Fusing insights from cognitive grammar, systemic-functional grammar and Government & Binding, the present work elaborates and refines Davidse’s view that the English grammar of lexical causatives is governed by the transitive and ergative paradigms, two distinct models of causation (Davidse 1991, 1992). However, on the basis of extensive synchronic and diachronic data on verbs of killing (e.g. kill, execute, choke or drown), it is shown that ‘transitivity’ and ‘ergativity’ are not absolute but prototypical characteristics of verbs which may be overruled by the semantics of the construal in which they occur.
Harvard Medical School Comprehensive Examination (OSCE) assesses the ability of final year students to integrate and apply their knowledge, clinical skills, and professional attitudes in a standardized format. As a summative evaluation, successful completion of the examination is a prerequisite for graduation from HMS. As a formative experience, the examination provides objective data on which students can reflect and improve their abilities in a mentored fashion, as well as data on which the HMS curriculum and its processes can be continually evaluated and improved
The Economist claims it "is not a chronicle of economics." Rather, it aims "to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress." It takes an editorial stance which is supportive of free trade, globalisation, government health and education spending, as well as other, more limited forms of governmental intervention. It targets highly educated readers and claims an audience containing many influential executives and policy-makers.
A two volume course and reference set containing 27 self-graded units on grammar, correct usage, and punctuation." Includes index. This is Volume 2, which contains units 14-27 inclusive. Published in 1965
The Economist claims it "is not a chronicle of economics." Rather, it aims "to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress." It takes an editorial stance which is supportive of free trade, globalisation, government health and education spending, as well as other, more limited forms of governmental intervention. It targets highly educated readers and claims an audience containing many influential executives and policy-makers.
