Foreword to the Special Issue on Uralic Languages

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Tommi A Pirinen ◽  
Trond Trosterud ◽  
Francis M. Tyers ◽  
Veronika Vincze ◽  
Eszter Simon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Management ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Systematic Overview ◽  
Language Technology ◽  
History Of

In this introduction we have tried to present concisely the history of language technology for Uralic languages up until today, and a bit of a desiderata from the point of view of why we organised this special issue. It is of course not possible to cover everything that has happened in a short introduction like this. We have attempted to cover the beginnings of the (Uralic) language-technology scene in 1980’s as far as it’s relevant to much of the current work, including the ones presented in this issue. We also go through the Uralic area by the main languages to survey on existing resources, to also form a systematic overview of what is missing. Finally we talk about some possible future directions on the pan-Uralic level of language technology management.

Between philosophy, science, politics: Anthropology of Marxism by C. Robinson

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-136
Author(s):  
G.A. Shuliko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Ancient Philosophy ◽  
Social Consciousness ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Conceptual History ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
History Of ◽  
Socialist Movement

Presented is a review of latest edition of book by C. Robinson’s (1946–2016) “An anthropology of Marxism". The article begins with a short introduction to why Robinson’s work might be of interest to Russian reader. What follows is a critical analysis of how Robinson views Marxist views of his own conceptual history. Skillfully combining the civilizational approach and the principle of historicism, Robinson comes to the conclusion, that there are a number of weaknesses in the materialist conception of history. One of the key weaknesses, from Robinson’s point of view, is the history of pre-capitalist European socialism, i.e. Marxism, due to specific perception of capitalism, is divorced from the centuries-old history of European actions of social lower classes. Rethinking the historical place of Marxism can productively affect both the study of Marxism itself and socio-political ideas about humanity as a whole. Using a number of historical examples, Robinson shows the importance of various pre-capitalist forms of social consciousness (ancient philosophy, religion, etc.) for formation of the socialist movement in its classical forms.

scholarly journals Connecting the past and the present – a response to Pentrel

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER PETRÉ
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Main Clause ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Adverbial Clause

In her article ‘Connecting the past and the present’, Meike Pentrel examines the order of main clause and adverbial clause introduced by before or after in Samuel Pepys's diary from the point of view of the cognitive literature on processing constraints. The thread that is shared by all contributions of this special issue is that of the hypothesis of uniformitarianism, which states that cognitive processes have remained constant in the documented history of humanity. Pentrel aims at corroborating this hypothesis by testing if the processing constraints found at work in this seventeenth-century ego-document examined by her are similar to those that have been observed in contemporary language.

The Science of Cell Phone Use

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Yan ◽  
Quan Chen ◽  
Chengfu Yu
Keyword(s):  
Cell Phone ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Detailed Review ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

Cell phones are becoming the most ubiquitous technology. Researchers in various other disciplines in behavioral sciences have been extensively examining how people use cell phones and what influences cell phone use have on people’s lives for more than 20 years. This review paper provides an overall picture of the science of cell phone use by sketching the past, present, and future of this emerged field of study. After a short introduction, it presents an overview of the literature search methods used in this study and a brief history of the science of cell phone use, provides a detailed review of five major areas and six specific topics of the field, and ends with an outline of future directions of research.

The Minefields of Mediation: An Overview

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Fixdal
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Systematic Overview ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Multiparty Mediation

This special issue explores significant problems of peace mediation. How do these “minefields of mediation” arise, how do mediators’ ways of handling them impact the negotiation process, and what can mediators do to overcome them? Using examples from the last quarter century, and from the Middle East in particular, the authors examine these questions at different stages of the mediation process, from its initiation to its culmination, and with reference to different forms of mediation, including facilitation, muscular, and multiparty mediation. This short introduction provides a systematic overview of some of the most pertinent mediation challenges, with reference towhothe mediators are,whenthe mediation takes place andwhatthe issues of contention and possible outcomes are. These areas are of course all intertwined, and, as the articles in this issue point out, are also very much influenced by changes in the domestic, regional and international environment.

scholarly journals Historische formelhafte Sprache als "harte Nuss" der Korpus- und Computerlinguistik. Ihre Annotation und Analyse im HiFoS-Projekt

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Filatkina
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
German Language ◽  
Formulaic Language ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Computer Linguistics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
The University

The following article tackles not so much the corpus and computer linguistic questions in a narrow sense. It rather focuses on such linguistic phenomena as formulaic patterns in the history of German language and describes them from a corpus and computer linguistic perspective. Since July 2007, historical formulaic language has been a subject of investigation in the research group "Historical Formulaic Language and Traditions of Communication" at the University of Trier. Corpus and computer linguistic methods are not in the middle of the research interest in this project but they constitute its important methodological part. After a short introduction (Chapter 1), Chapter 2 gives a brief outline about the state of the art in the field of formulaic language within the framework of corpus and computer linguistics. Chapter 3 analyzes some problems in this area with regard to modern languages. The issues tackled here turn to be even more problematic from an historical point of view, as shown in the following Chapter 4. Finally, Chapter 5 suggests a possible solution that was developed and implemented in the HiFoS-group.

