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Constructional Effects of Just Because

We will argue that this construction combines semantic and syntactic quirks that necessitate a constructional analysis. Further, we will show that specifying the pragmatic properties of the construction (and in particular the presuppositions that introduces) allows for a particularly elegant account of the construction’s distribution. This, in turn, provides further support for the sign-based v...

“Just Because”: Taking Belief Bases Seriously

We formalize several ways of accounting, in the context of logically closed theories, for foundationalist intuitions that underlie change operations applying to belief bases. A positive and a negative concept of entrenchment is defined on the basis of the structure of a given, possibly prioritized belief base. Only the latter, more fine-grained concept proves to be appropriate for a successful ...

Constructional Effects of Just Because ... Doesn’t Mean ..

We will argue that this construction combines semantic and syntactic quirks that necessitate a constructional analysis. Further, we will show that specifying the pragmatic properties of the construction (and in particular the presuppositions that introduces) allows for a particularly elegant account of the construction’s distribution. This, in turn, provides further support for the sign-based v...

Constant Connectivity: Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should

Just Because we can - Governments' Rationale for using Social Media

Governments have slowly started to exploit the potentials that social media offer for their external communications. The related work reveals a quite diverse picture both in governments’ quality of social media maintenance as well as in the interaction with citizens. Our aim in this study is to understand the factors that drive governments’ decisions to use social media for their external commu...