This indispensable volume contains articles that represent the best of Huang's work on the syntax-semantics interface over the last two decades. It includes three general topics: (a) questions, indefinites and quantification, (b) anaphora, (c) lexical structure and the syntax of events.

From revolutionizing gaming to shaping the future of artificial intelligence, Jensen Huang’s journey is one of relentless innovation and leadership. This audiobook brings to life the remarkable story of the NVIDIA co-founder, tracing his rise from humble beginnings to becoming one of the most influential figures in technology.What You’ll Discover: The Rise of a Visionary: Follow Huang’s...

This book shows that the stock market returns of hundreds of anomaly portfolios discovered by researchers in finance over the past three decades can be explained by a recent asset pricing model dubbed the ZCAPM. Anomaly portfolios are long/short portfolio returns on stocks that cannot be explained by asset pricing models, and their number has been steadily increasing into the hundreds. Since asset pricing models cannot explain them, behavioral theories have become popular to account for an...

Digital transformation is essential for modern enterprises striving to remain competitive in today’s fast-evolving markets. Achieving transformation requires more than technology; it demands coordinated changes to business processes, models, and culture. Program management is the organizational backbone that successfully drives digital transformation by integrating multiple initiatives under one cohesive strategy.Through a structured examination of the program management lifecycle ...

China Reconstructs includes ten articles that investigate the reconstruction of modern China and provide different dimensions to the vibrant and multifaceted history of the country. The book discusses how prominent individuals, political parties, and ordinary people alike looked for ways to "reconstruct China" in a period of great political upheavals.

Why do representatives of different religious traditions find the transhumanist vision of the future not only theologically compatible but even inspiring? Transhumanism is a global movement seeking radical human enhancement. The trans in transhumanism marks the transition from the present stage in human evolution into the future, namely, post-human existence. Containing chapters written by adherents to a variety of religious traditions, Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics prov...

WINNER OF THE ABIA AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD.Winner of the QLA Glendower Emerging Writer AwardShortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary AwardA Booktopia Best Book of the YearMulti-cast narration and enhanced audio features.Siang Lu's searing debut is a black comedy about the whitewashing of the Asian film industry, told in the form of an oral documentaryIt sounded like a good idea at the time- A Hollywood spy thriller, starring, for the fi...

Co-authored by four high-profile International Relations scholars, this book investigates the implications of the global ascent of China on cross-Strait relations and the identity of Taiwan as a democratic state.Examining an array of factors that affect identity formation, the authors consider the influence of the rapid military and economic rise of China on Taiwan’s identity. Their assessment offers valuable insights into which policies have the best chance of resulting in peacefu...

In a concise and contemporary new edition, the Oxford American Handbook of Ophthalmology offers highly practical yet evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and management of ophthalmic disorders. Incorporating a systematic approach, the authors present common and/or important manifestations of the full spectrum of eye diseases. Included are useful summaries of common signs and symptoms, etiologies, diagnostic testing, and therapeutic regimens, as well as information on pre-, peri-, and p...

In a concise and contemporary new edition, the Oxford American Handbook of Ophthalmology offers highly practical yet evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and management of ophthalmic disorders. Incorporating a systematic approach, the authors present common and/or important manifestations of the full spectrum of eye diseases. Included are useful summaries of common signs and symptoms, etiologies, diagnostic testing, and therapeutic regimens, as well as information on pre-, peri-, and p...

China's rise is altering global power relations, reshaping economic debates, and commanding tremendous public attention. Despite extensive media and academic scrutiny, the conventional wisdom about China's economy is often wrong. Cracking the China Conundrum provides a holistic and contrarian view of China's major economic, political, and foreign policy issues.Yukon Huang trenchantly addresses widely accepted yet misguided views in the analysis of China's economy. Huang ex...

本书介绍的宣教士步惠廉是美国人，原名William Blount Burke，来自美国乔治亚州梅肯郡。尽管书里讲的是一个宣教士在中国的生涯，但是书里几乎没有宣教的内容，所介绍的主要都是社会时尚风土人情。在近五十年的时间步惠廉主要是在松江度过的，所以这本书里可以看到很多当时的人文民俗，社会交往等景象。他是1887年刚满23岁首次抵达中国，最后于1943年79岁之高龄离开中国，当时是被日本人用交换战俘的方式遣返美国。他来到中国时是清朝光绪皇帝当朝，从书中可了解当时他在中国的这段时间，发生过哥老会之乱、甲午海战、戊戌变法、八国联军、辛亥革命、袁世凯复辟、社会学潮、军阀混战、北伐战争、日本侵华战争等。一言以概之，中国人在这段时间经历的苦难他都一同经历了；其中，更多的是他也忍受了由于文化相异，来自中国人的误解甚至是敌视的压力。在宣教同时，他还通过行医送药，开办学校，管理松江孤贫儿院，开办庇护所，帮助战乱时的中国百姓。他和宋氏姊妹的父亲宋查理在美国就认识，因此后来帮助宋氏姊妹去美国留学；他还从清政府的屠刀下救出了一些人，包括创办＜中华职业教育社＞的黄炎培等。总而言之，步惠廉先生在中国做...