A movement paradox is a phenomenon of grammar that challenges the transformational approach to syntax. The importance of movement paradoxes is emphasized...
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This list includes well known paradoxes, grouped thematically. The grouping is approximate, as paradoxes may fit into more than one category. This list...
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Zeno's paradoxes are a series of philosophical arguments presented by the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC), primarily known through...
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A temporal paradox, time paradox, or time travel paradox, is a paradox, an apparent contradiction, or logical contradiction associated with the idea of...
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The Banach–Tarski paradox is a theorem in set-theoretic geometry, which states the following: Given a solid ball in three-dimensional space, there exists...
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The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the...
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word (classifier) Merge Modal particle Modal verb Modifier Mood Movement Movement paradox Nanosyntax Non-finite verb Noun Noun ellipsis Noun phrase Number...
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femoris, which results in a knee extension force. This paradox allows for efficient movement, especially during gait. Andrews JG (1987). "The functional...
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Expletives Extraposition Gapping Heavy NP shift Inverse copula sentences Movement paradoxes Negative inversion Non-configurational language Parasitic gaps Pied-piping...
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Herdís (2017). Networks of Financial Power in Iceland: The Labour Movement Paradox. Iceland. pp. 62, 64–67. ISBN 9781549768071.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint:...
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Move α (redirect from Alpha movement)
thus eliminating Move as an autonomous operation. Movement paradox Syntactic movement Wh-movement Jack C. Richards and Richard Schmidt / Longman Dictionary...
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Aristotle's wheel paradox is a paradox or problem appearing in the pseudo-Aristotelian Greek work Mechanica. It states as follows: A wheel is depicted...
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Syntactic movement is controversial, especially in light of movement paradoxes. Theories of syntax that posit feature passing reject syntactic movement outright...
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The lighthouse paradox is a thought experiment in which the speed of light is apparently exceeded. The rotating beam of light from a lighthouse is imagined...
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disintegrate. Memory consolidation during paradoxical sleep is specifically correlated with the periods of rapid eye movement, which do not occur continuously...
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Herdis (2017). Networks of Financial Power in Iceland: The Labour Movement Paradox. Iceland: Independently Published. pp. 62, 64–67. ISBN 9781549768071...
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The Paradox of Choice – Why More Is Less is a book written by American psychologist Barry Schwartz and first published in 2004 by Harper Perennial. In...
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The paradox of nihilism is a family of paradoxes regarding the philosophical implications of nihilism, particularly situations contesting nihilist perspectives...
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explanation during the 1950s and 1960s. He is also known for the raven paradox ("Hempel's paradox") and Hempel's dilemma. Hempel studied mathematics, physics and...
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of the New Criticism movement, outlines the use of reading poems through paradox as a method of critical interpretation. A paradox in poetry means that...
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The Pakistan Movement was a religiopolitical and social movement that emerged in the early 20th century as part of a campaign that advocated the creation...
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obesity paradox is the finding in some studies of a lower mortality rate for overweight or obese people within certain subpopulations. The paradox has been...
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In geology, the Paradox Formation Is a Pennsylvanian age formation which consists of abundant evaporites with lesser interbedded shale, sandstone, and...
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Rietdijk–Putnam argument (redirect from Andromeda paradox)
Penrose advanced a form of this argument that has been called the Andromeda paradox in which he points out that two people walking past each other on the street...
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Lina Khan (redirect from Amazon's Antitrust Paradox)
Antitrust Paradox". Yale Law Journal. 126 (3): 710–805. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Khan, Lina (March 1, 2018). "The New Brandeis Movement: America's...
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The French paradox is an apparently paradoxical epidemiological observation that French people have a relatively low incidence of coronary heart disease...
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Resource curse (redirect from Paradox of Plenty)
The resource curse, also known as the paradox of plenty or the poverty paradox, is the hypothesis that countries with an abundance of natural resources...
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The Faraday paradox or Faraday's paradox is any experiment in which Michael Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction appears to predict an incorrect...
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Zionism (redirect from Zionist movement)
Zionism is an ethnocultural nationalist movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century that aimed to establish and maintain a national home for...
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The paradox of enrichment is a term from population ecology coined by Michael Rosenzweig in 1971. He described an effect in six predator–prey models where...
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