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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Key Terms in Semantics explains the all the terms and concepts in
semantics which students on linguistics and language studies course
are likely to encounter during their undergraduate study. The book
is organized alphabetically, and fully cross-referenced. The book
includes a section on key thinkers in semantics, from Aristotle to
Noam Chomsky and will be a valuable desk reference for students
throughout their undergraduate course. The final section presents a
list of key readings in semantics, to signpost the reader towards
classic articles, as well providing a springboard to further study.
The book is accessibly written, with complex terms and concepts
explained in an easy to understand and approachable manner.
Managing (e)Business Transformation comprises text and cases
designed to show students how a business can be transformed into an
internetworked enterprise where IT infrastructures are used to link
customers, suppliers, partners and employees to create superior
economic value. The book is written based on the premise that
integrating internet technologies throughout the value chain is
crucial to building and managing customer relationships.
Importantly, it underscores the centrality of basic business and
economic principles within the context of a networked environment.
The book builds on established business and economic theories,
concepts and fundamentals to show that 'e-business' will soon be
synonymous with 'business'. The book takes a strong managerial
perspective, especially popular with MBA students, to argue that
the internet is simply an enabling technology, which allows firms
to build the infrastructure needed to operate in an evolving
business world. The application of theory/concepts is emphasized
throughout and contains a range of international case studies
enhance the learning experience. This book is a must for all
students studying e-business strategy at undergraduate, MBA and
postgraduate level. Also available is a companion website with
extra features to accompany the text, please take a look by
clicking below -
http://www.palgrave.com/business/farhoomand/index.asp
This collection of studies examines the history of the British
empire during the 1950s. This is a relatively neglected period in
the historiography of British decolonization, coming as it does
after the more well researched era of the late 1940s that saw the
start of moves to decolonize the empire. The papers in this volume
analyze imperial policy and the place of the empire in British
society during the 1950s and the degree to which these years
represented a period of continuing retreat or of imperial
re-assertion.
The study of antonyms (or 'opposites') in a language can provide
important insight into word meaning and discourse structures. This
book provides an extensive investigation of antonyms in English and
offers an innovative model of how we mentally organize concepts and
how we perceive contrasts between them. The authors use corpus and
experimental methods to build a theoretical picture of the antonym
relation, its status in the mind and its construal in context.
Evidence is drawn from natural antonym use in speech and writing,
first-language antonym acquisition, and controlled elicitation and
judgements of antonym pairs by native speakers. The book also
proposes ways in which a greater knowledge of how antonyms work can
be applied to the fields of language technology and lexicography.
This book explores how some word meanings are paradigmatically related to each other, for example, as opposites or synonyms, and how they relate to the mental organization of our vocabularies. Traditional approaches claim that such relationships are part of our lexical knowledge (our "dictionary" of mentally stored words) but Lynne Murphy argues that lexical relationships actually constitute our "metalinguistic" knowledge. The book draws on a century of previous research, including word association experiments, child language, and the use of synonyms and antonyms in text.
Featuring contributions from prominent thinkers and researchers,
this volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems"
series provides a rich set of conceptual, empirical, and
introspective studies that epitomize fundamental knowledge in the
area of Business Process Transformation. Processes are interpreted
broadly to include operational and managerial processes within and
between organizations, as well as those involved in knowledge
generation. Transformation includes radical and incremental change,
its conduct, management, and outcome. The editors and contributing
authors pay close attention to the role of IS organizations and
information technologies in facilitating business process
transformation. Each chapter places major emphasis on clearly
articulating the "knowledge" generated, both theoretical and
applied. The book incorporates case studies and tables throughout,
and provides fundamental grounding for any stakeholder of business
process transformation.
Featuring contributions from prominent thinkers and researchers,
this volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems"
series provides a rich set of conceptual, empirical, and
introspective studies that epitomize fundamental knowledge in the
area of Business Process Transformation. Processes are interpreted
broadly to include operational and managerial processes within and
between organizations, as well as those involved in knowledge
generation. Transformation includes radical and incremental change,
its conduct, management, and outcome. The editors and contributing
authors pay close attention to the role of IS organizations and
information technologies in facilitating business process
transformation. Each chapter places major emphasis on clearly
articulating the "knowledge" generated, both theoretical and
applied. The book incorporates case studies and tables throughout,
and provides fundamental grounding for any stakeholder of business
process transformation.
Exploring Information Systems Research Approaches is intended for
supervisors and research students in the information systems and
related fields. This collection of thought-provoking articles,
arranged in sections that reflect the broadening nature of the
field, provides examples of a range of research approaches. This
book focuses on different research approaches - their strengths,
limitations, and the conclusions which can be drawn from them - and
explores the impact of information and communication technologies
on groups, on organizations, between organizations, on markets, and
on society worldwide. The articles selected have been chosen to
represent an approach to research, or an alternative design within
an approach (e.g., single case versus multiple cases; survey within
industry versus survey across industries). Each section is preceded
by an editorial introduction that places the chosen articles in
context of other, similar research, and provides a summary of the
articles in terms of the: research method employed focus and
perspective of the research technology being employed findings and
overall contribution of the work. Each introduction also highlights
various issues and factors that the reader should consider when
studying each of the articles in the section and includes ideas for
further reading and discussion questions suitable for doctoral
research seminars.
