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Actant

Known as: Actor (sociology), Prime actant 
In narrative theory, actant is a term from the actantial model of semiotic analysis of narratives. The term also has uses in linguistics, sociology… 
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Functional programming

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2014
2014
Innovation decision making in high-risk organizations: A comparison of the US and Soviet attack submarine programs
Decision-making about innovative change in high-risk networks is exceptionally difficult because system failure may result in… 
2013
2013
Production and properties of a lipopeptide biosurfactant by B. subtilis subsp. inaquosorum
The capability of indigenous bacteria isolated from soil adjoining a petroleum storage depot to produce biosurfactants was… 
2011
2011
On the distribution of subject properties in formulaic presentationals of Germanic and Romance: A diachronic-typological approach
The present study deals with the distribution of subject properties in ‘formulaic’ presentational constructions such as Engl… 
2009
2009
The Theory of Lexical Functions: an update
The standard theory of lexical functions (LFs) roughly claims: (a) that the values of simple LFs of the OPER-LABOR-FUNC family… 
2006
2006
A Methodology for Developing Multilingual Resources for Terminology
This paper presents a project that aims at building lexical resources for terminology. By lexical resources, we mean dictionaries… 
2005
2005
Construction project supply chains and their use of ICT
This paper describes the first stage in a much larger project, funded by the Co-operative Research Centre for Construction… 
2005
2005
Televising Film Stardom in the 1950s
During a particular two-week period in April 1955, a television viewer could sit in her living room and watch Ronald Reagan… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Actants in Semantics and Syntax. II. Actants in Syntax
  • I. Mel
  • 2004
  • Corpus ID: 125431215
Part II of the article deals with deep-syntactic and surface-syntactic actants. A deep-syntactic actant slot is defined by its… 
2004
2004
Actants in semantics and syntax II: actants in syntax
Part II of the article deals with deep-syntactic and surface-syntactic actants. A deep-syntactic actant slot is defined by its… 
2003
2003
oblique main arguments as localizing predications in Hindi/Urdu
the paper examines various sentence patterns with two arguments, including the ergative pattern, and concludes to the non… 
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