1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465708203321

Titolo

The Parthian and early Sasanian empires : adaptation and expansion : proceedings of a conference held in Vienna, 14-16 June 2012 / / edited by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : Oxbow Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78570-962-3

1-78570-208-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 pages)

Collana

Archaeological Monographs Series

Disciplina

935/.064

Soggetti

Parthians

Sassanids

Electronic books.

Iran History To 640 Congresses

Iran History 640-1256 Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788971503321

Autore

Brockhaus Wiebke

Titolo

Final devoicing in the phonology of German / / Wiebke Brockhaus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tübingen : , : M. Niemeyer, , 1995

ISBN

3-11-096606-9

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Linguistische Arbeiten, , 0344-6727 ; ; 336

Classificazione

GC 6087

Disciplina

431/.5

Soggetti

German language - Phonology

German language - Consonants

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations and Notational Conventions -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and Overview -- 1. The 'Facts' of Final Obstruent Devoicing -- 2. 25 Years of FOD: Earlier Approaches from 1968 to 1993 -- 3. What is Final Obstruent Devoicing? A Government Phonology Approach -- 4. Where Does Final Obstruent Devoicing Occur? A Government Phonology Approach -- 5. Final Obstruent Devoicing and Neutralisation -- References

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the phonological event of final devoicing in a theoretical framework based on principles and parameters rather than rules. It refers to data coming almost exclusively from German (native and non-native items). The first chapter presents the 'raw facts', providing an outline of the sort of alternations and distributional restrictions on voicing to be accounted for. Previous treatments of final devoicing in German are discussed and evaluated in the second chapter. Chapters 3 and 4 provide an analysis of final devoicing in German couched in the framework of Government Phonology (GP), a phonological theory operating with principles and parameters. Some of the central tenets of GP are introduced at the beginning of chapter 3, and additional concepts of the theory are explained as they become relevant to the discussion of final devoicing. The author argues that final devoicing should be interpreted as a phonological weakening process involving the withdrawal of autosegmental licensing from the laryngeal element L (which represents voicing in obstruents). This



occurs in phonologically 'weak' environments, where, due to clearly definable prosodic conditions, only reduced autosegmental licensing potential is available. This analysis, developed with reference to the prestige variety of German (Hochlautung), is then extended to Northern Standard German, and the phonological differences between the two dialects are identified. In the final chapter, the author investigates whether final devoicing results in phonological neutralisation, as is often assumed in the literature. She observes that the GP account developed in chapters 3 and 4 is incompatible with this traditional view. This is desirable, since, among other things, the conflict between earlier phonological analyses and experimental studies of final devoicing can now be resolved.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911007343703321

Autore

Hardaker J. B

Titolo

Coping with risk in agriculture : applied decision analysis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : CABI, 2015

Disciplina

630.68

Soggetti

Farm management - Decision making

Farm management - Risk assessment

Agriculture

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Agriculture - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

Risk and uncertainty are inescapable factors in agriculture which require careful management. Farmers face production risks from the weather, crop and livestock performance, and pests and diseases, as well as institutional, personal and business risks. This revised third edition of the popular textbook includes updated chapters on theory



and methods and contains a new chapter discussing the state-contingent approach to the analysis of production and the use of copulas to better model stochastic dependency. Aiming to introduce agricultural decision making, probability and risk preference, this book is an indispensable guide for students and researchers of agriculture and agribusiness management.