The last decade has seen increasing attention paid to questions of grammatical complexity, in particular regarding the extent to which some languages can be said to be more “complex” than others, whether globally or with respect to particular subsystems. Creoles have featured prominently in these debates, with various authors arguing that they are particularly simple when set against noncreoles...

Autism is one of the most heritable complex disorders, with compelling evidence for genetic factors and little or no support for environmental influence. The estimated prevalence of autism has increased since molecular genetic studies began, owing to loosening of diagnostic criteria and, more importantly, to more complete ascertainment strategies. This has led to a reduction in the sibling rela...

A personal and subjective recollection, concerning mainly Wilson’s lectures delivered over the spring of 1972 at Princeton University (summary of a talk at Cornell University on November 16, 2013 at the occasion of the memorial Kenneth G. Wilson conference). 1 Why was it so difficult to accept Wilson’s viewpoint? In 1971-72 I was on leave from Saclay, employed by the theory group at the physics...

Several paradigm-based morphological changes in Greek and Latin are presented, including a persistent and recurring type of change involving the reshaping of inflectional endings based on other endings, that provide evidence first for the existence of paradigms and then for their internal structure. These considerations lead to an exploration of the relevance of various theoretical constructs a...

The paper argues that ‘All varieties of gratitude are only overall fitting when targeted towards agents,’ for instance any variety the beautiful sunset is if a supernatural agent such as God exists. first premise ‘Prepositional agents.’ For this premise, intuitive judgments offered. second paradigmatic gratitude.’ an aspect common consent philosophers about noted and metaphysical basicness prep...

Profound changes are taking place in the world economy and in the innovation systems of countries. The main influencing trends could be summarized by the terms globalization, liberalization, dematerialization, and technological revolution. Their joint effects have been the enhanced uncertainty and turbulence felt in the world economic system since the 1973 crisis and the gradual emergence of a ...

Quantum chemistry is a useful tool in modern approaches to drug and material design, but only when the adopted model reflects a correct physical picture. Paradigmatic is the case of cis-diaminodichloroplatinum(II), cis-[Pt(NH3 )2 Cl2 ], for which the correct simulation of the structural and vibrational properties measured experimentally still remains an open question. By using this molecule as ...