Language processing and acquisition in languages of Semitic, root-based, morphology / Joseph Shimron

This book addresses a fundamental question in the morphological analysis and representation of Semitic languages—namely, whether Semitic word morphology is root based or word based. As Shimron suggests, “there are reasons to view the templates, not the roots, as the more influential factor in determining Semitic morphology” (p. 5). Yet, as others would argue, there are reasons not to disregard the root-based hypothesis altogether. In the case of Arabic morphology, for example, verbal forms inherently contain three nonlinear levels: the consonantal root, the vowel pattern, and the templatic prosody. This nonlinear feature provided a perfect illustration of what has become termed in the literature as root-and-patterns morphology (McCarthy & Prince, 1986, 1990).

Deformation twinning and the hall-petch relation in commercial purity ti

The effect of grain size and deformation temperature on the behavior of wire-drawn a-Ti during compression has been examined. At strains of 0.3, the flow stress exhibited a negative Hall–Petch slope. This is proposed to result from the prevalence of twinning during the compressive deformation. Electron backscattered diffraction revealed that {1012} was the most prolific twin type across all the deformation temperatures and grain sizes examined. Of the twinning modes observed, {1122} twinning was the most sensitive to the grain size and deformation temperature. The range of morphologies exhibited by deformation twins is also described.

L. Bernard Hall and the feminine in Australian painting 1885-1935

This thesis draws on images to explore the processes by which an individual - Lindsay Bernard Hall - and a categorical concept - the feminine - became devalued in Australia's national tradition. It celebrates Hall's contribution to Australia's cultural heritage and the significance of his art in the visual record of modernising womanhood.

Review of Eileen Sheehan : Down the sunlit hall, Doghouse

Review of "Down the Sunlit Hall, Doghouse" by Eileen Sheehan. ISBN 9780955200397