This paper discusses the partitive-genitive case alternation of Finnish adpositions. This case alternation is explained in terms of bidirectional alignment of markedness in form and meaning. Marked PP meanings are assigned partitive case, unmarked ones genitive case.

This paper presents a novel explanation for political alternation in democracies, rooted the benefit median voter of keeping policy from drifting too far to either extreme. Central this argument is idea that change gradual and gradualism depends on institutional flexibility/rigidity country. Built idea, we propose model dynamic elections show rigidities cause alternation. We also that, though p...