Addressing classicists, philosophers, students, and general readers alike, this volume emphasizes the unity of Seneca’s work and his originality as a translator of Stoic ideas in the literary forms of
Rubei defines words used in algebraic geometry, provides some references to them, and describes the main theorems about them without proofs. The dictionary is for graduate and undergraduate students a
The integration of functions, technology and aesthetic quality is the architect’s core qualification. In this book, the partners of Richter & Dahl Rocha provide a detailed and comprehensive ac
Linguists often distinguish between semantics and pragmatics by saying the former deals with literal meaning and the latter with non-literal meaning. Borjesson argues that the standard notion of liter
The book offers a hollistic approach to the theory and numerics of random differential equations from an interdisciplinary and problem-centered point of view. In this interdisciplinary work, the autho
This translation of an influential German textbook is aimed at library and information scientists and knowledge managers, among others. As the amount of information available to us increases, new ways
Scholars of philosophy each focus on one literary author and his role in the life and work of Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951). The topics include Augustine, Wittgenstein's
This book investigates the current state of the MSC-dependent therapy of chronic inflammatory disorders and autoimmune diseases. Among the covered topics are GvHD, chronic kidney, liver and lung disea
Most of Nietzsche’s works are concerned with the present state and future of European culture and humanity, thereby resisting the “nationalist nonsense.” Prange analyzes the development of his ideal o
Separation processes on an industrial scale comprise well over half of the capital and operating costs. They are basic knowledge in every chemical engineering and process engineering study. This book
Lexical blending combines elements of two words to create a third, such as fog and smoke blending into smog. Here linguists working in various languages, disciplines, and frameworks trade perspectives
This volume comprises the invited plenary lectures and contributed papers presented at the WorldMedLab and the EuroMedLab in Berlin, May 2011 with more than 5.000 participants. The contributions in th
Mostly Swiss linguists, but also some German and Belgian, show that developing and using research methods in linguistics cannot be separated from analyzing methods, that is methodology. They discuss c
Pursuing a line of research that began with V. V. Vagner during the 1960s, Dudek (mathematics and computer Science, Wroclaw U. of Technology, Poland) and Trokhimenko (mathematics, Pedagogical U., Ukra
Eight studies explore the relationship between certain aspects of language and their representation in cognition as mediated by frequency counts in both text and experiment. They seek answers to such
In the second part of Wechselseitige Wahrnehmung, the Gottingen Academy presents additional conference papers on the ways that Islam and Christianity perceived one another and on the reception of paga
Meerschaert and Sikorskii (both statistics and probability, Michigan State U.) have developed a textbook from a graduate course designed to prepare students for research in the areas of fractional cal
Saveliev (mathematics, U. of Miami-Coral Gables, Florida) introduces second-year graduate students to the theory of three-dimensional manifolds and its role in the modern four-dimensional topology and
This volume is the first reader dedicated to the discipline of zoosemiotics–the study of signification, communication and representation within and across animal species. The book features a variety o
Salomo A. Birnbaum (1891?1989) is the uncontested pioneer in two large closely related research areas, namely historical Jewish linguistics and the palaeography of Hebrew and all Jewish successor lang
This is the proceedings of an August 2009 conference organized by the Classification and Indexing Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions on the topic of subje
Text-image combinations can authenticate events and establish a visual memory. Here this phenomenon is explored: A pragmatic theory of text-image relationships is developed and empirically tested on t
Horn (linguistics and philosophy, Yale U.) presents eight papers exploring patterns of negation in human language across time and space. Topics include the typology of negation, the acquisition of neg
Drawn from papers delivered at a meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations Management and Marketing Section working group in advance of the 2010 IFLA general Conference and Assem
Kosmol (Christian-Albrechts-U.,Kiel) and Muller-Wichards (information and electronics, Hamburg U. of Applied Sciences) present a concise but thorough account of convex analysis as a foundation for tre
Editors Herrmann (emeritus, medicine, Saarland U., Germany) and Obeid (clinical chemistry, Saarland U.) provide a brief initial chapter on the history of vitamins and the current state of research. Th
Medieval confessions in the German language served to express the awareness and confession of guilt in liturgical and non-liturgical contexts. This three-part study provides annotated text editions of
During the 19th century, says HaCohen, higher biblical criticism flourished in German universities, and by the end of the century had developed an academic conception of Israelite history and religion
Metaphor pervades discourse and may govern how we think and act. But most studies only discuss its verbal varieties. This book examines metaphors drawing on combinations of visuals, language, gestures
This is an edition with introduction and detailed commentary of the Oxyrhynchus Glossary, a lexicon preserved in several papyrus fragments with glosses taken from Greek, Greek dialects and “foreign la
This new edition provides the definitive guide to tags, indicators, and subfield codes to be used in the UNIMARC format. Developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Instituti
Regev (Land of Israel Studies and Archeology, Bar-Ilan U.) studies Qumran by comparing it to other significant sects such as the Anabaptists (Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish, Puritans, Quakers and Shake
Hidalgo (Spanish linguistics, San Diego State U.) presents a collection of 12 papers exploring the past, present and future of Mexican indigenous languages and the significant events in Mexico's histo
Minglang Zhou's highly erudite and well-researched volume on the policies concerning writing reforms for China’s minorities since 1949 provides an original and well-reasoned summary of a complex proce
This latest comprehensive work on Simon Magus lends new impetus to the investigation of Early Christianity and questions surrounding the origin and nature of Gnosticism. Major contributions of this st
Designed for both native and non-native speakers of English studying at the undergraduate level, this guide covers the basics of English grammar, emphasizing the distinction between form and function.
A series of case studies explore how new sciences and technologies are created, coordinated, and managed. They offer evidence that technologies are the contingent result of complex, local-global, dyna
Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849, has evolved into the world's most venerable and extensive series of editions of Greek and Latin literature, ranging from classical to Neo-Latin texts.
This book performs a distinct introduction to the pathology of the placenta and its membranes, abortion material included, with the aim to facilitate and protect the quality of the morphological place
The DeGruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics are devoted to the publication of monographs and high-level texts in mathematical physics. They cover topics and methods in fields of current interest, wi
