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Traces of earlier Proto-Indo-European and its active alignment in German: the impersonal passive constructions
No full textAspetto e Azione nell'antico alto tedesco della traduzione dell'Harmonia Evangeliorum di Taziano. Un confronto con il gotico
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Schermi. Immagini, corpi, condivisioni
No full textIn this book the author investigates the digital image proliferation of our times from an interdisciplinary point of view. Starting from the Visual Culture theoretical frame, Valentina Mignano explores the ways in which we interact with the screen, dealing with the "screen experience" in the first years of the network societ
Laparoscopy in Emergency: Why Not? Advantages of Laparoscopy in Major Emergency: A Review
No full textA laparoscopic approach is suggested with the highest grade of recommendation for acute cholecystitis, perforated gastroduodenal ulcers, acute appendicitis, gynaecological disorders, and non-specific abdominal pain (NSAP). To date, the main qualities of laparoscopy for these acute surgical scenarios are clearly stated: quicker surgery, faster recovery and shorter hospital stay. For the remaining surgical emergencies, as well as for abdominal trauma, the role of laparoscopy is still a matter of debate. Patients might benefit from a laparoscopic approach only if performed by experienced teams and surgeons which guarantee a high standard of care. More precisely, laparoscopy can limit damage to the tissue and could be effective for the reduction of the overall amount of cell debris, which is a result of the intensity with which the immune system reacts to the injury and the following symptomatology. In fact, these fragments act as damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). DAMPs, as well as pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), are recognised by both surface and intracellular receptors of the immune cells and activate the cascade which, in critically ill surgical patients, is responsible for a deranged response. This may result in the development of progressive and multiple organ dysfunctions, manifesting with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), coagulopathy, liver dysfunction and renal failure. In conclusion, none of the emergency surgical scenarios preclude laparoscopy, provided that the surgical tactic could ensure sufficient cleaning of the abdomen in addition to resolving the initial tissue damage caused by the “trauma”
Unaccusativity
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My research is an attempt at suggesting a cross-linguistically valid definition of verbs characterized
by unagentivity and affectedness such as “burn”, “die”, “sink”, “fall”, “slide”, etc., which according
to the present analysis constitute the semantic core of unaccusativity. Both synchronic and
diachronic approaches are followed. Various definitions have been attributed to these verbs
(eventives, anticausatives, transformatives, inchoatives, decausatives). Although Perlmutter &
Postal (1984) classify unaccusative verbs on the basis of their syntactic behavior, they also argue
that the syntactic expression of arguments is always determinable on the basis of the meaning of the
verb, so that some correspondence can be established between unaccusativity and some verb types
(predicates of existing and happening: “exist”, “happen”, “transpire”, “occur”, etc.; duratives:
“last”, “remain”, “stay”, “survive”, etc). Historical (Delbrück 1897; Benveniste 1950; Lazzeroni
1990, 2001) and Typological (Kemmer 1993; Klaiman 1991) Linguistics, on the other hand, have
given further contributions: the meanings of unaccusative verbs widely correspond to the media
tantum (or deponentia) identified by Delbrück (1897) and Benveniste (1950) and to the ten middle
types enumerated by Kemmer (1993: 16-20). On the basis of Hopper-Thompson's Transitivity Scale
(1980) and the Cognitive-Semantic Approach (Rosch, Lakoff, Lazzeroni etc.) the hypothesis can be
put forward that the verbs characterized by unagentivity and affectedness are to be regarded as
Prototypical Unaccusatives
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN MARAMURES COUNTY
No full textInitiating and developing a business involves a considerable risk and a sustained effort in order to defeat the inertia against what is new. The person initiating a business, assuming the responsibility and risk of its development and benefiting from theentrepreneurship, female entrepreneurship, profit, businesses
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