In memory-based models of human sentence processing it is assumed that the completion of a dependency between a syntactic head and its dependents is a major source of processing difficulty in non-ambiguous sentences, and that this integration cost is a function of the distance between the two elements. However, it remains open how to measure the distance between two dependent elements. While ma...

In this paper, we present a unified feature-based theory of complement, adjunct, and subject extraction, in which there is no need either for valence reducing lexical rules or for phonologically null traces. Our analysis rests on the assumption that the mapping between argument structure and valence is defined by realization constraints which are satisfied by all lexical heads. Arguments can be...

This paper analyzes the interaction between the welfare state and immigration policy. We establish a negative relationship between the number of dependents and the extent of the welfare state due to the leakage of benefits. We also explain the determination of immigration policy as the outcome of a lobbying game between domestic interest groups and the government. Our results indicate that ther...

OBJECTIVE To find the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among the opioids dependents and to assess the severity of their addiction profile. METHOD Sample comprised of fifty patients admitted in drug treatment and rehabilitation center at Psychiatry Department of Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, between March to August 1997. DSM-IV diagnostic criteria were applied to diagnose substance depen...

The objective of this study were to examine the influence demography and financial literacy on personal management practice. Demographics in devided into dimensions gender, education level, age, number dependents salary class. While was Knowledge dimension, behavior attitude. amount samples used 375 teachers with Cluster Proportional Random Sampling. Logistic Regression SPSS 19 Minitab 16 as te...