L'adquisició del paràmetre del subjecte nul en català

Aquest treball s'enquadra dintre de la disciplina de l'adquisició del llenguatge, encarregada d'estudiar els diferents processos que l'ésser humà du a terme en el desenvolupament de la parla. En aquest cas, s'estudiarà l'adquisició del subjecte nul en català, i es partirà de la següent qüestió: els xiquets catalanoparlants menors de 5 anys, han fixat correctament el paràmetre del subjecte nul? Per resoldre aquesta qüestió, partirem de la hipòtesi del VEPS (Very Early Parmeter Settings), que afirma que els paràmetres (una de les dimensions de la variació estructural del llenguatge humà) es fixen abans de l'estadi de dues paraules. Per realitzar l'estudi, comptabilitzarem els subjectes nuls en frases subordinades i no subordinades per a 4 adults i 8 xiquets parlants del català, material que extraurem de la base de dades CHILDES. Finalment compararem els nostres resultats amb els de l'anglés de Valian (1991), llengua que no admet l'omissió de subjecte.

De l’expressió de la percepció sensorial auditiva a l’expressió del discurs reportat. El verb sentir en català medieval (s. XIII–XVI)

This study analyzes the process of semantic change by which the Old Catalan verb sentir developed from a meaning based on general perception to one implying auditory perception. In particular, the article shows that by the end of the 13th century the verb sentir had only semanticized the perception of non-linguistic auditory stimuli and had not fused completely with the meaning of the verb oir, as was the case with the evolution of SĔNTĪRE in other Romance languages (such as Peninsular Spanish). Our study has been based on data analysis of an electronic linguistic corpus using the concepts of E. C. Traugott’s Invited Inferencing Theory of Semantic Change (IITSC) (2012) and the concept of evidentiality.

"Beginning of another catal[og] of Dr. Avery's books" donated, undated

"Dr. Avery" is Benjamin Avery. For further records concerning his bequest to the library, see Box 1 Folders 9-12 and Box 2 Folder 2 of this collection.

Vocabulari català-alemany de l'any 1502,

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Aparato para la correccion y adicion de la obra que publicó en 1769 el Dor. D. Joseph Berní y Catalá ... con el titulo Creacion, antiguedad y privilegios de los titulos de Castilla : en el que se corrigen muchas de las equivocaciones que padeció su autor ... /

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El Doctor Don José Berní y Catalá, jurisconsulto valenciano. Estudio biobibliográfico

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Diccionari Catalá-Castellá-Llatí-Frances-Italiá /

Contiene: vol. 1 - vol. 2.

Old father antic.

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Late Bronze Age in Eastern Iberian Peninsula: Archaeological Bases and Periodization

Research surrounding the transition from II to I millennium cal BC in Eastern Iberian Peninsula has a large and extensive tradition of investigation. However, the chances to do research on this historical process have been limited by the lack of a well contextualized and dated stratigraphic sequence. For this reason, recent studies in this topic have followed the periodic proposals which were developed in closer regions and areas, especially in the South East and North East of the Peninsula. The investigation perspective about the Late Bronze in Eastern Iberian has however now improved, with the development of several archaeological investigations, the increase in the number of sites being dated and more recent studies into the region helping to bring about this change. As such, it is now in the correct state to be able to propose a new periodization and delve into the changes which occurred in the transition between 1500 and 725 cal BC.

The effect of obstacle position on reach-to-grasp movements

Numerous everyday tasks require the nervous system to program a prehensile movement towards a target object positioned in a cluttered environment. Adult humans are extremely proficient in avoiding contact with any non-target objects (obstacles) whilst carrying out such movements. A number of recent studies have highlighted the importance of considering the control of reach-to-grasp (prehension) movements in the presence of such obstacles. The current study was constructed with the aim of beginning the task of studying the relative impact on prehension as the position of obstacles is varied within the workspace. The experimental design ensured that the obstacles were positioned within the workspace in locations where they did not interfere physically with the path taken by the hand when no obstacle was present. In all positions, the presence of an obstacle caused the hand to slow down and the maximum grip aperture to decrease. Nonetheless, the effect of the obstacle varied according to its position within the workspace. In the situation where an obstacle was located a small distance to the right of a target object, the obstacle showed a large effect on maximum grip aperture but a relatively small effect on movement time. In contrast, an object positioned in front and to the right of a target object had a large effect on movement speed but a relatively small effect on maximum grip aperture. It was found that the presence of two obstacles caused the system to decrease further the movement speed and maximum grip aperture. The position of the two obstacles dictated the extent to which their presence affected the movement parameters. These results show that the antic ipated likelihood of a collision with potential obstacles affects the planning of movement duration and maximum grip aperture in prehension.

