bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
GPS telemetry facilitates the identification of forage plant species for endangered Carnaby’s cockatoos (Zanda latirostris) at inland breeding sites and post-breeding dispersal locations in Western Australia
Authors: Kissane Zoë M. , Riley Karen J. , Warren Kristin S. , Shephard Jill M.
Published: November 2024

Carnaby’s cockatoos (Zanda latirostris) are an endangered species that has experienced major loss of habitat over the past century. Proponents seeking land clearing approval that may impact Carnaby’s cockatoos need to provide detailed habitat assessment. However, the current forage species list is outdated and generally restricted to the Swan Coastal Plain rather than the Carnaby’s full distribution range. This study provides an updated forage list, including the Swan Coastal Plain and much of the Carnaby’s breeding and non-breeding areas outside this region. Carnaby’s cockatoos were captured and satellite tagged, at five breeding sites in the wheatbelt and Great Southern areas in Western Australia (between 2017 and 2022). Spatial data collected from the tags facilitated the identification of forage plants used by Carnaby’s cockatoos. A total of 44 ‘new’ native plant species were identified as Carnaby’s cockatoo forage species, including five genera that have not previously been recorded. The updated forage list will inform proponents and regulators on the potential use of habitat patches by Carnaby’s cockatoos, aiding the referral process and enabling the protection and conservation of important and diminishing habitat resources.
REGγ is essential to maintain bone homeostasis by degrading TRAF6, preventing osteoporosis
Authors: Du Yingying , Chen Hui , Zhou Lei , Guo Qunfeng , Gong Shuangming , Feng Siyuan , Guan Qiujing , Shi Peilin , Lv Tongxin , Guo Yilan , Yang Cheng , Sun Peng , Li Kun , Xu Shuogui , Li Lei
Published: November 2024

Primary osteoporosis, manifesting as decreased bone mass and increased bone fragility, is a “silent disease” that is often ignored until a bone breaks. Accordingly, it is urgent to develop reliable biomarkers and novel therapeutic strategies for osteoporosis treatment. Here, we identified REGγ as a potential biomarker of osteoporotic populations through proteomics analysis. Next, we demonstrated that REGγ deficiency increased osteoclast activity and triggered bone mass loss in
REGγ
knockout (KO) and bone marrow-derive macrophage (BMM)-conditional
REGγ
KO mice. However, the osteoclast activity decreased in BMM-conditional
REGγ
overexpression mice. Mechanistically, we defined that REGγ-20S proteasome directly degraded TRAF6 to inhibit bone absorption in a ubiquitin-independent pathway. More importantly, BMM-conditional
Traf6
KO with
REGγ
KO mice could “rescue” the osteoporosis phenotypes. Based on NIP30 (a REGγ “inhibitor”) dephosphorylation by CKII inhibition activated the ubiquitin-independent degradation of TRAF6, we selected TTP22, an inhibitor of CKII, and defined that TTP22 could alleviate osteoporosis in vitro and in vivo. Overall, our study reveals a unique function of NIP30/REGγ/TRAF6 axis in osteoporosis and provides a potential therapeutic drug TTP22 for osteoporosis.
How to make land use policy decisions: Integrating science and economics to deliver connected climate, biodiversity, and food objectives
Authors: Bateman Ian J. , Binner Amy , Addicott Ethan T. , Balmford Ben , Cho Frankie H. T. , Daily Gretchen C. , De-Gol Anthony , Eisenbarth Sabrina , Faccioli Michela , Ferguson-Gow Henry , Ferrini Silvia , Fezzi Carlo , Gannon Kate , Groom Ben , Harper Anna B. , Harwood Amii , Hillier Jon , Hulme Mark F. , Lee Christopher F. , Liuzzo Lorena , Lovett Andrew , Mancini Mattia C. , Matthews Robert , Morison James I. L. , Owen Nathan , Pearson Richard G. , Polasky Stephen , Siriwardena Gavin , Smith Pete , Snowdon Pat Pat , Tippett Peter , Vetter Sylvia H. , Vinjili Shailaja , Vossler Christian A. , Watson Robert T. , Williamson Daniel , Day Brett H.
Published: November 2024

Land use change is crucial to addressing the existential threats of climate change and biodiversity loss while enhancing food security [M. Zurek
et al.
,
Science
376
, 1416–1421 (2022)]. The interconnected and spatially varying nature of the impacts of land use change means that these challenges must be addressed simultaneously [H.-O. Pörtner
et al.
,
Science
380
, eabl4881 (2023)]. However, governments commonly focus on single issues, incentivizing land use change via “Flat-Rate” subsidies offering constant per hectare payments, uptake of which is determined by the economic circumstances of landowners rather than the integrated environmental outcomes that will be delivered [G. Q. Bull
et al.
,
Forest Policy Econ.
9
, 13–31 (2006)]. Here, we compare Flat-Rate subsidies to two alternatives: “Land Use Scenario” allocation of subsidies through consultation across stakeholders and interested parties; and a “Natural Capital” approach which targets subsidies according to expected ecosystem service response. This comparison is achieved by developing a comprehensive decision support system, integrating new and existing natural, physical, and economic science models to quantify environmental, agricultural, and economic outcomes. Applying this system to the United Kingdom’s net zero commitment to increase carbon storage via afforestation, we show that the three approaches result in significantly different outcomes in terms of where planting occurs, their environmental consequences, and economic costs and benefits. The Flat-Rate approach actually increases net carbon emissions while Land Use Scenario allocation yields poor economic outcomes. The Natural Capital targeted approach outperforms both alternatives, providing the highest possible social values while satisfying net zero commitments.
Optical imaging of the stochastic nucleation kinetics and intrinsic activation energy of single spin-crossover nanoparticles
Authors: Liu Shasha , Wang Wei
Published: November 2024

