182 research outputs found
Transitive constructions in Slovenian Sign Language (SZJ): Report on II year of Research Doctorate in Linguistics
No full textThis article provides a theoretical background and theoretical framework as well as preliminary generalisations of the generative description of three syntactic environments in Slovenian Sign Language (SZJ). It determines relations between subject, object(s) and verb in transitive, ditransitive and classifer constructions. After exploring binding, scope and nominalisation effects, thematic (deep) structure is elaborated for each construction in accordance to Binarity Principle. Then, grammatical derivations of attested word orders (surface structure or linearisation) are developed with respect to word order parameters (Head parameter) and syntactic processes (successive-cyclic Head movement). Finally, SZJ as a new entry in the typological inventory of world's languages is presented with respect to current issues of word order research
Are the Impersonals in Slovene Existentials?
No full textIn many languages there exist certain syntactic structures that have traditionally been assumed impersonal due to the lack of the audible 'human' subject, as illustrated in for Slovenian language in this presentation
Licenser under cover: The Genitive of Negation in Slovenian
No full textIn some languages there exist syntactic environments in which noun phrases of negated sentences do not take nominative or accusative case as their counterparts from the parallel affirmative sentences do. Instead, they are inflected for the genitive, usually called the genitive of negation. The article (i) reconsiders the list of these environments; (ii) describes an observation whereby the genitive of negation on the subject cancels the subject-verb agreement, triggering the default morphosyntactic form of the (auxiliary) verb; (iii) compares the distribution of the genitive of negation to the distribution of the negative-numeral nič “nothing”; and (iv) argues for the hypothesis that the genitive of negation is licensed by the covert version of the n-numeral nič “nothing”
The Genitive of negation in Slovenian
No full textIn some languages there exist syntactic environments in which noun phrases of negated sentences do not take nominative or accusative case as their counterparts from the parallel affirmative sentences do. Instead, they are inflected for the genitive, usually called the genitive of negation. The article (i) reconsiders the list of these environments; (ii) describes an observation whereby the genitive of negation on the subject cancels the subject-verb agreement, triggering the default morphosyntactic form of the (auxiliary) verb; (iii) compares the distribution of the genitive of negation to the distribution of the negative-numeral nič “nothing”; and (iv) argues for the hypothesis that the genitive of negation is licensed by the covert version of the n-numeral nič “nothing”
Individual and Contextual Determinants of Cruise Passengers’ Behavior at Their Destination: A Survival Approach
No full textThe proposed study will present an analysis of cruise passengers’ behavior at their destination. Mobility behavior will be analyzed in relation to socio-demographic characteristics through a survival modeling approach. Data collected through GPS devices on cruise passengers’ behavior in the ports of Palermo and Dubrovnik will be analyzed in order to determine similarities and differences among cruise passengers’ behaviors at their destination, according to socio-demographic characteristics. The authors of this chapter contend that the results of this research, involving the processing and the analysis of GPS data, will be of interest from methodological and destination management perspectives
Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia
No full textIn this study seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae are described from baobab (Adansonia gibbosa) and surrounding endemic tree species growing in the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia. Members of the Botryosphaeriaceae were predominantly endophytes isolated from apparently healthy sapwood and bark of endemic trees; others were isolated from dying branches. Phylogenetic analyses of ITS and EF1- sequence data revealed seven new species: Dothiorella longicollis, Fusicoccum ramosum, Lasiodiplodia margaritacea, Neoscytalidium novaehollandiae, Pseudofusicoccum adansoniae, P. ardesiacum and P. kimberleyense
Botryosphaeriaceae involved in die-back of Ostrya carpinifolia in Slovenia and Italy following drought
No full text"Recreational" drug abuse associated with failure to mount a proper antibody response after a generalised orthopoxvirus infection
No full textInfections with orthopoxviruses usually Lead to cross-protection among all species of the family. This has been a prerequisite for successful eradication of smallpox. Here we report the rare case of a 17-year-old male, who survived a generalised cowpox virus infection of unusual severity but surprisingly did not show a proper seroconversion. Only a very weak antibody production was observed in early and late serum samples, which initially appeared to be cowpox virus specific in immunofluorescence. No neutralising antibodies were detected and in Western blotting antibody specificity was restricted to the orthopoxvirus H3L protein only. The patient had been hospitalised for alcohol and cannabis intoxication 2 months prior to the orthopoxvirus infection and high levels of cannabinoids have been found repeatedly in the urine and upon one occasion also benzodiazepines. As these substances are known to interfere with antibody production and no immunodeficiencies were detected, drug-induced immunosuppression can be suspected as the most Likely cause. Therefore a possible link between "soft" drug use and sufficient immunosuppression to warrant alterations in vaccine policies using Live virus vaccines Like smallpox vaccine should be further studied
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