Perspectives on Linguistic Pragmatics
Perspectives on Linguistic Pragmatics

Author: Alessandro Capone

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 331901014X

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This volume provides insight into linguistic pragmatics from the perspective of linguists who have been influenced by philosophy. Theory of Mind and perspectives on point of view are presented along with other topics including: semantics vs. semiotics, clinical pragmatics, explicatures, cancellability of explicatures, interactive language use, reference, common ground, presupposition, definiteness, logophoricity and point of view in connection with pragmatic inference, pragmemes and language games, pragmatics and artificial languages, the mechanism of the form/content correlation from a pragmatic point of view, amongst other issues relating to language use. Relevance Theory is introduced as an important framework, allowing readers to familiarize themselves with technical details and linguistic terminology. This book follows on from the first volume: both contain the work of world renowned experts who discuss theories relevant to pragmatics. Here, the relationship between semantics and pragmatics is explored: conversational explicatures are a way to bridge the gap in semantics between underdetermined logical forms and full propositional content. These volumes are written in an accessible way and work well both as a stimulus to further research and as a guide to less experienced researchers and students who would like to know more about this vast, complex, and difficult field of inquiry.

Global Trends 2040
Global Trends 2040

Author: National Intelligence Council

Publisher: Cosimo Reports

Published: 2021-03

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781646794973

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"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Diginomics Research Perspectives
Diginomics Research Perspectives

Author: Lars Hornuf

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-09-10

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 3031040635

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This book focuses on traditional fields of business studies and economics and how digitalization has affected them. It provides an overview about the lessons learned from academic research and highlights implications for practitioners. Digitalization has not only changed the ways business administration and economics are taught, but also the substance at the core of the two disciplines. Chapters from expert contributors define and carefully evaluate the developments that have occurred over the last decades. The authors further provide an assessment of how industry branches have adapted and in which form regulators have engaged. Attention is given to the theoretical and empirical findings from recent scholarly literature. Furthermore, the authors provide some novel insights from their own research at the University of Bremen. This book appeals to business administration, economics, and entrepreneurship scholars and practitioners alike.

Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: Global Perspectives
Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: Global Perspectives

Author: Randall E. Harris

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2019-04-11

Total Pages: 957

ISBN-13: 1284151018

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Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: Global Perspectives is the most current and authoritative resource on the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, risk factors and preventive factors of over 50 major chronic diseases and conditions. This comprehensive text provides readers with an excellent basis for examining current hypotheses regarding chronic disease epidemiology.

Handbook of PAF and PAF Antagonists
Handbook of PAF and PAF Antagonists

Author: lPierre Braquet

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-06-13

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0429556446

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Published in 1991: Since its characterization in the 1970s from antigen-stimulated rabbit basophils, platelet-activating factor (PAF) has been demonstrated to be produced by, and act upon, a variety of cell types. PAF antagonists, which have been obtained from both natural sources and chemical synthesis, now represent a new class of therapeutic agents and may provide new prospects for treating several major pathologies, particularly shock, ischemia and asthma. This book provides a unique overview of the chemistry, molecular modeling, pharmacology, and clinical potential of the major classes of natural and synthetic PAF antagonists. Compounds reviewed include the ginkgolides, diketopiperazines, neolignans, hetrazepines, cyclic and 1,3-dioxolan derived PAF analogs, pyrrolo[1,2-c]thiazoles, imidazo[2,1-a]isoquinolines and pyridoquinazoline carboxamides. Consisting of 12 chapters written by leading experts in PAF antagonist research, this book is essential reading for students, researchers, clinicians, and medical practitioners involved in this rapidly developing field of biomedical research.