MacWhinney’s list of proposed mechanisms for language acquisition seems so all-encompassing that it might appear churlish to dwell on a mechanism that’s left out, but on his ultimate list of critical mechanisms there is an indeed an important (and intended) omission: innate, linguisticallyspecialized constraints. Such constraints are indeed mentioned, but if I understand the point of the articl...

the author has studied theologians` corporeal concept of human soul. most theologians, except those of philosophical way of study, have viewed human soul as a corporeal thing. their corporeal concept includes those knowing it as incident, soft body, atom and specific apparent body. in the paper, the principles and consequences of theologians` corporeal concept of human soul have been critically...

Some thoughts on the development of theoretical fluid dynamics in this century and some reflections on the developments of the past century were provided as an introduction to a broad-ranging conference. A written synopsis of these remarks is provided here.