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The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #1: Origins

Author : L. J. Smith
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062020404
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #1: Origins written by L. J. Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the New York Times bestselling series by L.J. Smith. Origins is the first book in L.J. Smith’s bestselling Stefan’s Diaries series, which reveals the backstory of brothers Stefan and Damon from The Vampire Diaries series. This digital edition features cover artwork from the hit CW TV series The Vampire Diaries, starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder. Set in mid-19th century Mystic Falls, Virginia, three teenagers enter a torrid love triangle that will span eternity. Brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore are inseparable until they meet Katherine, a stunning, mysterious woman who turns their world upside down. Siblings turned rivals, the Salvatores compete for Katherine’s affection, only to discover that her sumptuous silk dresses and glittering gems hide a terrible secret: Katherine is a vampire. And she is intent on turning them into vampires so they can live together—forever. Full of dark shadows and surprising twists, the first book in the New York Times bestselling Stefan’s Diaries series raises the stakes for the Salvatore brothers as they face new loves, old treacheries, and unimaginable threats. Fans of L. J. Smith’s New York Times bestselling Vampire Diaries series as well as the hit television show won’t be able to put the latest Salvatore adventure down.

A Journal of the Plague Years

Author : Stefan Kanfer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Journal of the Plague Years written by Stefan Kanfer and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Peter Neil Issacs collection.

"Throw the book away"

Author : Amie A. Doughty
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476605661
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book "Throw the book away" written by Amie A. Doughty and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-05-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's literature is an excellent way to educate children, on everything from social behavior and beliefs to attitudes toward education itself. A major aspect of children's literature is the importance of books and reading. Books represent adult authority. This book examines the role that books, reading and writing play in children's fantasy fiction, from books that act as artifacts of power (The Abhorsen Trilogy, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Harry Potter) to interactive books (The Neverending Story, Malice, Inkheart) to books with character-writers (Percy Jackson, Captain Underpants). The author finds that although books and reading often play a prominent role in fantasy for children, the majority of young protagonists gain self-sufficiency not by reading but specifically by moving beyond books and reading.

The Currency of Politics

Author : Stefan Eich
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691235449
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Currency of Politics written by Stefan Eich and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970s In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, critical attention has shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies—money. Yet despite the centrality of political struggles over money, it remains difficult to articulate its democratic possibilities and limits. The Currency of Politics takes readers from ancient Greece to today to provide an intellectual history of money, drawing on the insights of key political philosophers to show how money is not just a medium of exchange but also a central institution of political rule. Money appears to be beyond the reach of democratic politics, but this appearance—like so much about money—is deceptive. Even when the politics of money is impossible to ignore, its proper democratic role can be difficult to discern. Stefan Eich examines six crucial episodes of monetary crisis, recovering the neglected political theories of money in the thought of such figures as Aristotle, John Locke, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. He shows how these layers of crisis have come to define the way we look at money, and argues that informed public debate about money requires a better appreciation of the diverse political struggles over its meaning. Recovering foundational ideas at the intersection of monetary rule and democratic politics, The Currency of Politics explains why only through greater awareness of the historical limits of monetary politics can we begin to articulate more democratic conceptions of money.

The Strip

Author : Stefan Al
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026203574X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Strip written by Stefan Al and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformations of the Strip—from the fake Wild West to neon signs twenty stories high to “starchitecture”—and how they mirror America itself. The Las Vegas Strip has impersonated the Wild West, with saloon doors and wagon wheels; it has decked itself out in midcentury modern sleekness. It has illuminated itself with twenty-story-high neon signs, then junked them. After that came Disney-like theme parks featuring castles and pirates, followed by replicas of Venetian canals, New York skyscrapers, and the Eiffel Tower. (It might be noted that forty-two million people visited Las Vegas in 2015—ten million more than visited the real Paris.) More recently, the Strip decided to get classy, with casinos designed by famous architects and zillion-dollar collections of art. Las Vegas became the “implosion capital of the world” as developers, driven by competition, got rid of the old to make way for the new—offering a non-metaphorical definition of “creative destruction.” In The Strip, Stefan Al examines the many transformations of the Las Vegas Strip, arguing that they mirror transformations in America itself. The Strip is not, as popularly supposed, a display of architectural freaks but representative of architectural trends and a record of social, cultural, and economic change. Al tells two parallel stories. He describes the feverish competition of Las Vegas developers to build the snazziest, most tourist-grabbing casinos and resorts—with a cast of characters including the mobster Bugsy Siegel, the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and the would-be political kingmaker Sheldon Adelson. And he views the Strip in a larger social context, showing that it has not only reflected trends but also magnified them and sometimes even initiated them. Generously illustrated with stunning color images throughout, The Strip traces the many metamorphoses of a city that offers a vivid projection of the American dream.

