Potsdam, University, Diss., 2002.

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acase@tulane.edu / Honorifics have been the focus of several theories and studies. Brown and Levinson (1987) view the use of honorifics as a strategy of negative politeness, while honorifics for some other scholars (e.g. Hill et al., 1986; Ide, 1989; Ide & Yoshida, 1999) are related to social etiquette. For other scholars (e.g. Agha, 1993; Duranti, 1992; Cook, 2011) honorifics are indexes. Although this debate about honorifics is not new, there is a lack of research that applies these theories together and examines which meaning of an honorific is more appropriate in a certain situation. Assuming a possibility of a mix of these theories, the present study implements Optimality Theory (OT) that is developed by Prince and Smolensky (2004) to identify the ranking of constraints that accounts for the optimal honorific in a certain situation. Since Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) presents a modus operandi for most Arabs (Hamid & Mydin, 2009), data of this study is obtained from Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī, the most valid and beneficial collection of the Prophet’s reports. Although a huge number of studies have been conducted to analyze Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī, covering a wide range of topics in different disciplines, there is a lack of research investigating how the Prophet (PBUH) used honorifics in general, and in Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī in particular. This analysis shows that the use of honorifics can be captured more accurately within the framework of OT than using each of Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Theory, social etiquette and Ide’s notion of wakimae, and Cook’s indexes alone. In doing so, the study expands the use of OT to discourse analysis. / 1 / Albatool Abalkheel

This research describes and explains in the OT framework the Yaqui coordination. It is assumed that coordinate structures are asymmetric and, based in the Yaqui data, I propose that the coordination is the result of an adjunct-host relation. This work shows that the ConjP is inappropriate for explaining the place that the Yaqui coordinator into 'and' occupies in overt syntax. It demonstrates that the proposal which suggests that coordinators in second position are clitics (Agbayani and Goldston 2002) can not be maintained in Yaqui because such position is generated by fronting a topicalized constituent. If we depart from the idea that clitics and topics move to different positions, then a different explanation is required. The proposal is extended to the analysis of unbalanced verbal chaining structures. It is shown that some --kai constructions are marked syntactically as subordinated but actually they are coordinate structures. In the final part of this work I describe and analyze the agreement between coordinate nominals and verbs. The analysis indicates that Yaqui responds partially to the system of CONCORD and INDEX features proposed by Halloway King and Dalrymple (2004). However, its whole explanation requires the use of constraints in order to explain the coordinate patterns of the language.

Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993) makes the claim that well-formedness constraints are ranked and minimally violable. This dissertation examines the consequences of constraint ranking in three areas of phonology: segmental phonotactics (nasal-voiceless consonant sequences), metrical theory (English stress), and in phonological development (child English). These studies demonstrate that the introduction of constraint ranking allows for more principled descriptions of the facts in each of these domains, and often yields the correct predictions about the range of cross-linguistic variation.

Proefschrift Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. / Met lit.opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands en Hongaars.

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In-process Optical Coordinate Measuring Machine (OCMM) offers the potential of diagnosing in a timely manner variation sources that are responsible for product quality defects. Such a sensor system can help manufacturers improve product quality and reduce process downtime. Effective use of sensory data in diagnosing variation sources depends on the optimal design of a sensor system, which is often known as the problem of sensor placements. This thesis addresses coordinate sensor placement in diagnosing dimensional variation sources in assembly processes. Sensitivity indices of detecting process mean and variance components are defined as the design criteria and are derived in terms of process layout and sensor deployment information. Exchange algorithms, originally developed in the research of optimal experiment deign, are employed and revised to maximize the detection sensitivity. A sort-and-cut procedure is used, which remarkably improve the algorithm efficiency of the current exchange routine. The resulting optimal sensor layouts and its implications are illustrated in the specific context of a panel assembly process.

In-process Optical Coordinate Measuring Machine (OCMM) offers the potential of diagnosing in a timely manner variation sources that are responsible for product quality defects. Such a sensor system can help manufacturers improve product quality and reduce process downtime. Effective use of sensory data in diagnosing variation sources depends on the optimal design of a sensor system, which is often known as the problem of sensor placements. This thesis addresses coordinate sensor placement in diagnosing dimensional variation sources in assembly processes. Sensitivity indices of detecting process mean and variance components are defined as the design criteria and are derived in terms of process layout and sensor deployment information. Exchange algorithms, originally developed in the research of optimal experiment deign, are employed and revised to maximize the detection sensitivity. A sort-and-cut procedure is used, which remarkably improve the algorithm efficiency of the current exchange routine. The resulting optimal sensor layouts and its implications are illustrated in the specific context of a panel assembly process.

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