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Dentro de los procesos de formación de palabras, el mecanismo morfológico de la composición ha sido poco estudiado en el aimara y en otras lenguas andinas. Esta investigación muestra una descripción de las maneras de cómo se conforman las palabras compuestas en la gramática del aimara de Conima. Por tanto, en este trabajo se analizan la estructura y la combinatoria sintáctica de las palabras compuestas en esta variedad lingüística. La data ha sido recogida de los hablantes y de la información procedente de los principales diccionarios en aimara. En este estudio, se concluye que el aimara de Conima forma compuestos a partir de seis patrones sintácticos que siguen la estructura complemento-núcleo. Finalmente, en relación con su tipología, en la indagación se indica que esta variedad emplea la composición para formar palabras compuestas básicamente de orden nominal. / Within the processes of word formation, the morphological mechanism of the compounding has been little studied in Aymara and other Andean languages. This survey shows a description of the ways in which the compound words are formed in the grammar of Conima Aymara. Therefore, this work analyzes the structure and the syntactic combination of the composition in this linguistic variety. The data has been collected from the speakers and from the main dictionaries in Aymara. The present investigation concludes that the Conima Aymara forms compounds from six syntactic patterns that follow the complement-core structure. Finally, in relation to its typology, this survey points out that the Conima Aymara basically creates nominal compounding. / Revisón por pares

MASTERS FACULTY OF HUMANITIES SCHOOL OF LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE STUDIES STUDENT NO: 0111542N / The study deals with term creation in translation comparing isiXhosa and isiZulu in relation to paraphrasing, borrowing, compounding, semantic transfer and derivation as five major processes used by translators in African Languages to compensate for terminology gap. The study is conducted within the Descriptive Translation Studies approach and it deals with how translator’s strategies are influenced by norms. The extracted source text terms in this study are from the English Constitution as the source text whilst the isiXhosa and isiZulu terms are extracted from the isiXhosa and isiZulu Constitutions respectively. The study has indicated that out of the five selected processes, paraphrasing is the most frequently chosen strategy in African Languages. With regard to borrowing, it has been shown that not all types of borrowing (as discussed by Cluver 1989) are possible in these languages and that every borrowed term has to be modified according to phonological, morphological and orthographical rules of these two languages. The study is concluded by arguing that term creation processes in translation are universal features of translated texts in African languages and they are effective translation strategies in languages of limited diffusion. In addition, translated texts are sources/ depositories of terminology and consequently they can play a role in language development activities.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Psychology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Flax fibers are often used as reinforcement for thermoset and thermoplastic to produce biocomposite products. These products exhibit numerous advantages such as good mechanical properties, low density, and biodegradability. Thermoplastics are usually reinforced with flax fiber using injection molding technology and limited research has been done on compression molded thermoplastic biocomposite. Therefore, commercial thermoplastic high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) were selected for developing compression molded flax reinforced biocomposites in this research project. The main goal of this research was to develop compression molded biocomposite board using Saskatchewan flax fiber and investigate the effect of flax fiber and processing parameters (molding temperature and molding pressure) on the properties of biocomposite. <p>The fiber was cleaned and chemically treated with alkaline and silane solution that modified the fiber surface. Chemical treatments significantly increased the mechanical properties due to better fiber-polymer interfacial adhesion and also reduced the water absorption characteristics. The silane treatment showed better results than alkaline treatment. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) test and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) test were performed to study the thermal and morphological properties of the untreated and chemically treated flax fiber. Flax fiber and thermoplastic resin was mixed using a single-screw extruder to ensure homogenous mixing. HDPE- and PP-based biocomposites were developed through compression molding with three different pretreated flax fiber (untreated, alkaline, silane treated fiber), three levels of fiber content, two levels of molding temperature and two levels of molding pressure. <p>Increase in fiber content increased composite color index, density, water absorption, tensile strength, Youngs modulus, bending strength, and flexural modulus. However for the HDPE composites, tensile and bending strength decreased after 20% flax fiber loading. For the PP composites the, tensile and bending strength decreased after 10% flax fiber loading. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to quantitatively show the significant effects of the process variables (molding temperature, pressure, and fiber content) and their interactions on the response variables (physical and mechanical properties of biocomposites). The duncan multiple range test (DMRT) was also performed to compare the treatment means. Superposition surface methodology was adapted for both HDPE and PP composites to determine the optimum values of process variables.

