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Abortion in Australia
Abortion in Australia is a subject of state law rather than national law. The grounds on which abortion is permitted in Australia vary from state to state. In every state, abortion is legal to protect the life and health of the woman, though each state has a different definition.
There is no law anywhere in Australia that requires the notification or consent of a woman's sexual partner. There is also no enforced waiting period for an abortion. Except in Western Australia, a minor does not require parental consent or notification.
Early-term surgical abortions are generally available around Australia for those women who seek them. The procedure is partially funded under Medicare, the government-funded public health scheme, or by private healthcare insurers. Prosecutions against medical practitioners for performing abortions have not occurred for decades, with one exception – a prosecution in 1998 in Western Australia that soon after led to the explicit legalisation of on-request abortions under certain circumstances in that state. RU-486, an abortifacient widely used overseas, has been available in Australia only since February 2006.
When 'a child capable of being born alive' (usually taken to mean after 28 weeks of pregnancy), a termination may be subject to a separate crime of child destruction in some States and Territories.
Abortion in Australia has always been regulated by state (previously colonial) law. Before the end of the 19th century, each colony had adopted the Imperial Offences Against the Person Act 1861, which in turn was derived from English laws from 1837, 1828 and 1803, which made abortion illegal under any circumstance. Since then, abortion law has continued to evolve in each State by case law and changes in legislation.
A legal precedent concerning the legality of abortion was set in Australia in 1969, by the Menhennitt ruling in the Victorian Supreme case R v Davidson,[1] which held that abortion was lawfully justified if "necessary to preserve the physical or mental health of the woman concerned, provided that the danger involved in the abortion did not outweigh the danger which the abortion was designed to prevent." The ruling was later largely adopted by courts in New South Wales (with the Levine ruling of 1971) and Queensland (McGuire ruling of 1986), and was influential in some other states. Over time this has come to be broadly defined so as to include the mental health of the woman, to which an unwanted pregnancy is interpreted as clinically injurious.
There are anti-abortion groups and individuals in Australia, some of whom stage protests outside clinics providing abortions. However, the wider public seems largely happy with the status quo, and most politicians prefer to avoid the topic entirely, if possible. However, a number of federal politicians have expressed anti-abortion views including Senator Ron Boswell (who was for a time National Party leader in the Senate), Barnaby Joyce (when he was a Senator, and is now Deputy Leader of the National Party) and Tony Abbott (when he was federal Health Minister), who in 2004 described the scale of abortion as a "national tragedy".[2]
RU-486, a drug widely used overseas as an abortifacient, was effectively banned in Australia in 1996. This was because of a deal in the federal Senate between anti-abortion Tasmanian Senator Brian Harradine and the major parties to get his vote on other issues. Abortifacient drugs were designated as "restricted goods" for which approval from the health minister had to be obtained before the drug could even be assessed by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), without which drugs cannot be sold in Australia, in effect vesting the minister with a veto over such drugs. Health Minister Tony Abbott, and previous ministers, used this process to prohibit the sale of RU-486 in Australia, by refusing the drug being assessed by the TGA. In late 2005, a private member's bill was introduced in the Senate and passed on 10 February 2006 to transfer the veto over abortifacients from the health minister to the TGA. The bill was approved by the Houses of Representatives in March 2006.[3] Abbott responded to the vote by calling for the addition of a Medicare item number for funding of alternative counselling to pregnant women through church-affiliated groups to lower the national abortion rate,[4] without success.
In 2010, while seeking election as Liberal Party leader, Abbott pledged not to make any changes to abortion laws, to ban funding for abortions through Medicare or to ban drug RU-486.[2]
The violence seen in the United States against abortion providers has generally not occurred in Australia, with two exceptions. In 2001, Peter Knight forced his way into a Melbourne clinic carrying a rifle, kerosene, and equipment to lock the doors of the clinic. Three people attempted to disarm him after he pointed his rifle at a woman at the clinic. He shot and killed a security guard. Afterwards, Knight, described by the prosecution as a "hermit obsessed with killing abortion doctors" was convicted of murder.[5][6] On 6 January 2009 A firebombing using Molotov cocktails was attempted at a medical clinic in Mosman Park, Western Australia. Faulty construction of the bombs limited damage to a single external burnt area, though if successful damage would have been severe. It is believed that the individuals who made the attack were responsible for graffiti "baby killers" on the site, indicating an anti-abortion reason for the attack. The site turned out to in fact not be an abortion clinic, though the attackers most likely were not aware of this.[7] Another tactic adopted by anti-abortion campaigners is to form picket lines outside premises where abortions are being performed, this was also including the Suva Private hospital.
State laws
Summary table
|State or Territory
|Australian Capital Territory
|Legal on demand
|New South Wales and Norfolk Island
|Criminal offence
|No time limits, legal if a doctor is satisfied on any economic, social or medical ground or reason that abortion is required to avoid serious danger to the pregnant woman's life or to her physical or mental health during the pregnancy or that would arise after the birth of the child.
|Northern Territory
|Criminal offence
|Legal up to 14 weeks if two doctors agree that the pregnant woman's physical and/or mental health endangered by pregnancy, or for serious foetal abnormality. Legal up to 23 weeks in a medical emergency.
|Criminal offence
|Legal up to 22 weeks if necessary to preserve the woman from a serious danger to her life or health beyond the normal dangers of pregnancy and childbirth or if the foetus has a defect which is considered to be "inconsistent" with life.
|South Australia
|Criminal offence
|Legal up to 28 weeks if two doctors agree that a woman's physical and/or mental health endangered by pregnancy, or for serious foetal abnormality.
|Legal on demand up to 16 weeks
|Beyond 16 weeks, legal if two doctors agree the abortion is required medical or psychological grounds.
|Legal on demand up to 24 weeks
|Beyond 24 weeks, legal if two doctors agree that it is appropriate, based on the woman's current and future physical, psychological and social circumstances.
|Western Australia
|Legal on demand up to 20 weeks
|Beyond 20 weeks, legal under very strict circumstances, requiring approval by a panel appointed by the Minister for Health.
