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Trs 2000 Vision : A Plan For The Future, Teacher Retirement System Of Texas Mar 1994

Trs 2000 Vision : A Plan For The Future, Teacher Retirement System Of Texas

Documents from the State of Texas-Archive

This changing society places new demands upon TRS and while we have an excellent reputation for service, we must always seek ways to improve. We must improve our skills and enhance the resources used to deliver a service that is heralded for its excellence. TRS 2000 is our way of addressing these challenges. It is an initiative to review service delivery, business practices, use of technology, our organizational structure and corporate culture. From this review comes recommendations for improved service to our members and annuitants through the implementation of changes to the processes and resources used to deliver this service. …

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Prosody Drives The Syntax: O'Odham Rhythm, Colleen M. Fitzgerald Jan 1994

Prosody Drives The Syntax: O'Odham Rhythm, Colleen M. Fitzgerald

Linguistics & TESOL Faculty Publications & Presentations - Archive

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Essays On The Changing Images Of The Southwest, Richard V. Francaviglia, Jones L. Oakah, Marta Weigle, Sylvia Rodriguez, Karl Doerry Jan 1994

Essays On The Changing Images Of The Southwest, Richard V. Francaviglia, Jones L. Oakah, Marta Weigle, Sylvia Rodriguez, Karl Doerry

The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures - Archive

THE ESSAYS IN THIS VOLUME are an outcome of the Twenty-eighth Annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures held at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). The theme of the 1993 lectures-Changing Images of the Southwest-has a broad appeal to scholars, students, and the interested public. By focusing on the Southwest, these essays also call attention to UTA's growing commitment to encourage historical scholarship in the region. These efforts have gained increased recognition through the creation in 1991 of the UTA Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography. The center itself complements and works closely with the …

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Discourse-Based Evidence For An Ergative Analysis Of Cebuano, Dennis Walters Jan 1994

Discourse-Based Evidence For An Ergative Analysis Of Cebuano, Dennis Walters

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

The case-marking systems of Philippine languages have been difficult to classify as either nominative-accusative (NOM-ACC) or ergative-absolutive (ERG-ABS). The question hinges on the status of the “object-focus” clause type. Is it a passive voice clause as traditional analyses (beginning with Bloomfield 1917) suggest? Or is it active voice — the basic transitive clause type — as an ergative analysis would conclude? While purely structural clues at clause-level cannot tell us unambiguously which analysis is appropriate for this group of languages, a discourse-functional approach offers an escape from this dilemma. Cebuano is spoken as a first language by about seventeen million …

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Diphthongization And Underspecification In Kɔnni, Mike Cahill Jan 1994

Diphthongization And Underspecification In Kɔnni, Mike Cahill

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

The problems of analyzing vowels of Gur languages are well-known to those who work among them. The bulk of the difficulty in K?nni comes in the analysis of the mid vowels, which manifest themselves in diverse and initially confusing ways. In this paper, I demonstrate that phonetic vowel sequences in K?nni can be analyzed as a diphthongization of long mid vowels. Evidence from phonetics, phonological rules, and tone is cited to support this conclusion. In the remainder of Section 1, I present the vowel harmony system of K?nni. In Section 2, I introduce the question of how putative vowel sequences …

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The Variable (Th) In Dallas African American Vernacular English, Virginia C. Vinton Jan 1994

The Variable (Th) In Dallas African American Vernacular English, Virginia C. Vinton

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

It is well-known that African American Vernacular English (hereafter AAVE) displays regional variation. In the case of the (th) variable, Wolfram (1969) found that AAVE speakers in Detroit used the nonstandard variants [f], [t], and Ø. In New York City, Labov (1972a) observed the use of [t] and [t?] as the nonstandard variants. In both of these studies conducted in the northern U.S. the variants used by speakers were stratified differently with regard to social factors. Given regional variation of this sort, we might well expect further interesting differences in southern cities of the U.S. The present study, conducted in …

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Predicting Near-Native Pronunciation In Spanish As A Foreign Language, A. Raymond Elliott Jan 1994

Predicting Near-Native Pronunciation In Spanish As A Foreign Language, A. Raymond Elliott

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

The objective of the present study is to examine the acquisition of pronunciation by 66 undergraduate students enrolled in three sections of an intermediate Spanish course. The data were collected during the Fall semester of the 91-92 academic year at Indiana University, Bloomington. Thirty-two males and thirty-four females served as the subjects. Using a control and two experimental groups, three separate regression analyses examined: 1) variables related to the subjects’ accuracy of pronunciation, 2) the effect of formal instruction in pronunciation, and 3) the relationship between “production” or pronunciation and the subjects’ knowledge of formal pronunciation rules, termed “metalinguistic awareness.” …