Stefan Stambolov and the Emergence of Modern Bulgaria, 1870-1895

Author : Duncan M. Perry
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822313137
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Stefan Stambolov and the Emergence of Modern Bulgaria, 1870-1895 written by Duncan M. Perry and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little known in the United States but increasingly important in the affairs of southeastern Europe, Bulgaria is a land with a stormy history. No less stormy is the story of Stefan Stambolov, who ruled the country during some of its most turbulent years. Duncan M. Perry's biography of Stambolov, the first in English in the twentieth century, illuminates the life, motives, and personality of this major figure. Perry begins with Bulgaria in the tumultuous years immediately following its founding in 1878. After the ousting of the country's first prince, Stambolov enters the stage as the fiery young lawyer who restored him to the throne. Although the prince promptly abdicated, Stambolov stepped into the breach and led the nation during the interregnum. Perry traces this patriotic politician's transformation into an authoritarian prime minister. He shows how Stambolov stabilized the Bulgarian economy and brought relative security to the land--but not without cost to himself and his regime. Perry depicts a man whose promotion of Bulgaria's independence exacted its price in individual rights, a ruler whose assassination in 1895 was the cause of both rejoicing and sorrow. Stambolov thus emerges from these pages as a complex historical figure, an authoritarian ruler who protected his country's liberty at the cost of the people's freedom and whose dictatorial policies set Bulgaria upon a course of stability and modernization. An afterword compares the Bulgarian liberation era of Stambolov with the communist-era dictator, Todor Zhikov, analyzing similarities and differences.

The Motion Demon

Author : Stefan Grabiński
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781466419766
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book The Motion Demon written by Stefan Grabiński and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Macabre trains and maverick railwaymen inhabit the world of THE MOTION DEMON, a translation of the highly-original short story collection from the pen of Stefan Grabinski, first published in 1919. Sometimes called the "Polish Poe" or the "Polish Lovecraft," Grabinski is a unique voice in fantastique literature who crafted his own style and addressed themes that no other horror/fantasy writer at the time was exploring. Grabinski's work was largely ignored in his native country during his life, but in recent times there has been growing international interest in this writer, with notable voices, such as author China Mieville, proclaiming him a master of horror/fantasy. Translator Miroslaw Lipinski introduced the writings of Stefan Grabinski to English-speaking readership, first with translations in the small press, and then with the short story collections THE DARK DOMAIN (1993), THE MOTION DEMON (2005) and ON THE HILL OF ROSES (2012). Of Polish ancestry and British-birth, Lipinski resides in New York. He is currently working on a mammoth volume of Grabinski stories for Centipede Press' "Masters of the Weird Tale" series.

Stefan Lorant

Author : Michael Hallett
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461712343
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Stefan Lorant written by Michael Hallett and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2005-12-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hungarian-born Stefan Lorant's work as a visual and literary editor allowed him to pioneer and develop the genré of picture-based journalism at a period that saw the emergence of modern mass communications. Lorant became a guiding force on an international scale, disseminating his ideas and political knowledge throughout Europe in the late-twenties and thirties by working in Hungary, Germany, and England. His innovative layouts, his "exclusive" interviews and his thirst for knowledge became a familiar part of millions of everyday lives, largely through the pages of his own creations and in particular the legendary Picture Post. Eventually his sphere of influence spread to America where he introduced the concept of the pictorial biography. His vision of photography as a documentary medium inspired Life and Look magazines and paved the way for the eventual emergence of the television documentary. For this he has become recognized as "the godfather" of photojournalism. Lorant's work enlightened the world - yet his own world was shrouded with darkness. His secret past, hidden throughout his lifetime, reveals the changing attitude of sexual politics as it evolved throughout the century. His serial womanizing and scandalous love affairs provide insight into the unhappy alliance between his sexual fulfillment and intellectual frustration, his searching in others for what he could not find within himself. Michael Hallett first interviewed Stefan Lorant in late 1990 and spent the following years researching and interviewing his subject. Hallett examines Lorant's public image, his huge ego, his manipulative nature, and his devious love of subterfuge and confusion. Hallett also reveals Lorant's warmth, his generosity, his callousness, his passions and his extraordinary humanity. This biography encompasses the 20th century, while focusing on the emergence of modern mass communications throughout Europe and the United States. Additionally there is a small but key section that highlights Lorant's pl

