Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Scholarly Publications: Recent submissions
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Introduction (The Sociologinguistics of Slovene. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, vol. 124)
(Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1997)The Introduction to the volume describes the context for and content of articles on the sociolinguistic situation of the Slovene language during the first decade after the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Articles cover issues ... -
Frosted Windows : 300 Years of St. Petersburg Through Western Eyes : An Exhibition / Curated by Sally Haines.
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Making sense of teaching through metaphors: a review across three studies
(Taylor and Francis, 2010)The purpose of this paper is to synthesize findings from three studies that have addressed the conceptualization and application of the metaphor construct to the study of teachers and teaching. We specifically examined the ... -
Orphan Prefixes and the Grammaticalization of Aspect in South Slavic
(Jezikoslovlje, 2012)This paper establishes the term ORPHAN PREFIX for a Slavic prefix that no longer shares a dominant spatial meaning with its cognate preposition. Most Slavic prefixes do share such a dominant spatial meaning with their ... -
See, Now They Vanish: Third-Person Perfect Auxiliaries in Old and Middle Czech
(Journal of Slavic Linguistics, 2013)This article argues that Czech retained a semantic distinction between the expression of current relevance/emphasis and a neutral preterit in third-person compound preterit forms until the late sixteenth century. The ... -
The Varying Role of po- in the Grammaticalization of Slavic Aspectual Systems: Sequences of Events, Delimitatives, and German Language Contact
(Journal of Slavic Linguistics, 2011)This article presents a comparative analysis of three interrelated phenomena: the use of imperfective verbs in sequences of events in Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Slovene and BCS; the use of po- delimitatives in sequences of ... -
Sifting the Evidence for the Reconstruction of Pannonian Slavic
(Canadian Slavonic Papers, 2004)Corrected version of published review. -
Processing Instruction and Russian: Further Evidence is IN
(Blackwell Publishing, 2011-11-14)In response to Leaver, Rifkin, and Shekhtman (2004), Wong and VanPatten (2004) challenged instructors of Russian to present evidence for the claim that mechanical drills (Traditional Instruction) were necessary for second ... -
The Legacy of Wolfish and Chapman: Some Thoughts About 'Big Prison Case' Litigation in the 1980s
(Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1999)In the past fifteen years, the conditions of American prisons have moved from the grist of movies to the attention of the courts. Judges throughout the nation have been asked to adjudicate the legality of issues as diverse ... -
Federal Parole and Sentencing: A Report on the Present and Some Thoughts for the Future
(Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1982)In the past fifteen years an almost unanimous consensus has developed over the need for sentencing reform. Critics have maintained that the unregulated discretion currently granted judges fosters extensive and unwarranted ... -
Law Free Zones: A Panel Discussion
(The University of Kansas School of Law, 2005)Professor Gottlieb prepared this essay for a panel discussion held at the University of Kansas School of Law on September 9, 2005. -
Katrina Consequences: What Has the Government Learned?
(Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 2006)Eleven months ago, the nation witnessed Hurricane Katrina, perhaps the worst "natural" disaster to have occurred on American soil. The failures at all levels of government to cope, in a minimally competent way, with the ... -
Wilson v. Seiter: Less than Meets the Eye
(Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1999)In 1991 the United States Supreme Court revisited the question of the general standards that are required in eighth amendment conditions-of-confinement litigation. In Wilson v. Seiter, the Court declared that, in an eighth ... -
Chapter 10: The Constitutionality of the Sentencing Guidelines
(Aspen Publishers, 2010)A survey of case law and decisions related to then-recent implementation of the Sentencing Guidelines to criminal cases in Federal Court. -
An Analysis of Recent Changes in Kansas Drunk Driving Laws
(1986)For the past several years the problem of drunk driving has become of increasingly intense public concern. In response to this concern, the Kansas Legislature has passed major amendments to the drunk driving laws. The most ...