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 Explorations of Phase Theory: Features and Arguments By Grohmann, Kleanthes K. 2009 | 321 Pages | ISBN: 3110205203 | PDF | 2 MB Phase Theory is the latest model of modern syntactic theorizing in the generative tradition, the larger research enterprise known as the 'Minimalist Program'. This volume collects current research of scholars who investigate the role of formal features in the grammar, address licensing of grammatical properties in the theoretical model, and critically inspect particular aspects of the expression of arguments within Phase Theory. The chapters provide a wealth of empirical data from typologically different languages and novel syntactic analyses drawing from all aspects of the grammar (syntax, semantics, morphology, and phonology).  Explorations in Applied Ethnolinguistics: Words, Cultures, and Global Perspectives by Lauren Sadow, Kerry Mullan, Cliff Goddard English | December 12, 2025 | ISBN: 3031816803 | 593 pages | PDF, EPUB | 15 Mb This volume contributes to the growing body of cutting-edge research into the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach in linguistics. It explores the broad range of possible applications enabled by the NSM approach, from linguistic studies of semantics and culture to cross-cultural studies, psychology and childhood education. The volume builds on previous studies, bringing a diversity of voices to this area, and covering sixteen languages. The volume celebrates the life and work of the late Bert Peeters, proponent and pioneer of the NSM approach in French. It comprises contributions from Peeters' close associates, as well as former and current students, to engage with salient aspects of his work and honour his influence on the field, including conceptualisation of the term 'applied ethnolinguistics'. The book is divided into four sections which reflect this diversity of applications and Peeters' work in the field: applications outside of linguistics, semantics inside and outside Europe, and cultural scripts. This book will be of interest to a wide audience of scholars and students in applied linguistics and related fields, with a particular interest for scholars in semantics, pragmatics, cross-cultural communication, (language) education, Minimal English, and NSM.  Tanya Karoli Christensen, "Explanations in Sociosyntactic Variation " English | ISBN: 1108492843 | 2022 | 250 pages | MOBI | 2 MB What explains variation in human language? How are linguistic and social factors related? How do we examine possible semantic differences between variants? These questions and many more are explored in this volume, which examines syntactic variables in a range of languages. It brings together a team of internationally acclaimed authors to provide perspectives on how and why syntax varies between and within speakers, focusing on explaining theoretical backgrounds and methods. The analyses presented are based on a range of languages, making it possible to address the questions from a cross-linguistic perspective. All chapters demonstrate rigorous quantitative analyses, which expose the conditioning factors in language change as well as offering important insights into community and individual grammars. It is essential reading for researchers and students with an interest in language variation and change, and the theoretical framework and methods applied in the study of how and why syntax varies.  Explaining Science's Success: Understanding How Scientific Knowledge Works (Acumen Research Editions) by John Wright English | November 27, 2012 | ISBN: 1844655326, 1138108200, 9781317544890 | True EPUB/PDF | 256 pages | 0.8/2.4 MB Paul Feyeraband famously asked, what's so great about science?  Explaining Language Structure Through Systems Interaction By Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay 2003 | 300 Pages | ISBN: 1588114368 | PDF | 3 MB This book proposes a framework for describing languages through the description of relationships among lexicon, morphology, syntax, and phonology. The framework is based on the notion of formal coding means; the principle of functional transparency; the notion of functional domains; and the notion of systems interaction in the coding of functional domains. The study is based on original analyses of cross-linguistic data. The fundamental finding of the study is that different languages may code different functional domains, which must be discovered by analyzing the formal means available in each language. The first part of the book proposes a methodology for discovering functional domains and the second part describes the properties of various functional domains. The book presents new cross-linguistic analyses of theoretical issues including agreement; phenomena attributed to government; nominal classification; prerequisites for and implications of linear order coding; and defining characteristics of lexical categories. The study also contributes new analyses of specific problems in individual languages.  