scholarly journals The Role of Motion Verbs in Conveying Path-Related Information in English and Slovene Fictive Motion Expressions

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-78
Author(s):  
Frančiška Lipovšek
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Motion Verbs ◽  
Motion Events ◽  
The Road ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Actual Motion ◽  
Fictive Motion

The paper presents a study on fictive motion (FM) uses of motion verbs in English and slovene from the point of view of conveying path-related information. An FM expression describes a static scene in terms of motion (e.g. The road weaves through a range of hills). Motion verbs in FM uses do not describe actual motion events, but may refer to certain properties of the path by virtue of their meanings. English and slovene FM expressions exhibit different behaviours in this respect. Many English verbs display meaning components that can be metonymically mapped onto the properties of the path. The meanings of slovene verbs are less specific, so that such properties need to be expressed verb-externally in slovene FM expressions.

scholarly journals The roles of language mode and dominance in French–German bilinguals’ motion event descriptions

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladina Stocker ◽  
Raphael Berthele
Keyword(s):  
Motion Verbs ◽  
Motion Events ◽  
Language Dominance ◽  
Null Results ◽  
Motion Event ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Language Activation ◽  
Motion Event Descriptions ◽  
Manner Verbs

AbstractJuggling with structurally and semantically different language systems leads to constructions that differ from the typical patterns in a language. Typical patterns in the domain of motion are characterized by more verbs encoding path in French; and more verbs encoding the manner of motion in German. An increase of manner verbs in French, for instance, can be ascribed to an influence from German. The extent of typical or reversed patterns depends on interrelated factors such as speaker-related idiosyncrasies, language dominance configurations, and – arguably – the degree of language activation. Drawing on data from 154 French–German bilinguals who described motion events in different language modes, this paper combines interrelated questions on the role of language dominance, language mode manipulation and how these factors interact. Quantitative analyses on the use of motion verbs do not show the expected effects. The null results are discussed by comparing preceding studies showing contradictory findings.

AN OPEN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM FROM A STARTUP’S PERSPECTIVE

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (08) ◽  
pp. 1940001
Author(s):  
IZABELLA BERECZKI
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
The Road ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Being embedded in an open innovation (OI) ecosystem can be the road to success for startups. In order to survive and become competitive, they must collaborate with external partners. Not only could large corporations be suitable partners, but innovation with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can be constructive and fruitful as well. Furthermore, accelerators, incubators and other institutions can offer value to startups. Despite this fact, little attention has been paid to startups and SMEs embedded in OI ecosystems, especially from their point of view. The aim of this paper is to fulfil this research gap and deliver empirical data about the benefits and challenges of an OI ecosystem orchestrated by a startup and to investigate the potential role of an SME in these ecosystems. To answer the research questions, a case study approach was used.

scholarly journals The expression of non-actual motion in Swedish, French and Thai

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 657-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Blomberg
Keyword(s):  
The Road ◽  
Actual Motion ◽  
Fictive Motion ◽  
Subjective Motion

AbstractDynamic descriptions of static spatial situations, such as the road goes through the forest have attracted a lot of attention across different semantic theories. Analyses in terms of fictive motion and subjective motion have proposed that such expressions are strongly motivated by universal cognitive and conceptual factors. I present theoretical arguments for the conflation of several different motivations in the literature. Instead of a single general motivation, three distinct experiential motivations are presented under the term non-actual motion. These experiential motivations are used to design an elicitation tool for investigating non-actual motion cross-linguistically. Elicited descriptions from speakers of Swedish, French and Thai suggest that such descriptions are conventionalized in all three languages, which supports the universal character of non-actual motion across languages. However, in expressing non-actual motion, the language-specific resources for expressing actual motion are used.

scholarly journals Understanding the challenges behind Electric Vehicle usage by drivers - a case study in the Madeira Autonomous Region

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luísa Barros ◽  
Mary Barreto ◽  
Lucas Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Regenerative Braking ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The Road ◽  
Braking System

Electric Vehicles (EV) adoption targets have been set by governments from countries throughout Europe, related to the European goals, for the decarbonization of the road transport sector. The change for electric vehicle technology can be challenging to EV users for a number of reasons such as battery autonomy, time to charge the vehicle, and the different driving conditions. The work in this paper aims to study how users from Madeira and Porto Santo islands deal with the challenges of EV adoption. Furthermore, this paper also studies the role of the orography in the Regenerative Braking System technology integrated into electric vehicles. To assess such information, an online questionnaire was prepared and sent out to the electric vehicle community of both islands. The main results of this study show drivers’ preference to charge the vehicles at their household and that users are satisfied with the vehicle’s technology. Also, users’ battery range anxiety did not seem to have a significant impact. Moreover, from the drivers’ point of view, there is still the need to study the role of orography, while using the regenerative braking system.