Reforma do Estado no setor de sa??de: os casos da Catalunha, Canad??, Reino Unido e Estados Unidos

Colet??nea de textos que abordam diversas experi??ncias que t??m sido implementadas na reforma dos sistemas de sa??de ao redor do mundo, e que representam a ado????o progressiva de novas formas de gest??o empresarial no sistema sanit??rio, acarretando uma s??rie de empreendimentos inovadores. A busca da efici??ncia atrelada a uma maior eq??idade em sa??de, bem como concep????es diferenciadas do papel do Estado na ??rea social, ilustram cada um dos casos apresentados.

Disciplina 2.1: economia brasileira

Da industrializa????o brasileira ?? crise do desenvolvimentismo na d??cada de 80. A estabiliza????o da economia: do Plano Real aos dias atuais. As pol??ticas de desenvolvimento dos anos 90 e a crise do final da d??cada. A pol??tica macroecon??mica atual: fundamentos e principais resultados. Desenvolvimento econ??mico, distribui????o de renda e pobreza. A atual crise financeira: causas, desenvolvimento, pol??ticas antic??clicas e situa????o do Brasil. Um breve panorama das agendas priorit??rias do governo atual

Entomological aspects of Chagas' disease transmission in the domestic habitat, Argentina

OBJECTIVE: To study the risk of Trypanosoma cruzi domestic transmission using an entomological index and to explore its relationship with household's characteristics and cultural aspects. METHODS: There were studied 158 households in an endemic area in Argentina. Each household was classified according to an entomological risk indicator (number of risky bites/human). A questionnaire was administered to evaluate risk factors among householders. RESULTS: Infested households showed a wide range of risk values (0 to 5 risky bites/human) with skewed distribution, a high frequency of lower values and few very high risk households. Of all collected Triatoma infestans, 44% had had human blood meals whereas 27% had had dogs or chickens blood meals. Having dogs and birds sharing room with humans increased the risk values. Tidy clean households had contributed significantly to lower risk values as a result of low vector density. The infested households showed a 24.3% correlation between time after insecticide application and the number of vectors. But there was no correlation between the time after insecticide application and T. infestans' infectivity. The statistical analysis showed a high correlation between current values of the entomological risk indicator and Trypanosoma cruzi seroprevalence in children. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of T. cruzi domestic transmission assessed using an entomological index show a correlation with children seroprevalence for Chagas' disease and householders' habits.

Pediculus capitis infestation according to sex and social factors in Argentina

OBJECTIVE: To determine the intensity of Pediculus capitis infestation (abundance) among Argentinean schoolchildren. Children's sex and social stratum were analyzed as modifiers of the general prevalence and degree of parasitism. METHODS: The study included 1,370 schoolchildren (692 girls, 678 boys) from 26 schools of the province of La Rioja (21 public schools, five private schools). Classic prevalence was obtained as the percentage of children with nits and/or lice. Moreover, five degrees of parasitism were classified: 0) children with no signs of pediculosis; 0+) children with evidence of past infestation; 1) children with a recent infestation and low probability of active parasitism; 2) children with a recent infestation and high probability of active parasitism; 3) children with mobile lice (active pediculosis). RESULTS: The general prevalence was 61.4% (girls: 79%; boys: 44%, p<0.001). Private schools showed lower prevalence than public schools (p=0.02), especially due to the low prevalence in boys. Fifty percent of children were classified in classes 0 and 0+, 22% in class 1; and 28% in grades 2 and 3. The proportion of children in grade 3 was higher in public schools than in private schools. There were significant sexual differences in the intensity of parasitism for grades 2 and 3, where girls' rates exceeded twice those of boys'. CONCLUSIONS: Sex and social stratum are important modifiers of P. capitis general prevalence and degree of infestation. The classification of children by intensity of infestation allowed a more precise delimitation of this condition, which is especially important for disease surveillance and application of control measures.