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How an idea germinates into a projext or the intransitive resultative construction with Entity-Specific change-of-state verbs
2014
[EN] This study discusses how seven of Levin’s (1993) entity-specific change-of-state verbs (i.e. bloom, blossom, flower, germinate, sprout, swell, and blister) are subsumed into the intransitive resultative construction by highlighting and making use of the external and internal constraints proposed by the Lexical Constructional Model (LCM; Ruiz de Mendoza and Mairal 2007). External constraints refer to cognitive mechanisms such as high-level metaphor and/or metonymy whereas internal constraints are concerned with the encyclopedic and event structure makeup of verbs. The Internal Variable Conditioning constraint is at work when the information encapsulated by a predicate determines the cho…
FIFA World Cup 2006 and its legacy on tourism
2007
This chapter discusses the legacy of the FIFA Football World Cup 2006 and its effects on tourism. First of all, the ‘concept of legacy’ is defined. The problems of measuring and forecasting tourism legacy are then discussed. Facts are presented which demonstrate that benchmarks and methods for measuring tourism growth triggered by a major football tournament are not relevant for detecting event tourism legacy. Hence, a bottom-up approach is introduced, which identifies the event legacy by evaluating all football World Cup-related changes in the host cities and the host country. These changes are the so called six ‘event structures’ (infrastructure, knowledge, image, emotions, networks, cult…
The Event Structure of Motion Perception
2004
Motion perception on the basis of optic flow is often studied using purely perceptual response paradigms such as forced choice preferences, and using straightforward motor responses such as simple stereotypical reaction times. Here we argue for a more complex perspective that takes into account the event structure of ecological motion perception. In particular, we hope to convince the reader that the would-be perceptual response to a motion stimulus is noticeably modified be the type of response that is required from the actor. We will argue that our actions modify our perception and more precisely, that the planning component of intended actions influence processing of time critical motion…
Path Dependence of Power Relations, Path-Breaking Change and Technological Adaptation
2011
We study the path dependence of technological systems and power relations inside companies. While the existing literature suggests power relations and technology to be path dependent and influenced by each other, interactions across these evolutionary processes remain poorly understood. We studied the history of four retail firms over 40 years, applying event structure analysis to explicate key dynamics. Companies exhibited two episodes of converging path dependency, where power relations further increased technological inertia. In each case, power initially concentrated outside the central headquarters. Path-breaking change led all firms to centralize power and implement networked IT syste…
Time reproduction of structured auditory events by deaf and hearing subjects
2009
Congenital deafness affects different aspects of information processing and time perception. In deafness the accuracy of duration judgments seems to be linked to differences in the use of conventional time units, applied strategy as well as cognitive processes such as attention or working memory (Kowalska & Szelag, 2006). The present experiment investigated the effect of different event structures on duration reproduction in deaf and normal hearing subjects. The accuracy and variability of performances were calculated respectively by means of the absolute error score and coefficient of variation of time reproductions. Results showed a global underestimation of durations for all subjects; mo…