Particular Features of Istro-Romanian Pronominal Clitics

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Adina Dragomirescu ◽  
Alexandru Nicolae
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Descriptive Account

"Particular Features of Istro-Romanian Pronominal Clitics. Istro-Romanian is a ‘historical dialect’ of Romanian, a severely endangered linguistic variety, spoken in the Istrian peninsula (Croatia) as an endogenous language, and in USA and Canada as an exogenous language. Using the data extracted from the available corpora, the paper offers a descriptive account of the main features of pronominal clitics in Istro-Romanian, focusing on empirical phenomena such as interpolation, verb(-auxiliary)-clitic inversion, (absence of) clitic climbing, and the position of clitics with respect to other elements of the verbal cluster. Some parallels with Croatian are also drawn, and the importance of old Romanian/old Romance inheritance is also briefly assessed. Future research will concentrate on more closely determining what plays a more important role in the syntax of Istro-Romanian: preservation of archaic Romanian/ Romance features or language contact?

scholarly journals A psychological network approach to attitudes and preventive behaviors during pandemics: A COVID-19 study in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique Chambon ◽  
Jonas Dalege ◽  
Janneke Elberse ◽  
Frenk van Harreveld
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Preventive Behaviors ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Descriptive Account

Preventive behaviors are crucial to prevent spread of the coronavirus causing COVID-19. We adopted a complex psychological systems approach to obtain a descriptive account of the network of attitudes and behaviors related to COVID-19. A survey study (N = 1022) was conducted with subsamples from the United Kingdom (n = 502) and the Netherlands (n = 520). The results highlight the importance of people’s support for, and perceived efficacy of, the measures and preventive behaviors. This also applies to the perceived norm of family and friends adopting these behaviors. The networks in both countries were largely similar, but showed notable differences. The interplay of psychological factors in the networks is also highlighted, resulting in our appeal to policy makers to take complexity and mutual dependence of psychological factors into account. Future research should study effects of interventions aimed at these factors, including effects on the network, to make causal inferences.

scholarly journals On case loss and svarabhakti vowels: the sociolinguistic typology and geolinguistics of simplification in North Germanic

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Tam T. Blaxter ◽  
Peter Trudgill
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Dialect Contact ◽  
Low German ◽  
History Of ◽  
Middle Low German

AbstractWork in sociolinguistic typology and creole studies has established the theory that intensive language contact involving second language acquisition by adults tends to lead to grammatical simplification. This theory is built on many anecdotal case studies, including developments in the history of Continental North Germanic associated with contact with Middle Low German. In this paper, we assess the theory by examining two changes in the history of Norwegian: the loss of coda /Cr/ clusters and the loss of prepositional genitives. If the theory is correct, these changes should have been innovated in centers of contact with Middle Low German. We find that both changes in fact spread into southeastern Norwegian from Swedish. Since contact with Low German also took place in Sweden and Denmark, this is consistent with the theory. It opens questions for future research about the role of dialect contact in simplificatory change in North Germanic.

Through COVID-19 and beyond: developing a multidisciplinary telehealth family intervention in first episode psychosis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Donal O’Keeffe ◽  
David Marshall ◽  
Andrew Wheeler ◽  
Eoghan Allen ◽  
Helena Ronan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Descriptive Account ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Telehealth Intervention ◽  
Early Intervention In Psychosis

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges to high quality, safe Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service provision. Due to the necessity to ensure EIP continues despite this, we developed a multidisciplinary, blended, telehealth intervention, incorporating psychoeducation and peer support, for family members of first episode psychosis service users: PERCEPTION. This perspective article aims to: describe PERCEPTION; offer reflections on our experience of delivering it; make recommendations for future research; and synthesise key learning to assist the integration of similar interventions in other EIP services. We provide a descriptive account of PERCEPTION’s development and implementation, with reflections from the clinicians involved, on supporting families using this approach. We experienced telehealth as patient-focused, safe, and efficient and believe the intervention’s blended nature augmented families’ engagement. The approach adopted can assist service providers to attain balance between protecting public health and offering a meaningful, therapeutic intervention to support families in the current epoch.

scholarly journals A Psychological Network Approach to Attitudes and Preventive Behaviors During Pandemics: A COVID-19 Study in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
pp. 194855062110024
Author(s):  
Monique Chambon ◽  
Jonas Dalege ◽  
Janneke E. Elberse ◽  
Frenk van Harreveld
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Preventive Behaviors ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Descriptive Account

