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Primary data for: Metathesis and Unmetathesis in Amarasi
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These are the sound files accompanying Owen Edwards' book "Metathesis and Unmetathesis in Amarasi" published by Language Science Press. Nearly all the Amarasi linguistic examples in this book are based on primary recordings extracted from recorded texts or word lists. These are the recordings of such examples.
Abstract of book:
This book provides a complete analysis of synchronic CV -> VC metathesis in Amarasi, a language of western Timor. Metathesis and unmetathesis realise a paradigm of parallel forms, pairs of which occur to complement each other throughout the language.
Metathesis in Amarasi is superficially associated with a bewildering array of disparate phonological processes including: vowel deletion, consonant deletion, consonant insertion and multiple kinds of vowel assimilation, any of which can (and do) vary by lect in their realisation. By proposing that Amarasi has an obligatory CVCVC foot in which C-slots can be empty, all these phonological processes can be straightforwardly derived from a single rule of metathesis and two associated phonological rules.
Three kinds of metathesis can be identified in Amarasi: (i) Before vowel initial enclitics, roots must undergo metathesis, responding to the need to create a phonological boundary between a clitic host and enclitic. Such metathesis is phonologically conditioned. (ii) Metathesis occurs within the syntax to signal attributive modification. Such a metathesised form cannot occur at the end of a phrase and thus requires the presence of an unmetathesised form to complete it syntactically. (iii) In the discourse an unmetathesised form marks an unresolved event or situation. Such an unmetathesised form cannot occur in isolation and requires a metathesised form to achieve resolution.
Metathesis in Amarasi is the central linguistic process around which linguistic structures are organised. Amarasi metatheses also reflect fundamental Timorese notions of societal and cosmic organisation. Alongside weaving and other performed activities, metathesis is an important linguistic marker of identity in a region obsessed with similarities and differences between different groups. The complementarity of Amarasi metathesis and unmetathesis within the syntax and within discourse reflects the Timorese division of the world into a series of mutually dependent binary and complementary pairs. As well as being the key which unlocks the structure of the language, metathesis is also a reflection of the structure of Amarasi society and culture.
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Appendices to: The Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste: unravelling their prehistory and classification
No full text The files in this data set are the appendices from Grimes and Edwards' 2026 book "The Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste: unravelling their prehistory and classification", published by Language Science Press. Appendices A and B are identical to those in the book (without footnote), while appendices C and D differ slightly, as explained in the readme
Appendix A lists the languages that appear in the book, along with the sources of data for each language. It also lists the ISO 639-3 code, Glottocode (Hammarström et al. 2023), and geographical coordinates for each language. For languages in our target region, this list is comprehensive (based on current knowledge), though it does not systematically list every variety of each language where these are known to be dialects in the linguistic sense. For a small number of languages in our target region, no data is presented in this book – usually because no data is available. These languages are listed, but no source is given.
Appendix B presents data for the word ‘banana’ from 391 languages/varieties. This tally includes 329 Austronesian languages and 62 Papuan languages. 192 of the Austronesian languages are within our target region.
Appendix C presents the full data available to us relating to marsupial terms in Austronesian languages of Sulawesi and Linguistic Wallacea, including parts of Indonesian west Papua. It provides fuller data than the discussion in chapter 14 of the book. Different variations of **kVndoR(a) ‘cuscus’ (§14.3), and **mantəR ‘cuscus’ (§14.4) and formally close words are found in different Wallacean subgroups, and also in Papuan languages. 502 terms for marsupials (and similar mammals) are presented from 288 languages/varieties, of which 231 are Austronesian, and 57 are Papuan.
Appendix D is a 494-item word list designed to help collect data useful for comparative purposes for languages of eastern Indonesian and Timor-Leste. There is a printable PDF version of the wordlist for use in the field, as well as a tab-separated spreadsheet version for electronic entry of the data. Synopsis of book
For 150 years there has been a question over how the Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste fit into the Austronesian world. The area is severely under-documented. There has been no consensus on the classification of these languages, and scholars admit to being perplexed. This is the first systematic attempt at subgrouping the whole region based on historical phonology, supplemented by morphosyntax and the lexicon. Insights from archaeology, DNA studies, and awareness of long-term contact with Papuan languages inform this study.