Exploring Information Systems Research Approaches is intended for
supervisors and research students in the information systems and
related fields. This collection of thought-provoking articles,
arranged in sections that reflect the broadening nature of the
field, provides examples of a range of research approaches. This
book focuses on different research approaches - their strengths,
limitations, and the conclusions which can be drawn from them - and
explores the impact of information and communication technologies
on groups, on organizations, between organizations, on markets, and
on society worldwide. The articles selected have been chosen to
represent an approach to research, or an alternative design within
an approach (e.g., single case versus multiple cases; survey within
industry versus survey across industries). Each section is preceded
by an editorial introduction that places the chosen articles in
context of other, similar research, and provides a summary of the
articles in terms of the: research method employed focus and
perspective of the research technology being employed findings and
overall contribution of the work. Each introduction also highlights
various issues and factors that the reader should consider when
studying each of the articles in the section and includes ideas for
further reading and discussion questions suitable for doctoral
research seminars.
In 2001, Greece saw its application for membership into the
Eurozone accepted, and the country sat down to the greatest free
lunch in economic history. However, the coming years of global
economic prosperity would lead to unrestrained spending, cheap
borrowing, and a failure to implement financial reform, leaving the
country massively exposed to a financial crisis--which duly struck.
In "Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis,"
Bloomberg columnist Matthew Lynn explores Greece's spectacular rise
and fall from grace and the global repercussions of its financial
disaster. Page by page, he provides a thrilling account of the
Greek financial crisis, drawing out its origins, how it escalated,
and its implications for a fragile global economy. Along the way,
Lynn looks at how the Greek contagion has spread like wildfire
throughout Europe and explores how government ineptitude as well as
financial speculators compounded the problem.
Blending financial history, politics, and current affairs, Lynn
skillfully tells the story of how one nation rode the wave of
economic prosperity and brought a continent, a currency, and,
potentially, the global financial system to its knees. Lively,
engaging, and thought provoking, "Bust" reminds us just how
interconnected the world really is.
The ideal introduction for students of semantics, Lexical Meaning
fills the gap left by more general semantics textbooks, providing
the teacher and the student with insights into word meaning beyond
the traditional overviews of lexical relations. The book explores
the relationship between word meanings and syntax and semantics
more generally. It provides a balanced overview of the main
theoretical approaches, along with a lucid explanation of their
relative strengths and weaknesses. After covering the main topics
in lexical meaning, such as polysemy and sense relations, the
textbook surveys the types of meanings represented by different
word classes. It explains abstract concepts in clear language,
using a wide range of examples, and includes linguistic puzzles in
each chapter to encourage the student to practise using the
concepts. 'Adopt-a-Word' exercises give students the chance to
research a particular word, building a portfolio of specialist work
on a single word.
The ideal introduction for students of semantics, Lexical Meaning
fills the gap left by more general semantics textbooks, providing
the teacher and the student with insights into word meaning beyond
the traditional overviews of lexical relations. The book explores
the relationship between word meanings and syntax and semantics
more generally. It provides a balanced overview of the main
theoretical approaches, along with a lucid explanation of their
relative strengths and weaknesses. After covering the main topics
in lexical meaning, such as polysemy and sense relations, the
textbook surveys the types of meanings represented by different
word classes. It explains abstract concepts in clear language,
using a wide range of examples, and includes linguistic puzzles in
each chapter to encourage the student to practise using the
concepts. 'Adopt-a-Word' exercises give students the chance to
research a particular word, building a portfolio of specialist work
on a single word.
The study of antonyms (or 'opposites') in a language can provide
important insight into word meaning and discourse structures. This
book provides an extensive investigation of antonyms in English and
offers an innovative model of how we mentally organize concepts and
how we perceive contrasts between them. The authors use corpus and
experimental methods to build a theoretical picture of the antonym
relation, its status in the mind and its construal in context.
Evidence is drawn from natural antonym use in speech and writing,
first-language antonym acquisition, and controlled elicitation and
judgements of antonym pairs by native speakers. The book also
proposes ways in which a greater knowledge of how antonyms work can
be applied to the fields of language technology and lexicography.
Semantic Relations and the Lexicon explores the many paradigmatic
semantic relations between words, such as synonymy, antonymy and
hyponymy, and their relevance to the mental organization of our
vocabularies. Drawing on a century's research in linguistics,
psychology, philosophy, anthropology and computer science, M. Lynne
Murphy proposes a pragmatic approach to these relations. Whereas
traditional approaches have claimed that paradigmatic relations are
part of our lexical knowledge, Dr Murphy argues that they
constitute metalinguistic knowledge, which can be derived through a
single relational principle, and may also be stored as part of our
extra-lexical, conceptual representations of a word. Part I shows
how this approach can account for the properties of lexical
relations in ways that traditional approaches cannot, and Part II
examines particular relations in detail. This book will serve as an
informative handbook for all linguists and cognitive scientists
interested in the mental representation of vocabulary.
Organized by region, this text provides the fundamentals of
evaluation andexamination techniques of the musculoskeletal system.
Each region begins with step-by-step instructions for goniometry,
manual muscle testing, muscle length, joint accessory motions and
special orthopedic tests. Special discussions of posture and gait
analysis are also included. New in this edition is a chapter on
Assessment of Pain. The discussion on the Spine has been expanded
to three chapters -- Cervical, Thoracolumbar Spine and Sacroiliac
Joint.
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edition (Nokia) / Windows Mobile(TM) Pocket PC (all versions) /
Windows Mobile Smartphone / Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista/Tablet PC
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