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Marginal

Incremental.

Marginal

Describing the effect, if any, of adding one additional unit to a calculation.
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He concludes that an important result of his research is his finding "that linguistic marginality can be explained with reference to linguistic ideologies" that operate according to "at least five semiotic processes" (p.
Language, Identity, and Marginality in Indonesia: The Changing Nature of Ritual Speech on the Island of Sumba
'Scope available for tactical voting' is also associated with higher turnout, but (apart from the clearly aberrant figure for 'other' share of the vote) the strongest relationship among these variables is with previous marginality. Despite the uncertainties caused by the boundary revisions, the more marginal a seat was in 1992 (or was deemed to be by the notional results), the higher was the turnout.
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A politically conscious criticism such as Harper's will excavate a particular type of political unconscious, one that suppresses an understanding of psychic decenteredness as rooted in particular forms of social marginality beneath the representation of a more general cultural malaise.
Framing the Margins: The Social Logic of Postmodern Culture
Numerous indicators are used in determining peripherality and marginality. Nevertheless, what is marginal from the prevailing, economic point of view may not be marginal from the social, cultural and geographical aspects.
THE BORDER REGIONS OF SERBIA: PERIPHERAL OR MARGINAL AREAS
The term marginality was first used in the sociological field in an essay by Robert Park in 1928.
Marginality and creative energy: reading the prospect of post-colonialism through the Ibis Trilogy
The way Elsenhans theorises marginality, under-development, under-consumption and globalisation are also distinctive.
Neil Wilcock and Corina Scholz. Hartmut Elsenhans and a Critique of Capitalism. Conversations on Theory and Policy Implications
More theoretically, though, I am thoroughly intrigued with the conceptual playground we find ourselves on when we consider the various meanings and dimensions of marginality and the relevance of other, related terms.
PERIPHERAL VISION: REM A GINING MARGINALITY
Offering subtle ethnographic analysis from the ground, their works look from below at the various meanings of marginality and its translation into everyday action.
Ethnographies of marginality
The title of this essay refers to the context of its original presentation at a Yale conference (2012), entitled 'Marginality, Canonicity, Passion.' My contribution, now updated and revised for this publication, was meant to introduce to a varied audience the ancient Greek novel and the vicissitudes of its reception, presented as a case study of changing tastes and values in contemporary attitudes and interests.
Romancing the classics: the Hellenic standard and its vicissitudes under the Empire
As writing center professionals, we know about marginality. Some of us began our academic fives "on the boundary," feeling, as Mike Rose did, like a stranger in a strange land.
"You cant get anywhere without relationships": marginality and mattering in the writing center
The Association considers necessary to take measures for ensuring supply those volumes that are declared by retail radiators in accordance with demands for the limited volume of oil products, and to enter state regulation of the limit prices of fuels and lubricants for wholesale suppliers with marginality establishment between wholesale and retail price within 30%.
Kazakhstan Fuel Association thinks Oil Ministry creates artificial shortage of oil products in Kazakh market
For me, this marginality is the critical point where the global ecumenical notion of oneness is being questioned and invited to an ecumenism of "manyness" in the contemporary postcolonial/postmodem context.
The emerging face of being one: reflections from an Indian perspective

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