In other Los Angeleses [[electronic resource] ] : multicentric performance art / / Meiling Cheng

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449777903321
• Autore: Cheng Meiling <1960->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-59734-674-8; 0-520-93660-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (443 p.)
• Disciplina: 700/.9794/94
• Soggetti: Performance art - California - Los Angeles; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Published in association with the Southern California Studies Center of the University of Southern California."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-392) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Inscribing Multicentricity -- 2. Out of Order -- 3. Engendering Other/Selves -- 4. Elia Arce -- 5. A Hetero-locus in Process -- 6. What's in a Name? -- 7. Kinesthetic Transmutation of Theatricality -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Performance art and Los Angeles, two subjects spectacularly resistant to definitions, illuminate each other in this searching study by Meiling Cheng. A marginal artistic pursuit by choice as well as necessity, performance art has flourished in and about "multicentric" Los Angeles for nearly four decades, finding its own centers of activity, moving and changing as the margins have reconstituted themselves. The notion of multicentricity serves, somewhat paradoxically, as the unifying motif in Cheng's imaginative views of center and periphery, self and other, and "mainstream" and "marginal" cultures. She analyzes individual artists and performances in detail, bringing her own "center" gracefully and unmistakably into contact with all those others. Without suggesting that her approach is definitive, she offers a way of thinking and talking coherently about particularly elusive, ephemeral artwork. Cheng describes performance art as "an intermedia visual art form that uses theatrical elements in presentation." Performance art, which uses the living body as its central medium, occurs only "here" and only "now." ; Because it is intentionally volatile, highly adaptable, and often site-specific, with emphasis on audience interaction, context is inseparable from the work itself. When Cheng writes about Suzanne Lacy or Tim Miller, Johanna Went or Oguri and Renzoku, Sacred Naked Nature Girls or osseus labyrint, she is conscious of her role in extending their creative expression. As members of the "virtual audience," readers and viewers of other documentation concerning performance art are arrayed outside the center represented by a given artist and the circle represented by the immediate witnesses to a performance, but all may entertain what Cheng calls a conceptual ownership of the work. A person who reads about a performance, she says, may feel more affected by this virtual encounter than a person who has seen it live, and may reimagine it as a "prosthetic performance." Cheng's writing draws us into the many centers where a vibrant contemporary art phenomenon and a fascinating urban environment interact. Published in association with the Southern California Studies Center at the University of Southern California

The Pauli-Jung conjecture and its impact today / / edited by Harald Atmanspacher and Christopher A. Fuchs

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806186903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Exeter, England : , : Imprint Academic, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-84540-759-8
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.01
• Soggetti: Physics - Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Body matter; Introduction; Mind and Matter: A Critique of Cartesian Thinking; The Influence of German Romantic Science on Jung and Pauli; Markus Fierz: His Character and His Worldview; Quantum Bayesianism for the ; Uninoculated; Quantum Measurement and the Paulian Idea; Quantum Entanglement, Hidden Variables, and Acausal Correlations; Dual Support for Pauli's Dual Aspects; Jung, Pauli, and the Symbolic Nature of Reality; Notes on Psychophysical Phenomena; Are Synchronicities Really Dragon Kings?; Synchronicity and the Problem of Meaning in ScienceInvestigating Synchronistic Events in Psychotherapy; Complementary Aspects of Mind-Matter Correlations in Exceptional Human Experiences; Business Leadership, Synchronicity, and Psychophysical Reality; Time and Tao in Synchronicity; Back matter; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Related to the key areas of Pauli's and Jung's joint interests, the book covers overlapping issues from the perspectives of physics, philosophy, and psychology. Of primary significance are epistemological questions connected to issues such as realism, measurement, observation, consciousness, and the unconscious. The contributions assess the extensive material that we have about Pauli's and Jung's ideas today, with particular respect to concrete research questions and projects based on and re...

Fundamental probability : a computational approach

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830300903321
• Autore: Paolella Marc S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : John Wiley, 2006
• ISBN: 0-470-03535-8
• Classificazione: 31.70
• Disciplina: 519.2
• Soggetti: Probabilities - Data processing; Mathematical Statistics; Mathematics; Physical Sciences & Mathematics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Combinatorics -- Probability spaces and counting -- Symmetric spaces ; and conditioning -- Univariate random variables -- Multivariate random variables -- Sums of random variables -- Continuous univariate random variables -- Joint and conditional random variables -- Multivariate transformations.