Cooperative spin crossover (SCO) compounds are one of the most promising molecular bistable solids due to their intriguing thermal hysteresis phenomena around room temperature. It is well known that hysteresis is an essential kinetic effect, however, accurate assessment of the spin transition kinetics of SCO nanomaterials remains scarce. Herein, we developed a thermal-optical methodology to image the thermally induced spin transition kinetics of single SCO nanoparticles in a quantitative, repeatable, and high-throughput manner. Single-particle measurement revealed an intrinsic nucleation-dominated spin transition mechanism, where a highly stochastic nucleation process was clearly observed during the repeatable measurements. By quantifying the dependence of nucleation time on temperature, the activation energy barriers for nucleation were further extracted at a single particle level. Based on this foundation, the high throughput of the optical imaging not only contributed to uncovering the significant nanoparticle-to-nanoparticle heterogeneity, with implications for a negative correlation between apparent activation energy barriers for nucleation and size of the SCO nanoparticles, but also facilitated identifying a minority with high activation energy at least twice the average value. The extraordinary performance was then attributed to the fewer defects within their structures, as confirmed by further results from the in situ creation of defects by thermal ablation, thereby setting the lower limit for the intrinsic activation energy of ideal SCO crystals and promising their potential for future applications in high-performance molecular devices.
Early compound accent in Japanese Tōkyō-type
dialects
Authors: Boiko Melissa , de Boer Elisabeth , Griesenhofer Christopher , Loukareas Petros , Aoyama Masato
Published: November 2024

Japanese pitch accent is of great interest to historical linguists due to its relative stability. Japanese
dialects can be grouped into accent types and subtypes, and their similarities may in some cases point to historical
connections between populations. One common accentual behaviour is found in noun compounding: All dialects of the widespread
Tōkyō-type are said to have similar rules for deriving compound accent from component nouns. The rules imply that the accent
of a compound never occurs before its morpheme boundary. We have, however, found instances of such accents in our fieldwork.
We discuss the historical interpretation of this anomalous finding, in the context of the ERC Japanese Prehistoric Migrations
project, which aims to illuminate ancient population movements through linguistic evidence.
Phylogenetic signal in the lexicon
Authors: Bowern Claire
Published: November 2024

It has long been known that parental terms are poor indicators of shared genetic relationship because of
their tendency to be influenced by features of “baby-talk”. However, change and stability of parental terms within language
families has not been closely studied. Here I evaluate the stability of ‘mother’ and ‘father’ across three large language
families. While terms which show features of child-directed speech do appear to show fewer signs of phylogenetic signal, very
few of the results reach statistical significance. Though there is probably some influence of acquisition, it is not enough to
swamp regular transmission and other processes of change. Therefore, while parental terms are inappropriate evidence for
detecting remote relationships, such terms can be safely used in reconstruction.
The role of geography and migration in the branching and spread of the Japonic language family
Authors: de Boer Elisabeth
Published: November 2024

This chapter investigates two extremes of the distribution of the Japonic language family: the Ryūkyū
Islands in the southwest, and the Tōhoku region in the northeast. Despite the fact that both areas were settled relatively
late by speakers of Japonic compared to other areas of Japan, the linguistic situation in the two regions could not be more
different: in the Ryūkyūs there is extreme linguistic diversity, while in the Tōhoku region, the diversification is low. This
chapter argues that differences in the natural environment (multiple islands in the southwest, versus the easily navigable
Japan Sea coast, and room to withdraw from the pressure of the central state in the northeast) were factors that shaped the
linguistic geography of the two regions.
Modality across semantic spaces
Authors: Gvozdanović Jadranka
Published: November 2024

This paper investigates the principles of modal development across modal domains, and the capacity of modal
maps to account for these developments. The starting point is a relative newcomer in Slavic, the modal ‘have to’ + infinitive
construction, which came to partially replace the older dative plus infinitive and ‘so as to’ constructions during the Middle
Ages and developed across the full modal spectrum in its kernel area of West Slavic. What were the sources and the principles
of this development? The paper answers these questions and draws some general conclusions about modal domains and the role of
language hierarchies. The first section gives a contemporary survey, the second discusses the historical development, and the
third section discusses theoretical implications.
Food, contact phenomena and reconstruction in Oriental Berber
Authors: Mettouchi Amina , Schiattarella Valentina
Published: November 2024