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Recent Archives, School Of Architecture, Bill Boswell, Clifford W. Bourland Jan 1994

Recent Archives, School Of Architecture, Bill Boswell, Clifford W. Bourland

School of Architecture Publications - Archive

In 1991 a group of graduate architecture students, the faculty and the administration at the University of Texas at Arlington together agreed to collect and publish students' work. Recent Archives is the result. It is a representation of the best projects completed during the last five years that have not been lost or misplaced following the end of a term. Recent Archives also is a collection of comments and criticism by practicing architects that critique the school, the projects, and the nature of architectural education in the context of the rest of the world. The goal of this collection of …

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Landscape Architecture Self Evaluation Report 1994, School Of Architecture, Pat D. Taylor Jan 1994

Landscape Architecture Self Evaluation Report 1994, School Of Architecture, Pat D. Taylor

Landscape Architecture Accreditation Reports - Archive

Landscape architecture program self-evaluation report with appendices.

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History Of Benefit Improvements, 1937-1994, Teacher Retirement System Of Texas Jan 1994

History Of Benefit Improvements, 1937-1994, Teacher Retirement System Of Texas

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"Citizens of Texas in 1936 approved an amendment to the Texas constitution (Section 48a of Article III) establishing a retirement system for public school employees. The amendment provided: (1) state contributions to equal the amount paid by the member; (2) member contributions to be 5% of compensation received but not to exceed $180 per year; (3) no person to be eligible for an annuity who had taught fewer than 20 years in this state; and (4) funds to be invested in government and municipal bonds.

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Briefing Materials, February 3-4, 1994, Doubletree Hotel, Austin, Texas, Texas Council On Workforce And Economic Competitiveness Jan 1994

Briefing Materials, February 3-4, 1994, Doubletree Hotel, Austin, Texas, Texas Council On Workforce And Economic Competitiveness

Documents from the State of Texas-Archive

Note: In an effort to keep the book at a reasonable length and to emphasize the most important items, only action items and policy briefings are included in this book (with the exception of Performance Reports to the Evaluation Committee). Briefing items on the agendas will be presented on overheads at the appropriate meeting and copies of the overheads or more detailed information will be available upon request.

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Briefing Materials, May 26-27, 1994, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, Texas Council On Workforce And Economic Competitiveness Jan 1994

Briefing Materials, May 26-27, 1994, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, Texas Council On Workforce And Economic Competitiveness

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Staff Report To The Sunset Advisory Commission On The Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund, Texas Workers' Compensation Research Center, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission Jan 1994

Staff Report To The Sunset Advisory Commission On The Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund, Texas Workers' Compensation Research Center, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission

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"One of the major results of the 1989 reforms was the creation of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission to administer the Texas workers' compensation system. Compared to workers' compensation agencies in other states, TWCC has a great deal of administrative power and authority. TWCC is charged with processing claims, settling disputes, controlling medical costs, increasing workplace safety, and enforcing the statute and rules. For the Texas workers' compensation system to work, TWCC must carry out those functions in a way that is fair and cost-effective. The primary focus of the Sunset review of TWCC was how to improve the ability …

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Audit Of The Receivership Process, Texas Office Of The State Auditor, Texas Department Of Insurance Liquidation Oversight Division Jan 1994

Audit Of The Receivership Process, Texas Office Of The State Auditor, Texas Department Of Insurance Liquidation Oversight Division

Documents from the State of Texas-Archive

Controls used by the Texas Department of Insurance's Liquidation Oversight division over the liquidation of insurance companies were generally weak during fiscal year 1993. Weak controls, coupled with a few instances of high costs, such as excessive special deputy receiver fees, indicate a risk that overall liquidation costs are too high. Controlling and keeping costs low is important because taxpayers pay a substantial part of liquidation costs. Every dollar saved by making the liquidation of insurance companies more efficient is one less dollar paid by taxpayers. The cost to taxpayers is measured, in part, by assessments on the insurance industry. …

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An Audit Report On Management Controls At The Texas Department Of Transportation, Texas Office Of The State Auditor, Texas Department Of Transportation Jan 1994

An Audit Report On Management Controls At The Texas Department Of Transportation, Texas Office Of The State Auditor, Texas Department Of Transportation

Documents from the State of Texas-Archive

Key Findings The Department could potentially save $6.2 million per year in preliminary and construction engineering activities, Savings could be achieved by reducing the amount of preliminary and construction engineering costs at the districts. The efficiency of overall maintenance operations can be measured more effectively for evaluation purposes by management. There are potential cost savings of $5.9 million which can be achieved by reducing cost per unit. Some districts are not performing efficiently in administrative functions. in addition, district and division managers do not have comparative information to evaluate the efficiency of administrative functions. Increased efficiencies could result in potential …