Nine Wallacean subgroups are identified, along with their internal structures. Light is she2026d on languages whose classification has been unclear. Discontinuities in the historical phonology suggest different groups speaking different Austronesian languages got off different boats at different places, probably at different times. No evidence is found supporting a monolithic Austronesian advance through the region, nor a common Austronesian parent language below PMP that links all Wallacean subgroups.
Speakers of SVO Austronesian languages with prepositions, preverbal negation, numbers before nouns, and post-posed possessors came into contact with speakers of languages of unrelated Papuan families, with postpositions, clause-final negation, numbers following nouns, preposed possessors, and other features of SOV languages. Austronesian languages adopted these features but not uniformly, such that features attributed to contact are uneven across the region. Some are not found in some subgroups or branches within subgroups. Distribution maps of phonological, grammatical, and lexical features show many features are not found in all subgroups, do not align with each other, and some are found outside the region. Austronesian languages in the region are a kind of uneven hybrid that make them typologically different from Austronesian languages to the west and north.
The study evaluates earlier proposals along with new possibilities to link subgroups in different ways, but finds no exclusively shared innovations inherited from a common parent. Scenarios are explored of how Austronesian-speaking peoples came into the region. The uneven distribution of various features is addressed. Implications are many, and warrant a revised picture of the Austronesian world.
Several factors enabled this more in-depth study than has been previously possible. Both authors have extensive experience in the region. Many Dutch-era sources have become accessible online. Recent publications and unpublished data have been shared by others. This enabled the authors to glean data from 517 Austronesian and Papuan languages from within the region as well as to the west and east of it, providing context. Within the region, data have been gleaned from 292 varieties (256 Austronesian, 36 Papuan), some of which are now extinct. The volume is data rich with 334 data tables, 78 figures (including 32 maps), and 195 numbered examples/lists of data.</p
'Giving honour to the Spirit' : a critical analysis and evaluation of the doctrine of pneumatological union in the Trinitarian theology of Jonathan Edwards in dialogue with Karl Barth
No full textThe extent to which the 'honour' of the Spirit influenced the theology of
Jonathan Edwards is a hitherto underdeveloped theme. Against a backdrop of
Patristic thought and in dialogue with the theology of Karl Barth, evaluation is
made of pneumatological union in Edwards' Trinitarian theology as this centres
on the nature and inter-relatedness of the 'three unions' that characterize his
theology: the union of the three Persons of the Trinity, the union of the saints
with God, and the union of the divine and human natures of Christ.
Edwards' seeks to honour the Spirit as the mutual love of the Father for the Son
within his Augustinian, Lockean model of the immanent Trinity, and as 'Person'
in the economy. The challenges of doing so within the limits of this
psychological model of the Trinity are evaluated in dialogue with the
Cappadocian Fathers and Barth.
In a manner patterned after union in the Trinity, Edwards gave prominence to the
concept of the pneumatological union of the saints with God in Christ, in
fulfilment of the self-glorifying purpose of God in creation and redemption.
Edwards' experiential theology of conversion, and his elevation of subjective
sanctification by the Spirit over objective justification in Christ, for assurance, is
contrasted with Barth's greater emphases on the Christological union of God
with humanity and objective justification in Christ. Barth's more contemplative
approach is contrasted with the overly introspective spirituality of Edwards.
Edwards' view of the role of the Spirit in the hypostatic union of God with
humanity in Christ, which is reflective of the other unions, is also evaluated in
light of Patristic, Reformed-Puritan and Barthian thought on the nature of the
humanity Christ assumed, and the doctrine of the vicarious humanity of Christ. A
more emphatic incarnational emphasis may have saved Edwards' Spirit-
honouring spirituality from an anthropocentricity which is ironical given that the
glory of God is his ontic doxological concern
224 - Jennifer Marie Owen
No full textThis poster was presented by Jennifer Owen at the 2017 Graduate Student Showcase.Includes bibliographical references.Video games play an integral role in the lives of adolescents and provide unique opportunities for active and engaged learning. This project contains an exploratory analysis of the narrative constructs within video games and investigates how they can be utilized as an educational tool in secondary English classrooms. As an alternative text, video games offer unique potential to study storytelling and elements of literature, while also providing new insights into digital compositions. Through analysis and evaluation, the development of an innovative curriculum is constructed in the hopes to persuade educators to seek more enriching learning opportunities for their students
Difference and belonging, hopes and fears: parenting ‘mixed’ children and the implications for career development
Full text linkRosalind Edwards, Professor in Social Policy and Director of the Families & Social Capital Research Group, at London
South Bank University, discusses parenting issues and their implications for career development at the CeGS 10th
Annual Lecture held at the University of Derby on 18th December 2007.
