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Valency Patterns of Old Irish verbs: finite and non-finite syntax
No full textThis paper compares argument marking of finite and non-finite forms (verbal nouns) of 26 Old Irish verbs, focusing on the relationship of transitive coding
patterns of finite forms with the mapping of the argument in the genitive case with non-finite forms. The collection of argument structures is cast in the framework of the Leipzig Valency Patterns Project (Hartmann, Haspelmath, and Taylor 2013, Malchukov and Comrie 2015). The paper argues that, although most genitive arguments with transitive verbs express the microrole which corresponds to the second argument (the P-argument), this is not a strict rule, and some verbal nouns of transitive verbs clearly allow the first argument (the A-argument) to surface in the genitive. It is claimed that there is a correlation between the likelihood for finite forms to occur with an accusative argument and the likelihood for the genitive argument of non-finite forms to correspond to the P-argument. This likelihood is measured through a transitivity index that tries to supply a criterion that substitutes acceptability judgments, which are unavailable for past varieties. Each verb’s index can be calculated and each verb can consequently be accommodated in the resulting transitivity scale. Finally, the scale ranking Old Irish verbs according to the transitivity index is compared with crosslinguistic hierarchies of transitivity which have been put forward in the literature
Conjunctive, disjunctive and adversative constructions in Europe: some areal considerations
No full textThe aim of this paper is to show the areal distribution of the
semantic and morphosyntactic features characterizing conjunctive, disjunctive
and adversative constructions in the languages of Europe. The analysis will be
carried out on two levels. On the one hand, I will examine the cross-linguistic
variation within Europe, identifying the geographical distribution of each construction
type. On the other hand, I will compare European languages with
non-European languages, pointing out the features which characterize Europe
as an internally homogeneous area. This paper ends with the identification
of the ‘And-But-Or’ area, located in the Western-Central Europe, where conjunctive,
adversative and disjunctive constructions show the same semantic
and morphosyntactic propertie
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Canonical and non-canonical marking of core arguments in European languages. A typological approach.
No full textIn the present paper, we show that: 1) the so-called "prepositional object" is related to past participle agreement phenomena and auxiliary selection in compound tenses; 2) the properties of the predicate and the properties of the referent of the object noun co-occur in the prepositional object selection. Data from Spanish, Sardinian, Sicilian, Calabrian, Maltese and Romanian are examined. We show that the same parameters govern the distribution of this special case of differential object marking in all the languages that are considered; these parameters are: 1) object affectedness (and, consequently, verb telicity), 2) object agentivity, 3) object individuation. Each parameter corresponds to a graded category, according to which verb phrases (or clauses) can be ranked and, consequently, objects are more or less likely to be prepositional (= non-canonically marked) or non-prepositional (= canonically marked)
Elisa Roma, David Stifter (dir.). Linguistic and Philological Studies in Early Irish, with a Foreword by Anders Ahlqvist. Lewiston, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2014
No full textLambert Pierre-Yves. Elisa Roma, David Stifter (dir.). Linguistic and Philological Studies in Early Irish, with a Foreword by Anders Ahlqvist. Lewiston, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2014. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 41, 2015. pp. 276-277
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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