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Time Series Analysis of Discourse

Author : Dennis Tay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429000170
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Time Series Analysis of Discourse written by Dennis Tay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to Time Series Analysis (TSA), used commonly in financial and engineering sciences, to demonstrate its potential to complement qualitative approaches in discourse analysis research. The book begins by discussing how time has previously been conceptualized in the literature, drawing on studies from variationist sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and Critical Discourse Analysis. The volume then segues into a discussion of how TSA is applied in other contexts in which observed values are expected to be dependent on earlier values, such as stock markets and sales figures, and introduces a range of discourse-specific contexts to show how the technique might be extended to analyze trends or shed further light on relevant themes in discourse over time. Each successive chapter features a different discourse context as a case study, from psychotherapy sessions, university lectures, and news articles, and looks at how studying different variables over time in each context – metaphors, involvement markers, and keywords, respectively – can contribute to a greater understanding of both present and future discourse activity in these settings. Taken together, this book highlights the value of TSA as a complementary approach to meaning-based analysis in discourse, making this ideal reading for graduate students and scholars in discourse analysis looking to employ quantitative methods in their research practice.

Time Series Analysis, Modeling and Applications

Author : Witold Pedrycz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642334393
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Time Series Analysis, Modeling and Applications written by Witold Pedrycz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temporal and spatiotemporal data form an inherent fabric of the society as we are faced with streams of data coming from numerous sensors, data feeds, recordings associated with numerous areas of application embracing physical and human-generated phenomena (environmental data, financial markets, Internet activities, etc.). A quest for a thorough analysis, interpretation, modeling and prediction of time series comes with an ongoing challenge for developing models that are both accurate and user-friendly (interpretable). The volume is aimed to exploit the conceptual and algorithmic framework of Computational Intelligence (CI) to form a cohesive and comprehensive environment for building models of time series. The contributions covered in the volume are fully reflective of the wealth of the CI technologies by bringing together ideas, algorithms, and numeric studies, which convincingly demonstrate their relevance, maturity and visible usefulness. It reflects upon the truly remarkable diversity of methodological and algorithmic approaches and case studies. This volume is aimed at a broad audience of researchers and practitioners engaged in various branches of operations research, management, social sciences, engineering, and economics. Owing to the nature of the material being covered and a way it has been arranged, it establishes a comprehensive and timely picture of the ongoing pursuits in the area and fosters further developments.

Advances in Time Series Forecasting

Author : Cagdas Hakan Aladag
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608053733
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Time Series Forecasting by : Cagdas Hakan Aladag

Download or read book Advances in Time Series Forecasting written by Cagdas Hakan Aladag and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Time series analysis is applicable in a variety of disciplines such as business administration, economics, public finances, engineering, statistics, econometrics, mathematics and actuarial sciences. Forecasting the future assists in critical organizationa"

Data Analytics in Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Dennis Tay
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110687275
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Data Analytics in Cognitive Linguistics by : Dennis Tay

Download or read book Data Analytics in Cognitive Linguistics written by Dennis Tay and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary data analytics involves extracting insights from data and translating them into action. With its turn towards empirical methods and convergent data sources, cognitive linguistics is a fertile context for data analytics. There are key differences between data analytics and statistical analysis as typically conceived. Though the former requires the latter, it emphasizes the role of domain-specific knowledge. Statistical analysis also tends to be associated with preconceived hypotheses and controlled data. Data analytics, on the other hand, can help explore unstructured datasets and inspire emergent questions. This volume addresses two key aspects in data analytics for cognitive linguistic work. Firstly, it elaborates the bottom-up guiding role of data analytics in the research trajectory, and how it helps to formulate and refine questions. Secondly, it shows how data analytics can suggest concrete courses of research-based action, which is crucial for cognitive linguistics to be truly applied. The papers in this volume impart various data analytic methods and report empirical studies across different areas of research and application. They aim to benefit new and experienced researchers alike.

Discourse Studies

Author : Teun A Van Dijk
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446242226
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Discourse Studies written by Teun A Van Dijk and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A landmark in the oeuvre of one of the founding fathers of discourse analysis. Van Dijk has managed to edit a volume of lasting significance, and some of the chapters in this book belong to the most widely read in the field. In its totality, Discourse Studies offers us a 360 degree tour of the field... Nothing in this volume is dated, everything remains mandatory reading for every student and advanced practicioner." - Jan Blommaert, Tilburg University "This very welcome updated second edition will allow Teun van Dijk′s very popular Discourse Studies to consolidate its already strong and central position in the area. Featuring chapters written by so many of the leading scholars it will continue to be a stimulating and wide-ranging introduction to the discipline of discourse studies for new generations of students." - Malcolm Coulthard, University of Birmingham This book is the largest, most complete, most diverse and only multidisciplinary introduction to the field. A combined Second Edition of two seminal texts in the field (the 1997 titles Discourse as Social Interaction and Discourse as Structure and Process) this essential handbook: Is fully updated from start to finish to cover contemporary debates and research literature. Covers everything from grammar, narrative, argumentation, cognition and pragmatics to social, political and critical approaches. Adds two new chapters on ideology and identity. Puts the student at the centre, offering brand new features such as worked examples, sample analyses and recommended further reading. Written and edited by world-class scholars in their fields, it is the essential, one-stop companion for any student of discourse analysis and discourse studies.

