Transportation Transformation by Evangelos Simoudis

Transportation Transformation by Evangelos Simoudis

This book examines Latin word order, and in particular the relative ordering of i) lexical verbs and direct objects (OV vs VO) and ii) auxiliaries and non-finite verbs (VAux vs AuxV). In Latin these elements can freely be ordered with respect to each other, whereas the present-day Romance languages only allow for the head-initial orders VO and AuxV. Lieven Danckaert offers a detailed, corpus-based description of these two word order alternations, focusing on their diachronic development in the period from c. 200 BC until 600 AD. The corpus data reveal that some received wisdom needs to be reconsidered: there is in fact no evidence for any major increase in productivity of the order VO during the eight centuries under investigation, and the order AuxV only becomes more frequent in clauses with a modal verb and an infinitive, not in clauses with a BE-auxiliary and a past participle. The book also explores a more fundamental question about Latin syntax, namely whether or not the language is configurational, in the sense that a phrase structure grammar (with 'higher-order constituents' such as verb phrases) is needed to describe and analyse Latin word order patterns. Four pieces of evidence are presented that suggest that Latin is indeed a fully configurational language, despite its high degree of word order flexibility. Specifically, it is shown that there is ample evidence for the existence of a verb phrase constituent. The book thus contributes to the ongoing debate regarding the status of configurationality as a language universal.

Simoudis, Evangelos: - Evangelos Simoudis is a recognized expert on next-generation mobility, artificial intelligence and big data, and corporate innovation. He has been working in Silicon Valley for 30 years as a venture investor, senior advisor to governments and global corporations, entrepreneur, corporate executive, and technologist. He is co-founder and managing director of Synapse Partners, a firm that advises global corporations on artificial intelligence, big data, and next-generation mobility, and invests in early-stage startups developing enterprise software AI applications. Evangelos is the author of the book The Big Data Opportunity in Our Driverless Future, a groundbreaking book that presented the importance of data and AI in transportation systems comprising autonomous vehicles and on-demand mobility services. Evangelos' investing career started in 2000 as a partner at Apax Partners, continued as a senior managing director at Trident Capital, and more recently at Synapse Partners. He has served on numerous private company boards and today chairs the board of Amobee/Singtel. Prior to his investing and advisory career, Evangelos was the CEO of two Silicon Valley startups and held executive roles with IBM and Digital Equipment Corporation. Evangelos is a member of Caltech's advisory board, the advisory board of Brandeis International School of Business, the advisory board of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Connected Cities for Smart Mobility Center, and the advisory board of Securing America's Future Energy. He has served on several commissions and task forces focusing on artificial intelligence, autonomous mobility, and corporate innovation. He earned a PhD in computer science (machine learning) from Brandeis University and a BS in electrical engineering from Caltech.

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ISBN 13	9780998067728
ISBN 10	0998067725
Title	Transportation Transformation
Author	Evangelos Simoudis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Corporate Innovators, LLC
Year published	2020-06-09
Number of pages	328
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