1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461419303321

Autore

Adone Dany

Titolo

The acquisition of Mauritian Creole [[electronic resource] /] / Dany Adone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1994

ISBN

1-283-28020-5

9786613280206

90-272-8174-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Language acquisition & language disorders, , 0925-0123 ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

447/.96982

Soggetti

Creole dialects, French - Mauritius

Language acquisition

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-157) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Creole languages; 3. A Creole in a multilingual society; 4. Methodology; 5. An outline of Mauritian Creole; 6. Tense, Mood and Aspect; 7. Modals; 8. The long and short forms of verbs; 9. Complex constructions; 10. Negation; 11. Empty categories; 12. The development of IP; 13. General conclusion; Notes; References; Appendix 1: List of tables; Appendix 2: Abbreviations used in the text; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work is based on an investigation of language acquisition process, particularly in regard to syntax, among Mauritian children learning to speak Mauritian Creole as their first language. As such, it is the first major study of the development of child grammar in a Creole context. Mauritian Creole, in common with many Creole languages, emerged under extreme conditions and, as an isolating language, Mauritian Creole is typologically different from languages where syntax is predominantly tied to morphology. There is thus an opportunity to broaden perspectives on language acquisition since unt



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785551903321

Autore

Atkinson Robert D.

Titolo

Innovation economics : the race for global advantage / / Robert D. Atkinson and Stephen J. Ezell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-283-57132-3

9786613883773

0-300-18911-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 431 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

338.0640973

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects - United States

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Diffusion of innovations - United States

Industrial policy - United States

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 (pages 367-415) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 The Race for Global Innovation Advantage -- 2 Explaining U.S. Economic Decline -- 3 Learning from the Wrong Master -- 4 Why Do So Many Refuse to See U.S. Structural Economic Decline? -- 5 What Are Innovation and Innovation Policy and Why Are They Important? -- 6 Crafting Innovation Policy to Win the Race -- 7 Cheating as a Way to Win the Race -- 8 Winning the Race for Innovation Advantage with the Eight "I's" of Innovation Policy -- 9 Why Don't We Have More Innovation and Innovation Policy? -- 10 Can Nations Overcome the Barriers to Innovation? -- 11 Creating a Robust Global Innovation System.

Sommario/riassunto

"Why America no longer leads the world in innovation, why we should be concerned, and what must be done about it This important book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way, and while other nations are making support for technology and innovation a central tenet of their economic strategies and policies, America lacks a robust innovation policy. What does this portend? Robert Atkinson and Stephen Ezell, widely respected economic thinkers, report on profound new forces that are shaping the



global economy--forces that favor nations with innovation-based economies and innovation policies. Unless the United States enacts public policies to reflect this reality, Americans face the relatively lower standards of living associated with a noncompetitive national economy. The authors explore how a weak innovation economy not only contributed to the Great Recession but is delaying America's recovery from it and how innovation in the United States compares with that in other developed and developing nations. Atkinson and Ezell then lay out a detailed, pragmatic road map for America to regain its global innovation advantage by 2020, as well as maximize the global supply of innovation and promote sustainable globalization."--Provided by publisher.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698110903321

Titolo

Budget in brief

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, , 2003-2009

Descrizione fisica

electronic text, volumes : HTML, digital, PDF file

Disciplina

380

Soggetti

Transportation - United States - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Description based on: FY 2003; title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 23, 2005).

Latest issue consulted: FY 2009.