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- Title
- Ethics in the Soviet Union today.
- Creator
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Parsons, Howard L, Gannett, Betty
- Date Issued
- 1965
- Identifier
- 2656160, CFDT2656160, ucf:4957
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2656160
- Title
- SEMANTIC BIAS AS AN APPLICATION OF THE UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR MODEL IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
- Creator
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Gural, Iryna, Modianos, Doan T., Villegas, Alvaro, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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The theory of the Universal Grammar developed by Chomsky has been known for many years. The main idea behind the theory was that the processing of the language does not depend on the culture but it universal among all the languages. Further psycholinguistic studies developed the ideas about schematic comprehension of the language, giving rise to the idea of the "garden path effect". Research focused on the processing of the ambiguous sentences and found the tendency for readers to prefer...
Show moreThe theory of the Universal Grammar developed by Chomsky has been known for many years. The main idea behind the theory was that the processing of the language does not depend on the culture but it universal among all the languages. Further psycholinguistic studies developed the ideas about schematic comprehension of the language, giving rise to the idea of the "garden path effect". Research focused on the processing of the ambiguous sentences and found the tendency for readers to prefer interpretations of specific sentence areas as objects. The current study summarizes the ideas of psycholinguistic study and incorporates a novel language structure to study readers' syntactic preferences. In addition, conducting the study in Russian language accompanies previous research in other languages, also arguing in favor of the Universal Grammar model given the hypothesis was supported. It was hypothesized that readers would prefer the comparison of the two direct objects over the subjects, which would be reflected by faster reading times. Self-paced reading ask was administered to the participants in order to measure their reading times. The analysis found no significant differences in the reading times of the critical area, thus hypothesis was not supported. Possible explanations, limitations, and further directions are discussed.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- Identifier
- CFH2000513, ucf:45697
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000513
- Title
- How the Soviet Union helps Spain.
- Creator
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Gannes,Harry
- Date Issued
- 1936
- Identifier
- 369217, CFDT369217, ucf:5386
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369217
- Title
- The Russian Connection: How Russia Became a Leader in the World's Human Trafficking Market.
- Creator
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De Mauro, Anthony, Mousseau, Demet, Dolan, Thomas, Boutton, Andrew, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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This thesis assesses how the history of the USSR and its collapse affected the human trafficking market. By conducting a historical analysis of the Soviet Union, key aspects of Soviet society were determined that allowed for the human trafficking market to establish and operate extremely lucratively; a focus on some of the established factors of human trafficking including corruption, law enforcement, the economy, organized crime, and the dissolution of the Soviet government. While this...
Show moreThis thesis assesses how the history of the USSR and its collapse affected the human trafficking market. By conducting a historical analysis of the Soviet Union, key aspects of Soviet society were determined that allowed for the human trafficking market to establish and operate extremely lucratively; a focus on some of the established factors of human trafficking including corruption, law enforcement, the economy, organized crime, and the dissolution of the Soviet government. While this thesis highlights the historical factors of Russian human trafficking, this thesis does not determine why human trafficking exists beyond the surface exploitation that human trafficking consists of. This thesis also does not explore or explain why Russian human trafficking continues to exist for nearly twenty-five years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. This thesis does conclude that the history of the Soviet Union is almost tailor made for the purposes of human trafficking, with the combination of organized crime, an economy that constantly struggled, a government that was full of corruption and focused on too many endeavors, and a population that faced starvations, a lack of material goods, and political persecution all contributed to Russia having a large supply (population) of victims to be potentially exploited.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- Identifier
- CFE0006450, ucf:51444
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006450
- Title
- Invisible in Plain Sight: The Troubling Connections Between the National Hockey League and the Russian Mafia.
- Creator
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Ennion, Kayla, Crepeau, Richard, Gannon, Barbara, Walker, Ezekiel, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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Professional sports leagues in North America have seen scandals, controversies, and tragedies. There is, however, a forgotten scandal that happened in the 1990s: the Russian Mafia came dangerously close to the National Hockey League. This thesis explores the alleged Mafia connections by examining newspaper and magazine articles and documentaries focused on the issue. The limited public response to allegations of Russian Mafia involvement is contrasted with other professional sports...
Show moreProfessional sports leagues in North America have seen scandals, controversies, and tragedies. There is, however, a forgotten scandal that happened in the 1990s: the Russian Mafia came dangerously close to the National Hockey League. This thesis explores the alleged Mafia connections by examining newspaper and magazine articles and documentaries focused on the issue. The limited public response to allegations of Russian Mafia involvement is contrasted with other professional sports controversies that were met with an immediate response by the leagues and fans. How North Americans viewed Russians during the post-Soviet era is also explored in this paper. This thesis examines why evident Mafia involvement with National Hockey League players did not provoke attention and sanctions by the league nor an outcry from the fans. This study will conclude the League did not react to the allegations because it felt as if the games were not harmed directly. Also, hockey fans did not find the allegations surprising because of the media's constant reports of corruption within Russia's borders, especially involving organized crime. Perhaps the lack of reaction by the National Hockey League and its fans suggests why this particular scandal is forgotten a mere 20 years later.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- Identifier
- CFE0005488, ucf:50363
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005488
- Title
- Soviets in Spain: The October armed uprising against fascism.
- Creator
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Gannes,Harry
- Date Issued
- 1935
- Identifier
- 369227, CFDT369227, ucf:5396
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369227