Hearings

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1032 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries Collection

Author : L. J. Smith
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062374796
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries Collection written by L. J. Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling Stefan’s Diaries series by L.J. Smith This digital collection contains all six books in L.J. Smith’s bestselling Stefan’s Diaries series, which reveals the backstory of brothers Stefan and Damon from The Vampire Diaries series and features cover artwork from the hit CW TV series The Vampire Diaries, starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder. Full of dark shadows and surprising twists, the series raises the stakes for the Salvatore brothers as they face new loves, old treacheries, and unimaginable threats. Fans of L. J. Smith’s New York Times bestselling Vampire Diaries series as well as the hit television show won’t be able to put the latest Salvatore adventures down. Includes the six books in the series: The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #1: Origins The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #2: Bloodlust The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #3: The Craving The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #4: The Ripper The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #5: The Asylum The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #6: The Compelled

Lucid Dreaming Journal: The Ultimate Dream Diary

Author : Stefan Z
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781729489178
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Lucid Dreaming Journal: The Ultimate Dream Diary written by Stefan Z and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LUCID DREAM FASTER - The lucid journal will help you lucid dream faster by helping your record your dreams. There's a space to draw pictures next to each lined page of paper in the journal, along with a check box for 'lucid' or 'not lucid'SEE WHAT WORKS - There's also spaces to write which technique you used, so you can look back on previous dreams and see what WORKED for you! This means you can focus on doing more of what gives you actual lucid dreamsREMEMBER MORE DREAMS - The design and contents of this journal is meant to help you remember more dreams by relaxing you and encouraging your mind to recall your dreaming experiences more easilyMAKE LUCID DREAMING MORE SPECIAL - The cover was also made to help you have a more special lucid dreaming experience. It makes it almost magical and adventurous!FOR THE DREAMERS - This is for the aspiring master lucid dreamers who want to be able to control their dreams at will, sleep better, experience the impossible and improve their lives!I wanted to create a lucid dreaming journal or diary that would let people write their dreams down for one but also make lucid dreaming EASIER and more fun! The lucid journal does all of those things by combining a functional dream diary with a cheat sheet' for lucid dreaming tips.The way it's designed helps you write down your dreams and record details! Here's how it's laid out..The start - The front of the journal has a special few pages full of lucid dreaming tips, and a section explaining how to properly use it to get the best results.Then each double page spread consists of TWO sides..The lined page - A lined writing space for writing your dreams down, which has at the top a check box for 'lucid or not' and a space to write which technique you used, and the date. It also has a space to write the title of your dream so you can skim read it back.The blank page - There is a blank page next to each lined one for drawing elements of the dream so you can express yourself more clearly and draw exactly what you saw. You can use this for doodling or scribbling notes as well!Each page is numbered so you can skim the top of the pages and quickly see which dreams or dates you were lucid, which technique you sued, and the title of the dream. It's BUILT for lucid dreamers!These journals will soon be limited edition and rare because I'll be changing the design, and completely redoing them. There will only be a certain number of these available before the design changes and the old ones are no longer in print!If you want one of these act fast because the price won't stay low forever, and when the redesign is released, the price will rise and this design/version will be gone forever!

The Happy Film Pitchbook

Author : Stefan Sagmeister
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780884541257
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book The Happy Film Pitchbook written by Stefan Sagmeister and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An artist's attempts at achieving personal happiness, from meditation to pharmaceuticals Austrian-born, New York-based graphic designer, typographer and artist Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962) often tests and transgresses the boundary between art and design, through his imaginative implementation of typography. The Happy Film Pitch Book both documents Sagmeister's touring exhibition, The Happy Show, and anticipates his ongoing feature length film, The Happy Film. In both projects, Sagmeister undergoes a series of self-experiments (each experiment lasting three months)--with meditation, cognitive therapy, and mood-altering pharmaceuticals--attempting to improve his personal happiness. I am usually rather bored with definitions," Sagmeister says. "Happiness, however, is just such a big subject that it might be worth a try to pin it down." The Happy Show, Sagmeister's first museum show in the United States, documents his adventures in video, print, infographics, sculpture and interactive installations, most of which were custom-made for this exhibition. Here, Sagmeister offers his own witty and poignant thoughts and reasons for his ten-year exploration of happiness. Throughout the book, Sagmeister's trademark maxims serve as access points to a larger exploration of happiness, its cultural significance, our constant pursuit of it and its notoriously ephemeral nature.