Australian Capital Territory
In the Australian Capital Territory, reference to abortion as a criminal offence were repealed by the Crimes (Abolition of Offence of Abortion) Act 2002. Before then abortion law was for many years governed by case law under sections 82-84 of the Crimes Act 1900 of New South Wales.
Since 2015, it is an offence to protest within 50 meters of an abortion clinic within the Australian Capital Territory (otherwise called "protest free zones").[8][9]
Section 9 of the "Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT)" confirms that pre-born human life do not enjoy the right to life. Full-term abortions on demand are legal in the ACT as there are no gestational limits.
New South Wales and Norfolk Island
In New South Wales, abortions are unlawful under sections 82-84 of the Crimes Act 1900,[10] but the interpretation of the law is subject to the Levine ruling, from R v Wald of 1971,[11] itself derived from the Victorian Menhennitt ruling, which held an abortion to be legal if a doctor had an honest and reasonable belief that, due to 'any economic, social or medical ground or reason', the abortion was necessary to 'preserve the woman involved from serious danger to her life or physical or mental health which the continuance of the pregnancy would entail'.[11]
This was expanded by the Kirby ruling of 1994,[12] which extended the period during which health concerns might be considered from the duration of pregnancy to any period during the woman's life, even after the birth of the child. This arguably precludes any successful prosecutions for illegal abortions. Despite this, in 2006, a doctor, Suman Sood, was convicted of two counts of performing an illegal abortion where she failed to enquire as to whether a lawful reason for performing the abortion did exist.[13][14]
Since July 1, 2016 all NSW laws also apply to the approximately 2,000 residents on Norfolk Island, under both the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015 and the Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2016 - because the Norfolk Legislative Assembly was abolished on July 1, 2015.[15][16][17]
In August 2016, Greens MP Dr Mehreen Faruqi released an exposure draft of the Abortion Law Reform (Miscellaneous Acts Amendment) Bill 2016 to "Repeal sections 82-84 of the Crimes Act, relating to abortion offences; Provide for a 150m safe access zone around abortion clinics and service providers to ensure a patient's right to medical privacy; and Require doctors to disclose conscientious objection at the start of the consultation and refer patients to another doctor who does not have such an objection or to the local Women's Health NSW centre".[18]
On the eve of the introduction of the bill on 23rd June 2016, it was removed from the order of business for the following day, despite being first in the order of precedence for months, scheduled and publicly announced.[19] Mehreen Faruqi "introduced the first ever abortion law reform bill into NSW Parliament" on 11 August 2016.[20]
Northern Territory
In the Northern Territory, abortions may be performed up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, except when there is a serious risk to the woman's health, when abortions are allowed up to 23 weeks.[21] The 1974 legislation, based on earlier legislation in South Australia and the United Kingdom, legalised abortion if the risk to the woman's life or health is greater than it would be if the pregnancy were not terminated and it is likely that the child will be physically or mentally handicapped. An abortion must be approved by two medical practitioners and must be performed in a hospital.
The McGuire ruling of 1986 declared abortion to be legal if necessary to preserve the woman from a serious danger to her life or health – beyond the normal dangers of pregnancy and childbirth – that would result if the pregnancy continued, and is not disproportionate to the danger being averted. Until 2008, abortion law in Queensland closely mirrored the law in Victoria. Abortions are carried out as "therapeutic miscarriages", performed by specialists, upon request of the patient after an appointment with their local GP. This procedure is only applicable on pregnancies < 22 weeks and is partly covered by Medicare or more-so by private healthcare insurers. In addition to this, abortions can be performed if a foetal defect is considered to be "inconsistent with life" – this has been narrowly interpreted to mean that the newborn would die immediately or shortly after birth. While this is the case under law, in practice doctors and family planning services generally allow abortions for other reasons, such as the mother not feeling ready to have a child.
South Australia
In South Australia, legislation in 1969 legalised abortion when necessary to protect the life or physical or mental health of the woman – taking into account the current and reasonably foreseeable future – or in cases when the child was likely to be born with serious handicaps. Abortions must be performed before a time limit – possibly 22–23 weeks of pregnancy, certainly 28 weeks. Abortions must be performed in a hospital and be approved by two physicians, and are also subject to a residency requirement. The hospital, dual approval and residency requirement may be waived in an emergency. In reality, abortions in South Australia are available for free and in many cases on the spot at the Pregnancy Advisory Centre.[22] This facility is a registered hospital with multiple doctors available for approval and residency requirements are not checked against ID. Both medical and surgical abortions are performed.
In Tasmania, since 21 November 2013, abortions are allowed on request up to 16 weeks of pregnancy, with abortions after that time requiring consent of two doctors on medical or psychological grounds. The law also criminalises filming, intimidation and protests against patients within 150 metres of abortion clinics ("protest free zones").[23][24]
From 1925 until 2001, Tasmania's Criminal Code prohibited "unlawful abortion" without actually stating what was lawful or not. While it had never actually been prosecuted, it had been held that Victoria's Menhennit ruling of 1969 and New South Wales' Levine ruling applied in Tasmanian law. In late 2001, the Criminal Code was clarified to state that an abortion must be carried out under a set of criteria resembling those of the South Australian requirements.
