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Clements family papers, MSS.0316
No full textAbstract: Papers of a Tuscaloosa family whose members included Hardy Clements, Rufus Hargrove Clements, Martha Lavinia Clements, Frank Bugbee Clements, Luther Morgan Clements, and others. The bulk of the papers relate to Frank Bugbee Clements.Scope and Content Note: The Clements family papers, along with those of the Wynn and Bugbee families, were donated together. Each of these families is related to the others through marriage, and the donor is a direct descendent of all. As the ties between the families are evident only in the genealogical records, the papers have been organized separately. The papers are grouped into the following series: Hardy Clements, Rufus Hargrove Clements, Martha Lavinia Clements, F. B. Clements, Luther Morgan Clements, and Other. The bulk of the papers relate to Frank Bugbee Clements.Biographical/Historical Note: Hardy Clements was born at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, on October 16, 1783, the son of Ruben and Elizabeth (Stuart) Clements. He and his brother Ruben came to the Mississippi Territory in 1796 or 1798. Hardy Clements' first wife, whom he married on December 30, 1822, was Martha Hargrove of Virginia. Their children were Rufus Hargrove, Luther Morgan, and Early Coleman. On May 13, 1832, Hardy Clements married his second wife, Maria Ann Pegues. Their children were Anne Stuart, Egbert Rush, Asenith Rice, Collier Foster, and Newton Nash. He owned extensive landholdings in Tuscaloosa County.Rufus Hargrove Clements was born in Tuscaloosa County, November 1, 1823. He graduated from The University of Alabama in 1845 and received his LLB degree in 1847 from Harvard University. He married Martha Lavinia Bugbee on November 27, 1850. Their children were Francis Bugbee, Julia Morgan, and Clara Estelle. He died in Tuscaloosa on December 1, 1875.Luther Morgan Clements was born in Tuscaloosa County on November 15, 1827 or 1825. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama (1844) and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1849). A captain in Company F of the 41st Alabama Infantry, he served as both soldier and surgeon in the Confederate army. He never married and died in Tuscaloosa on November 30, 1903.Francis (Frank) Bugbee Clements was born in Tuscaloosa on May 23, 1864, and graduated from The University of Alabama in 1883. He served as president and director for the Demopolis Electric Power and Light Company and was also employed by the J. L. Yancey Real Estate and Insurance Company of Birmingham. He married Lorna Wynn Wilson on May 25, 1884. Their daughter was Martha Lavinia Clements, who married Charles Theodore Brasfield. Frank Clements died May 19, 1951.Sources: Thomas M. 0wen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921, and Thomas Waverly Palmer, A Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831-1901. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama, 1901
Reexamining the acquisition of null subject pronouns in a second language: focus on referential and pragmatic constraints
No full textThis study re-examines the L2 acquisition of referential and pragmatic properties of null and overt subject pronouns by advanced English learners of Spanish under the assumption that both forms display levels of complexity at the syntax-pragmatics interface. Our main hypothesis is that null subjects should be as difficult to acquire as overt subjects, challenging current generative accounts (e.g. the ‘Interface Hypothesis’) in which the acquisition of null subjects is problem-free. Data obtained by a group of 20 advanced English speakers of Spanish in a Picture Verification Task and a Context-Matching Preference Task corroborate this hypothesis. Results show that L2 speakers over-accept null subjects and find it difficult to reject them when an overt pronoun is preferred by the controls. We propose that they may be using null subjects as a default form as they have an incomplete knowledge of the pragmatic constraints governing the use of pro in context
Exploring the role of previously acquired languages in third language (L3) acquisition: a feature-based approach
No full textThis thesis explores the role of previously acquired languages in third language (L3) acquisition, providing evidence that L3 transfer is determined by the underlying structural similarities and differences between previously acquired languages and the target L3. The analysis proposes a ‘feature-based’ approach to L3 transfer studies, highlighting the importance of linguistic features and the way in which they are assembled in different languages.I examine the acquisition of null and overt arguments by L1 English-L2 Spanish-L3 Chinese earners [+SP], conducting a comparative analysis with a group of L1 English-L2 non-null subject language-L3 Chinese learners [-SP]. The three languages of the [+SP] participants are not typologically related, but the L1 and L2 have similarities related to subject pronouns in the L3. Null subjects are allowed in Spanish and Chinese (although there are syntactic differences) and overt subjects behave in a similar way in English and Chinese. Therefore, transfer can occur from the L1 or L2. A Written Production Task (WPT) and a Pronoun Interpretation Task (PIT) test the use and interpretation of arguments, and a Language Relations Questionnaire (LRQ) explores the learners’ perceptions of the relatedness between languages. The results show transfer from L1 English (overt pronouns) and L2 Spanish (null subjects), indicating that L3 transfer can occur from either the L1/L2, depending on the property being acquired (i.e. it is selective). Furthermore, the data shows that the [+SP] group outperform the [-SP] group with null subjects, indicating that reassembling features associated with null subjects is straightforward despite syntactic differences between the languages. In addition, learners’ perceptions of language relatedness do not play an important role for typologically unrelated languages. Therefore, the study concludes that future L3 transfer studies can make more specific predictions regarding the source of transfer if linguistic features are taken into account
A Doll\u27s House (2004) | Costume Sketch 002