Phrasal and clausal architecture : syntactic derivation and interpretation in honor of Joseph E. Emonds / / edited by Simin Karimi, Vida Samiian, Wendy Wilkins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961528803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., 2006
• ISBN: 9786612155048; 9781282155046; 1282155040; 9789027292926; 9027292922
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 423 p
• Collana: Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 101
• Altri autori (Persone): KarimiSimin; SamiianVida; WilkinsWendy K; EmondsJoseph E
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax; Linguistics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Phrasal and Clausal Architecture -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Phrasal and clausal architecture -- Introduction -- Restructuring and clausal architecture in Kannada* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evidence for VP-level restructuring in Kannada -- 2.1. Long passive -- 2.2. Reflexive binding -- 2.3. Weak cross-over effects (WCO) -- 2.4. Negative polarity licensing -- 2.5. Summary -- 3. VP-level restructuring and functional inertness -- 3.1. Nominative subjects in non-finite clauses -- 3.2. Negation and Comp as defective verbal heads -- 3.3. Multiple Nominative constructions -- 3.4. ; Accusative-to-Nominative conversion -- 3.5. Lack of subject-object asymmetry -- 4. Clausal structure in Kannada -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- The position of adverbials* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The distinction between subcategorized and non-subcategorized elements -- 3. British English do -- 4. An alternative structure -- 5. Evidence for the constituency of verb plus complements -- 6. Covert vs. overt movement -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Bare, generic, mass, and referential Arabic DPs* -- 1. Overt D contrasts and genericity -- 1.1. Definite, generic, and mass -- 1.2. Predicates and anaphors -- 2. Arabic BNs are indefinites -- 2.1. Arabic BNs as indefinites? -- 2.2. GenP and N-to-Gen -- 2.3. Arabic/Romance distinctions and the Num Parameter -- 3. Further discussion -- 3.1. Gen contexts -- 3.2. Modification and D-binding -- 3.3. Modalized contexts -- 3.4. Definite and indefinite generics -- 4. BNs and PNs -- 5. Mass specification -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- The possessor raising construction and the interpretation of the subject* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Transitivizers and causative predicates -- 2.1. Hasegawa (2001, 2004) -- 2.2. -(S)ase and the transitive small v -- 2.3. Have and Get in English.; 3. Possessor raising and the experiencer reading -- 3.1. Causatives and the experiencer reading -- 3.2. The possessor raising construction -- 3.3. On the notion of experiencer -- 4. A further consequence: Minimalism and Have and -(S)ase -- References -- Syntactic labels and their derivations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Selectional dominance throughout a derivation -- 3. On some puzzles associated with Head Movement -- 4. Deverbal nominals -- 5. Projecting selected phrases -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Separating ``Focus movement'' from Focus -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Notions of Focus and Focus-related movements -- 2.1. Approaches to Focus -- 2.2. Sorting out Focus-related movements -- 3. Is Focus-movement due to the formal feature [Focus]? -- 3.1. Evidence from ``pied-piping'': Agree and the position of the matching feature of the Goal -- 3.2. Further evidence: ``Focus-movement'' is not due to Focus -- 3.3. Against the assumption of two types of Focus: ``identificational'' vs. ``information'' Focus -- 4. A quantificational E(xhaustive) I(dentification) operator: ``Focus-movement'' is EI-Op movement -- 4.1. Truth-conditional effects of Hungarian Focus-movement and the nature of ``exhaustive identification'' -- 4.2. The EI-Op movement proposal -- 4.3. Visibility of the Goal in operator movements -- 5. Benefits of the EI-Op movement proposal -- 5.1. A prediction: ``Focus-movement'' without Focus -- 5.2. Taking stock: Further benefits of the EI-based movement account -- 5.3. Focus-movement and EI-Op in a cross-linguistic perspective -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- In search of phases* -- 1. Principle A -- 2. The specialness of subjects -- 3. A reason for using phases -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Wh-movement, interpretation, and optionality in Persian* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of Persian syntax -- 3. Data -- 4. Previous accounts.; 5. Analysis -- Wh-arguments -- Wh-adjuncts -- 6. Supporting evidence -- A. Evidence for Spec of FocP as the landing site for wh-arguments -- B. Evidence for the existence of a wh-operator in the Spec of CP -- C. Evidence for the movement of the wh-feature to C -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Structure preservingness, internal Merge, and the strict locality of triads -- 1. Introductory remarks -- 2. The problematic nature of internal Merge -- 3. The strict locality of triads -- 4. Concluding remarks -- References -- Using description to teach (about) prescription* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Using description to teach (about) prescription -- 3. Weaknesses of teaching traditional