Berber subclassification is notoriously problematic, due to overlapping innovations and retentions across
hypothesized sub-branches. Focussing on Oriental Berber, we analyze the lexicon of food, on the assumption that linguistic
contacts within Berber and between Berber and Arabic are reflected in material and immaterial culture. An original method for
the analysis of food terms and their denotations is proposed. We illustrate the method through a case-study of food
preparation, in which various denominations are cognates of the stem *βazin, and which confirms most linguistic hypotheses
about subgroupings and contacts, additionally exemplifying a case of levelling due to borrowing into Arabic followed by
re-borrowing into Berber. Our results also point to further contacts across Berber language groups (best analyzed in terms of
linkage), and confirm the relevance of the study of food culture in support of the historical reconstruction of Berber
languages.
Léxico y pronunciación
Authors: Hidalgo-Gallardo Matías , Pérez-Serrano Mercedes
Published: November 2024

Conocer una unidad léxica implica ser consciente de diversos aspectos relacionados con su forma, su
significado y su uso. Uno de estos aspectos es el conocimiento de su forma oral, tanto en la dimensión receptiva como
productiva. En este capítulo ponemos de relieve que no se puede concebir un desarrollo de la competencia léxica en una
lengua adicional sin atender a cuestiones de pronunciación. A tal efecto, revisamos los fundamentos y los estudios más
relevantes que nos permiten comprender cómo el desarrollo de la conciencia fonológica incide positivamente en el
aprendizaje del léxico. De esto se desprende una serie de implicaciones pedagógicas que se materializan en una lista
de buenas prácticas docentes para integrar la pronunciación en la enseñanza del vocabulario en español como lengua
adicional.
L2 pronunciation in the spotlight
Authors: Fullana Natalia , Pujolà Joan-Tomàs
Published: November 2024

The present chapter puts forward several suggestions on how to incorporate the pronunciation
component into the Spanish as a foreign language (SFL) class, ranging from phonological awareness raising activities
to spontaneous speaking tasks. These proposals stem from the renewed interest in determining pronunciation instruction
effects in classroom settings. Specifically, recent second language (L2) speech acquisition research has shown that an
explicit focus on pronunciation in communicative tasks seems to lead to more accurate L2 segmental perception and
production. Moreover, as in the new descriptors of the CEFR Companion Volume, this chapter
prioritizes comprehensibility as the ultimate goal in the integration of pronunciation into communicative tasks.
La pronunciación en las metodologías de enseñanza de ELE
Authors: Melero Abadía Pilar , Pérez-Bernabeu Aarón
Published: November 2024

En este capítulo se lleva a cabo una aproximación a la didáctica de la pronunciación en ELE en los
distintos enfoques metodológicos de la enseñanza de lenguas adicionales, con especial hincapié en el enfoque orientado
a la acción (Consejo de Europa, 2002, 2021) y la integración de la instrucción explícita de la pronunciación en los programas de cursos de
español. Se aporta una descripción de metodologías actuales y del lugar que ocupa el desarrollo de la competencia
fonológica del aprendiente, que incluye conceptos clave como el control fonológico, la articulación de sonidos y los
rasgos prosódicos que debe adquirir un aprendiente de una lengua adicional. Se presentan los resultados de un
cuestionario sobre las prácticas docentes que se llevan a cabo con respecto a la enseñanza de la pronunciación en
cursos de español. Finalmente, se ofrecen propuestas para una instrucción explícita y un aprendizaje consciente de la
pronunciación, integrada en las tareas de aula y mediante metodologías específicas de didáctica de la pronunciación
bajo un enfoque orientado a la acción.
Enfoque Oral y didáctica de la pronunciación del español
Authors: Lorenz Marta Giralt
Published: November 2024

El objetivo principal de este capítulo es reflexionar sobre los planteamientos conceptuales y
metodológicos de una didáctica de la pronunciación basada en un enfoque oral. Nos referimos a enfoque oral cuando
hablamos de metodologías en didáctica de la pronunciación que son plenamente coherentes con el enfoque comunicativo y
siguen tres principios fundamentales: la lengua oral se trabaja desde la propia oralidad; la pronunciación se entiende
y se trata como lengua oral, y el aula de instrucción formal se convierte en un contexto significativo. Así, partiendo
de una didáctica de la pronunciación basada en un enfoque oral, en este capítulo argumentamos los principios y
fundamentos de este enfoque, presentamos una revisión de los estudios e investigaciones que se han realizado en esta
área y, finalmente, ofrecemos posibles aplicaciones y recomendaciones didácticas para el aula de español.
Crosslinguistic influence and the pronunciation of Spanish as an additional language
Authors: Gómez Carmen González , González Jesús Fernández
Published: November 2024

Crosslinguistic influence is a main culprit in nonnative speech production. The native tongue’s
(L1) phonic space warps and usually distorts the phonic spaces of languages learned later in life (L2), causing not
only a foreign accent, but also issues in intelligibility and comprehensibility. This chapter will address: (1) how
crosslinguistic transfer fits into the causes of nonnative pronunciation; (2) to which extent language differences
have an impact on perception and production of L2 speech patterns; (3) what are the consequences of a foreign accent
in terms of intelligibility and comprehensibility; (4) how segmentals and suprasegmentals in L2 Spanish are subject to
the phonic pull of L1; and (5) what strategies and activities can help to improve L2 pronunciation.
Using technology to facilitate the integration of pronunciation into the classroom
Authors: Fouz-González Jonás
Published: November 2024