In Victoria, since 2008, abortions are allowed on request up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, with abortions after that time requiring two doctors to agree that it is appropriate, based on the woman's current and future physical, psychological and social circumstances.[25][26]
Before 2008, abortion law was based on the Victorian Crimes Act as interpreted by the Menhennitt ruling of 1969, in the case of R v Davidson. Under the ruling, abortions were legal if necessary to preserve the woman from a serious danger to her life or health – beyond the normal dangers of pregnancy and childbirth – that would result if the pregnancy continued, and is not disproportionate to the danger being averted. Menhennitt's ruling remained the basis for abortion law in Victoria for almost 40 years, until the Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 (Vic) formally decriminalised abortion.
Since 2016, it is an offence in Victoria to protest within 150 metres from any medical centre. These are called "protest free zones".[27][28]
Western Australia
In Western Australia, since 20 May 1998, abortions are allowed on request up to 20 weeks of pregnancy – subject to counselling by a medical practitioner other than the one performing the abortion – or when serious personal, family or social consequences will result to the woman if an abortion is not performed, when the life or physical or mental health of the woman is endangered and when the pregnancy causes serious danger to the woman's mental health. After 20 weeks of pregnancy abortions may only be performed if the fetus is likely to be born with severe medical problems – which must be confirmed by two independently appointed doctors. In the event of the woman being under 16 years of age one of her parents must be notified, except where permission has been granted by the Children's Court or the woman does not live with her parents.[29]
Until 1998, Western Australian law apparently mirrored that of Queensland, though it was never clarified by case law or legislation. Following the 1998 announcement of the prosecution of two Perth doctors for performing an illegal abortion – the first such prosecution in over 30 years – a private member's bill was introduced by Cheryl Davenport, a member of the Australian Labor Party in the Upper House of the Western Australian parliament to amend the law.
Due to the lack of consistent data collection standards across States and the differences in definitions, it is difficult or impossible to accurately quantify the number of abortions performed in Australia each year.[30] There were an average of 75,700 Medicare-funded procedures that could result in an "abortive outcome" performed each year from 1995–2004, but it should be noted that this figure includes miscarriages as well as terminations. On the other hand, many women who have medical abortions performed at private hospitals may not claim the Medicare rebate.[30]
South Australia is the only state which collects and publishes data on abortions. In 2002 there were 5,147 medical abortions performed in South Australia, or 17.2 per 1000 women aged 15–44. Projected nationally, this would suggest that about 73,300 abortions were performed nationwide. This does not take into account differences between states. For example, unpublished data from Western Australia estimates a rate of 19.4 terminations per 1000 women in the same age bracket, which would indicate about 82,700 abortions projected nationally.[30]
The South Australian data also indicates that the vast majority of abortions performed 1994–2002 occurred before 14 weeks gestation. Less than 2% took place at or after 20 weeks.[30]
Public opinion
Since at least the 1980s, opinion polls have shown a majority of Australians support abortion rights.[31]
- In a 1987 Saulwick poll, a core of only about 7% of Australians would not approve of abortions under any circumstances.[32]
- In a February 2005 ACNielsen poll, as reported in The Age, 56% thought the current abortion laws, which generally allow abortion for the sake of life, health, or economic factors, were "about right", 16% want changes in law to make abortion "more accessible" and 17% want changes to make it "less accessible".[33]
- A 2006 poll, conducted by Roy Morgan Research, asked, "Do you approve of the termination of unwanted pregnancies through surgical abortion?" 65% of the Australians polled stated that they approved of surgical abortion and 22% stated that they disapproved of it.[34]
- A 2009 study of polls conducted during Australia's 2007 federal elections found that a clear majority of both Labor Party and Liberal Party voters support abortion rights.[35] The study also showed that 77% of winning candidates in the 2007 election favoured an unrestricted approach to abortion.[36][37]
- A 2010 nationally representative study of Australians over 18 years published in The Medical Journal of Australia found that 61 per cent said abortion should be lawful without question for a woman in her first trimester of pregnancy, while 26 per cent said it should be lawful depending on the reason.[38] In the second trimester (12 to 24 weeks), support for outright lawful abortion was 12 per cent, while 57 per cent said it depended on circumstances. For third trimester or late-term abortions, 6 per cent said it should be outright lawful while 42 per cent said it depended on circumstances and 48 per cent said it should be unlawful.[39]
- A 2011 study by Kippen, Evans and Gray found that 80% of people were against allowing abortion for sex selection.[40]
See also
- Abortion by country
- Abortion law
- Child destruction#Australia
- ↑ R v Davidson (1969 V.R. 667)
- 1 2 Nicola Berkovic (9 August 2010). "Tony Abbott pledges to make no changes to abortion law". The Australian.
- ↑ Albury, Rebecca. "Too Many, Too Late and the Adoption Alternative: Shame and Recent Abortion Debates" uow.edu.au
- ↑ Paul Smith (17 August 2005). "Abbott floats item for pre-abortion counselling". Australian Doctor.
- ↑ R v Knight [2002] VSC 498 (19 November 2002)
- ↑ "Australian abortion clinic guard killed". BBC News. 16 July 2001. Retrieved 13 April 2006.
- ↑ "Arsonists attack mosman park clinic". BBC News. 16 July 2001. Retrieved 13 April 2006..
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- ↑ Crimes Act 1900
- 1 2 R v Wald (1971) 3 DCR (NSW) 25
- ↑ CES v Superclinics ACES v Superclinics Australia Pty Ltd (1995) 38 NSWLR 47.
- ↑ "R v Sood [2006] NSWSC 1141 (31 October 2006)". Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1 November 2006.
- ↑ "THE SOOD ABORTION TRIAL". Radio National Law Report. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 August 2006.
