Natural, Un-Natural and Detached Mimicry

Mimicry in Natural Language

This is not a paper about mime or vocal impersonation; this is a paper about metaphor. In particular, it is about the metaphors linguists use in talking about language. I will try to characterize some of the axioms which underlie the metaphor systems of much of modern linguistics, which I will call ‘Physical Metaphors’ for reasons which will become clear shortly, and will provide some different...

Sustainable Services: The Natural Mimicry Approach

Environmental issues have become an integral factor in any decision-making process and in the design and implementation of manufacturing and agricultural production systems. As the service sector continuously grows in size and importance and service systems become more comprehensive, complex, and interdisciplinary, the creation of new services should be imbued with sustainability as the primary...

Directionality and (un)natural Classes in Syncretism

Syncretism, where a single form corresponds to multiple morphosyntactic functions, is pervasive in languages with inflectional morphology. Its interpretation highlights the contrast between different views of the status of morphology. For some, morphology lacks independent structure, and syncretism reflects the internal structure of morphosyntactic features. For others, morphological structure ...

Antigenic mimicry of natural L-peptides with retro-inverso-peptidomimetics.

Three analogues of the model peptide of sequence IRGERA corresponding to the COOH-terminal residues 130-135 of histone H3 were synthesized, and their antigenicity, immunogenicity, and resistance to trypsin were compared to those of the natural L-peptide. The three analogues correspond to the D-enantiomer, containing only D-residues, and two retro-peptides containing NH-CO bonds instead of natur...

Tourism And Natural Resources