This chapter explores the potential of technology to facilitate the teaching and learning of
pronunciation, with special emphasis on how technology can enhance the integration of pronunciation into the language
classroom. First, the chapter discusses the role of technology in pronunciation instruction. Next, it offers an
overview of the field of computer assisted pronunciation training (CAPT), presenting the tools and techniques
available as well as relevant research findings and pedagogical implications. The chapter covers a range of techniques
traditionally adopted in the field of CAPT, and also more recent uses of technology that hold great potential for
pronunciation practice. Finally, it puts forward recommendations on how to facilitate Spanish pronunciation
instruction with technology and it offers directions for future research and practice.
La enseñanza de la pronunciación a estudiantes de español como lengua adicional con Trastornos de los Sonidos del
Habla
Authors: Paniagua Martín Diego
Published: November 2024

La existencia de dificultades en la producción articulatoria o el uso funcional de
sonidos/fonemas, con consecuencias variables en la inteligibilidad comunicativa, genera obstáculos en el proceso de
enseñanza-aprendizaje para los estudiantes de español como lengua adicional (ELE) que presentan Trastornos de los
Sonidos del Habla (TSH). Esta situación puede influir de manera diversa en la comprensión y expresión lingüística,
agregando una capa de complejidad al ámbito educativo. Por ello, este capítulo tiene como objetivos: (1) ayudar a
comprender la sintomatología de los TSH mediante la descripción de sus diferentes alteraciones y manifestaciones; (2)
describir cómo es el aprendizaje de la pronunciación del alumnado de ELE con TSH; y, por último, (3) ofrecer al
profesorado pautas y modelos didácticos de cara a diseñar programas educativos adecuados y progresivos que se adapten
a las necesidades de este alumnado.
La pronunciación del español coloquial y su integración en el aula de ELE
Authors: Hidalgo Navarro Antonio
Published: November 2024

Este estudio se dedica a la integración de la enseñanza de la pronunciación coloquial (variedad
diafásica informal) en el aula de ELE. Se divide en dos apartados, el de los sonidos (aislados o agrupados) y el de
los patrones entonativos. Se propone, así, la enseñanza pautada de los sonidos y de la entonación coloquiales (de
acuerdo con las propuestas del Instituto Cervantes, PCIC, 2006) partiendo de la conversación espontánea como marco
discursivo. Las propuestas didácticas se ofrecen sobre la base de los análisis de la conversación del corpus de Briz y Grupo Val.Es.Co. (2002).
Intonation in Language Contact
Authors: Grünke Jonas
Published: November 2024

The intense language contact between Spanish and Catalan in Catalonia has led to cross-linguistic influence at all linguistic levels, but its effect on the prosody of these languages has received little attention to date. Based on semi-spontaneous and read speech data from 31 Catalan–Spanish bilinguals, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the intonation of Spanish and Catalan as spoken in Girona, with a focus on the speakers’ bilingualism. These contact varieties share numerous intonational properties, with differences mainly in the frequency of specific tunes in certain contexts. However, they also exhibit significant variation, often linked to extralinguistic factors such as the bilinguals’ language dominance. Overall, the intonation of these contact varieties results from substratum transfer and wholesale convergence between the prosodic systems of Spanish and Catalan. The book is particularly relevant to scholars researching prosody, language contact, variation, and multilingualism.
Chapter 1. A taxonomy of questionable research practices in quantitative humanities
Authors: Plonsky Luke , Larsson Tove , Sterling Scott , Kytö Merja , Yaw Kate , Wood Margaret
Published: November 2024

A growing body of research has begun to address ethical issues in the context of Applied Linguistics (e.g., De Costa, 2016; Isbell et al., 2022). One of the messages inherent in this line of inquiry is that ethical concerns are embedded throughout the research cycle from study conceptualization to realization, dissemination, application, and beyond (see Bernstein et al., this volume). With this concern in mind, the present study sought to catalog and develop a taxonomy of what are often referred to as ‘questionable research practices’ (QRPs; Steneck, 2006) and related decisions that come into play in the conduct of quantitative Applied Linguistics research. These include practices such as selective reporting and obscuring of methodological details to limit criticism. Using existing taxonomies developed in neighboring disciplines as a starting point (e.g., Tauginienė et al., 2019), we employed the Delphi method to elicit responses on potential QRPs in an iterative fashion from an expert panel as well as from peer scholars. The analyses of these data resulted in a domain-specific taxonomy that laid the groundwork for a large-scale survey that assessed the prevalence and perceived severity of ethical issues and QRPs found specifically in quantitative Applied Linguistics research (Larsson et al., 2023). The results are also used to inform materials for methodological training in research ethics in Applied Linguistics and related disciplines (see De Costa et al., 2021; Wood et al., 2024, in press).
Chapter 2. Corpus linguistics and ethics
Authors: Brookes Gavin , McEnery Tony
Published: November 2024