grammar -- 4. Grammar in the writing classroom -- Survey of Writing Errors (Hairston 1981) -- Status marking errors -- Very serious errors ; -- Moderately serious errors -- 5. Prescriptions based on register -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Web sites -- Grammar and usage guides -- `More complicated and hence, rarer' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The CRH and early transformational grammar -- 3. The CRH and the Government-Binding Theory -- 4. The CRH and the Minimalist Program -- 5. Typological generalizations are not reliably D-structure generalizations -- 6. Why the CRH is incorrect -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Prescriptive grammar -- 1. Some issues in early American grammars -- 2. Ongoing problems for prescriptivists -- 3. Ways of approaching problematic pronouns -- 4. Why between you and I is here to stay -- References -- The syntax of valuation and the interpretability of features* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Agree and feature sharing -- 3. The independence of valuation and interpretability -- 4. ``Defectivity'' -- 5. Feature deletion and the subject omission asymmetry -- 6. Conclusion -- References.; Linear sequencing strategies or UG-defined hierarchical structures in L2 acquisition? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Negation in the L1 and L2 acquisition of French and German -- 2.1. Verb placement in L1 acquisition of French and German -- 2.2. Verb placement in L2 acquisition of French and German -- 3. More L2 negation data -- 3.1. Milon (1974) -- 3.2. Hyltenstam (1977) -- 4. Interim assessment -- 5. Evidence for hierarchical structure in Interlanguage -- 6. Concluding remarks -- References -- Minimalism vs. Organic Syntax -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The trouble with Minimalism -- 3. An alternative: Organic Syntax -- Assumption 1: Each language has a Master Tree that includes all possible projections occurring in the language. -- Assumption 2: All and only those projections occur in the Master Tree for which there is evidence in the language. -- Assumption 3: Universal Grammar provides the tools for acquiring the Master Tree, based on input. -- Assumption 4: The Master Tree is acquired from the bottom up. -- Assumption 5: The Acquisition-Syntax Correspondence (Vainikka 2003): syntax mirrors acquisition. -- Assumption 6: Actual instantiations of the tree are projected from the bottom up, based on the Master Tree. -- Assumption 7: Partial trees may be projected for constructions which do not involve the full Master Tree structure. -- Assumption 8: Lexical and functional projections differ in terms of how they are represented in the grammar. -- Assumption 9: Cross-categorial generalizations about structure are possible. -- Assumption 10: Only as much adjunction is posited as necessary. -- 4. Structure Building in first language acquisition -- 5. Structure Building and Organic Grammar in L2 acquisition -- 6. Two analyses of root infinitives -- 6.1. Prévost and White's child second language acquisition data -- 6.2. Prévost and White's adult L2 data.; 7. Conclusion -- References -- Location and locality -- 1. Locations and paths -- 1.1. Introductory remarks -- 1.2. The morphological extreme: Lezgian -- 1.3. The syntactic extreme: German -- 1.4. The functional architecture of extended nominal projections -- 2. Locality -- 2.1. What is allowed -- 2.2. What is not allowed -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Conceptual space*† -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual structure -- 2.1. Spatial concepts in CS -- 2.2. CS and spatial structure -- 3. The biology of spatial structure (BioS -&gt -- SpS) -- 3.1. Posterior parietal cortex contributions to spatial representation -- 3.2. Frontal contributions to spatial representation -- 3.3. Multiple representations and coordinate systems -- 3.4. Objects in motion, at a distance -- 3.5. The egocentric-allocentric distinction -- 4. The biology of conceptual structure (BioS -&gt -- SpS -&gt -- CS) -- 4.1. Conceptual evolution -- 4.2. Emergent constructs -- 4.3. Constructing CS -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- `Adjunct theta-; roles' and the configurational determination of roles* -- 1. Are theta relations based on syntactic structure or semantic structure? -- 2. Thematic relations in conceptual structure -- 2.1. The conceptual component -- 2.2. Syntactic definitions in the Jackendoff model -- 3. Non-selected Roles -- 3.1. Adjunct-like behavior of Non-selected arguments -- 3.2. Reconstruction and Anti-reconstruction -- 4. Non-selected arguments as Event-related -- 4.1. Non-selected roles versus ordinary arguments -- 4.2. Event features and non-selected roles -- 4.3. Syntactic origin of Instruments and Beneficiaries -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this paper, I discuss "quasi-argument" thematic roles (Instrument, Benefactive and certain Locations), and argue on the basis of their reconstruction properties and their dependence on event-related features that we should analyze them as generated in the event-related functional projections for VP, rather than in VP itself. This supports an approach to thematic roles as defined relative to syntactic relations, since I argue that the roles in question are not definable in relation to lexically specified verbal predicates.