Showing papers on "Antisymmetry published in 2008"
TL;DR: The authors examined N'-ellipsis in Chinese and Japanese and presented supporting evidence for the hypothesis argued for by Simpson (in: Tang and Liu (eds.) On the formal way to Chinese languages, 2003), among others, that Chinese noun phrases are head-initial.
Abstract: It has been widely assumed since Kitagawa and Ross (Linguist Anal 9: 19–53, 1982) that noun phrases in Chinese and Japanese are quite similar in structure. They are N-final in surface word order, they employ “modifying markers” (de in Chinese and no in Japanese) extensively, and they require classifiers for numeral expressions. In this paper, we argue that, contrary to appearance, they have quite distinct structures. We examine N'-ellipsis in the two languages and present supporting evidence for the hypothesis argued for by Simpson (in: Tang and Liu (eds.) On the formal way to Chinese languages, 2003), among others, that Chinese noun phrases are head-initial. According to this hypothesis, de is D, and a classifier heads another projection within DP. Japanese noun phrases, on the other hand, are head-final. No is a contextual Case marker, as proposed by Kitagawa and Ross (Linguist Anal 9: 19–53, 1982), and classifier phrases are adjuncts modifying nominal projections. Our discussion shows that Kayne’s (The antisymmetry of syntax, 1994) analysis of N-final relatives applies elegantly to Chinese but not to Japanese. It thus suggests that Japanese relative clauses are head-final throughout the derivation.
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TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the transmission eigenvalues of the scattering matrix come in pairs for both even and odd number of modes and relies solely on the antisymmetry imposed by time reversal symmetry.
Abstract: In time-reversal-symmetric systems with half integral spins (or more concretely, systems with an antiunitary symmetry that squares to −1 and commutes with the Hamiltonian) the transmission eigenvalues of the scattering matrix come in pairs. We present a proof of this fact that is valid for both even and odd number of modes and relies solely on the antisymmetry of the scattering matrix imposed by time reversal symmetry.
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TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the transmission eigenvalues of the scattering matrix come in pairs in time reversal symmetric systems with half integral spins, which is valid both for even and odd number of modes and relies solely on the antisymmetry imposed by time reversal symmetry.
Abstract: In time reversal symmetric systems with half integral spins (or more concretely, systems with an antiunitary symmetry that squares to -1 and commutes with the Hamiltonian) the transmission eigenvalues of the scattering matrix come in pairs. We present a proof of this fact that is valid both for even and odd number of modes and relies solely on the antisymmetry of the scattering matrix imposed by time reversal symmetry.
45 citations
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TL;DR: It is pointed out that “specifiers” render the algorithm of projection overly complex, which lends support to Starke’s (2004) reanalysis of specifiers as phrasal heads that project their own phrases — which makes phrase structure a simple sequence of head-complement relations.
Abstract: It is pointed out that “specifiers” render the algorithm of projection overly complex. This consideration lends support to Starke’s (2004) reanalysis of specifiers as phrasal heads that project their own phrases — which makes phrase structure a simple sequence of head-complement relations. It is further pointed out that if head-complement relations are represented using dominance in place of sisterhood, to reflect the essentially asymmetrical nature of Merge (Chomsky 2000), a non-branching (partially linear) phrase structure tree is obtained that very naturally eliminates labels and projections. A simple Spell-Out rule then provides a linear ordering of the terminal elements. The linear tree preserves all the major results of antisymmetry.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed symmetry and antisymmetry of elastic structures under the principal stress state using a computational example, and concluded that the principal stressed state due to the bimodular constitutive model based on principal direction is key.
Abstract: Symmetrical characteristics of elastic structures will change when different tension-compression moduli was employed.Based on the necessary conditions satisfied by stress and displacement,we analyzed symmetry and antisymmetry under the principal stress state using a computational example.The research indicates that antisymmetry of elastic structures in the magnitude and direction of principal stress will change due to the nonlinearity of materials while symmetry still holds,and the superposition theorem will fail when a complex problem is resolved into symmetric and antisymmetric components.It is concluded that the principal stress state due to the bimodular constitutive model based on principal direction is key.
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TL;DR: In this article, the antisymmetry of proton configurations for hexagonal water rings with different conformations was studied and the ring configuration energies were calculated using the intermolecular interaction potentials.
Abstract: The antisymmetry of proton configurations was studied for the hexagonal water rings with different conformations. The change in the direction of all hydrogen bonds was used as an additional symmetry operation. The ring configuration energies were calculated using the intermolecular interaction potentials. For different ring conformations, the relationships between antisymmetry and energy were analyzed and compared.
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TL;DR: The antisymmetry of small water clusters of various configurations with three to five molecules, which are stable according to the ab initio calculated data, was analyzed in this article.
Abstract: The antisymmetry of small water clusters of various configurations with three to five molecules, which are stable according to the ab initio calculated data, was analyzed. The antisymmetry operation was alteration of the direction of all hydrogen bonds including the direction of the external unrealized H-bonds. It was found that most configurations of small clusters were antisymmetric. Other configurations form pairs of antipode configurations with very close energies.
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TL;DR: Erteschik-Shir, Nomi as mentioned in this paper, Tova Rapoport, and Nomi Erteschkikshir (2005), The syntax of aspect: Deriving thematic and aspectual information.
Abstract: Erteschik-Shir, Nomi. 1997. The dynamics of focus structure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Erteschik-Shir, Nomi & Tova Rapoport. 2005. Path predicates. In Nomi Erteschik-Shir & Tova Rapoport (eds.), The syntax of aspect: Deriving thematic and aspectual information, 65–86. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kidwai, Ayesha. 1999. Word order and focus positions in Universal Grammar. In Rebuschi & Tuller (eds.), 213–244. Lecarme, Jacqueline. 1999. Focus in Somali. In Rebuschi & Tuller (eds.), 275–309. Rebuschi, Georges & Laurice Tuller (eds.). 1999. The grammar of focus. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Rizzi, Luigi. 1997. The fine structure of the left periphery. In Liliane Haegeman (ed.), Elements of grammar: Handbook of generative syntax, 281–337. Dordrecht: Kluwer.