In this chapter, we explore the ethical considerations attending to research and practice in corpus linguistics. Despite the ubiquity of ethical dilemmas in corpus construction and use, there has been scant literature dedicated to ethical practices within the discipline. This gap is particularly pronounced given the increasing engagement with digital and online data sources, which pose unique ethical challenges regarding issues such as consent, privacy, and the public-private dichotomy. The chapter addresses these ethical considerations, and more besides, from the inter-related perspectives of research participants, corpus builders, distributors, and users. Importantly, the chapter highlights how ethical considerations are not confined to discrete stages of corpus linguistic projects but, rather, are interwoven throughout the research lifecycle. Key issues addressed include informed consent, participant anonymity, the ethical implications of using publicly available versus private communications, and the responsibilities of corpus users to ensure the meaningful, truthful, and fair representation of their findings. The chapter aims to respond to the need for more nuanced ethical guidelines that reflect the diversity of data sources and research contexts that characterise contemporary corpus linguistics, advocating for a reflective, case-by-case approach to ethical decision-making.
Chapter 10. The ethics of indigenous language revitalization
Authors: Nakagawa Satoru , Kouritzin Sandra
Published: November 2024

The ethical issue we address in this chapter is the role of Indigenous language experts who do not live in the community where an Indigenous language is spoken. Specifically, we question the ethics as well as the ethical protocols for engaging in research with Indigenous language speakers in the context of language revitalization discourses. We suggest that any judgments or decisions made by non-Indigenous language speakers with regard to standardization, orthography, digitization, pedagogy, and advocacy must be regarded as attempts at cultural and linguistic appropriation. We suggest that archiving or documenting Indigenous languages is best considered linguistic taxidermy, another move of colonization that we call fina-colonialism. In short, with reference to the specific languages of Tokunoshima, Japan, we discuss the ethics of research that purportedly aims at decolonizing, but in which Indigenous language speakers are rendered exotic representations of their own identities, commodified according to cosmopolitan interests and global tastes.
Chapter 13. Ethical issues in language testing
Authors: Yan Xun , Bowles Melissa
Published: November 2024

Considerable attention has been given to ethical issues in language testing since the 1990s, with several special issues, volumes, and international conferences dedicated to fairness and justice in assessment (Davies, 1997, 2004; Kunnan, 2000; McNamara, Knoch, & Fan, 2019). In this chapter we review existing work, focusing on how ethical issues can arise at any stage of the assessment process — from initial test development through test administration, test scoring, and test use. Each of these four stages requires different quality control procedures to ensure fairness and ethical standards, namely, (1) fairness review during test development; (2) accommodations during test development; (3) bias analysis after test scoring; and (4) communication with stakeholders about ethical test use. Informed by ethical codes of practice created by language testing associations (e.g., the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) Code of Ethics), we provide specific examples to show steps that can be taken in each phase to ensure that ethical standards are upheld. Examples of ethical issues and the corresponding quality control procedures in this chapter are taken from a local, university-based English speaking test in the US. While some of the quality control procedures require language or pedagogy-related content expertise, others require specialized knowledge and skills in measurement and statistics. Finally, we conclude by recommending best practice to guide test developers and test users. We argue that assurance of ethical standards in language testing requires collaboration between language testers and other stakeholders.
Chapter 14. Navigating ethical challenges in L2 writing in transnational higher education
Authors: Tardy Christine M. , Mejia Mayorga Jaime F. , Palese Emily
Published: November 2024

This chapter examines ethics in the work of L2 writing program administration in transnational higher education (TNHE). We specifically examine how the border-crossing nature of TNHE settings can give rise to conflicts of values and ethical dilemmas for administrators. In this chapter, we begin by reviewing the complex setting in which TNHE takes place and consider how navigating its institutional, political, and cultural complexities involves traversing multiple value systems. We then describe in detail two ethical dilemmas that we have experienced resulting from the complexity of the TNHE setting: the first relates to assessment and language proficiency, and the second relates to institutional policies and practices in employees’ work-life. We use these two examples to illustrate how viewing challenging administrative issues through a lens of values and ethics allows us to reflect on and adjust our own practices and cultural biases. We end the chapter by outlining three guiding principles (related to communication, representation, and transparency) that we have found can serve as a compass for taking needed action in such complex administrative contexts.
Chapter 16. Managing publication expectations and collaborations
Authors: Jenks Christopher J. , Lee Jerry Won
Published: November 2024

Collaborative research and co-authoring are ubiquitous work practices in higher education. With current funding models and promotion expectations, research is becoming more collaborative with publications co-authored by two or more scholars. Macro-level ethical guidelines established by professional organizations are a useful starting point for understanding how to approach collaborations and co-authorships, as much has been already said about how to work responsibly within a given discipline. However, questions of ethics in research need be pursued by tempering macro-level guidelines with micro-level considerations, such as the unique and specific challenges that are involved in working on diverse empirical topics. To this end, we draw on our experiences co-authoring publications to explore the relationship between micro-level considerations and macro-level guidelines in applied linguistics research. We explore the complexities of distributing responsibilities to a team of researchers, managing uneven power dynamics, and negotiating the authorship order for contributors. By grounding our discussion within the context of actual work done in collaboration by both authors, we provide readers with concrete examples of how to attend to the ethics of collaborative research and co-authoring.
Introduction
Authors: Cinaglia Carlo , Rabie-Ahmed Amr , De Costa Peter I.
Published: November 2024

