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On direct/indirect perception with verbs of seeing and seeming in English and Lithuanian

The number of meanings that can be found in the dictionary entries of the verb SEE in various languages ranges from 9 to 30:1. Language No of meanings Vision Mental process Lithuanian 20 + + English 28-30 + + Swedish 4-5 (15) + + Russian 9 + + On a closer look at the definitions of the meanings and the examples given we shall see that they fall into two basic types of meaning, namely (a) those th

Influence of Indoor Air Quality and Personal Factors on the Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) in Swedish Geriatric Hospitals

OBJECTIVES--Sick building syndrome (SBS) involves symptoms such as irritation to the eyes, skin, and upper airways, headache, and fatigue. The relations between such symptoms and both personal and environmental factors were studied in 225 female hospital workers, working in eight hospital units in the south of Sweden. METHODS--Symptoms of SBS and personal factors were measured by means of a standa

“Listen, Communicate, Go Local” – Event Publics and the Construction of a European Public Sphere

Event publics are an empirical category that has hitherto remained untouched by the recent interest in the viability of a shared political public sphere at the European level. However, such event publics – understood as organized face-to-face encounters constituting concrete speaker-audience relationships – may turn out to play a relevant role in the construction of such a European public sphere.