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Brief von Cheng Yi-min an Josef Steindl
No full textBRIEF VON CHENG YI-MIN AN JOSEF STEINDL
Brief von Cheng Yi-min an Josef Steindl ([1]
Correspondence Patterns and Perceptual Distance of Consonants Between Southern Min and Cantonese
No full text180 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001.This dissertation seeks to explore further the research on the quantification of mutual intelligibility among Chinese dialects first proposed by Cheng (1990, 1992, 1994a, 1996, 1997). While most researchers approach the study of Chinese dialect affinity using shared rules among dialects, we examine mutual intelligibility to investigate the affinity of Chinese dialects. Cheng proposed to quantify mutual intelligibility by calculating the weights of correspondence patterns of all the elements in a syllable between a pair of dialects. The correspondence patterns of the dialects are established according to their cognate words. The assignment of weight is based on how much information the correspondence pattern provides and how well it enhances communication. Because this method of quantifying mutual intelligibility focuses on the perception part of communication, the dissertation examines the perception of sounds in a pair of dialects, particularly on the cross-dialect perception of initial consonants between Cantonese and Southern Min. An overall study of Chinese dialects and a more in-depth study of Cantonese and Southern Min are presented first in this dissertation. Following are the empirical studies including how Cantonese speakers establish sound correspondence patterns between Cantonese and Southern Min, and the perceptual distance of initial consonants between Cantonese and Southern Min. An acoustic measurement and comparison of oral stops between Cantonese and Southern Min is included as well to help us understand more of the results of the perceptual distance experiment. The results of the experiment help us refine the calculation of mutual intelligibility between dialects. The method of forming and investigating correspondence patterns between dialects can also be applied to improve the design of second dialect learning (Cheng 1998). The correspondence patterns help learners to learn a second dialect in a more systematic and efficient way. Different weights given to the correspondence patterns help the designer to determine what to teach first.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD
The political role of the people's liberation army 1949-1973
No full textThis thesis is to study the political role of the People's Liberation Army from the approach of structure and function. The framework of the thesis consists of three major parts, first, the influence of Chinese traditional political culture on, and the formation of, the political role of the PL A; second, the influence of domestic political struggles and external military conflicts on the development of the political role of the PLA; and the third, the analysis of the transition of the PLA's political role from the structure and personnel arrangements of the CCPCC Within the above-mentioned three scopes, this thesis make a thorough discussion on the following: (1) The relationship between the structure of the PRC and the formation of the PLA's political role; (2) How has ideology influenced the army's political role; (3) What is Mao's viewpoint and his influence on the development of the army's political role; (4) What is the link between the army and the party, and how has this developed; (6) What accounts for the expansion of the PLA's political functions; (7) What is the influence of political factional struggles on the PLA's political role; (8) Is it political institution or military institution that controls the recruitment of the military elite; (9) What are the disparities between the military elite in handling international conflicts and what are their political considerations; (10) What is the Party's position in the army; (11) How have the Party’s important meetings and personnel arrangements influenced the rise and fall of the PLA's political role
Lan En-fong, Fa-kuo min-fa-tien chih hsiu-cheng yen-chiu
No full textLan En-fong, Fa-kuo min-fa-tien chih hsiu-cheng yen-chiu. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 31 N°1, Janvier-mars 1979. pp. 233-234
Lan En-fong, Fa-kuo min-fa-tien chih hsiu-cheng yen-chiu
No full textLan En-fong, Fa-kuo min-fa-tien chih hsiu-cheng yen-chiu. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 31 N°1, Janvier-mars 1979. pp. 233-234
Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy - Techniques and Applications
No full textStimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy: Techniques and Applications describes innovations in instrumentation, data science, chemical probe development, and various applications enabled by a state-of-the-art stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscope. Beginning by introducing the history of SRS, this book is composed of six parts in depth including instrumentation strategies that have pushed the physical limits of SRS microscopy, vibrational probes (which increased the SRS imaging functionality), data science methods, and recent efforts in miniaturization.
This rapidly growing field needs a comprehensive resource that brings together the current knowledge on the topic, and this book does just that. Researchers who need to know the requirements for all aspects of the instrumentation as well as the requirements of different imaging applications (such as different types of biological tissue) will benefit enormously from the examples of successful demonstrations of SRS imaging in the book.
Led by Editor-in-Chief Ji-Xin Cheng, a pioneer in coherent Raman scattering microscopy, the editorial team has brought together various experts on each aspect of SRS imaging from around the world to provide an authoritative guide to this increasingly important imaging technique. This book is a comprehensive reference for researchers, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and engineers
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