This chapter introduces the volume by contextualizing it within recent developments in Applied Linguistics research methodology, with a specific focus on research ethics. It discusses the importance of developing a context-sensitive research ethics, and it situates the volume in response to key publications that have begun to examine context-specific ethical issues in Applied Linguistics research. Following this, the chapter outlines the different sections within the volume and describes the structure and contents of each chapter, serving as a roadmap and point of entry for readers.
Walter Benjamin’s idea of language
Authors: Vonk Frank
Published: November 2024

The German literary critic, art critic and philosopher of language Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) has
in many ways struggled with the question how language manifests itself in art, epistemology or
literature. In posthumously published fragments, Benjamin shows how his restless mind has produced texts in which he
has tried to connect the religious (Judaic) tradition with the ruinous appearance of an ideal language in names,
trying to understand and explain the imperfection of language, also in translations between languages. Benjamin has
covered this ruinous world in an allegoric view of language as it was done in Baroque allegories (the
vanitas) showing itself in mourning plays,, hoping for a new, better world. In a way Benjamin’s
concern with language shows how language is fragmentized in daily speech in which only the communicative function has
survived. The ‘divine’ dimension or word can only allegorically be considered to be relevant to this communicative
function.
Eléments pour une histoire de l’interprétation
Authors: Ballardini Elio
Published: November 2024

L’interprétation a gagné en visibilité au cours du XXe siècle grâce à deux événements
historiques couramment mentionnés dans les Interpreting Studies : la Conférence de paix de Paris
(1919), où les interprètes consécutivistes jouent un rôle fondamental, et le procès de Nuremberg (1945–1946), où
l’interprétation simultanée s’impose à l’échelle internationale. Ces deux événements donneront
en effet à cette profession un prestige sans précédent. Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, avec la naissance
des écoles pour traducteurs et interprètes, la recherche sur l’interprétation prendra son essor : consacrée
essentiellement à l’interprétation de conférences, elle négligera toutefois, pendant longtemps, des modalités
d'interprétation différentes, considérées à tort comme « mineures », bien que plus anciennes et plus répandues. Depuis
quelques années, un nombre croissant de travaux s’attache à reconstruire l’histoire d’une
pratique langagière qui s’échelonne sur plusieurs millénaires. Initialement centrées sur l’Occident,
voire sur l’Europe, de plus en plus de recherches dépassent désormais ce cadre originel. Le présent article
examine ce tournant épistémologique dans l’historiographie de l’interprétation, les problèmes
méthodologiques qu’il implique, ses enjeux et ses perspectives.
Declension and description
Authors: Aussant Émilie
Published: November 2024

This paper studies the different ways in which ancient Sanskrit grammarians presented nominal
declensions. Based on twelve Sanskrit grammars (from Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī up to Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita’s
Siddhāntakaumudī) classified into three categories (“wholly generative” grammars, “partly
generative” grammars and “pedagogical” grammars), it shows that though nominal paradigmatic sets were known from and
used by various scholars — among whom grammarians — at a relatively early date, it is only with pedagogical grammars
that they really enter the scene of grammatical description, i.e. as “official” grammatical or language teaching
tools.
The internal order of Sanskrit compounds
Authors: Mocci Davide
Published: November 2024

In this study I show that the internal order of Sanskrit Noun-Noun endocentric compounds cannot be
captured by means of the notion ‘head’, defined in semantic or morphological terms (§§1–2). Next, I outline the strategy devised by the Indian
grammarian Pāṇini (4th century B.C.) to handle the internal order of Sanskrit compounds (§ 3). Finally, I argue that the notion relevant for determining the internal order of
Noun-Noun endocentric compounds in Sanskrit can be identified by combining Pāṇini’s intuitions with the formalism
developed within generative grammar (§ 4). In this way, this study provides
an additional example of how useful the history of linguistics (specifically, the study of Pāṇini’s grammar) may be
for solving a problem in contemporary linguistics (specifically, the puzzle as to how the internal order of a certain
class of compounds is determined).
The relevance of B. Delbrück’s work on Indo-European syntax (a century after his death)
Authors: Vai Massimo
Published: November 2024

Delbrück’s work on Indo-European syntax, particularly his contribution to the analysis of Vedic
syntax, is still a useful tool for those wanting to deal with the study of Old Indian and Indo-European comparative
syntax. Indeed, it is methodologically comparable with the recent analyses of the left periphery of the sentence. In
fact, the notions of basic order of the major constituents of the sentence and of marked order are already present in
Delbrück’s 1878 work, together with formal considerations that relate
the variation of the order of constituents to the interface between the syntax and information structure of the
sentence.
Three documents bearing on the foundation of the Linguistic Society of America in the age of scientific
racism
Authors: Thomas Margaret
Published: November 2024

