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On Aristotle and Baldness: topic, reference, presupposition of existence, and negation [PDF]
, 2006 This paper is a contribution to the never settled debate on reference, negation and presupposition of existence in the linguistic/philosophical literature.
Brandtler, Johan
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Targeted conservation measures are contingent on robust knowledge of spatio‐temporal animal distribution in areas of interest. We explore unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) transect monitoring as a novel method for standardized digital aerial surveys of marine megafauna by investigating the fine‐resolution spatio‐temporal distribution of harbour porpoises ...
Dinah Hartmann +2 more
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Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2008 The goal of this analysis is to compare constructions containing singular indefinite predicates (SIPs) of the type ‘Ion e un ţăran/Ion is a peasant’ with N of N constructions of the type ‘ţăranul de Ion’/peasant-the of Ion’ and explore the role that the ...
Mihaela Tănase-Dogaru
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Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the Chinese kimchi industry, manufacturers employ product names, photographs, and logistical strategies to promote their kimchi's “Koreanness.” So, what makes their kimchi “Korean,” and how does its Koreanness formulate kimchi's commodity value?
Heangjin Park
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Homicide, punishment and deterrence in Australia
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Australian data encompassing 1910–2022, by year and state, were analyzed to estimate the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates. Our estimates showed that capital punishment had a negative and significant effect on homicides. In some specifications, the estimates implied that an execution was associated with 12.68 fewer homicides ...
Hugh Farrell, Vincent O'Sullivan
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Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the causal impact of federal homeless‐assistance grants on reported homelessness and shelter capacity across 370 Continuums of Care in 2019. We exploit cross‐sectional variation in pre‐1940 housing shares, used in Community Development Block Grant formula allocations, as an instrument for combined CoC and Emergency ...
Luke Maddock, Anita Alves Pena
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates internal linguistic variation in the instructional discourse of international teaching assistants (ITAs) by segmenting their mini‐lecture performances into four discourse types: introduction, lecture, conclusion, and audience interaction.
Heesun Chang, Hector Rivera
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High Voltage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Film capacitors, essential for energy storage in power systems, benefit from reduced film thickness to increase capacitance and lower costs. While the inverse power law traditionally links higher electric strength with thinner films, its validity diminishes below a critical thickness.
Chuansheng Zhang +5 more
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, 2012 International audienceThis introductory chapter is organized into three parts. The first part focuses on the syntactic structure and compositional interpretation of determiner phrases, and frames the ontological issues related to reference to kinds in ...
Beyssade, Claire +2 more
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Some "PPIs" are just hyper-existentials [PDF]
, 2011 This paper shows that the French indefinite pronouns (quelqu'un, quelque chose) are neither PPIs (Baker 1970), nor double NPIs (Szabolcsi 2004).
Corblin, Francis
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