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DETERMINATION OF A JUDICIAL AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT EXAMINATION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF PROCEDURAL CONTRADICTIONS AND THE PRACTICAL RESULT APPLICATION EFFICIENCY

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Evgeniy A. Tarasov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Practical Result ◽  
Automotive Engineering ◽  
The Road ◽  
Technical Examination ◽  
Special Knowledge

From the point of view of tasks and methodology judicial auto technical examination is considered as a means of obtaining reasonable information for objective consideration of circumstances of road accidents and offenses. The purpose of auto technical expertise as a variety or kind of engineering and transport expertise is to establish all the circumstances associated with an accident or a crime in which the car played the role of object, means, evidence, carrier traces. The criteria allowing to classify a specialist to the category of experts with special knowledge in the field of automotive engineering are presented. The types of forensic auto technical expertise are given. It is said that it is part of the competence of the expert-automotive. The competence of the automotive expert allows to conduct research and give conclusions on specific issues related to vehicles and the road situation in its dynamics, the consequences of accidents. The purpose of the article is to draw the attention of interested persons and organizations to the need to accurately determine the forensic automotive expertise and expert-automotive technician to eliminate a number of issues of a procedural and technical nature.

From the glass through the nose and the mouth

Terminology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Caballero
Keyword(s):  
El Paso ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Motion Verbs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Road ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
Fictive Motion

Motion verbs are often used to predicate entities such as roads, paths and the like as in “The road snakes to the port of Shakespeare Bay before climbing over the last hill to Picton” or “La carretera serpentea unos 30 kilómetros entre las montañas de la cordillera Nipe”. The verbs foreground the path configuration and dynamic rendering of things that cannot move – a phenomenon known as fictive motion (Langacker 1987; Talmy 1996). However, motion verbs are also frequent components in specialized contexts such as wine discourse, where they communicate different sensory experience of wines as in “Exotic, exuding red berry aromas and flavors that sneak up on you rather than hit you over the head”, “Bright and focused, offering delicious flavors that glide smoothly through the silky finish”, or “En boca tiene una magnifica entrada, aunque en el paso sobresalen rasgos vegetales y se precipita hacia un final en el que predominan notas tostadas y amargas”. Using two corpora of tasting notes written in English and in Spanish, I examine the motion expressions used to communicate the sensory experiences of the wines and explore the motivations for their use in descriptions of wines’ aromas, flavours and mouthfeel. Three questions are at the heart of this study. They are (i) what types of scenarios are described through motion expressions, (ii) what sensory perceptions do they describe, and (iii) what may the differences between English and Spanish be?

scholarly journals Assessment of the Impact of Human on Safety of Transportation Systems Operation / Ocena Wpływu Oddziaływań Człowieka Na Bezpieczeństwo Działania Systemu Transportowego

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Woropay ◽  
Łukasz Muślewski ◽  
Marek Ślęzak ◽  
Mirosław Szubartowski
Keyword(s):  
Transport Process ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Road Vehicle ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Proper Response ◽  
Traffic Rules

Abstract Collisions are inseparably connected with road traffic. Driving a mechanical vehicle requires not only a good knowledge of traffic rules and appropriate skills but also physical and psychical fitness. The road system consists of three basic elements such as: road, vehicle and human. From the point of view of safety of the executed transport process this is the human who plays the most important role in it. They need to have the ability of quick situation estimation and providing proper response to it involving performance of right maneuvers and adjusting them to a given situation. Studying transportation systems it should be remembered that the role of a human plays in them is of different character. They may be drivers, passengers or belong to the environment. Thus, their behavior has a large influence on the transportation system safe functioning including both public and individual transport.

Bipositions and motion events: How verb semantics motivates prepositional vs. postpositional uses of Finnish path adpositions

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-118
Author(s):  
Kersten Lehismets
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Motion Verbs ◽  
Motion Events ◽  
Verb Semantics ◽  
Subjective Motion

Abstract Finnish is one of the relatively few languages that have bipositions - adpositions that can be used both prepositionally and postpositionally. From a typological point of view, the class of bipositions is quite rare (Hagège 2010: 124). Prepositional and postpositional usages of Finnish bipositions may show remarkable differences, which are not only of stylistic but also of semantic nature. Semantic differences, for instance, may pertain to the opposition between actual and subjective motion. In this article, I discuss constructions containing the Finnish path adpositions (P-ADPs) läpi ‘through’ and yli ‘over, across’ and investigate the semantics of the verbs used in these constructions. I show that semantically more schematic motion verbs prefer postpositions, whereas more specific or contentful ones (such as those that elaborate the motion by emphasizing its incrementality or lack of directionality) prefer prepositions

Elucidation of block boundaries as the dissolution channels in hydrated cement

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 484-485
Author(s):  
N.V. Belov ◽  
U.I. Papiashwili ◽  
B.E. Yudovich
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Benzoyl Peroxide ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Hardened Cement ◽  
Hydrated Cement ◽  
Hardened Cement Paste

It has been almost universally adopted that dissolution of solids proceeds with development of uniform, continuous frontiers of reaction.However this point of view is doubtful / 1 /. E.g. we have proved the active role of the block (grain) boundaries in the main phases of cement, these boundaries being the areas of hydrate phases' nucleation / 2 /. It has brought to the supposition that the dissolution frontier of cement particles in water is discrete. It seems also probable that the dissolution proceeds through the channels, which serve both for the liquid phase movement and for the drainage of the incongruant solution products. These channels can be appeared along the block boundaries.In order to demonsrate it, we have offered the method of phase-contrast impregnation of the hardened cement paste with the solution of methyl metacrylahe and benzoyl peroxide. The viscosity of this solution is equal to that of water.

The Role of Crushes on the Road to Autonomy

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 18-19
Author(s):  
MICHAEL S. JELLINEK
Keyword(s):  
The Road ◽  
On The Road
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