scholarly journals Dialogue and Advising in Self-Access Learning: Introduction to the Special Issue

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Small Contribution ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Reflective Dialogue ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The World ◽  
Emotional Dynamics

Welcome to the special issue on dialogue and advising in self-access learning. Both of us have been involved in promoting reflective dialogue through advising for some time, yet we know that there is so much more to explore in this field. Through this special issue, we hope to make a small contribution to our developing profession and provide opportunities for us to learn from research and practices around the world. In this short introduction, we would like to touch on some of the key points related to dialogue and advising in order to put the contributions that follow into context. We will then introduce the contributions to this special issue, which include three research papers focusing on areas which have not been explored in depth before: gender, emotional dynamics, and affect in advising dialogues. We also have articles featuring exciting new initiatives and updates from various parts of the world. Finally, we will conclude with some comments about future directions of this growing field.

Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Stone
Keyword(s):  
Third Reich ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Concentration Camps ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Global History ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Third Reich

Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction provides a global history of concentration camps, showing the differences and similarities between the various camp systems that have been used in the 20th century. Setting concentration camps, such as those under the Third Reich, against the longer history of incarceration, it explains how the ability of the modern state to control populations led to the creation of this extreme institution. Looking at their emergence and spread around the world, this VSI argues that concentration camps serve the purpose, from the point of view of the state in crisis, of removing a section of the population that is perceived to be threatening, traitorous, or diseased.

scholarly journals The future of the history of the human sciences

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Chris Renwick
Keyword(s):  
Human Sciences ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Future ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

This special issue is the product of a conference, The Future of the History of the Human Sciences, which was held at the University of York in April 2016. The meeting brought together scholars from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds and at various stages of their careers to reflect on what were identified as major challenges and opportunities for the research that History of the Human Sciences publishes. The articles included here are a sample of the responses that were generated and contain reflections on not only the boundaries of history of the human sciences research but also the methods used within the discipline. As this introduction explains, the overall aim of the conference was to explore these questions in order to think about both future directions for research and ways in which we can ensure the field remains dynamic and vital.

scholarly journals Borders from the Cultural Point of View: An Introduction to Writing at Borders

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1055-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuulikki Kurki
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Border Studies ◽  
Border Crossings ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Textual Construction ◽  
Gradual Evolution ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anglo American

This introductory article to the special issue Writing at Borders suggests that cultural studies and the humanist point of view have significant explanatory potential concerning various borders and border crossings in multidisciplinary border studies. Cultural and human understandings of borders and border crossings grow from the research of ethnographic particularities on one hand, and of universal and culturally expressed human experiences of borders and border crossings (however culturally expressed) on the other. In this article, this explanatory potential is made visible by examining the history of cultural anthropology, where borders and border crossings have been recognized in research since the late 19th century. The aim of this concise introductory article is to outline through selected examples how territorial, social, and cultural borders and border crossings have been acknowledged and understood conceptually in the history of Anglo-American and European anthropology. The selected examples illustrate the gradual evolution of the conceptualization of the border from a territorially placed boundary and filter, to a semantically constructed, ritualized and performed symbolic border, and finally to a discursive (textual) construction.

scholarly journals Guest Editor Note

1969 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuria Sánches MADRID
Keyword(s):  
Guest Editor ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Pure Reason ◽  
Critique Of Pure Reason ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
International Group ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
History Of

As guest editor of this special issue of the journal Estudos Kantianos, I am honored to introduce the contributions gathered under the general title Kant and the empirical sciences. This monographic number two of the second issue of EK contains twelve articles, writtenby an outstanding international group of Kant scholars who have extensive experience on the questions addressed by the issue, published in five languages (English, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese), meeting the multilingual scope of the journal. The original idea of the monographic issue was to discuss whether Kant’s firm reduction of science, according to the proper sense of this term, to the condition of apodictic certainty could exhaust his concern withthe methodical grounding of science and scientificity. The following excerpt of Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science (1786) displays neatly Kant’s point of view about science as a product of reason: “Only that whose certainty is apodictic can be called science properly; cognition that can contain merely empirical certainty is only improperly called science” (MAN, AA 04: 468). However, an earlier Kant’s work aiming at defending the Critique of Pure Reason against its early misunderstandings, Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (1783), points out that all empirical research could be subordinated to the legislation of reason, which therefore will shed some doubts on the legitimacy of the preceding severe categorical statement. Kant formulates this suggestion as follows in the Prolegomena (AA 04: 364): “whether or notexperience is in this way mediately subordinate to the legislation of reason may be discussed by those who desire to trace the nature of reason even beyond its use in metaphysics, into the general principles of a history of nature; I have represented this task as important, butnot attempted its solution, in the book itself ”. This excerpt encourages the reader to extend the study about the legislative scope of reason beyond the field covered by metaphysics, i.e. descending to the humble bathos where the empirical sciences are cultivated. All the articles of this monographic number attempt to cast light on such a valuable and daunting task that Kantleft without an ultimate solution. 

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