- ↑
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- ↑ Major parties combine to derail introduction of NSW abortion bill Posted on 23/06/2016
- ↑ Historic First Abortion Law Reform Bill Introduced In NSW Parliament, Posted on 11/08/2016, http://www.mehreenfaruqi.org.au/historic-first-abortion-law-reform-bill-introduced-in-nsw-parliament/
- ↑ http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/consol_act/msa153/s11.html
- ↑ http://www.pregnancyadvisorycentre.com.au/
- ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-22/tasmania-removes-abortion-criminal-code/5109554
- ↑ http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/tasmanian-abortion-law-reformed/story-e6frfku9-1226765330425
- ↑ (24 August 2008). "New law will not end abortion controversy." The Age. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
- ↑ Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 (Vic).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.childrenbychoice.org.au/nwww/auslawprac.htm . Retrieved 28 May 2007
- 1 2 3 4 Angela Pratt; Amanda Biggs; Luke Buckmaster (14 February 2005), How many abortions are there in Australia? A discussion of abortion statistics, their limitations, and options for improved statistical collection, Parliamentary Library, archived from the original on 2 December 2014, retrieved 1 December 2014
- ↑ It's time to come clean on abortion debate Archived 13 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine., emilyslist.org.au. (1 February 2005). Retrieved on 5 April 2009.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-05. Retrieved on 5 April 2009.
- ↑ Grattan, Michelle. (16 February 2005). "Poll backs abortion laws." The Age. Retrieved 11 January 2006.
- ↑ Roy Morgan International. (11 February 2006). Majority Of Australians Think Abortion Pill (RU486) Should Be Made Available To Australian Women Archived 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
- ↑ Betts, Katharine (2009). "Attitudes to abortion: Australia and Queensland in the 21st century". People and Place. Monash University Journals and Newspapers.
A young couple in Queensland face charges of procuring the woman's abortion with the drugs RU486 and Misoprostol. The case provoked widespread doubts about the legality of abortion in Queensland, especially medical abortion. State politicians, even those claiming to be pro-choice, are reluctant to decriminalise abortion saying that such a move would cost votes or might lead to an even more restrictive position than that which now prevails. In fact more than half the electorate in Australia and in Queensland support freedom of choice, and a further third support the availability of abortion in special circumstances. Candidates for election to the federal parliament are even more liberal. Such opposition as there is concentrated among a few religious groups and among people aged 75 and over. As far as attitudes are concerned, Queensland is no different from the rest of Australia. A May 2009 Auspoll found that 79 per cent of Queenslanders supported decriminalisation.
- ↑ Adele Horin (5 October 2009). "Right to choose abortion wins strong support". Sydney Morning Herald.
AUSTRALIANS in general, and Queenslanders in particular, hold liberal views on abortion, yet politicians' fear of small religious minorities appears to have stymied decriminalisation of the procedure in some states, a study shows.
- ↑ http://www.lifenews.com (5 October 2009). Australia Poll Finds Majority of Australians Pro-Abortion, Change From 20 Years Ago. Retrieved 2009-26-10.
- ↑ Lachlan J de Crespigny (5 July 2010). "Australian attitudes to early and late abortion". Medical Journal of Australia. Australian Medical Association. PMID 20618106.
- ↑ "Call for early abortion to be lawful: poll". The Age. Melbourne. 5 July 2010.
- ↑ Kippen, Rebecca, Ann Evans, and Edith Gray. "Australian attitudes toward sex selection technology." Fertility and sterility 95.5 (2011): 18241826.


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Joffrey Lauvergne has been a big contributor and nice surprise so far through three preseason games for the Denver Nuggets. At 16.0 points, 10.3 rebounds and 76 percent field-goal shooting, the second-year center from Mulhouse, France, has continued his fine play from both the Las Vegas Summer League and the FIBA EuroBasket tournament.
Some say his performances make him a candidate to start in the middle for the Nuggets. Others – like those of us at Hang Time HQ – say: Has anyone ever seen Lauvergne and Miles Plumlee in the same place at the same time?
The resemblance between the two NBA big men is uncanny, at least when encountered one at a time. Plenty of photographs, too, support a separated-at-birth theory:
For the record, Lauvergne is 6-foot-11, weighs 240 pounds, was born on Sept. 30, 1991 and was drafted at No. 55 by Memphis in 2013. Moving to the Nuggets with Darrell Arthur in the trade for Kosta Koufos, Lauvergne averaged 3.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 11.2 minutes in 24 appearances last season.
Plumlee, by comparison, is listed at 6-foot-10 and 245 pounds. He was born on Sept. 1, 1988 in Fort Wayne, Ind., and was the No. 26 pick by Indiana in the 2012 Draft. He arrived in Milwaukee in the midseason Brandon Knight-Michael Carter-Williams trade, averaging 4.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 16.4 minutes in 73 games split between the Suns and the Bucks. And of course he has a brother, Portland's Mason Plumlee, who bears a family resemblance to him – just not as striking as Lauvergne's.
Last season, Lauvergne and Plumlee were never quite in the same place at the same time. Neither played when Denver played at Milwaukee on Feb. 20 and when the Bucks faced the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center on March 3, Plumlee chipped in eight scoreless minutes while Lauvergne again logged a DNP-CD.
So it's possible, isn't it, that this is one guy pulling down two NBA paychecks by filling out the rosters in both markets? Or some sort of sports spy switcheroo, in a "Mission: Impossible" or 007-worthy stunt? Roundball sleuths won't have to wait long to dig further into this double-take: the Bucks play at Denver on Nov. 11, with the teams squaring off against Nov. 30 in Milwaukee.