The centennial of the Linguistic Society of America invites reflection on how the organization has
arrived at its current activist stance, which prioritizes social-justice issues and anti-racist initiatives within the
discipline of linguistics. This article highlights the inward-looking nature of the foundation of the LSA in 1924,
offset against the so-called scientific racism that imbued early twentieth-century American public discourse. I
examine three short texts produced at the outset of the institutionalization of the LSA, all (co-)authored by Leonard
Bloomfield, that communicate the centripetal social dynamics of the foundation of the society and its insistence on
the scientific nature of the study of language — together lending a particular complexion to the group within the
sociocultural world of early twentieth-century America.
Archival resources for the study of the historiography of American linguistics
Authors: Newmeyer Frederick J.
Published: November 2024

The first part of this paper describes the content of several archives containing letters,
documents, etc. which have relevance to the history of American linguistics, particularly from the 1940s to the 1980s.
The second part shows how material from these archives has already helped to solve debates about linguistic
historiography.
Courses in general linguistics by Roman Jakobson at the École Libre des Hautes Études
Authors: Testenoire Pierre-Yves
Published: November 2024

This paper focuses on Roman Jakobson’s general linguistics lectures in New York during World War
II. These courses, that Claude Lévi-Strauss attended, have played a major role in the spreading of post-war
“generalized structuralism”. However, they only came to be known by the later testimonies of the two scholars and
partial editions from the 1970s and 1980s. Therefore, this study aims at showing that taking into account unpublished
sources can bring something new to our knowledge of these teachings.

After the description of the institutional context of the École Libre des Hautes Études that
housed this teaching, the list of Roman Jakobson’s general linguistics classes is retraced and put in perspective with
the unpublished notes that have been kept in his archives. Taking into account the preparatory manuscripts of these
classes sheds light on the logic that governs Jakobson’s teaching at the École Libre, conceived as a critical
reinterpretation of the Course in General Linguistics.
Contribution de Agostino Gemelli (1878–1959) à l’analyse des variations phoniques du langage
Authors: Galazzi Enrica
Published: November 2024

Agostino Gemelli, médecin et psychologue, s’investit dans l’étude des variations phoniques par des
moyens expérimentaux d’avant-garde qui lui ont permis une analyse pluri-paramétrique jusqu’alors inédite (Gemelli 1938 et 1939). Dans une approche holistique de l’homme qu’il souhaite
fonder sur des données objectives mesurables, la langue n’est pas seulement un moyen de communication mais elle est
également, à ses yeux de psychologue, « le miroir de l’âme et de l’attitude du locuteur ». Les résultats, publiés dans
de nombreuses revues internationales furent présentés au IIIème Colloque international des Sciences
Phonétiques (Gand 1938), ce qui lui valut un retentissement et une reconnaissance internationales. Une relecture des
résultats obtenus permet de mesurer le rôle que le Laboratoire de l’Université Catholique de Milan a joué dans le
progrès des recherches autour de la voix humaine, notamment dans le domaine de la phono­sty­lis­tique naissante (Trojan 1948 ; Léon 1971 ; 1976 ; Fónagy 1977 ; 1982).
Multi-scale CLEAN for Fourier-based hard x-ray solar imaging
Authors: Volpara Anna , Catalano Miriana , Piana Michele , Maria Massone Anna
Published: November 2024

Multi-scale deconvolution is an ill-posed inverse problem in imaging, with applications ranging from microscopy, through medical imaging, to astronomical remote sensing. In the case of high-energy space telescopes, multi-scale deconvolution algorithms need to account for the peculiar property of native measurements, which are sparse samples of the Fourier transform of the incoming radiation. The present paper proposes a multi-scale version of CLEAN, which is the most popular iterative deconvolution method in Fourier-based astronomical imaging. Using synthetic data generated according to a simulated but realistic source configuration, we show that this multi-scale version of CLEAN performs better than the original one in terms of accuracy, photometry, and regularization. Further, the application to a data set measured by the NASA Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager shows the ability of multi-scale CLEAN to reconstruct rather complex flaring topographies.
The hydrogen atom perturbed by a 1-dimensional Simple Harmonic Oscillator (1d-SHO) potential
Authors: Santamarina Ríos C , Rodríguez Cacheda P , Saborido Silva J J
Published: November 2024

The hydrogen atom perturbed by a constant 1-dimensional weak quadratic potential

λ

z
2

is solved at first-order perturbation theory using the eigenstates of the total angular momentum operator—the coupled basis. Physical applications of this result could be found, for example, in the study of a quadratic Zeeman effect weaker than fine-structure effects, or in a perturbation caused by instantaneous generalised van der Waals interactions.
Effects of ion irradiation induced phase transformations and oxygen vacancies on the leakage current characteristics of HfO2 thin films deposited on GaAs
Authors: Kumar K Vinod , Arun N , Mangababu A , Mishra A , Ojha Sunil , Pathak A P , Rao S V S Nageswara
Published: November 2024