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The Variable Elision Of Unstressed Vowels In European Portuguese: A Case Study, David J. Silva Jan 1994

The Variable Elision Of Unstressed Vowels In European Portuguese: A Case Study, David J. Silva

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

European varieties of Portuguese exhibit a process whereby unstressed vowels, particularly schwa, optionally undergo elision: an item such as idade ‘idea’ can be realized as [ida'd] and para Maria ‘for Maria’ may surface as [pr?m?rí'?]. While previous research in the study of phonological variation of this sort has typically focused on syntactic, morphological, functional, and segmental factors as the primary linguistic conditions for accurately characterizing variable processes (Guy 1980; Poplack & Walter 1986, among many others), less work has been done investigating the role of prosodic factors in this respect. Yet if one believes (along with Nespor and Vogel 1986, …

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Anaphora, Pragmatics And Style In German, Helga H. Delisle Jan 1994

Anaphora, Pragmatics And Style In German, Helga H. Delisle

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

German uses two sets of anaphoric pronouns, the personal pronoun set (PP) er, sie, es and the demonstrative pronoun set (DP) der, die, das. The latter set has been largely neglected in the literature, possibly because it mainly occurs in informal conversations. In this paper, I will investigate how a basic concept like the deictic one is exploited for various functions, and to what extent these functions are integrated into the different styles of spoken and written German. It will be shown that the DP is used by the speaker to signal to the hearer not only referential but also …

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The University Of Texas At Arlington Graduate Catalog 1994-1995, The University Of Texas At Arlington Jan 1994

The University Of Texas At Arlington Graduate Catalog 1994-1995, The University Of Texas At Arlington

UTA Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

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Early American Writing, Giles B. Gunn Jan 1994

Early American Writing, Giles B. Gunn

Covers, Titles, and Tables: The Formations of American Literary Canons in Anthologies - Archive

Contains Cover Page, Title Page, Table of Contents

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The Harper American Literature - Second Edition, Volume One, Donald Mcquade, Robert Atwan, Martha Banta, Justin Kaplan, David Minter, Robert Stepto, Cecelia Tichi, Helen Vendler Jan 1994

The Harper American Literature - Second Edition, Volume One, Donald Mcquade, Robert Atwan, Martha Banta, Justin Kaplan, David Minter, Robert Stepto, Cecelia Tichi, Helen Vendler

Covers, Titles, and Tables: The Formations of American Literary Canons in Anthologies - Archive

Contains Cover, Title Page, Table of Contents

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The Cambridge History Of American Literature - Volume One: 1590 - 1820, Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R.K. Patell Jan 1994

The Cambridge History Of American Literature - Volume One: 1590 - 1820, Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R.K. Patell

Covers, Titles, and Tables: The Formations of American Literary Canons in Anthologies - Archive

Contains Title Page, Table of Contents

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American Literary Scholarship: An Annual 1992, David J. Nordloh, David M. Robinson, Leland S. Person Jr., Benjamin Franklin Fisher, John Wenke, Gary Lee Stonum, Tom Quirk, Richard A. Hocks, George Kearns, Cleo Mcnelly Kearns, Alexander J. Marshall Iii, Albert J. Defazio Iii, William J. Scheick, Gary Scharnhorst, Jo Ann Middleton, Catherine Calloway, Jerome Klinkowitz, Michael Fischer, Algerina Neri, Hiroko Sato, Jan Nordby Gretlund, Elisabeth Herion-Sarafidis, Hans Skei Jan 1994

American Literary Scholarship: An Annual 1992, David J. Nordloh, David M. Robinson, Leland S. Person Jr., Benjamin Franklin Fisher, John Wenke, Gary Lee Stonum, Tom Quirk, Richard A. Hocks, George Kearns, Cleo Mcnelly Kearns, Alexander J. Marshall Iii, Albert J. Defazio Iii, William J. Scheick, Gary Scharnhorst, Jo Ann Middleton, Catherine Calloway, Jerome Klinkowitz, Michael Fischer, Algerina Neri, Hiroko Sato, Jan Nordby Gretlund, Elisabeth Herion-Sarafidis, Hans Skei

Covers, Titles, and Tables: The Formations of American Literary Canons in Anthologies - Archive

Contains Title Page, Copyright Page, and Table of Contents

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Finding The "Two" In Diglossia, John C. Paolillo Jan 1994

Finding The "Two" In Diglossia, John C. Paolillo

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

Sociolinguists generally agree that a diglossic situation is one in which a single speech community employs two or more varieties of language, a H(igh) variety and a L(ow) variety, for different communicative purposes. Ferguson’s (1959) classic definition also includes a structural component: the two forms of language are varieties of the same language, and hence related, but “highly divergent” from one another, more so than a dialect in relation to its standard language. However there is little agreement on this point, and different researchers give different characterizations of how divergent H and L must be. The theoretical status of intermediate …

