Autism and Asperger syndrome are diagnostic entities in a family of neurodevelopmental disorders disrupting fundamental processes of socialization, communication and learning, collectively known as pervasive developmental disorders. This group of conditions is among the most common developmental disorders, affecting 1 in every 200 or so individuals. They are also the most strongly genetically r...

Hebrew has two constructions that are used to convey possessive relations: ordinary possession (OP) and possessive dative (PD). PD is most often used when the possessor is perceived as affected by the action or state described in the sentence. This study investigates the possibility that this tendency is gradually diminishing – in other words, that unaffected possessors in PD are in the process...

The paper addresses the interface between lexical and constructional semantics in the Chinese b!construction. Specifically, I focus on the distribution of the construction with the verb (see) in its basic sense of physical vision. Under assumption of the affectedness constraint which is often stated for the b!-construction, the use of this verb would presumably lead to a semantic conflict betwe...

The paper addresses the interface between lexical and constructional semantics in the Chinese băconstruction. Specifically, I focus on the distribution of the construction with the verb 看 (see) in its basic sense of physical vision. Under assumption of the affectedness constraint which is often stated for the bă-construction, the use of this verb would presumably lead to a semantic conflict bet...

This is part of a larger study based on a theory of thematic roles as sets of entailments, following primarily Dowty (1991). I use the term “entailment” in the sense of Dowty’s (1989) “lexical entailments”, i.e. properties a verb ascribes to an argument due to its role in the event, ignoring their ontological status as e.g. entailments vs. implicatures. See Beavers (to appear) for more details ...

This paper establishes the importance of situatedness of experience in Information Systems (IS) studies, but also critiques the limited notion of situatedness all too frequently employed. In the original language of phenomenology as used by Heidegger, ‘Befindlichkeit’ means not just ‘state of mind’ but also refers to disposition, mood, affectedness and emotion. The paper reviews the controversi...

The outbreak of Covid-19 provoked a massive shock for political institutions and societal groups. A crucial question is how such an external event affects the balance access to gatekeepers. In particular: Are organizations, which are highly affected by crisis, able increase their voice? To address this, we focus on changes in lobbying key venues public policy: government, parliament, bureaucrac...

This paper addresses Spanish optional se constructions, which host a reflexive clitic serving as non-selected argument in transitive structures (comer(se) la manzana ‘eat.REFL the apple’). On basis of new experimental data, we argue against view that such constructions is similar to particles exhaustivity up English. We instead propose pronoun merged an low applicative, conveying locative relat...