1 Syntax of why-in-situ: Merge into [Spec,CP] in the overt syntax Heejeong Ko, MIT Abstract. This paper investigates the syntactic properties of ‘why’ in in-situ languages (why-in-situ) and proposes that why-in-situ, unlike other wh-phrases, is initially merged into [Spec,CP] in the overt syntax, whether or not the relevant CP is declarative or interrogative (cf. Lin 1992; Rizzi 1990, 1999). Th...

August 1, 2012. While preparing this column and in my periodic and frantic search for material of interest, I stumbled on this most appropriate motto: Optimum is maximum at a minimum – due to the nu-jazz artist Mr Gaus (no, this is not made up). In view of the coming ISMP festivities, this sounded a marvelous quote, at least if properly interpreted. Indeed, it would be completely wrong to sugge...

We consider the scruffy vs. the neat approach as first proposed by Minsky. In particular, the brain has been modeled as a society of mind. At some levels, the brain clearly processes information, at least in part, using a scruffy approach (e.g., vision). At other levels, the brain clearly processes information, at least in part, using a neat approach (e.g., logical reasoning). It has been prove...

eStart, is an EU-funded project dedicated to the establishment of a Europe-wide network of experts and key stakeholders aimed at providing a communication base for understanding, supporting and promoting Digital Literacy in Primary & Lower Secondary Education across the EU. The first step in this project is the formation of a partnership to negotiate an operative, shared definition of digital l...

As organizations have increasingly invested in information technology (IT), they have looked for an IT workforce not just with technical skills but also with managerial ones. It has thus been paramount for the IT workforce to pursue a balance between two streams the technical and the managerial one. Accordingly, the IT professionals have had difficulties to deal with the increasing technical an...

Although psychiatrists did not form part of the structures of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa (SPSA) at the time did make a submission. Since then, the local association of psychiatrists has been reconstituted as the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP). Psychiatry and psychiatrists may have to extend their acti...

This article critiques orthodox approaches to civil society in Croatia adopting a political economy approach which is concerned with struggles over possession of different 'capitals'. The historical continuities and ruptures in the relationship between 'civil society' and 'nationalism', in the context of 'formal politics' and 'everyday life' are addressed. The article suggests that the impact o...