertebrates

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1887-1898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Koch ◽  
Anna Kärrman ◽  
Leo W. Y. Yeung ◽  
Micael Jonsson ◽  
Lutz Ahrens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Point Source ◽  
Aquatic Invertebrates ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Source Characterization ◽  
Major Point ◽  
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

Major point sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) cause ubiquitous spread of PFASs in the environment.

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