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Francis Eugene Mitchell
No full textPortrait, head and shoulders. On verso: see: 10-'49. Francis Eugene Mitchell. Deceased: 10-16-49. Engineering Prof. Civil engr. [engr. instr.].Francis Eugene Mitchell was a University of Arkansas engineering professor, 1948-1949
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
SA Heart Newsletter Summer 2016
No full textThe executive of the South African Heart Association had decided during the course of 2015 to draft a more formal business structure for the association. The process of registering the SA Heart Association as a non-profit company (NPC) was initiated. A memorandum of incorporation, which was based onthe SA Heart constitution, was drawn up. Calls for nominations and elections for board members were made and the board of directors voted in were Dr Sajidah Khan, Dr Hellmuth Weich and Dr Belinda Mitchell, aside from Prof Karen Sliwa and Prof Francis Smit who, as president and treasurer of SA Heart respectively, remain ex-officio members of the board
Language Change and SA-OT: The case of sentential negation
No full textSimulated Annealing for Optimality Theory (SA-OT) updates Optimality Theory by adding a model of performance to a theory of linguistic competence. Our aim is to show that SA-OT can contribute to language change simulations. Performance "errors" are considered to be one of the causes of variation and change. We have chosen to model the evolution of sentential negation (SN). The descriptive background adopts Jespersen's Cycle, according to which the evolution of sentential negation follows three main stages (1. pre-verbal, 2. discontinuous, and 3. post-verbal). Therefore, we advance a novel model for SN, based on SA-OT. It reproduces the three pure and the two observed mixed stages, whereas it correctly predicts the lack of an intermediate stage between 3 and 1. The success of the approach corroborates the computational, performance-based approach to the data. Finally, we employ the iterated learning paradigm to reproduce historical changes in a "simulated corpus study". This enterprise turns out to be more difficult than one would naively believe.Appeared open access as: Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Journal (CLIN), vol. 1 (2011), pp. 21-40, and is available at http://www.clinjournal.org/sites/default/files/Lopopolo.pdfA. Lopopolo and Biró, T., “Language Change and SA-OT. The case of sentential negation”, Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands Journal, vol. 1, pp. 21-40, 2011.Peer Reviewe
Joan Mitchell, Peintures
Get PDFLe nouveau Musée des Impressionnismes à Giverny présente des œuvres de Joan Mitchell (1926-92) pour sa deuxième exposition, qui confirme son ambition de montrer à la fois des œuvres impressionnistes, et leur impact sur l’art du XXe siècle. Les toiles de Joan Mitchell, dont la plupart furent peintes en France, viennent de l’exposition itinérante « La peinture des deux mondes », organisée à Emden en Allemagne, puis à Reggio Emilia en Italie. Elles datent des années 1950 jusqu’à la fin de la vie..
Mitchell, W E, 254,1040
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/428184Surname: Mitchell. Given Name(s) or Initials: W E. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 254,1040. Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: K563. Division Enquiry: SA. Rank: LAC. Unit: Tent C.1,128 M.U.,RAF, A.BU.Sultan, MEAF 10 M.E.F.326940
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Joan Mitchell, Peintures
Get PDFLe nouveau Musée des Impressionnismes à Giverny présente des œuvres de Joan Mitchell (1926-92) pour sa deuxième exposition, qui confirme son ambition de montrer à la fois des œuvres impressionnistes, et leur impact sur l’art du XXe siècle. Les toiles de Joan Mitchell, dont la plupart furent peintes en France, viennent de l’exposition itinérante « La peinture des deux mondes », organisée à Emden en Allemagne, puis à Reggio Emilia en Italie. Elles datent des années 1950 jusqu’à la fin de la vie..
Documenting L2 input and interaction during study abroad: approaches, instruments and challenges
No full textA major rationale for study abroad (SA) from the perspective of second language acquisition is the presumed opportunity available to sojourners for naturalistic second language (L2) “immersion”. However, such opportunities are affected by variations in the linguistic, institutional and social affordances of SA, in different settings. They are also affected by the varying agency and motivation of sojourners in seeking second language (L2) engagement. For example, many sojourners prioritize mastering informal L2 speech, while others prioritize academic and professional registers including writing. Most will operate multilingually, using their home language, a local language, and/or English as lingua franca for different purposes, and the types of input they seek out, and language practices they enter into, vary accordingly. Consequently, whileresearchers have developed varied approaches to documenting L2 engagement, and have tried to relate these to measures of L2 development, these efforts have so far seen somewhat mixed success. This article reviews different approaches to documenting SA input and interaction; first, that of participant self-report, using questionnaires, interviews, journals, or language logs. Particular attention is paid to the popular Language Contact Profile (LCP), and to approaches drawing on Social Network Analysis. The limitations of all forms of self-report are acknowledged. The article also examines the contribution of direct observation and recording of L2 input and interaction during SA. This is a significant alternative approach for the study of acquisition, but one which poses theoretical, ethical and practical challenges. Researchers have increasingly enlisted participants as research collaborators who create small corpora through self-recording with L2 interlocutors. Analyses in this tradition have so far prioritized interactional, pragmatic and sociocultural development, in learner corpora, over other dimensions of second language acquisition (SLA). The theoretical and practical challenges of corpus creation in SA settings and their wider use to promote understandings of informal L2 learning are discussed
Evaluation of the Better Places Stronger Communities Project: Baseline report
Get PDFThis is the first of two evaluation reports on the Better Places, Stronger Communities (BPSC) Program, which is transferring the management of designated South Australian (SA) public housing dwellings to the community housing sector. The Social Policy Research Centre and City Futures Research Centre, both at UNSW Sydney, were commissioned by Housing SA to conduct a longitudinal evaluation of the BPSC Program, where the management of 1,100 public housing dwellings across two estates in Adelaide was transferred to the community housing sector. The two estates are Mitchell Park, managed by Junction Housing, and Elizabeth Grove, managed by AnglicareSA Housing
Career entry of modern languages graduates: The long term impact of study abroad on graduate identity
No full textFor students of modern languages, study abroad (SA) is a significant opportunity for linguistic, sociocultural and personal development. Less is known about the durability of these developments, once students progress to graduate careers. This paper reports a study of 33 specialist languages graduates from a UK university, 3 years post-graduation, who had previously participated in a longitudinal study tracking their development through a 2-semester stay abroad. The follow-up study gathered further data on personal biographies and career pathways, on maintenance of skills in the language studied, on social and professional uses of other languages, and on beliefs relating to language identity. This paper offers insights into the career entry and related identity development among UK languages graduates, including the ongoing impact of SA. We highlight the challenges involved in supporting participants’ maintenance of a long-term multilingual identity and meeting societal needs for committed languages specialist
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