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text: LINGUIST List: Vol-24-482. Sun Jan 27 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875. Subject: 24.482, Review: Morphology; Semantics; Syntax: Felfe (2012) Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org> Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org> Reviews: Veronika Drake, U of Wisconsin Madison Monica Macaulay, U of Wisconsin Madison Rajiv Rao, U of Wisconsin Madison Joseph Salmons, U of Wisconsin Madison Anja Wanner, U of Wisconsin Madison <reviews at linguistlist.org> Homepage: http://linguistlist.org Do you want to donate to LINGUIST without spending an extra penny? Bookmark the Amazon link for your country below; then use it whenever you buy from Amazon! 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Editor for this issue: Monica Macaulay <monica at linguistlist.org> ================================================================ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:53:18 From: Stefano Quaglia [stefano.quaglia at uni-konstanz.de] Subject: Das System der Partikelverben mit ''an'' [The System of Particle Verbs with ''an'' in German] E-mail this message to a friend: http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=24-482.html&submissionid=5468890&topicid=9&msgnumber=1 Discuss this message: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/get-review.cfm?subid=5468890 Book announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-3304.html AUTHOR: Marc Felfe TITLE: Das System der Partikelverben mit "an" [The System of Particle Verbs with "an" in German] SUBTITLE: Eine konstruktionsgrammatische Untersuchung SERIES TITLE: De Gruyter Sprache und Wissen 12 PUBLISHER: De Gruyter Mouton YEAR: 2012 REVIEWER: Stefano Quaglia, Universität Konstanz SUMMARY This book is a revised version of Marc Felfe's (henceforth, MF) PhD dissertation. The main subject of the study is German Particle Verb Constructions (PVCs) with the particle 'an'. The core meaning of the homophonous (and related) preposition 'an' is a contact relation between a Figure and the external region of a Ground (Stiebels 1996:89). The author claims that standard compositional analyses - starting out from the assumption of a minimal argument-structure for verb and particle - can predict approximately fifty percent of the overall transparent form-meaning pairs exhibited by PVCs with 'an'. Such analyses would be then forced to assume further machinery and operations affecting argument structures. MF argues instead for a holistic approach, modeled in the framework of Construction Grammar (CG): the PVCs under scrutiny are claimed to result from the fusion of abstract argument-structure constructions and verb-classes. Chapter 1 ("Einführung" [Introduction]) starts out with the observation that often one and the same verb can be used to build syntactically and semantically different PVCs with 'an'. An example is given for the verb 'tanzen' [to dance], which appears in (at least) five PVCs. Two additional remarks follow: for one, although the presented constructions do not correspond to the primary, canonical uses of 'tanzen', speakers of German have no problems in interpreting them correctly. For another, if other verbs are used with the same constructions, the resulting event-types do not change. These premises enable the author to list the main research questions of the study: what licenses the combination of verb (classes) and 'an'? How can the meaning contribution of each component be captured? What should a compositional analysis of the PVCs at stake look like? After a sketch of the analysis to be proposed, the structure of the book is presented to the reader, and the analysis of different corpora is described as the main empirical basis of the work (in line with the usage-based approach of CG). Chapter 2 ("Eigenschaften von PVK" [Properties of PVCs]) illustrates the behavior of German PVCs with respect to word order (adjacency vs. separation of verb and particle; fronting of the particle), syntactic and semantic autonomy of its components ((im)possibility for the particle to appear in isolation and/or to be modified), and lexicalization and argument-structure changes. The author provides a brief survey of morphological and syntactic generative analyses of German PVCs, and shows that neither can do justice of all the properties listed above. MF claims that a crucial error of both approaches lies in the assumption of a strict modularity of the grammar, and thus prepares the ground for an analysis where no sharp boundaries are put between lexicon and syntax. In Chapter 3 ("Kompositionalität" [Compositionality]), MF brings arguments against approaches that assume argument-structure-altering processes (functional composition, argument extension) as a central machinery for explaining the licensing of spatial particles and additional argument slots. For example, instead of deriving one argument structure from the other (e.g. by applicativization), the author argues for the existence of two separate argument-structure constructions, encoding different event-types. The analysis is then presented to the reader: PVCs with 'an' result from the fusion of argument constructions (form-meaning pairings consisting of argumental XP-slots and underspecified event structures) and verb classes. The fusion occurs via conventionalized semantic and pragmatic implicatures. Chapter 4 ("Was bedeutet Konstruktionsgrammatik?" [What does Construction Grammar mean?]) introduces basic assumptions of CG. Different theoretical approaches situated within CG are compared with respect to issues like the nature of grammar, formalization, and predictive power. MF then presents the definition of 'construction' he adopts, and discusses varying parameters like formal complexity, generality, compositionality, and productivity. Chapter 5 ("Verblexeme" [Verbal lexemes]) focuses on frame semantics, presented as an alternative to a sharp separation between linguistic and conceptual information associated with lexemes. Both cognitive premises and a detailed introduction to frame semantics are offered to the reader. As a further clarification, a frame is proposed for the German verb 'tanzen' [to dance]. A sample of the most frequent syntactic contexts where this verb occurs is then brought as an example of the syntactic filling of different frame slots. In Chapter 6 ("Argumentkonstruktionen mit 'an'" [Argument Constructions with 'an']), MF explains how argument constructions work. Syntactically identical PVCs with 'an' can be either homonymous instances of (semantically) different argument constructions, or polysemous instantiations of the same construction (via metonymy or metaphor). The author claims that many 'minimal pairs' of PVCs - traditionally analyzed as alternative realizations of one and the same argument structure - do not actually stand in relation to each other. In a second part, possible representation formats for form and meaning of argument