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John Hewson-a Festschrift
John Hewson
Sep 05, 2013
Dr. John Hewson's appointment to Memorial University's Henrietta Harvey Chair in May 1997 marked 37 years of distinguished service as scholar, teacher and administrator.
Dr. Hewson, an APLA member since the early days of our...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
Rosanna Pierson
Sep 21, 2015
This study addresses the question of perception and evaluation of light post-vocalic /l/ in St. John's through a series of perception experiments. These experiments test whether people are able to hear the difference between...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Review of John Haugeland, Dasein Disclosed: John Haugeland’s Heidegger. Ed. Joseph Rouse. Cambridge, Massachusetts
Emily-Jean Gallant
Jan 04, 2019
John Haugeland passed away suddenly in 2010 leaving behind an unfinished book manuscript on Heidegger. He was an analytic philosopher who specialized in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science; however, he had an “extensive...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
"Dear Folks"
John Benton
Mar 16, 2022
John Benton (M.A. B.Ed. B.A.) is an active scholar and educator. He has published academic articles and books in the philosophy of language, method, and co-authored a book on economics. Benton engages in international outreach...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Peter Gratton and John Panteleimon Manoussakis, eds. Traversing the Imaginary: Richard Kearney and the Postmodern Challenge. Evanston, Ill.
Eric Severson
May 04, 2009
Book Review. Eric Severson reviews Peter Gratton and John Panteleimon Manoussakis, eds. Traversing the Imaginary: Richard Kearney and the Postmodern Challenge. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2007.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
John Panteleimon Manoussakis, ed. After God: Richard Kearney and the Religious Turn in Continental Philosophy. New York
Eric Severson
May 04, 2009
[Book Review] Eric Severson reviews John Panteleimon Manoussakis, ed. After God: Richard Kearney and the Religious Turn in Continental Philosophy. New York: Fordham University Press, 2005.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Quelques designations de l'arum tachete (Arum macula/urn L.) dans les dialectes gallo-romans et daco-roumains
La motivation sémantique, source de la création lexicale, est une réalité qui a été mise en évidence dans de nombreuses études, partant sur le lexique lui-meme (voir l'Atlas Linguarum Europae ALE, l'Atlas Linguistique Roman...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Modelling the Effects of Chemical Dispersant on the Fate of Spilled Oil
The proposed Energy East pipeline project has raised concerns about potential oil spills in Saint John, New Brunswick, due to increased tanker traffic. While environmental conditions such as strong tide and current could pose...
Study of the Structure and Properties of Nanoparticles Cynara scolymus L. Encapsulated With Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose Polysaccharide
In recent years, the interests of researchers are increased towards nanodrugs based on nanoparticles. The main direction of this work was to study the physicochemical, structural properties and stability of encapsulated...
Published by: IGI Global
Quantifying the Lemma Massa as a Proper-Name in the John and Massa Tales
Floyd Knight
Jul 01, 2019
English nouns have been described as having the ability to “switch easily between common-noun and proper-name uses.” Such changes or transformations are sometimes misanalysed by researchers and are often hard for ELL and L2 ESL...
Published by: IGI Global
The Syntax of the Double Modal Construction
Edwin L. Battistella
Sep 05, 2013
This paper looks at a problem in syntactic -variation, the syntax of the so-called double modal constructions in Southern United States English. Its purpose is to clarify the analysis of DMs and to consider its implications for...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Virtual Reality in the Language Learning Classroom
Ryan Morrison
Mar 17, 2017
As a Language Teacher in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program, one of the most prominent issues in my classroom is distraction from electronic devices, namely mobile smartphones. Typically, this is not just an issue in...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Rawls’ Theory of Justice
Laura Dyke
Oct 07, 2014
John Rawls’ theory of justice provided a revolutionary conception of the justice system and the morals behind it. As a solution to the deadlock of utilitarian and intuitionist theories of justice, it presented a superior...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
L' acceptation du compliment
Bernard Mulo Farenkia
Sep 30, 2014
This research analyzes the acceptance of compliments in Cameroun French,showing, first, that it is a macro-act of hybrid discourse, generally composedof a principle act, the expression of thanks, and of one or more...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Two-step Procedure Based on the Least Squares and Instrumental Variable Methods for Simultaneous Estimation of von Bertalanffy Growth Parameters
Advanced in the present article is a Two-step procedure designed on the methods of the least squares (LS) and instrumental variable (IV) techniques for simultaneous estimation of the three unknown parameters L∞, K and t0, which...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
On the system of numeration in Efik
Eyo O. Mensah
Oct 05, 2013
This paper is a response to Olderroge 1984 that Efik does not have a system of number beyond one thousand, since according to the claim, the word for thousand in Efik is tosin, a recent borrowing from English and assimilated...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Dans cet article, nous discutons de l’interaction apprenant-tâche-dictionnaire à l’ordinateur. Nous faisons un survol de la littérature en lexicographie pédagogique dédiée...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The Rumble in the Meson
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We juxtapose global fits of two bottom-up models (an S 3 scalar leptoquark model and a...
Addressing Global Climate Change With Big Data-Driven Urban Planning Policy
John Zacharias
Oct 01, 2021
Cities in China gather data to support strategic and operational management, including databases on buildings, land use, human occupancy, underground services, and travel surveys. However, these data are seldom used to analyze...
Published by: IGI Global
The Legacy of John W. Large
Published by: Faculty of Education
A Looking Forward
Alexandra Gillis
Mar 16, 2022
Alexandra Gillis is a teacher and educational researcher living in the city of Vancouver, on the territorial lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, amidst mountains and ocean of Canada’s west coast. She has...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Fetishism and Consumer Value
John Branch
Oct 12, 2018
Fetishism is the attribution of value to an object. To understand fetishism, therefore, requires a grasp of the value which is attributed to an object. More dynamically, it points to the need to comprehend the mechanisms—the...
Published by: IGI Global
Poor Public Management and Public Governance Failure
John Ugoani
Jul 01, 2020
Nigeria is regarded as the giant of Africa because of its huge oil resource wealth. For years the country has been restoring peace in troubled countries. It also has the support of world leaders because of its strong advocacy...
Published by: IGI Global
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