The syntax of double object constructions in Cantonese

This paper first demonstrates that Cantonese as a language does not have an exceptional order of non-subject arguments in double object constructions; rather, the verb bei2 'give' in this language, and this verb only, does. It is the only exception to double object constructions in the language in two respects. First, it is the theme argument, but not the recipient argument, that immediately follows the verb 'give'. In other double object constructions, the recipient argument is the argument that is adjacent to the verb. Second, under the effect of weight, the arguments in a give-construction are the only ones that can switch positions such that the heavy NP is in final position in the phrase. Weight does not seem to matter in other double object constructions. The paper then shows, within the Lexical Functional Grammar framework, that the differences between a give-construction and other double object constructions in the language are constituent-structure differences. At argument-structure and functional-structure, ditransitive verbs behave in similar ways. They all require two arguments – a Theme and a Goal/Recipient. They also exhibit similarities in terms of f-structure phenomena such as relativization …postprintThe 2007 Annual Research Forum of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 8-9 December 2007

Plan de negocios para implementar una escuela de manejo con simuladores

La implementaci?n de una escuela de manejo cuya ense?anza se imparte principalmente mediante el uso de simuladores, tiene como ventaja que esta forma de aprendizaje radica en que los alumnos podr?n familiarizarse con los veh?culos y experimentar escenarios complejos de conducci?n, sin correr riesgos de accidentes por nerviosismo o imprudencia del conductor o peat?n. Este aprendizaje se complementa con una cantidad reducida de pr?ctica de manejo en veh?culos reales y horas de instrucci?n de la normativa de tr?nsito. Como valor agregado, se integra una moderna aula virtual con videos did?cticos, plataforma web y gesti?n de reservas, y durante las clases se da ?nfasis sobre las consecuencias de conducir ebrios o bajo los efectos de alguna sustancia alucin?gena mediante el uso de unas gafas. Todo ello, a diferencia de una escuela de manejo convencional, donde la metodolog?a empleada expone al aprendiz a posibles accidentes, adem?s de que las escuelas de manejo convencionales presentan como principales deficiencias el impartir instrucci?n sin tener en cuenta la condici?n y los objetivos del usuario, as? como la falta de innovaci?n en sus procesos y deficiente metodolog?a en la ense?anza, lo cual no permite generar confianza suficiente en el alumno para enfrentarse a un escenario real

Strategies Outside the Formal Classroom: Nonprofit Management Education in Transparency and Accountability

A demand for nonprofit management training and organizational capacity building exists in Latin America. However, few nonprofit management education (NME) programs in Latin America exist, and there is limited content related to ethics, transparency, and accountability. Using the case of Ecuador, we identify three strategies implemented by nonprofit leaders to cope with limited NME. We find that first, organizations engage in a process of collectivity that seeks to explore and give meaning to civil society in Ecuador. Second, this process leads to the production of knowledge about civil society in Ecuador. And third, based on both the process of collectivity and knowledge production, nonprofit leaders in Ecuador take ownership in the training of nonprofit leaders through several pilot courses related to transparency and accountability. The case of Ecuador reminds public affairs educators that organizations themselves can be successful producers of knowledge that can and should create and inform curricular content

Characteristics of Different Systems for the Solar Drying of Crops

Solar dryers are used to enable the preservation of agricultural crops, food processing industries for dehydration of fruits and vegetables, fish and meat drying, dairy industries for production of milk powder, seasoning of wood and timber, textile industries for drying of textile materials. The fundamental concepts and contexts of their use to dry crops is discussed in the chapter. It is shown that solar drying is the outcome of complex interactions particular between the intensity and duration of solar energy, the prevailing ambient relative humidity and temperature, the characteristics of the particular crop and its pre-preparation and the design and operation of the solar dryer