Preventive behaviors are crucial to prevent the spread of the coronavirus causing COVID-19. We adopted a complex psychological systems approach to obtain a descriptive account of the network of attitudes and behaviors related to COVID-19. A survey study ( N = 1,022) was conducted with subsamples from the United Kingdom ( n = 502) and the Netherlands ( n = 520). The results highlight the importance of people’s support for, and perceived efficacy of, the measures and preventive behaviors. This also applies to the perceived norm of family and friends adopting these behaviors. The networks in both countries were largely similar but also showed notable differences. The interplay of psychological factors in the networks is also highlighted, resulting in our appeal to policy makers to take complexity and mutual dependence of psychological factors into account. Future research should study the effects of interventions aimed at these factors, including effects on the network, to make causal inferences.

Remarks on research of anaphora resolution in situations of language contact: Cross-linguistic influence and the PAS

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Bryan Romano
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Anaphora Resolution ◽  
Overt Pronouns ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Linguistic Structures ◽  
Theoretical Issues

Purpose: This article proposes a new definition of cross-linguistic influence on anaphora resolution in situations of language contact appealing to the Position of Antecedent Strategy. Design: To this effect it examines existing evidence for and definitions of cross-linguistic influence across Spanish, Italian, Greek, and English, four languages research has concentrated on most intensively. Data and analysis: Methodological and theoretical issues are brought to the fore and the evidence of cross-linguistic influence re-evaluated in light of recent investigations of L1 processing of Spanish, Italian, and Greek anaphora. Findings/conclusions: The re-evaluation points to the conclusion that null pronouns are interpreted and processed in similar ways by native speakers, L2 speakers, and L1 attriters, even if speakers have contact with or are very proficient in languages such as English or Swedish where null anaphora is unavailable. Overt pronouns in Italian are more similar to Greek than Spanish and cross-linguistic influence affects only overt anaphora. Originality: If cross-linguistic influence is conceived in terms of the Position of Antecedent Strategy, then apparently contradictory cases such as the over-production of overt forms by Spanish speakers of Italian and the balanced co-reference of Spanish overt forms to topic and non-topic antecedents can be accounted for. Significance/implications: Cross-linguistic influence takes place from the language with less towards the language with more categorical biases. Recommendations for future research with the populations studied, data analysis and collection, and linguistic structures examined are made.

The Dialect Topography of Montreal

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Boberg
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Canadian English ◽  
Settlement History ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
Over Time

A new survey of variation and change in Canadian English, called Dialect Topography, has been extended from Southern Ontario, where it was conceived and originally implemented, to Montreal. In the tradition of earlier questionnaires investigating Canadian English, the new data contribute to our knowledge of Canadian English at several levels of structure, including phonology, morpho-syntax, and lexicon. In this paper, the Montreal data are compared to those from the Toronto region and to earlier studies of Quebec English, in order to examine differences between the varieties of English spoken in Canada's two largest cities from a diachronic perspective. Contrary to the conclusion of an earlier study, variables involving a contrast between British and American forms show similar frequencies in both cities. The data on these variables also show the frequency of American forms in Montreal speech to be increasing over time. Another set of variables displays wide discrepancies between the two regions. Some of the differences are explained in terms of settlement history and language contact; others are not so easily explained and are presented as a challenge for future research.

The Oxford Handbook of Persian Linguistics

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Computational Linguistics ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Linguistic Change ◽  
Language Pedagogy ◽  
Persian Language ◽  
Advanced Students ◽  
Language And Literature

The Oxford Handbook of Persian Linguistics is a comprehensive volume that offers a detailed overview of the field of Persian linguistics, discusses its development, and captures critical accounts of the cutting edge research within the major subfields of Persian linguistics. The handbook also discusses current debates and suggests productive lines of future research. Chapters are authored by internationally renowned leading scholars in the major subfields. The outline of the book is as follows: Chapter 1 is the introduction; Chapter 2 discusses the linguistic change from the Old to the New Persian; Chapter 3 is a discussion on the typological approaches and dialects; Chapter 4 focuses on phonetics, Chapter 5 on phonology, and Chapter 6 on the prosody. Chapter 7 focuses on generative approaches to Persian syntax, while Chapter 8 discusses other approaches to Persian syntax. Chapter 9 focuses on specific features of Persian syntax. Chapter 10 is on morphology, Chapter 11 on lexicography, and Chapter 12 introduces the Academy of Persian Language and Literature. Chapter 13 is on sociolinguistics, while Chapter 14 discusses language contact and multiculturalism in Iran. Chapter 15 discusses Persian as a heritage language and Chapter 16 is on Persian language pedagogy. Chapter 17 is focused on psycholinguistics, Chapter 18 on neurolinguistics, and Chapter 19 is on computational linguistics. The handbook, in one volume, gives critical expression to the Persian language and as such is a great resource for scholars, advanced students, and those researching in related areas.

