Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleOn the Systematic Variation of German Idioms: Converse Pairs as a Constructional PhenomenonDmitrij Dobrovol′skijThis paper presents some findings of my research on the systematic variation of German idioms, with attention focused on converse transformations such as (jmdm.) eins/eine/einen aufs Dach geben literally "to give someone <let someone have> one on the roof", meaning 'to strike <beat> someone' or 'to punish someone' – eins/eine/einen aufs Dach bekommen (von jmdm.) literally "to get one on … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 13 Aug 2015 · 8,208 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA COEFFICIENT OF VARIABILITYManuel Martinez-PonsA coefficient of variability is described. It is shown that conducting all possible paired comparisons in a group of scores, the investigator can ascertain the group’s degree of variability as well as its converse, the group’s degree of homogeneity. The coefficient, useful in determining whether to divide a class into subgroups for the purpose of instruction, has the advantage that … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 12 Apr 2013 · 7,107 accessesView PDFCite