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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
A sociolinguistic case-study of code-switching and borrowing in Klerksdorp
Full text linkDoctor of Philosophy in Linguistics and Literary Theory, North-West University-- Potchefstroom CampusThis thesis focuses on filling the particular research gap of investigating the linguistic landscape of the black community in what is currently Klerksdorp, a mining town in the North West Province, South Africa. Information about the area dates back to the mid-1830s, but the focus has primarily been on the two white groups from Europe (the Dutch from the Netherlands and the English from England), and subsequent studies in South Africa have more broadly mainly focused on their history and languages. One of these two prestigious languages is a variant of Dutch, which later came to be known as Afrikaans, and the other is English, which was brought to South Africa with the arrival of the British in the early 19th century. When the Afrikaners left the Cape Colony, they headed inland by crossing the Vaal River, thus ending up settling in Klerksdorp. At the time of these incursions, the Batswana, whose language is Setswana, were the original inhabitants of what is now Klerksdorp. Their language was later influenced by the arrival of white people who spoke Afrikaans (a variant of Dutch), and later, their language was further influenced by the arrival of the English. This study investigates how the two European prestigious languages have influenced the Setswana spoken in this area. As employees of the Afrikaans-speaking white people, the Batswana, who were residents in the area, had to learn Afrikaans for economic opportunities as the Afrikaners owned land seized from black people, and in addition, they had senior positions in government, in the mines, etc. When the British arrived in the area years later, some ended up being involved in mining, but the majority were mostly tradesmen as Klerksdorp had developed into a fully-fledged town by 1888. This resulted in local residents also learning to communicate with the new arrivals from England in English.
Language contact between Setswana and Afrikaans resulted in Setswana speakers including some Afrikaans words and expressions in their speech when they were interacting socially with other black people. Later, when English became commonly used through trade and eventually schooling, this resulted in borrowing and code-switching from Afrikaans and English as part of the Setswana spoken in Klerksdorp. Based on the above, the study firstly addresses the dominance of Afrikaans and/or English vis-a-vis the Setswana spoken in Klerksdorp both pre-94 and post-94; in the case of the latter, this is when the democratic government came into power, thereby allowing the free movement of people, which brought change to the linguistic landscape. Secondly, the study analyses how borrowing and codeswitching from Afrikaans and English by Setswana speakers created contact-induced language change. Participants’ age, gender and residential area (a proxy for social class) were used as social variables for determining how linguistic change likely manifested in Klerksdorp. The study analyses such borrowing and code-switching in the Setswana spoken in Klerksdorp by applying a mixedmethods research methodology, which combines both a quantitative and qualitative approach. The quantitative approach involved looking at the numbers/percentages of speakers using certain
borrowings, and at how often speakers apply code-switching; while the qualitative approach was focussed on determining the broad linguistic trends of borrowing and code-switching and how these relate to social differences in the speech community. In addition to broad trends, the findings also highlighted how non-linguistic factors such as the setting, topic, and the relationship between participants, context, age and the level of education all contribute to the dynamics of how interlocutors apply the linguistic phenomena of borrowing and code-switching. Finally, the analysis of the data also highlighted the influence of a third language, Sesotho, an African language whose speakers are geographically close to Klerksdorp. South Africa is a multilingual country, thus communities like the study population in Klerksdorp often adapt to the influence of other local languages because of extensive language contact
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
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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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