We report on ion-induced phase transformations, defect dynamics related to oxygen vacancies and the resulting leakage current characteristics of RF sputtered HfO2 thin films grown on GaAs. A systematic growth of HfO2 grains and ion prompted phase transformations of HfO2 to crystalline phases such as monoclinic and tetragonal/orthorhombic (mixed phase) in otherwise amorphous HfO2 thin films have been observed after irradiation. At lower fluences, ion induced enhancement in the dielectric properties of HfO2 thin films resulted in a reduction in the leakage current, whereas ion prompted defect formation at higher fluences caused a systematic increase in the leakage current density. Further, the effects of Poole-Frenkel tunneling and Fowler-Nordheim tunneling on the leakage current have also been investigated. These mechanisms showed the existence of impurities in the as-grown films. Photoluminescence study suggests that the variation in the defect configuration related to O-vacancies and the slight shift in the peak positions due to swift heavy ion irradiation are responsible for the observed changes in electrical characteristics. This study offers worthwhile information for considering the effects of electronic excitation prompted defect annealing and defect creation on the performance of HfO2/GaAs based photonic and optoelectronic devices, particularly, when such devices are operated in a radiation harsh environment.
Pairing phase favored by magnetic frustration
Authors: Krindges A , Morais C V , Schmidt M , Zimmer F M
Published: November 2024

The interplay between magnetic frustration and pairing is investigated by adopting a BCS-like pairing mechanism on the frustrated

J
1

−

J
2

Ising model on the square lattice. The ground-state and thermal phase transitions of the model are analyzed using a fermionic formulation within a CMF method. In this approach, the lattice system is divided into identical clusters, where the intracluster dynamic is exactly solved, and the intercluster interactions are replaced by self-consistent mean fields. We introduce a framework with two pairing couplings: an intracluster local coupling, g, which controls the electron pairing and its mobility within the clusters, and an intercluster coupling, g′, which adjusts the pairing mechanism between clusters. Tuning

g

′

/

g

allows evaluating how the pairing phase evolves from a weak pairing coupling between clusters (clustered system) to a strong one (

g

′

→
g

, homogeneous system). In the range

0
⩽

g

′

/

g
⩽
1

, we find that a gradual increase in

g

′

/

g

favors the pairing phase and induces a change in criticality. In particular, our results reveal the presence of tricriticality for a certain range of

g

′

/

g

. In addition, an increase in competing magnetic interactions weakens the magnetic orders, causing the pairing phase to occur at lower strengths of pairing interactions, especially when

g

′

=
g

. Therefore, our findings support that magnetic frustration favors the pairing phase, contributing to the onset of a superconducting state.
Bearing life prediction method based on novel health indicators and improved similarity curve matching
Authors: Zhang Jing , Zhang Chao , Wu Yangbiao , Liu Guiyi , Ouyang Bing
Published: November 2024

To tackle the issues of low accuracy in similarity curve matching and the challenges in measuring the similarity of degraded curve segments in rolling bearing life prediction methods, we propose a novel bearing remaining useful life (RUL) prediction method utilizing new health indicators (HIs) and improved similarity curve matching techniques. Initially, time and frequency domain features are extracted from the bearing vibration signals. Subsequently, the multi-dimensional features are meticulously screened using monotonicity, Spearman’s correlation, and uncertainty metrics to construct the HI and the HI library for the bearing. Subsequently, the support vector data description combined with the PID search algorithm is employed to ascertain the initial prediction time of the bearing and to construct the corresponding HI library. Following this, both global and local feature capture are conducted using dual dynamic time warping (DDTW) in conjunction with a sliding window to predict the remaining service life of rolling bearings. The proposed method is validated on the PHM2012 and XJTU-SY datasets and benchmarked against the latest research. The results demonstrate that our method significantly enhances the prediction accuracy of the RUL of bearings, underscoring the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed approach.
Shape measurement using a multicore optical fiber sensor with asymmetric dual cores
Authors: Wang Jianjian , Tang Rui , Shang Qiufeng
Published: November 2024

Shape measurement using multicore optical fiber sensors has attracted more attention in many fields due to the good consistency of the fiber cores. Three symmetrically arranged cores in a multicore fiber are usually used to reconstruct shapes by calculating the bending vectors, which will not be achieved when one of the cores is damaged or occupied in actual application. A shape measurement method using a multicore optical fiber sensor with asymmetric dual cores is proposed in this paper. Based on the analysis of the principle of shape reconstruction and the geometric relationship of the asymmetric dual cores in the multicore fiber sensor, the bending vector is decomposed. The mathematical expressions for the bending curvature and orientation of the asymmetric dual cores are derived. The two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) shape reconstruction results in both finite element modeling simulation and shape measurement experiments based on optical frequency domain reflectometry have shown that the proposed method using a multicore fiber sensor with asymmetric dual cores is able to achieve shape measurement; its performance is comparable and even equivalent to the traditional method that uses three symmetrically arranged cores. In the experiment, the maximum relative errors of 2D and 3D reconstructed shapes are 2.653% and 5.139%, respectively. The proposed method, which only needs asymmetric dual cores in the multicore optical fiber sensor for shape reconstruction, will be conducive to solving the limitations of multicore optical fiber sensors in shape measurement applications.