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Fractal Geometry: Mathematical Foundations and Applications

John Benjamins Publishing, 2003

An accessible introduction to fractals, useful as a text or reference. Part I is concerned with the general theory of fractals and their geometry, covering dimensions and their methods of calculation, plus the local form of fractals and their projections and intersections. Part II contains examples of fractals drawn from a wide variety of areas in...

An Introduction to the Theory of Formal Languages and Automata

John Benjamins Publishing, 2008

In the latter half of the 1950’s, Noam Chomsky began to develop mathematical models for the description of natural languages. Two disciplines originated in his work and have grown to maturity. The first of these is the theory of formal grammars, a branch of mathematics which has proven to be of great interest to information and computer...

Japanese Mood and Modality in Systemic Functional Linguistics (Not in series)

John Benjamins Publishing, 2021

This book is an anthology of four papers that offers a cross-linguistic and inter- disciplinary exploration of modality within systemic functional linguistics (SFL). Drawing upon the broad SFL notion of modality that refers to the intermediate degrees between the positive and negative poles, the individual papers probe into the...

Web Site Design Is Communication Design (Document Design Companion Series, V. 2)

John Benjamins Publishing, 2001

This title is based on a series of case studies of the website design processes in smaller and larger organizations. It offers a thorough analysis of the activities undertaken, in conbination with practical experiences of website designers and producers. It pays attention to the often complicated organizational context that web deigners and...

Software Industry Accounting (with CD-ROM)

John Benjamins Publishing, 2001

The software industry is being inundated with important accounting and valuation questions. The rules and regulations governing accounting of the software industry are very different from other industries. The software industry has unique accounting concerns, such as capitalization of development costs and software revenue recognition. This book...

Roots and Collapse of Empathy: Human nature at its best and at its worst (Advances in Consciousness Research)

John Benjamins Publishing, 2013

Spanning from care-giving infants and civilian rescuers risking their life to the collapse of empathy in agents of torture and extinction, this unique book deals with and illustrates the altruistic best and atrocious worst of human nature. It begins with infant roots of empathy, then turns to the neurosocial support of empathic participation,...

The Physical Nature of Consciousness (Advances in Consciousness Research)

John Benjamins Publishing, 2001

The Physical Nature of Consciousness contains twelve chapters that discuss recent and new perspectives on the relation between modern physics and consciousness.
Stuart Hameroff opens with an extended and updated exposition of the Penrose/Hameroff Orch-OR model, and subsequently addresses recent criticisms of quantum approaches...

Neurochemistry of Consciousness: Neurotransmitters in mind (Advances in Consciousness Research)

John Benjamins Publishing, 2002

This pioneering book explores in depth the role of neurotransmitters in conscious awareness. The central aim is to identify common neural denominators of conscious awareness, informed by the neurochemistry of natural, drug induced and pathological states of consciousness. Chemicals such as acetylcholine and dopamine, which bridge the synaptic...

Sensory Linguistics: Language, perception and metaphor (Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research)

John Benjamins Publishing, 2019

One of the most fundamental capacities of language is the ability to express what speakers see, hear, feel, taste, and smell. Sensory Linguistics is the interdisciplinary study of how language relates to the senses. This book deals with such foundational questions as: Which semiotic strategies do speakers use to express sensory...

Negation and Speculation Detection (Natural Language Processing)

John Benjamins Publishing, 2019

Negation and speculation detection is an emerging topic that has attracted the attention of many researchers, and there is clearly a lack of relevant textbooks and survey texts. This book aims to define negation and speculation from a natural language processing perspective, to explain the need for processing these phenomena, to summarise...

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