constructions are critically discussed. MF opts for a formal side with case-marked XP-slots and a semantic side containing variables and a schematic characterization of the event-type. Chapter 7 ("Einzelne Argumentkonstruktionen mit 'an'" [Single Argument Constructions with 'an']) is, together with the following two chapters, the core of MF's analysis. Eight argument construction groups are presented to the reader (names, examples and translations follow): (1) (a) Change of Place and State: 'NPnom NPacc an-kleben' [to glue, to paste NP] (b) Startup: 'NPnom NPacc an-schalten' [to switch NP on] (c) State of contact: 'NPnom an-grenzen' [to abut, to border] (d) Intensification: 'NPnom an-steigen' [to increase] (e) Directionality: 'NPnom NPacc an-lächeln' [to smile at NP] (f) Force vs. Counterforce: 'NPnom gegen NPacc an-kämpfen' [to fight against NP] (g) Partiality: 'NPnom NPacc an-lesen' [to read NP not until the end] (h) Perception: 'NPnom NPdat NPacc an-merken' [to notice NP on NP] Each group comprises different but related argument constructions, which show varying degrees of productivity. Besides a detailed description and discussion of every construction, four digressions focus on issues pertaining to single groups (medial PVCs, lexicalization of the particle, problems in individuating instances of a given construction, and the function of 'an' as construction-specific marker). Chapter 8 ("Das System der Partikelverben mit 'an'" [The system of Particle Verbs with 'an']) provides a deeper scrutiny of how the eight main groups, the argument constructions belonging to each one, and finally the instances of these (i.e., the actual PVCs) stay in a relation to each other, from both a quantitative and a qualitative point of view. In the first part, quantitative results regarding the type-frequency are presented (by means of figures and charts) and discussed; in the second part, the author introduces the concept of 'inheritance link', which offers a way of formalizing hierarchical relations among constructions, between constructions and their instances, and even between more and less general instances. Chapter 9 ("Fusion und Gebrauch" [Fusion and Usage]) addresses the issue of the integration of argument constructions and verb classes. After a digression on the great productivity of PVCs in German(ic), the author considers single argument constructions with respect to the verbs they can appear with. The fusion of constructions and verb classes obtains via usage-driven 'fusion-routines' (regulated by conventionalized implicatures), paradigmatic forms and contrast with other constructions. Argument constructions can either profile slots already contained in a verb frame, or can contribute arguments on their own. In Chapter 10 ("Ein- und Ausblick" [Overview and Outlook]), MF recapitulates both issues and findings. He then points out additional desiderata for future research and proposes two practical applications of the study. An appendix follows, where all the PVCs taken into consideration are divided according to the argument constructions they belong to. EVALUATION MF's investigation can be of interest to both the theoretically and the empirically oriented linguist. On the one hand, it addresses problems regarding the argument structure of particle verbs that have been (and still are) matters of theoretical debate (cf. McIntyre (2007), Roßdeutscher (2012), Svenonius (2003), Stiebels (1996)). On the other hand, the detailed classification of the data presents challenges for the implementation of computational resources (cf. also Springorum et al. (2012)). Moreover, attention is paid to old vocabularies and lexicons, which completes the synchronic corpus-based investigation with insights on the historical development of single PVCs. This makes the study profitable reading also for language historians. Since the book is written in German, however, it is accessible first and foremost to Germanists. This is an undesirable limitation, for the author's constructionist analysis features non-standard solutions that could stimulate an interesting discussion within the world-wide CG community. Therefore, the reviewer thinks that an additional, smaller publication in English would be useful for a better circulation of MF's work. Besides giving a detailed classification of the PVCs at stake, the author undertakes an accurate scrutiny of the data in terms of degrees of productivity. The reader can thus acquire information about which argument constructions are fully productive, which ones are semi-productive, which ones build a niche, and which ones have been fully lexicalized. This is often a neglected topic in works (especially theoretical ones) dealing with German(ic) particles. Moreover, the constructionist analysis defended by MF fits the data nicely. As regards argument constructions encoding Directionality, for example ('NPacc an-lächeln' [to smile at NP]), both a typical pragmatic value (actions connoted as 'negative') and contrast formation are claimed to be crucial factors motivating productivity. The first factor explains occasional use of nouns and adjectives as bases for 'an-verbs' (e.g. 'NPacc an-kröten' [to call NP a toad] < N 'Kröte' [toad; contemptible person]): as MF points out, there seem to exist no denominal or de-adjectival formations exempt from this negative value. On the other hand, the entailment of 'partial affectedness' common to many 'an-verbs' of this class emerges as a result of a systematic contrast to verbs with the prefix 'be-', which denote 'totally affecting' actions (e.g. 'NPacc an-grabschen' [to grab NP] vs. 'NPacc begrabschen' [to paw NP]). In sum, this study confronts scholars of different theoretical persuasions with one important issue: how to incorporate a sustainable explanation of varying degrees of productivity in a given analysis of particle verbs (a contribution in this direction is Roßdeutscher (2012)). A quite strong claim of this work is that there are hardly any semantic or structural restrictions on the usage of PVCs with 'an'. The combination of verbs and argument constructions is governed by semantic and pragmatic implicatures, but these are not interpreted as constraints on possible PVCs. Rather, they allow for 'prototypical predictions' on expectable vs. unexpectable ones. This conclusion is supported by a case-study on the verb 'schlafen' [to sleep]. Although this verb does not belong to any verb class that normally combines with 'an', it can occasionally occur in some of the argument constructions listed in (1), yielding fully transparent structures. It is up to future research to falsify or confirm the author's thesis. If it turned out to be tenable, then the question to raise would be what exactly licenses this absence of constraints. The book offers a different view of PVC-pairs like 'Farbe (an die Wand) an-streichen' [to spread varnish (on a wall)] vs. 