Projects
Variation and change in constructional semantics Ghent University
The project is situated at the intersection of
construction grammar, historical linguistics, and variationist
sociolinguistics On the basis of extensive qualitative and quantitative corpus
research into the semantic properties of Dutch argument structure
constructions across regional, stylistic, and diachronic varieties of the
language, the project aims to identify and analyze patterns of ...
Essays on the influence of environmental regulation on firms’ strategies and value: the case of the EU ETS KU Leuven
Essays on the influence of environmental regulation on firms’ strategies and value: the case of the EU ETS
The three chapters in this dissertation chronologically exploit the unique regulatory environment created in Europe through the introduction of the EU ETS and investigate how firms interacted with the most developed multinational emission trading scheme to date. As such, the first chapter focusses on the ...
The argumentative structures in Proclus’ Stoicheioseis KU Leuven
With his Elements of Theology the 5th century philosopher Proclus is the first to have written a metaphysical work “in the style of the geometers” (more geometrico). This means that it is presented as an ordered series of propositions, each of which is justified by one or more proofs, building exclusively on preceding propositions and/or common notions. Thereby he created an impressive model, conveying the impression of logical rigour, that ...
Variations of Reception. Proclus’ Axiomatic Method of Presentation and Some Milestones of Its Legacy KU Leuven
This dissertation is part of a research project on Proclus’ mos geometricus (Elements of Theology (ET) and Elements of Physics (EP)). It aims to examine the background, the basic features and certain key moments of the reception of Proclus’ axiomatic method (mostly, though not exclusively) in the ET. The first part investigates the Epicurean and Proclean conception of elementatio. Through an analysis of the Letter to Herodotus, the first ...
Structured argumentation frameworks for the formalization and evaluation of practical, defeasible reasoning patterns Ghent University
The aim of this project is to study our argumentative practice with tools which stem from the theory of formal argumentation in artificial intelligence. These tools, like modern-day symbolic logic, provide us with the means for explicating and evaluating our argumentative practice in an exact, precise manner. Moreover, they are capable of capturing defeasible aspects of our argumentative practice.
POLEMICS: Political Argumentation Mining on Comments Ghent University
Since the rise of social networks, daily exposure to fellow users’ opinions and comments has become a constant in many people’s lives. Research has shown the impact of even the most passive type of online user engagement, namely reading comments under a news item, can affect the perceived quality of the article, as well as change users’ perception of the public opinion of a certain issue. In order to automatically detect the reasoning ...
Axiomatic-deductive method and more geometrico presentation in Proclus KU Leuven
Horizontal Inequalities and Food Riots in Africa. KU Leuven
In recent years, protest events in a range of African countries have attracted widespread interest and public debate. The sharp increase in world food prices in 2007 and 2008, for example, was associated with the occurrence of a wave of food riots on the continent. In a number of countries, including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, protests erupted against high costs of living and frequently escalated into ...
Argumentation mining of political social media text. Ghent University
Since the rise of social networks, daily exposure to fellow users’ opinions and comments has become a constant in many people’s lives. Research has shown the impact of even the most passive type of online user engagement, namely reading comments under a news item, can affect the perceived quality of the article, as well as change users’ perception of the public opinion of a certain issue. In order to automatically detect the reasoning ...