Serbo-Croat Clitics and Word Grammar

Serbo-Croat has a complex system of clitics which raise interesting problems for any theory of the interface between syntax and morphology. After summarising the data we review previous analyses (mostly within the generative tradition), all of which are unsatisfactory in various ways. We then explain how Word Grammar handles clitics: as words whose form is an affix rather than the usual ‘word-form’. Like other affixes, clitics need a word to accommodate them, but in the case of clitics this is a special kind of word called a ‘hostword’. We present a detailed analysis of Serbo-Croat clitics within this theory, introducing a new distinction between two cases: where the clitics are attached to the verb or auxiliary, and where they are attached to some dependent of the verb

A spectator's guide to syntactic theories

This article' is intended for non-speciaiists who would like to understand the state of play in syntactic theory. It introduces nine different syntactic theories which count as 'important' in some sense, and explains some of the assumptions that they make about sentence structure. It aiso discusses the various kinds of solutions that have been offered for one problem, that of discontinuities produced by topicalisation, and introduces a tenth theory which rests on fundamentally different assumptions

Underwater Hacker Missile Wars: A Cryptography and Engineering Contest

For a recent student conference, the authors developed a day-long design problem and competition suitable for engineering, mathematics and science undergraduates. The competition included a cryptography problem, for which a workshop was run during the conference. This paper describes the competition, focusing on the cryptography problem and the workshop. Notes from the workshop and code for the computer programs are made available via the Internet. The results of a personal self-evaluation (PSE) are described.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, uses amsrefs.sty v2.0 and cryptologiabib.sty (included); to appear in Cryptologi

The Judicial System of the German Empire

In the German Empire the administration of justice is for the most part left to the states, all the courts being state courts with the exception of the Imperial Court at Leipzig. The Empire has however established unity of tlie law, has given a uniform organization and procedure to the courts of the states, and has by the creation of the Reichsgericht as the highest court of appeal ensured a uniform interpretation of the law. These three methods of securing a uniform administration of justice will be studid in the order named

The Judicial Reforms of the Reign of Henry II

Inasmuch as this paper is to deal with the judicial reforms of the reign of Henry II, and more particularly with the extension of the jurisdiction of the king\u27s court during that period, we must at the outset, for the purpose of comparison, make a brief study of the courts, their jurisdiction, and their methods of procedure at the close of Saxon and the beginning of Norman times. Mention should first be made of the courts of the hundred and of the shire, for it was in these public local courts, particularly in the former, that in early times justice was for the most part administered. The assembly of the township, the lowest administrative area) was concerned chiefly with the regulation of the common-field husbandry and had no judicial functions. The courts of the hundred and of the shire combined judicial with administrative work, as was the custom in those days. These courts were primitive Teutonic assemblies in which the freemen of the hundred or of the shire were the doomsmen by whom the judgments of the court were rendered. From the early Saxon codes it may be inferred that when they were drawn up the staple judicial proceedings were manslaying, wounding and cattle stealing

Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) demonstration: delivery, take-up, and outcomes of in-work training support for lone parents (Research report No 727)

"This report focuses on the delivery, take-up and outcomes of the in-work training support provided through the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) demonstration... The ERA demonstration was designed to test the effectiveness of a programme to improve the labour market prospects of low-paid workers and long-term unemployed people." - page 4

Electrolyte effects on polyacrylic acid-polyvinylpyrrolidone aqueous glycol mixtures for use as de-icing fluids

Rheological and wind tunnels measurements are presented for mixtures of polymers polyacrylic acid [PAA] and polyvinylpyrrolidone [PVP] polymers dispersed in water-1,2 propylene glycol mixture to examine their use as potential aircraft de-icing fluids. PAA solutions which form the basis of de-icing fluids are known to result in undesirable gelation which may lead to undesirable and catastrophic consequences in such applications. In this study, we examine the blending of PVP with PAA blends as alternative de-icing fluid formulations that can reduce the likelihood of forming such irreversible gel deposits. Through adjustment of the electrolyte concentration, the ratio of PAA to PVP as well as the molecular weight of PVP, it is possible to achieve a required viscosity profile to that exhibited by a model de-icing fluid across a range of appropriate temperatures. Wind tunnel tests indicate that the mixtures are capable of meeting the necessary requirements for boundary layer depletion as well as having sufficient capability of retaining a stable layer required during aircraft taxiing

The Military Image in the Poetry of A. E. Housman

This thesis analyzes the military image in the poems of A. E. Housman. The first section is a brief biographical sketch which stresses those incidents of Housman\u27s life that most influenced his personality and poetry. Section two is an introduction to Housman\u27s association and contact with the military and points out influences on his military poems. Section three analyzes those military poems which have autobiographical significance for the author. The fourth section is an explanation of Housman\u27s belief that the military life is the best possible life; it also analyzes the virtues and value system of the soldier. The final section discusses the military as an escape from the misery of life, an escape either through becoming an automatonic soldier, or by reaching the ultimate in life, a brave death. All poems cited are from The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman, published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, in 1940

A Language-Independent Garbage Collector Toolkit

We describe a memory management toolkit for language implementors. It offers efficient and flexible generation scavenging garbage collection. In addition to providing a core of languageindependent algorithms and data structures, the toolkit includes auxiliary components that ease implementation of garbage collection for programming languages. We have detailed designs for Smalltalk and Modula-3 and are confident the toolkit can be used with a wide variety of languages. The toolkit approach is itself novel, and our design includes a number of additional innovations in flexibility, efficiency, accuracy, and cooperation between the compiler and the collector

The Constitutional History and Constitutional Law of the Church of England. Translated from the German of FELIX MAKOWFR. Pp. 555. Price, $3.75. London and New York: Macmillan & Co., I895

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