'die Wand (mit Farbe) an-streichen' [to cover a wall (with varnish)]. Such pairs are usually analyzed as alternants where the particle 'an' licenses either a Figure or a Ground. From both a semantic and a syntactic point of view, the phenomenon bears similarity to the familiar 'spray/load'-alternation (cf. Stiebels (1996:105-6)). What MF argues for, on the contrary, is that the two structures appearing in the alleged 'an-streichen'-alternation instantiate different argument constructions. The first one is an instance of Change of Place/State in (1a), the second one corresponds to the construction encoding Directionality in (1e). According to the author, then, no 'Ground-Promotion' (cf. McIntyre (2007)) obtains here. Real 'promotion'-phenomena do exist, but they are always licensed by a metonymy relation between the referents of two arguments. An example is 'Erde an-schütten' [to bank up earth] vs. 'einen Damm an-schütten' [to build up a bank], where there is a causal contiguity relation. The hypothesis that metonymy is what really triggers 'promotion' is interesting, and it would be worth testing with respect to other German PVCs where similar phenomena can be found (e.g. particle verbs with 'aus' [out], cf. McIntyre (2001: 275-9)). In addition to the previous issues, German PVCs with 'an' also present difficulties in identifying the precise aspectual contribution supplied by the particle. In particular, this is the case for the argument constructions in (1e) (Directionality) and in (1g) (Partiality) (cf. Stiebels (1996: 162-5; 78-82)). With respect to PVCs encoding Directionality, the author convincingly argues that - at least in some cases - they can be characterized as unspecified for perfectivity (attained vs. unattained result). The construction encoding Partiality is discussed in detail, too (e.g. pp. 30-31; 156-9; 218-223). MF challenges the common assumption that 'an' here does not affect the argument structure of the verb, bringing examples where a (qualitative or quantitative) change is indeed the case. The aspectual import of this construction is extensively explained to the reader, but a precise formalization is not provided. This would have been a welcome contribution, since a formal description of this use of 'an' is hardly given in the literature (Springorum (2011) being an exception). This shortcoming aside, MF's study succeeds in providing insightful observations that the literature on the topic still lacked. All central issues about PVCs with 'an' are tackled, and the proposed analysis covers the whole spectrum of meanings exhibited by the data. Although single aspects of the account may be criticized by scholars working in different frameworks, the overall picture appears to be complete and coherent. This makes this monograph a model for future case-studies on single particles. In sum, I recommend this book to all scholars interested in the investigation of German(ic) particle verbs. REFERENCES: McIntyre, Andrew. 2001. German Double Particles as Preverbs: Morphology and Conceptual Semantics. Tübingen: Stauffenburg. (Studien zur deutschen Grammatik 61). McIntyre, Andrew. 2007. "Particle verbs and argument structure", In Language and Linguistics Compass 1(4):350-397. Roßdeutscher, Antje. 2012. "Hidden quantification in prefix and particle verbs", in: Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 16, MIT, (in press). Springorum, Sylvia, Sabine Schulte im Walde and Antje Roßdeutscher. 2012. "Automatic Classification of German an Particle Verbs" In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation. Istanbul, Turkey, May 2012. Springorum, Sylvia. 2011. "Drt-based analysis of the German verb particle an". Leuvense Bijdragen 97. Svenonius, Peter. 2003. "Limits on P: Filling in holes vs. falling in holes" in Nordlyd 31.2: 431-445. Stiebels, Barbara. 1996. Lexikalische Argumente und Adjunkte: zum semantischen Beitrag verbaler Präfixe und Partikeln. Studia Grammatica 39. Berlin: Akademie Verlag. ABOUT THE REVIEWER Stefano Quaglia is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Linguistics, University of Konstanz. 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Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred
Written in the fashion of The House that Jack Built, Samantha R. Vamos introduces children to Spanish by first presenting a word in English and then replacing that word with its Spanish equivalent. The result is a lyrical, bilingual book that engages children by using language in a fun, musical way.
The illustrations are rich and colorful and vividly portray the culture of Latin America. Rafael Lopez is the artist behind these vibrant pages. His magical style brings life to the farm maiden and animals, and the color and detail add excitement to every scene. It is no wonder Rafael has won many awards for his art including the Pura Belpre Award - an award given annually to Latino authors and illustrators whose work captures and celebrates latino culture through children's literature.
I read The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred to my six year old daughter. A young lover of music and language, she was interested and engaged in this poetic story. There's a rice pudding recipe at the end of the book that we've decided to try. It sounds delicious! She and I both recommend this wonderful book.
Blog you later!
Ali B.
3 comments:
- Perogyo said...
Look at those lovely colours! This looks like an amazing book.
- April 28, 2012 at 10:19 PM
What a truly amazing book. I love the wonderful colors he uses. Really brings the story alive. I must own this book!
- April 29, 2012 at 4:36 PM
- Samantha Vamos said...
Thank you for this lovely review. I'm sharing a very brief video created by Rafael López, illustrator of "The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred" expressing his reaction to receiving a 2012 Pura Belpré Honor for his illustration. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V-GKC9cF9U
I hope you enjoy it. All best, Samantha Vamos
- April 30, 2012 at 12:52 PM
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Acarbose is used to treat type 2 diabetes. Acarbose is sometimes used in combination with insulin or other diabetes medications you take by mouth.
Treating type 2 diabetes in adults whose diabetes cannot be managed with diet alone. Acarbose may be used alone, in combination with other oral diabetes medicines, or with insulin.
Acarbose is a glucosidase inhibitor. It works by slowing down the enzyme that turns carbohydrates into glucose; this decreases blood sugar levels following a meal.
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Not too many developers seem to know about the Samsung Smart App Challenge, something that Samsung very much wanted to change.
Enter Korean marketing firm Fllu.
Fllu, in an attempt to further spread the word about Samsung's contest, began offering money to app developers hanging out at Stack Overflow — a question and answer site for programmers.
One of those programmers, Delyan Kratunov, was contacted by Fllu CCO John Yoon, The Verge reports.