scholarly journals Is there Critical Thinking in Popular Comments? A Descriptive Examination through Content Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Daron Benjamin Loo ◽  
Linda Lagason
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Online News ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Analytical Protocol ◽  
Descriptive Account ◽  
Syrian Conflict

This study provides a descriptive account of popular comments (n=57) extracted from four published news articles on an online news platform. This was done through a content analysis on the level of critical thinking found in readers’ comments deemed popular by other readers through the number of responses and likes. Comments from four news articles reporting on the Syrian conflict were analysed using the Newman, Webb, and Cochrane’s (1995) analytical protocol. Results showed that although there were clear indicators of critical thinking in the popular comments, specifically by providing justification and synthesizing comments with external materials. These indicators were of high frequency and common, perhaps due to the nature of the news items under analysis – which is concerned with an ongoing conflict that has political and social bearing on the readers. We conclude by suggesting future research to introduce relevant critical thinking indicators based on contextually-familiar news topics and a bigger data set.

Adult Child-Parent Dyadic Interactions at the End of Life: A Scoping Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska A Herbst ◽  
Laura Gawinski ◽  
Nils Schneider ◽  
Stephanie Stiel
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Psychosocial Support ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Parent Communication ◽  
Hand Search ◽  
Descriptive Account ◽  
Highly Sensitive

BackgroundBeing terminally ill affects not only the life of patients but also that of their loved ones. Dyads of adult children and their parents at the end of life may face specific challenges with regard to their relationship and interactions that need to be further examined.AimThe aim was to identify, describe and summarise available evidence on adult child–parent interaction and psychosocial support needs at the end of life. Research gaps in the existing literature are disclosed and recommendations for future research are presented.DesignA type 4 scoping review according to Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) methodological framework was conducted. The review includes studies regardless of study design and provides a descriptive account of foci of available research.Data sourcesThe PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Google Scholar and Web of Science databases were searched from inception to 16 August 2018. An additional hand search was conducted. A highly sensitive search strategy was employed to cover all potentially relevant results.ResultsThe authors screened 1832 records by title and abstract, retrieved 216 full-text articles and included 15 studies from the database search. One study was identified by way of hand search. The review identified six major themes: (1) adult child–parent relationship, (2) adult child–parent communication, (3) involvement in caregiving, (4) benefit and burden of caregiving, (5) coping strategies and (6) support and information for caregivers.ConclusionsThe scoping review accentuates the paucity of studies that address both patients’ and their parent/adult child caregivers’ relationship, interaction and psychosocial support needs.

Organizational problem solving around digital distraction

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Cho
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Mixed Methods Case Study ◽  
Descriptive Account ◽  
Organizational Problem ◽  
Online Entertainment

Purpose As digital devices (e.g., laptops, tablets) have become increasingly ubiquitous, so too has students’ potential for digital distraction. It is yet unknown how teachers and schools might effectively handle such challenges. Accordingly, this study explores educators’ encounters with digital distraction among students, including their work toward addressing the problem. Design/methodology/approach This mixed-methods case study drew upon interview and survey data. Data were analyzed to describe educators’ encounters with and problem solving around digital distraction. This included the use of social network analysis. Specifically, a core-periphery model helped illuminate patterns in collaborative problem solving. Findings Students’ distractions included online entertainment and sending messages. This added to an overall atmosphere of distractedness in classrooms. Rather than collaborate around digital distraction, teachers tended to handle these issues on their own. If teachers did talk to others, these instances were more likely complaints to leaders than peer-to-peer collaborations. Research limitations/implications This study provides a descriptive account of one school and its problem solving around digital distraction. Building upon this study, future research might address the effectiveness of approaches for handling distraction, the influence of network structures on problem solving, and the factors influencing educators’ collaboration around technology. Originality/value Digital distraction is a new challenge in schools and in society. This study lays groundwork for understanding and addressing this issue. It also demonstrates one way to apply core-periphery analyses toward understanding problem solving.

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