Rosalind has researched and published widely on a range of issues concerning family policy, with a focus on the
perspectives of family members themselves. Her recent book publications include: Assessing Social Capital (ed. with J.
Holland and J. Franklin, 2007, Cambridge Scholars Press); Sibling Identity and Relationships: Sisters and Brothers (with L. Hadfield, H. Lucey and M. Mauthner, 2006, Routledge); Making Families: Moral Tales of Parenting and Stepparenting (with J. Ribbens McCarthy and V. Gillies, 2003, Sociology Press) and Children, Home and School: Resistance, Autonomy or Connection? (ed., 2002, Routledge Falmer). Rosalind's report (with C. Caballero and S.Puthussery) on 'Parenting 'mixed' children: negotiating difference and belonging in mixed race, ethnicity and faith families' will be published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation later this year. Rosalind is also co-editor of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology
A study of techniques for optical fibre sensors
No full textThis thesis reports on work performed within the field of optical fibre sensors. The topics studied cover three main areas of sensor research; fibre-remoted gas detection, the optical actuation of a resonant quartz device, and the assessment of compound glasses and fibres for current measurement applications.The gas detection techniques described have the common advantage of highly-selective measurement, and are applied to a number of industrial and environmental gases. Selectivity is achieved by effectively monitoring the spectral overlap between the gas sample to be measured, and that of a reference gas. Three techniques were employed to vary the spectral overlap, including Stark, pressure, and frequency modulation. For quantitative gas detection at atmospheric pressure, the modulation techniques are demonstrated here for the first time with fibre-remoted sampling cells. Practical examples of sensors for detection of methane, ammonia and carbon dioxide were demonstrated, and gas sensitivities down to 50ppm by volume were achieved.The optical powering and readout of a quartz resonator was demonstrated. An open-ended tuning fork device was used, and a novel interferometric technique was employed to minimise the optical drive power required. Threshold optical power levels of less than 25µW were achieved. The configuration was capable of operation with only a single fibre link to the sensor head, to carry both optical drive and readout signals, and a single optical source was employed.Optical fibre current monitors employing the Faraday effect can suffer measurement bandwidth restrictions if a long fibre is employed in order to attain good sensitivity. As the Faraday effect in many compound glasses is considerably stronger than for a standard silica fibre, then an equivalent sensitivity can be achieved for a shorter fibre coil by the use of compound glasses. The sensitivity and bandwidth of a typical current monitor configuration are analyzed for a number of compound glasses for the first time. The Verdet constant of a trial fibre fabricated from one promising compound glass was measured
Testing protoplanetary disc dispersal with radio emission
No full textWe consider continuum free–free radio emission from the upper atmosphere of protoplanetary discs as a probe of the ionized luminosity impinging upon the disc. Making use of previously computed hydrodynamic models of disc photoevaporation within the framework of extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray irradiation, we use radiative transfer post-processing techniques to predict the expected free–free emission from protoplanetary discs. In general, the free–free luminosity scales roughly linearly with ionizing luminosity in both EUV- and X-ray-driven scenarios, where the emission dominates over the dust tail of the disc and is partial optically thin at cm wavelengths. We perform a test observation of GM Aur at 14–18?GHz and detect an excess of radio emission above the dust tail to a very high level of confidence. The observed flux density and spectral index are consistent with free–free emission from the ionized disc in either the EUV- or the X-ray-driven scenario. Finally, we suggest a possible route to testing the EUV- and X-ray-driven dispersal model of protoplanetary discs, by combining observed free–free flux densities with measurements of mass-accretion rates. On the point of disc dispersal one would expect to find an M?2? scaling with free–free flux in the case of EUV-driven disc dispersal or an ?* scaling in the case of X-ray-driven disc dispersa
T. M. Charles-Edwards, Morfydd E. Owen, D. B. Walters. Lawyers and Laymen. Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1986
No full textFleuriot Léon. T. M. Charles-Edwards, Morfydd E. Owen, D. B. Walters. Lawyers and Laymen. Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1986. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 24, 1987. p. 347
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