Yoon offered $500 to Kratunov. All he had to do was post four questions to Stack Overflow, inquiring in an "organic" way about Samsung's Smart App Challenge. If he was willing to post the questions and respond to any followup questions, the money was his.
Kratunov, offended by the request and the attempt to take advantage of his positive reputation on the site, posted the entire conversation to his blog.
After the story gained traction, Fllu sent a followup email to Kratunov, redacting the original offer after and saying that the request violated Stack Overflow's terms of service.
Ironically enough, Business Insider has discovered a Fllu blog post from earlier this year titled " Digital Growth Must Be Organic," where the company condemns such marketing tactics, stating that "these digital channels can't be bought."
Samsung has since admitted its ties to Fllu, though it denies that it was aware of Fllu's bribing scheme, saying that such tactics are "clearly against Samsung Electronics corporate policy."
Fllu's COO, James Yoo, who originally denied any ties between Samsung and Fllu, has since altered his story.
Yoo is now saying that his initial response "may have been misleading," and that Fllu's offer to pay app developers to ask questions about Samsung's Smart App Challenge was "misguided, unethical, and wrong."
You can read The Verge's full report here.
We have reached out to Samsung for further comment.


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Efforts to form a new political coalition targeted at conservatives and evangelical Christians are raising questions about the nature of political alliances and the growing influence of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. Called the American Freedom Coalition (AFC), the group seeks to unite conservatives to work toward common goals, such as traditional values, the sanctity of life, and anticommunism.
Supporters say political coalitions with all groups are necessary to achieve desired goals, but some political observers advise caution. "What the American Freedom Coalition is trying to do is sign up evangelical Christians for a wide variety of broadly stated goals which could have unforeseen applications in the years to come," said Robert Dugan, director of the National Association of Evangelicals' Washington Office on Public Affairs. "I'd have no trouble at all cooperating with the American Freedom Coalition, or for that matter the Unification Church, on a specific piece of legislation we supported, but to join a coalition of which they are a major partner, for a future agenda of political input which is unspecified, I think is extremely dangerous and plays into their hands," he said.
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According to its promotional booklet, AFC is a "supra-coalition with a higher and more comprehensive goal than the sum total of its parts." It "serves as a catalyst to unite a vast array of groups, activists, churches and community organizations in cooperative and effective action." More than 300,000 individuals in all 50 states have joined AFC since its inception in April 1987.
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Having demonstrated in the previous seven chapters, by the authority of the Bible, that prophecies can only be understood after they have been fulfilled and only by those who already believe, I would like to return to the theme of the introduction to this book. (59:2)
On the day that Jesus approached Peter and Andrew, as they were casting a net into the sea, Jesus had come to them with no outward signs that He was the Messiah. His name was not Immanuel as promised by Isaiah (Isa 7:14), He was not a literal ruler (Mic 5:2) or king (Jer 23:5), Elijah had not literally appeared before His Coming (Mal 4:5), He did not sit upon a throne (Isa 9:7). (59:3) see
How fortunate were Peter and Andrew that the promises of the Bible had not become an obstacle to them. Jesus appeared in a manner that ran counter to everyone's expectations - His humble position in life, His call to self-sacrifice and love, His command to forgive even one's enemies, His emphasis on the life eternal over this mortal world, were unforeseen characteristics of the Messiah. The Coming of the Messiah was for the joy of the world, and there were some who simply responded to Him with joy (59:4)
The reality is, according to the Bible, that God carries out His Plan in ways that surpass our understanding. Though the claim that the Christ has already returned, and that the building of His Kingdom on earth is well underway, may seem impossible, it is no more impossible than that the Son of a carpenter was the Son of God (59:5)
And so, it is to the peoples of the world, in this day, that the opportunity is given, to respond with the joy befitting the Advent of the Holy One of God (59:6)
The Person whom I speak of is the Persian Nobleman of the 19th century, known to history as Baha'u'llah, the Glory of God. He appeared at a time when movements throughout the Christian world were confidently announcing Christ's imminent Return. Baha'u'llah's credentials were historic. He was a direct descendant of King David, fulfilling the ancient promise that the Messiah would sit upon David's throne. He willingly endured forty years of imprisonment and exile for proclaiming that He was the One promised to all religions. From His prison, He addressed letters to the world's kings, rulers, and religious leaders calling upon them to hearken to the Word of God, to establish peace, and to accept Him. He warned them in explicit language of the consequences of their actions, and predicted their fates with an accuracy that can only be understood as prophetic. Thousands were called upon to give their lives for Him, as the religious leaders and government arose to snuff out the new Faith. The farther He was exiled from His native land, the greater the number of those who recognized him and arose to teach His Faith. He had sacrificed the wealth, comfort and social position that were His by birthright. Though innocent of any crime, He was beaten, poisoned, stoned and maligned. Yet, He feared no one, and never wavered in His proclamation of the Word of God. He wrote extensively of the need to establish world peace, the unity of religions and races, the need for a universal language and script, the necessity for a supreme court for the entire world, the equality of women and men as well as many other far-sighted necessities for the establishment of a thriving, spiritual world civilization - the Kingdom of God on Earth. He called upon His followers to purify their hearts, to consecrate their lives to the betterment of the world, to prefer others before themselves, and to associate with all peoples and religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship (59:7)
All these are facts of history, open to everyone for examination (59:8)
There were many - and firsthand and eyewitness accounts are well documented - who responded to Baha'u'llah in the same manner that Peter and Andrew followed Jesus: they instantly believed and devoted their lives to Him. That same divine love, and that same surrender to that love is seen through the life of Baha'u'llah. And since that time, the Faith that He established has encompassed the planet, to the extent that it is now the second-most geographically widespread (after Christianity) religion in the world (1992 Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year)


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