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The essays in this important collection explore wide-ranging
aspects of the syntax and semantics of human languages. Key topics
covered include movement phenomena and the syntax of logical form,
methods in generative linguistics and the role of rules vs.
principles in syntactic theory. This volume makes a vital
contribution to substantive and methodological debates in
linguistic theory.
A powerful argument for how to succeed in any field: develop broad interests and skills while everyone around you is rushing to specialize.
From the ‘10,000 hours rule’ to the power of Tiger parenting, we have been taught that success in any field requires early specialization and many hours of deliberate practice. And, worse, that if you dabble or delay, you'll never catch up with those who got a head start.
This is completely wrong.
In this landmark book, David Epstein shows you that the way to succeed is by sampling widely, gaining a breadth of experiences, taking detours, experimenting relentlessly, juggling many interests - in other words, by developing range.
Studying the world's most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors and scientists, Epstein demonstrates why in most fields - especially those that are complex and unpredictable - generalists, not specialists are primed to excel. No matter what you do, where you are in life, whether you are a teacher, student, scientist, business analyst, parent, job hunter, retiree, you will see the world differently after you've read Range. You'll understand better how we solve problems, how we learn and how we succeed. You'll see why failing a test is the best way to learn and why frequent quitters end up with the most fulfilling careers.
As experts silo themselves further while computers master more of the skills once reserved for highly focused humans, Range shows how people who think broadly and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives will increasingly thrive and why spreading your knowledge across multiple domains is the key to your success, and how to achieve it.
The Roman Republic was governed by a small group of men who agreed
far more than they disagreed on the fundamental questions facing
the state. The details of their public behaviour can thus only be
understood in relation to the idiosyncrasies deeply embedded in
Roman political culture, one of the most important of which was
that of personal hatred - 'inimicitia'. Personal Enmity in Roman
Politics, first published in 1987, explores how 'inimicitia' could
arise and how it was often central in the formation of political
factions. In particular, groups opposing such powerful figures as
Pompey and Caesar might be united by nothing more than common
hatred of the individual. An important feature too was the criminal
trial, because of the highly personal nature of the Roman adversary
system at the time: Epstein argues that personal factors were more
important than political ones in the famous trials of the late
Republic.
The Roman Republic was governed by a small group of men who agreed
far more than they disagreed on the fundamental questions facing
the state. The details of their public behaviour can thus only be
understood in relation to the idiosyncrasies deeply embedded in
Roman political culture, one of the most important of which was
that of personal hatred - 'inimicitia'. Personal Enmity in Roman
Politics, first published in 1987, explores how 'inimicitia' could
arise and how it was often central in the formation of political
factions. In particular, groups opposing such powerful figures as
Pompey and Caesar might be united by nothing more than common
hatred of the individual. An important feature too was the criminal
trial, because of the highly personal nature of the Roman adversary
system at the time: Epstein argues that personal factors were more
important than political ones in the famous trials of the late
Republic.
Contents: 1. A note on functional determination and strong crossover 2. Quantifier-pro and the LF Representation of PROarb 3. The local binding condition and LF chains 4. Adjunction and pronominal variable binding 5. Quantification in operator constructions 6. Differentiation and reduction in syntactic theory: a case study 7. Derivational constraints on A-chain formation 8. Overt scope marking and covert verb-second 9. Un-principled syntax and the derivation of syntactic relations null
The "New York Times" bestseller - with a new afterword about early
specialization in youth sports.
The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain
Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic freaks put on
Earth to dominate their respective sports? Or are they simply
normal people who overcame their biological limits through sheer
force of will and obsessive training?
In this controversial and engaging exploration of athletic success
and the so-called 10,000-hour rule, David Epstein tackles the great
nature vs. nurture debate and traces how far science has come in
solving it. Through on-the-ground reporting from below the equator
and above the Arctic Circle, revealing conversations with leading
scientists and Olympic champions, and interviews with athletes who
have rare genetic mutations or physical traits, Epstein forces us
to rethink the very nature of athleticism.
This pathbreaking study presents a new perspective on the role of
derivation, the series of operations by which sentences are formed.
Working within the Minimalist Program and focusing on English, the
authors develop an original theory of generative syntax, providing
illuminating new analyses of some central syntactic constructions.
Two key questions are explored: first, can the Extended Projection
Principle (EPP) be eliminated from Minimalist analysis without
loss, and perhaps with a gain in empirical coverage; and second, is
the construct 'A-Chain' similarly eliminable? The authors argue
that neither EPP nor the A-chain is in fact a property of Universal
Grammar, but rather their descriptive content can be deduced from
independently motivated properties of lexical items, in accordance
with overarching principles governing derivation. In investigating
these questions, a range of new data is introduced, and existing
data re-analyzed, presenting a pioneering challenge to fundamental
assumptions in syntactic theory.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are likely to feature the first
transgender athlete, a topic that will be highly contentious during
the competition. But transgender and intersex athletes such as
Laurel Hubbard, Tifanny Abreu, and Caster Semenya didn’t just
turn up overnight. Both intersex and transgender athletes have been
newsworthy stories for decades. In Sporting Gender: The History,
Science, and Stories of Transgender and Intersex Athletes, Joanna
Harper provides an in-depth examination of why gender diverse
athletes are so controversial. She not only delves into the history
of these athletes and their personal stories, but also explains in
a highly accessible manner the science behind their gender
diversity and why the science is important for regulatory
committees—and the general public—to consider when evaluating
sports performance. Sporting Gender gives the reader a perspective
that is both broad in scope and yet detailed enough to grasp the
nuances that are central in understanding the controversies over
intersex and transgender athletes. Featuring personal
investigations from the author, who has had first-person access to
some of the most significant recent developments in this complex
arena, this book provides fascinating insight into sex, gender, and
sports.
