Jason Merchant (2004, and Chap. 3, this volume) proposes to account for all speech acts performed with “fragments,” whether in discourse-initial position or otherwise, by appealing to syntactic ellipsis. Though his proposal is insightful, I offer empirical and methodological considerations against it. Empirical problems include: (a) His alleged “elliptical sentences” do not embed the way they s...

A novel photonic network, MATRIX (for Multiwavelength All-optical TRansparent Information exchange), is proposed in this paper. The all-optical multihop network supports wavelength continuity and provides a very high network capacity. Spatial reuse of wavelengths as well as the multiplicity of fibers in optical fiber cables are exploited and enable the interconnection of N 2 network nodes with ...

We introduce a new configuration of optical NOR logic gateimplementedby using two symmetric circular shaped photonic crystal ring resonator made of dielectric Indium Phosphide rods in air substrate. The switching behavior of proposed optical gate was analyzed based on beam interference principle and perturbation theory. Numerical calculations were carried out by optiFDTD tool using a 2D FDTD do...

Abstract With smart speakers diffusing into society, artificial intelligence is moving from the imaginative reservoirs of dystopian storytelling vernacular living. How do users perceive communication with it? Are Alexa and Siri considered simple devices, sentient assistants, or even friends? Based on nine qualitative interviews former speaker in Germany, this study analyzes use related personal...