No full textPerformed: 18-21 November 2004; Henrik Ibsen\u27s A Doll\u27s House was directed by Susan McCain. Shown is a costume sketch for Anna Maria. This item is contained within the Clements drama production materials.https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/clements_costumes/1283/thumbnail.jp
Testing the predictions of the Scalpel Model in L3/Ln acquisition: the acquisition of null and overt subjects in L3 Chinese
No full textThe Scalpel Model (SM) (Slabakova, 2016) argues that neither the L1 nor the L2 has a privileged status in L3 acquisition so transfer can occur from either the L1 or the L2 and on a property-by-property basis. We test these predictions by examining the acquisition of Chinese null and overt subjects by twenty-five L3 Chinese learners divided into two groups: L1 English-L2 Spanish-L3 Chinese learners and L1 English-L2 non-null subject language-L3 Chinese learners. Results from a Written Production Task and a Pronoun Interpretation Task show transfer from both background languages but for different properties supporting that transfer can, indeed, be partial in L3 acquisition. We argue that existing structural similarities between the background and the target languages are important as well
A BEM for time dependent infiltration from an irrigation channel
No full textIn this paper some two dimensional time dependent infiltration problems are considered. The problems involve infiltration from an irrigation channel into a homogenous soil and a soil which contains an impermeable finite inclusion. The problems are reduced to boundary integral equations which may be solved numerically using established procedures. Numerical results are obtained to provide the distribution of the matric flux potential for some particular impermeable inclusions and a particular channel shape. The results indicate how the distance from the channel influences the speed with which the matric flux potential reaches its steady state value. They also illustrate how the presence of an impermeable inclusion can increase the matric flux potential at points below the surface. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.David L. Clements and Maria Lob
Charles Bukowski, outsider literature, and the Beat movement /
No full textThis book uses cultural and psycho-social analysis to examine the beat writer Charles Bukowski and his literature, focusing on representations of the anti-hero rebel and outsider. Clements considers the complexities, ambiguities, and contradictions represented by the author and his work, exploring Bukowskis visceral writing of the cultural ordinary and everyday self-narrative. The study considers Bukowskis apolitical, gendered, and working-class stance to understand how the writer represents reality and is represented with regards to counter-cultural literature. In addition, Clements provides a broader socio-cultural focus that evaluates counterculture in relation to the American beat movement and mythology, highlighting the male cool anti-hero. The cultural practices and discourses utilized to situate Bukowski include the individual and society, outsiderdom, cult celebrity, fan embodiment, and disneyfication, providing a greater understanding of the beat generation and counterculture literature.First published 2013.This book uses cultural and psycho-social analysis to examine the beat writer Charles Bukowski and his literature, focusing on representations of the anti-hero rebel and outsider. Clements considers the complexities, ambiguities, and contradictions represented by the author and his work, exploring Bukowskis visceral writing of the cultural ordinary and everyday self-narrative. The study considers Bukowskis apolitical, gendered, and working-class stance to understand how the writer represents reality and is represented with regards to counter-cultural literature. In addition, Clements provides a broader socio-cultural focus that evaluates counterculture in relation to the American beat movement and mythology, highlighting the male cool anti-hero. The cultural practices and discourses utilized to situate Bukowski include the individual and society, outsiderdom, cult celebrity, fan embodiment, and disneyfication, providing a greater understanding of the beat generation and counterculture literature
A hypersingular boundary integral equation for a class of problems concerning infiltration from periodic channels
No full textIn this paper some two dimensional infiltration problems are considered. The problems involve infiltration from periodic irrigation channels into a soil which contains impermeable sheets of finite width. The problems are reduced to boundary integral equations which may be solved numerically using established procedures. Numerical results are obtained to provide the distribution of the matric flux potential for some particular combinations of impermeable sheets and a semi-circular channel. The results indicate how the length, number and the depth of impermeable layers influences the distribution of water in an irrigated area.David L Clements, Maria Lobo, Nyoman Widan
TRIBUNAL ARBITRAL DE HILDA MARIA COY DE CASTRO VS. MICHAEL CLEMENTS AYALA MURILLO Y OTROS
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Charles Bukowski, Outsider Literature and the Beat Movement
No full textThis book uses cultural and psycho-social analysis to examine the beat writer Charles Bukowski and his literature, focusing on representations of the anti-hero rebel and outsider. Clements considers the complexities, ambiguities, and contradictions represented by the author and his work, exploring Bukowski’s visceral writing of the cultural ordinary and everyday self-narrative. The study considers Bukowski’s apolitical, gendered, and working-class stance to understand how the writer represents reality and is represented with regards to counter-cultural literature. In addition, Clements provides a broader socio-cultural focus that evaluates counterculture in relation to the American beat movement and mythology, highlighting the male cool anti-hero. The cultural practices and discourses utilized to situate Bukowski include the individual and society, outsiderdom, cult celebrity, fan embodiment, and disneyfication, providing a greater understanding of the beat generation and counterculture literature
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