Flax fibers are often used as reinforcement for thermoset and thermoplastic to produce biocomposite products. These products exhibit numerous advantages such as good mechanical properties, low density, and biodegradability. Thermoplastics are usually reinforced with flax fiber using injection molding technology and limited research has been done on compression molded thermoplastic biocomposite. Therefore, commercial thermoplastic high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) were selected for developing compression molded flax reinforced biocomposites in this research project. The main goal of this research was to develop compression molded biocomposite board using Saskatchewan flax fiber and investigate the effect of flax fiber and processing parameters (molding temperature and molding pressure) on the properties of biocomposite. <p>The fiber was cleaned and chemically treated with alkaline and silane solution that modified the fiber surface. Chemical treatments significantly increased the mechanical properties due to better fiber-polymer interfacial adhesion and also reduced the water absorption characteristics. The silane treatment showed better results than alkaline treatment. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) test and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) test were performed to study the thermal and morphological properties of the untreated and chemically treated flax fiber. Flax fiber and thermoplastic resin was mixed using a single-screw extruder to ensure homogenous mixing. HDPE- and PP-based biocomposites were developed through compression molding with three different pretreated flax fiber (untreated, alkaline, silane treated fiber), three levels of fiber content, two levels of molding temperature and two levels of molding pressure. <p>Increase in fiber content increased composite color index, density, water absorption, tensile strength, Youngs modulus, bending strength, and flexural modulus. However for the HDPE composites, tensile and bending strength decreased after 20% flax fiber loading. For the PP composites the, tensile and bending strength decreased after 10% flax fiber loading. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to quantitatively show the significant effects of the process variables (molding temperature, pressure, and fiber content) and their interactions on the response variables (physical and mechanical properties of biocomposites). The duncan multiple range test (DMRT) was also performed to compare the treatment means. Superposition surface methodology was adapted for both HDPE and PP composites to determine the optimum values of process variables.

L'objectif de ce travail de thèse, réalisé dans le cadre de la Chaire Industrielle Bioplastiques financée par Mines ParisTech et Arkema, l'Oreal, Nestle, PSA et Schneider Electric, est de fournir une étude systématique sur les relations entre les conditions opératoires du procédé de compoundage et la structure de biocomposites polypropylène/fibres lin et Tencel®. En particulier, le comportement et la rupture des fibres ont été étudiés de manière détaillée pendant la mise en œuvre à l'état fondu en mélangeur interne et par extrusion bivis.Les fibres ont été observées in-situ en écoulement dans la matrice grâce à un système rhéo-optique. Ainsi, il a été montré que la décohésion des faisceaux de lin est facilitée par un rapport de forme initial plus grand. La fragmentation des fibres résulte d'un phénomène de fatigue et est provoquée par l'accumulation des déformations et de l'énergie mécanique. Au niveau de leur point de rupture, les fibres de lin et de Tencel® se déchirent et fibrillent, alors que les fibres élémentaires de lin cassent près de leurs " genoux ". Des analyses de distributions de tailles des fibres après compoundage avec la matrice ont corroboré les observations rhéo-optiques. Lorsque les conditions de mélange sont sévères, chaque " genou " devient un point de rupture et la longueur finale des fibres de lin se retrouve être égale à la longueur moyenne entre les " genoux ". Les faisceaux de lin initialement plus courts ne se dissocient et ne se fragmentent que très peu. La rupture des fibres de lin est différente en fonction de leur taille initiale et ces fibres ne conduisent pas au même comportement rhéologique pour les composites. En revanche, pour les fibres unitaires Tencel®, la taille initiale n'a que très peu d'influence sur leurs dimensions finales, à condition que les fibres ne soient pas trop longues et trop difficiles à disperser. Le temps de mélange est apparu déterminant pour préserver le rapport de forme des fibres. La déformation cumulée s'est révélée être un meilleur paramètre que l'énergie mécanique spécifique pour décrire à la fois la rupture des fibres de lin et de Tencel®. Les propriétés mécaniques en traction uniaxiale ont enfin été caractérisées et mises en relation avec les conditions de mélange et les dimensions finales des fibres.

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Psychology, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-118).

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Psychology, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.