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Lexical Borrowing, Creolization And Basic Vocabulary, George L. Huttar Jan 1994

Lexical Borrowing, Creolization And Basic Vocabulary, George L. Huttar

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

This paper is concerned with two sets of questions, one from semantics and cognitive linguistics, one from diachronic linguistics and in particular creole studies. From the cognitive-semantic side, we are dealing with issues of “basic” vocabulary: what sorts of lexical items, or, more precisely, what sorts of concepts, are, in some useful sense or other (say, psychologically more salient), more “basic” than others? From the diachronic linguistics side, the issues concern likelihood of change through contact: “For what sorts of concepts are lexical items most readily replaced by items from new sources, and which ones are more resistant to such …

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Primary Stress Assignment In Brazilian Portuguese, Susan Gary Walters Jan 1994

Primary Stress Assignment In Brazilian Portuguese, Susan Gary Walters

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

Brazilians display a great interest in the prosody of their own language. Much classroom time is spent counting syllables, enumerating detailed rules for stress assignment and memorizing rules of diacritics used in the orthography (e.g., Cegalla 1991). Stress assignment and its rules are one of the topics covered on the vestibular, the nationwide university entrance exam (Savioli 1991:131ff). Students in elementary schools study syllable structure and division. Even by the second grade they know such words as paroxítono ‘a word whose stress falls on the next to last syllable’ and antepenúltimo ‘antepenultimate’. The problem is that many of the rules …

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Phonetic Emphasis In Tamil, James E. Vinton Jan 1994

Phonetic Emphasis In Tamil, James E. Vinton

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

The present paper is based on a study conducted following Balasubramanian’s (1981) method: a native speaker was asked to emphasize a given item in a sentence and instrumental measurements were made as to which phonetic cues the speaker used to accomplish that task. While Balasubramanian asserted that emphasis is marked mainly by an increased length of certain segments, the findings in the present paper indicate that Tamil emphasis is marked by a combination of several phonetic correlates. Some of the confusion about Tamil stress arises from a failure by several authors to distinguish clearly between word-level stress, sentence-level emphasis, and …

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Subjectless Sentences In English, Patricia Willess Reiman Jan 1994

Subjectless Sentences In English, Patricia Willess Reiman

UTA Working Papers in Linguistics - Archive

One of the goals of modern linguistics is to develop a model of Universal Grammar which captures natural language features that are universal, while also accounting for variation among languages. Thus a much-discussed phenomenon in Government and Binding theory is pro-drop (Jaeggli and Safir 1989). Pro-drop is the parameter which determines whether the subject of an independent clause must be overt or may be left empty (Crystal 1991:279). According to the definition given above, it would appear that English is a pro-drop language. However, Crystal (1991:279) cites English as an example of a non-pro-drop language. If this is correct and …

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Essays On English Law And The American Experience, William R. Jones, Craig Evan Klafter, Thomas P. Slaughter, Elisabeth A. Cawthon, Yasuhide Kawashima, Calvin Woodard Jan 1994

Essays On English Law And The American Experience, William R. Jones, Craig Evan Klafter, Thomas P. Slaughter, Elisabeth A. Cawthon, Yasuhide Kawashima, Calvin Woodard

The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures - Archive

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Graphical Event-Directed Scenario Behavioral Specifications For The Scenario-Based Engineering Process (Sep) Using A Domain Specific Software Architecture (Assa) Philosophy, Miao Xia Dec 1993

Graphical Event-Directed Scenario Behavioral Specifications For The Scenario-Based Engineering Process (Sep) Using A Domain Specific Software Architecture (Assa) Philosophy, Miao Xia

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

This thesis extends scenarios of a system into real-time event digraphs. A scenario is an event trace resulting from a particular thread of system execution. An event digraph is an event network. Multiple external stimuli result in a wave of execution in distributed and parallel architecture. A graph theoretic formal definition for event digraphs is developed with the finite sets of events and the scenario event order (SEO). A scenario language is developed from the event digraph. In modeling an event digraph, we introduce the frontier expansion mechanism which let the users and the developers go around the question if …

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The Compass Rose Vol. Vii, No. 2, The University Of Texas Of Arlington Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Oct 1993

The Compass Rose Vol. Vii, No. 2, The University Of Texas Of Arlington Libraries, Special Collections & Archives

The Compass Rose

The purpose of The Compass Rose is to raise awareness of Special Collections' resources and to foster the use of these resources. The newsletter also reports significant new programs, initiatives, and acquisitions of Special Collections. The issues included here are scans of print newsletters from the 1990s and 2000s. Current issues and posts of The Compass Rose can now be accessed on the UTA Libraries Compass Rose Blog.

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