The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Machine Learning in Asset Pricing

Author : Stefan Nagel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691218706
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Machine Learning in Asset Pricing written by Stefan Nagel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking, authoritative introduction to how machine learning can be applied to asset pricing Investors in financial markets are faced with an abundance of potentially value-relevant information from a wide variety of different sources. In such data-rich, high-dimensional environments, techniques from the rapidly advancing field of machine learning (ML) are well-suited for solving prediction problems. Accordingly, ML methods are quickly becoming part of the toolkit in asset pricing research and quantitative investing. In this book, Stefan Nagel examines the promises and challenges of ML applications in asset pricing. Asset pricing problems are substantially different from the settings for which ML tools were developed originally. To realize the potential of ML methods, they must be adapted for the specific conditions in asset pricing applications. Economic considerations, such as portfolio optimization, absence of near arbitrage, and investor learning can guide the selection and modification of ML tools. Beginning with a brief survey of basic supervised ML methods, Nagel then discusses the application of these techniques in empirical research in asset pricing and shows how they promise to advance the theoretical modeling of financial markets. Machine Learning in Asset Pricing presents the exciting possibilities of using cutting-edge methods in research on financial asset valuation.

The Awakening

Author : L. J. Smith
Publisher : Hodder Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9781444900712
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Awakening written by L. J. Smith and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elena's discovers her exciting new boyfriend is actually a vampire.

The Business of Sports

Author : Dennis R. Howard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1573567000
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Business of Sports written by Dennis R. Howard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sports industry is large, visible, and growingand it has a huge impact on society. That's obvious to die-hard fans who not only watch sporting events but buy everything from balls to ties to paperweights with their favorite team's logo. But even sports haters can't escape the onslaught of professional sports: They are asked to chip in as taxpayers to build public stadiums, and their children are, like it or not, exposed to events sponsored by alcohol and tobacco companies, not to mention the juvenile antics of star athletes. Businesses, of course, take a hit in productivity when the Olympicsor World Series or Super Bowl or World Cuprolls around. Yet most of us love to watch, and play. The Business of Sports takes on this endlessly fascinating behemoth of an industry to make sense of it all. Yes, sports is big business. How big? Estimates of total annual U.S. spending on sporting goods and services range from $250 to $560 billion a year, and spending related to organized sport alone has been estimated at $200 billion per year. And it's getting bigger, casting an ever-larger shadow over the entire globe. The Business of Sports throws light on the subject by exploring the business and economic dynamics of the industry from a diverse array of perspectives that cover the industry's macroeconomic, management, and marketing/promotion issues. Volume 1, Perspectives on the Sports Industry, documents the current size, scope, and magnitude of the sports industry in the U.S. and abroadincluding the U.K. and China. It also examines the importance of the world's most visible sporting events, like the Olympics, and the impact of sporting events broadcast around the world. Volume 2, Economic Perspectives on Sport, takes an in-depth look at the sports industry from an economic perspective. The volume delves into the inner workings of leagues and teams, covering economic issues from the design of sports leagues to franchise financial valuations to salary caps to labor relations. Volume 3, Bridging Research and Practice, fills the gap between scholarly research on sport and practitioners working in the industry. Topics include evaluating talent, maintaining managerial efficiency, analyzing statistical performance indices, and assessing the noneconomic benefits of professional sports. Business and sports are a potent mix of two of the strongest forces moving our society today. And, as the stratospheric salaries of professional athletes indicate, the industry is going through major growth and change. To make sense of it all, it helps to understand the underlying economic principles driving the business decisions made daily by owners and managers in all corners of the world. The unique, multivolume format of The Business of Sports allows sports nuts, journalists, business people, and students to explore the wide variety of issues that fuel the world's crazy passion for all things athletic.

Theory and Data in Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Nikolas Gisborne
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027269602
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Theory and Data in Cognitive Linguistics written by Nikolas Gisborne and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive linguistics has an honourable tradition of paying respect to naturally occurring language data and there have been fruitful interactions between corpus data and aspects of linguistic structure and meaning. More recently, dialect data and sociolinguistic data collection methods/theoretical concepts have started to generate interest. There has also been an increase in several kinds of experimental work. However, not all linguistic data is simply naturally occurring or derived from experiments with statistically robust samples of speakers. Other traditions, especially the generative tradition, have fruitfully used introspection and questions about the grammaticality of different strings to uncover patterns which might otherwise have gone unnoticed. The divide between generative and cognitive approaches to language is intimately connected to the kinds of data drawn on, and the way in which generalisations are derived from these data. The papers in this volume explore these issues through the lens of synchronic linguistic analysis, the study of language change, typological investigation and experimental study. Originally published in Studies in Language Vol. 36:3 (2012).