10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METRIFICATION»
Discover the use of
metrification in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
metrification and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Units and conversion charts: the
metrification handbook for ...
This unique handbook enables readers to quickly and easily convert units--eliminating all the problems associated with conversion.
2
Principles of English Stress
In sum, we propose that a good approximation to the patterns in (57), (58) is
achieved by postulating a notion of optimal metrification congruous with that of “
maximal” metrification. The latter will require (lefthand) exhaustiveness,
metrification ...
3
Evolution and Revolution in Linguistic Theory
(33) (i) Stress evasion is superfluous, since the modalities of metrification of the
same suffixes with bound stems suffice to account for neutrality, (ii) Only
metrification and not stress evasion correctly predicts the classes of exceptions to
...
4
The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology
The main departure from strict binarity concerns systems in which feet are
allowed to be unary under duress (9.3.2); a departure from uni-directionality
concerns systems in which metrification is bi-directional, being oriented toward
both word ...
5
Harmony and Strife: Contemporary Perspectives, East & West
Hence, the Legalist and Pythagorean "metrifications" seem more pragmatic (
more useful, efficient) than Leibniz's axiomatic method. Or in other words,
metrification seems more appropriate to reach the (shared) aim of expressing
practical ...
Shuxian Liu, Robert Elliott Allinson, 1988
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Word Stress: Theoretical and Typological Issues
have lexical stress, and the default metrification process produce initial stress, at
least in disyllables? In some iambic systems disyllabic words are reported to
have consistent initial stress, so it is not impossible that /wul ́e/ preserves a lexical
...
Harry van der Hulst, 2014
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Vowel/Glide Alternation in a Theory of Constraint Interaction
If syllabification must produce syllables with onsets, metrification cannot produce
a bimoraic trochee. Alternatively, if metrification must produce a bimoraic trochee,
syllabification cannot produce syllables with onsets. The only recourse in the ...
Samuel Rosenthall, Laurence Horn, 2013
8
Water, Agriculture and the Environment in Spain: can we ...
Section I: Political framework and institutions • Water and food security framework
• Legal, economic and administrative setting • Politics and institutions Section II:
Metrification of water uses Section III: Looking at the environment and sector ...
Lucia De Stefano, M. Ramon Llamas, 2012
9
Word Prosodic Systems in the Languages of Europe
The dialects show apparently similar processes of both metrification and
consequent high-vowel loss.23 But we must distinguish between these two
processes. Since vowel loss depends on leftward metrification, we show that
leftward ...
Harry van der Hulst, 1999
10
Protecting Building Utilities From Flood Damage: Principles ...
1.1.3. Metrification. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is
committed to the federal government's transition to the metric system. However, in
most cases English units remain the standard of practice for construction.
Therefore ...
Federal Emergency Management Agency
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METRIFICATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
metrification is used in the context of the following news items.
Eleven Things Other Countries Do Way Better Than the US
We got close to metrification during the Jimmy Carter years, when Congress mandated a switch to the system. However, the switch was scuttled ... «Truth-Out, Jul 15»
Here are 11 things other countries do way better than America
We got close to metrification during the Jimmy Carter years, when Congress mandated a switch to the system. However, the switch was scuttled ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
Mailbag: 'What complete and utter nonsense'
It is specifically the foot dragging by the military-industrial complex to not 'voluntarily' comply with metrification that we continue to be an ... «PolitiFact, Jul 15»
Will it be Hillary, Jeb, Marco or Rand?
... join the race, but the prospect that socialist Bernie Sanders or metrification-supporting Lincoln Chafee might prevail, is beyond plausible. «Waterloo Record, Jun 15»
Friday A/V Club: Vintage Metric Propaganda to Warm Lincoln …
... here's what one of the most militant and articulate anti-metrification crusaders—Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand—had to say in ... «Reason, Jun 15»
Free Press Readers
As for Williams' thoughts on metrification, it seems to me that most people have voted with their feet, so to speak. Birth announcements still use ... «London Free Press, Jun 15»
Would Going Metric Really Help The US Economy?
... architects were charging as much as 15% more for projects that would require a conversion, according to a study by a metrification advocate. «Newsy, Jun 15»
The measure of an expat: how many 'varas' in a mile? Please Send …
It's easy to see why metrification, the process of gradually converting to the international system, is slow and fraught with setbacks. It's taken ... «The Tico Times, Jun 15»
Smooth Sailing: Students aim high at Alaska Glider Academy
We don't need metrification, metrosexuals, metrobusses, or any other metro-mentality. We could use some reporters that are a bit more than ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, May 15»
The Energy Guy: The Energy Guy or the Info Guy?
Call it being just plain stubborn or our rugged individualist spirit, but metrification has yet to catch on in America. But the British aren't much ... «Ames Tribune, Apr 15»
