简介:Thisthesisisexpectednotonlytogivereaderspleasurefromtheangleofbeinghumorous,butalsotohelpthemgetabetterunderstandingofEnglishhumorfromthepragamaticperspective.
简介:Thispaperaddressesaverygeneralproblem—therelationshipbetweenimplicitandexplicitformsofmeaning–thatisasoldasscholarlyattentiontolanguageinuse.Itfirsttriestodefinetheproblem.Thenitpresentssomeelementaryaspectsofthewayinwhichtheproblemhasbeendealtwithinthepragmaticliterature.Thisisfollowedbyanexcursionintotheworldofrelatednatural-languageconcepts,asreflectedintheEnglishmetapragmaticlexicon.Finally,thepapertriestomakeacontributiontoasolutionbyproposingathreedimensionalmatrixtoaccountforwhatmightlooklikeaone-dimensionalgradablescalefromimplicittoexplicit.Anattemptismadetoillustratethepotentialusefulnessofthesuggestions.Conclusionsmainlytaketheformofperspectivesforfutureresearch.
简介:Duringhissecondtenure,Clintonwillpaymoreattentiontodiplomaticworkandmaymakesomeadjustmentsinhisforeignpolicywhilemaintainingcontinuityofthepolicyduringhisfirsttenure.1.Theguidelineofforeignpolicyofthenewadministrationwouldbecharac-terizedbythefollowingthreefeatures:
简介:ThispaperpresentsapragmaticadaptiveschemeforTuCMoverslowlyfadingchannels.Theadaptiveschemeemploysasingleturbocodedmodulatorcomposedofavariable-rateturboencoderandavariable-ratevariable-powerMQAMforallfadingregions,soithasanacceptablecomplexitytoimplement.TheoptimaladaptiveTuCMschemeisdeterminedsubjecttovarioussystemconstraints.Simulationshavebeenperformedtomeasuretheperformanceoftheschemefordifferentparameters.Itisshownthatadoptingboththeturbocodedmodulatorandthetransmitpowerachievesaperformancewithin2.5dBofthefadingchannelcapacity.
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简介:Themajordrawbacksoftraditionalapproachestoproductcostingincludelackofmanufacturingknowledge,relianceonthedetaileddesigndescription,poorcostfunctionapproximationandinabilitytoupdateestimationalgorithmsbyusingactualcostdata.AdoptingtheActivity-BasedCosting(ABC)conceptandbasedonestimatedprocessingtime,thispaperproposesapragmaticapproachtoproductcosting.Theapproachinvolvestwostages,namelythepreparatorystageandtheestimationstage.Acasestudyconductedinarefrigeratorcompanyisreported.
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