The Bearable Lightness of Being

The (Un)bearable Lightness of Sex

On the (un)bearable Lightness of Being an Lfg Style Copula in Hungarian

This paper develops the first comprehensive LFG analysis of the five most important types of copula constructions in Hungarian. I basically adopt Dalrymple et al.’s (2004) programmatic view, which admits diversity both in c-structure and in f-structure across and within languages, and which postulates that the “postcopular” constituent can be the functional cohead of the copula, in which case t...

The Bearable Lightness of Aging: Judgment and Decision Processes in Older Adults

The problems and challenges of aging have long been an important societal concern. Accompanying the physical changes of aging are psychological changes that have critical implications for the quality of life that people experience. Equally critical may be the fact that, as people age, their opportunities to recover or compensate for poor-quality judgments and decisions diminish. For example, po...

On the Seductive Lightness of Being: Insights into Cyberspace

Since the 1980s, the continuing developments, changes and hybridisations in information and communication technologies have essentially influenced our ways of perceiving, thinking and behaving. The media revolution in the Internet Age affects all areas of our society. Today we are living far beyond McLuhan's Gutenberg Galaxy, but nevertheless we can see the points of reference for at least stru...

Existential Investigation: The Unbearable Lightness of Being and History