'A wonderful book. Thoughtful...fascinating' Malcolm Gladwell Do
you believe some people are born athletes? Is sporting talent
innate or something that can be achieved through endurance and
practise? In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of
athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the
heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths
about how and why humans excel. Along the way, Epstein: - Exposes
the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule that states that
rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success. -
Shows why some skills that we imagine are innate are not - like the
bullet-fast reactions of a baseball player. - Uncovers why other
characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary, like the
motivation to practice, might in fact have important genetic
components. Throughout, The Sports Gene forces us to rethink the
very nature of success.
It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet
Union-specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)-are
the part of the world with the most potential to increase food
supplies and strengthen world food security. This book examines the
future of the KRU countries in global agricultural markets and will
examine a number of agricultural sectors, including meat, dairy,
fruits, and vegetables. However particular attention is paid to the
region's potential expansion of the grain sector and why the KRU
region emerged during the 2000s as a major grain exporter, and its
potential to further expand grain production and exports. It also
examine the issues of environmental constraints and trade-offs for
agriculture, sustainability, and the possible effects of climate
change
Humorous verses about Biblical Characters and Holidays. Very Funny
and Very Entertaining
O. THE CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME AND THE FIELD OF COMPARATIVE
GERMANIC SYNTAX Comparati ve synchronic and diachronic syntax has
become an increasingly popular and fruitful research area over the
past 10-15 years. A central reason for this is that recent
developments in linguistic theory have made it possible to
formulate explicit and testable hypotheses concerning syntactic
universals and cross-linguistic varia- tion. Here we refer to the
so-called "Principles-and-Parameters" approaches (see Chomsky
1981a, 1982, 1986a, and also Williams 1987, Freidin 1991, Chomsky
and Lasnik 1993, and references cited in these works). It may even
be fair to say that the Government-Binding framework (first
outlined by Chomsky 1981b)-a spe- cific instantiation of the
Principles-and-Parameters approach-has been more influential than
any other theoretical syntactic framework. Since 1984,
syntacticians investigating the formal properties of Germanic
languages have, as an international effort, organized "workshops"
on comparative Germanic syntax. The first was held at the
University of Trondheim in Trondheim, Norway (1984), the second at
the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, Iceland (1985), the third
at the University of Abo in Abo, Finland (1986), the fourth at
McGill University, Montreal, Canada (1987), the fifth in Groningen,
The Nether- lands (1988), the sixth in Lund, Sweden (1989), the
seventh in Stuttgart, Germany (1991), the eighth in Troms~, Norway
(1992), the ninth at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (1994), the
tenth at the Catholic University in Brussels, Belgium (1995), and
the eleventh at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA (1995).
Russia's Agriculture in Transition: Factor Markets and Constraints
on Growth examines the development of factor markets in Russian
agriculture during the transition to a market economy and analyzes
the impact of existing constraints on agricultural growth. It is
the outcome of a 3-year study conducted with the support of
BASIS/CRSP by an international team that included researchers from
Russia, the United States, and Israel. The study focused
specifically on the development of factor markets in Russian
agriculture-markets for labor, purchased inputs, land, and credit.
In the literature on transition agriculture, this book is the first
devoted explicitly to markets for farm inputs, instead of markets
for farm products. It is also unique in its integration of official
statistical data with the findings of a large questionnaire-based
survey designed to cover issues of agricultural land, labor, supply
and use of purchased inputs, access to credit, and-ultimately-farm
production with a view to efficiency estimations. Russia's
Agriculture in Transition will be of great interest to development
economists, agricultural economists, transition scholars, and
international donor organizations, in addition to scholars and
students of many other related disciplines.
This pathbreaking study presents a new perspective on the role of
derivation, the series of operations by which sentences are formed.
Working within the Minimalist Program and focusing on English, the
authors develop an original theory of generative syntax, providing
illuminating new analyses of some central syntactic constructions.
Two key questions are explored: first, can the Extended Projection
Principle (EPP) be eliminated from Minimalist analysis without
loss, and perhaps with a gain in empirical coverage; and second, is
the construct 'A-Chain' similarly eliminable? The authors argue
that neither EPP nor the A-chain is in fact a property of Universal
Grammar, but rather their descriptive content can be deduced from
independently motivated properties of lexical items, in accordance
with overarching principles governing derivation. In investigating
these questions, a range of new data is introduced, and existing
data re-analyzed, presenting a pioneering challenge to fundamental
assumptions in syntactic theory.
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