Riccardo Guidotti, "Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Third World Conference, xAI 2025, Istanbul, Turkey, July 9-11, 2025, Proceedings, Part I" English | ISBN: 3032083168 | 2025 | 469 pages | EPUB | 63 MB This open access five-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second World Conference on Explainable Artificial Intelligence, xAI 2025, held in Istanbul, Turkey, during July 2025.  Explainable AI in Finance: Demystifying Black Box Models for Traders & Analysts: How to Build Trustworthy AI Systems for Risk, Alpha, and Institutional Deployment by James Preston, Alice Schwartz English | October 6, 2025 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0F1NBWWMV | 732 pages | EPUB | 0.71 Mb Reactive Publishing  Experimenting with the New European Bauhaus Values and Principles in Urban Transformation (PoliMI SpringerBriefs) by Alessandro Deserti, Emma Puerari English | December 28, 2024 | ISBN: 3031760581 | 124 pages | True ePUB, PDF | 6.66 Mb This open access book offers valuable insights into experimenting with New European Bauhaus values and principles in urban transformation, drawing on contributions from key players such as local activists, action researchers, municipalities, developers and artists. It highlights lessons learned from the lighthouse project "Desire - Designing the Irresistible Circular Society", weaving a narrative of transformative change. The book emphasizes innovative strategies, citizen engagement, and transdisciplinary approaches in shaping urban environments. The journey begins with an in-depth exploration of the Desire project, providing a nuanced understanding of the broader context of its experiments and research activities. This foundation leads to an examination of diverse approaches to achieving sustainable, inclusive, and aesthetically enriching urban transformations. Readers are guided through the complexities of urban change, gaining a holistic understanding of how urban transformation and an irresistible circular society can be cultivated and sustained within the dynamic landscape of European cities. Additionally, the book presents findings from an EU lighthouse project, showcasing how urban transformation sites evolve by integrating lessons that could inform future policy, research, and further advancements within the New European Bauhaus initiative.  Experimenting with Uncertainty: Essays in Honour of Alan Davies: Studies in Language Testing By T. McNamara, K. O'Loughlin 2001 | 366 Pages | ISBN: 0521772540 | PDF | 7 MB This Festschrift brings together 28 invited papers surveying the state of the art in language testing. The papers, by key figures in the field of language testing, cover issues ranging from test construct definition to the design and applications of language tests, including their importance as a means of exploring larger issues in language teaching, language learning and language policy. The volume locates work in language assessment in a context of social, political and ethical issues at a time when testing is increasingly expected to be publicly accountable. It is thus particularly appropriate as a tribute to Alan Davies, whose work in this field since the 1960s has been marked by its conceptual strength and social responsiveness, seeking constantly to clarify and challenge current practice and new trends.  Experiment in Occupation: Witness to the Turnabout ; Anti-Nazi War to Cold, War 1944-1946 By Arthur David Kahn 2004 | 227 Pages | ISBN: 0271023147 | PDF | 4 MB As a participant in many of the events he writes about in Experiment in Occupation, Arthur Kahn offers a richly detailed account of the process by which the fight against Nazism came to be transformed into the Cold War. His story reveals how those in the Military Government of Germany who were dedicated to carrying out the war aims promulgated by Roosevelt and Eisenhower for a thorough democratization of Germany were ultimately defeated in their confrontation with powerful elements in the Military Government and in Washington who were more intent upon launching a preemptive war against the Soviet Union than upon the eradication of Nazism and German militarism. A twenty-three-year-old OSS operative, Arthur Kahn was assigned after D-Day to a psychological warfare unit, where at first he supervised prisoner-of-war interrogations and then served as an editor of intelligence. Instructed to respond to requests from Supreme Headquarters, he drafted proposals for psychological warfare approaches to critical situations at the front only to discover that a SHAEF directive banned calls to the Germans to revolt. Subsequently Kahn served in liaison with the Soviets and during the Battle of the Bulge at Montgomery's British headquarters. For several months before and after VE Day he traveled through the American Zone as an intelligence investigator and wrote a report that led to the dismissal of General George S. Patton as Military Governor of Bavaria. Appointed Chief Editor of Intelligence of the Information Control Division, he produced the most influential intelligence weekly in the American Zone. Kahn's portrayal of events in postwar Germany provides warnings for current and future American experiments in foreign occupation. |
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