A New Agenda in (critical) Discourse Analysis

Author : Ruth Wodak
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027227034
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (27 download)

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Book Synopsis A New Agenda in (critical) Discourse Analysis by : Ruth Wodak

Download or read book A New Agenda in (critical) Discourse Analysis written by Ruth Wodak and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) has established itself over the past two decades as an area of academic activity in which scholars and students from many different disciplines are involved. It is a field that draws on social theory and aspects of linguistics in order to understand and challenge the discourses of our day. It is time for A New Agenda in the field. The present book is essential for anyone working broadly in the field of discourse analysis in the social sciences. The book includes often critical re-assessments of CDA's assumptions and methods, while proposing new route-maps for innovation. Practical analyses of major issues in discourse analysis are part of this agenda-setting volume.

Metaphor in Psychotherapy

Author : Dennis Tay
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027271615
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Metaphor in Psychotherapy written by Dennis Tay and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents a bold attempt to address contemporary issues in both metaphor and psychotherapy research. On one hand, metaphor research is increasingly concerned not just with describing metaphors in discourse, but how they could be used more adroitly in purposive ‘real world’ contexts such as psychotherapy. On the other hand, while a growing number of mental health professionals believe that metaphors contribute in some way to the psychotherapy process, their ability and willingness to use metaphors might be compromised by a relative unfamiliarity with the various nuanced aspects of metaphor theory. The present analysis of metaphors in authentic psychotherapeutic talk brings these theoretical aspects to the forefront, and suggests how they can be applied to enhance the use of communication of metaphors in psychotherapy. It should be of interest to metaphor researchers, mental health professionals, and discourse analysts in general.

Collected Papers. Volume VI

Author : Florentin Smarandache
Publisher : Infinite Study
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1002 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collected Papers. Volume VI written by Florentin Smarandache and published by Infinite Study. This book was released on 2022-01-15 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sixth volume of Collected Papers includes 74 papers comprising 974 pages on (theoretic and applied) neutrosophics, written between 2015-2021 by the author alone or in collaboration with the following 121 co-authors from 19 countries: Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Abdel Nasser H. Zaied, Abduallah Gamal, Amir Abdullah, Firoz Ahmad, Nadeem Ahmad, Ahmad Yusuf Adhami, Ahmed Aboelfetouh, Ahmed Mostafa Khalil, Shariful Alam, W. Alharbi, Ali Hassan, Mumtaz Ali, Amira S. Ashour, Asmaa Atef, Assia Bakali, Ayoub Bahnasse, A. A. Azzam, Willem K.M. Brauers, Bui Cong Cuong, Fausto Cavallaro, Ahmet Çevik, Robby I. Chandra, Kalaivani Chandran, Victor Chang, Chang Su Kim, Jyotir Moy Chatterjee, Victor Christianto, Chunxin Bo, Mihaela Colhon, Shyamal Dalapati, Arindam Dey, Dunqian Cao, Fahad Alsharari, Faruk Karaaslan, Aleksandra Fedajev, Daniela Gîfu, Hina Gulzar, Haitham A. El-Ghareeb, Masooma Raza Hashmi, Hewayda El-Ghawalby, Hoang Viet Long, Le Hoang Son, F. Nirmala Irudayam, Branislav Ivanov, S. Jafari, Jeong Gon Lee, Milena Jevtić, Sudan Jha, Junhui Kim, Ilanthenral Kandasamy, W.B. Vasantha Kandasamy, Darjan Karabašević, Songül Karabatak, Abdullah Kargın, M. Karthika, Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene, Madad Khan, Majid Khan, Manju Khari, Kifayat Ullah, K. Kishore, Kul Hur, Santanu Kumar Patro, Prem Kumar Singh, Raghvendra Kumar, Tapan Kumar Roy, Malayalan Lathamaheswari, Luu Quoc Dat, T. Madhumathi, Tahir Mahmood, Mladjan Maksimovic, Gunasekaran Manogaran, Nivetha Martin, M. Kasi Mayan, Mai Mohamed, Mohamed Talea, Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Gulistan, Raja Muhammad Hashim, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Saeed, Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Nada A. Nabeeh, Deivanayagampillai Nagarajan, Xenia Negrea, Nguyen Xuan Thao, Jagan M. Obbineni, Angelo de Oliveira, M. Parimala, Gabrijela Popovic, Ishaani Priyadarshini, Yaser Saber, Mehmet Șahin, Said Broumi, A. A. Salama, M. Saleh, Ganeshsree Selvachandran, Dönüș Șengür, Shio Gai Quek, Songtao Shao, Dragiša Stanujkić, Surapati Pramanik, Swathi Sundari Sundaramoorthy, Mirela Teodorescu, Selçuk Topal, Muhammed Turhan, Alptekin Ulutaș, Luige Vlădăreanu, Victor Vlădăreanu, Ştefan Vlăduţescu, Dan Valeriu Voinea, Volkan Duran, Navneet Yadav, Yanhui Guo, Naveed Yaqoob, Yongquan Zhou, Young Bae Jun, Xiaohong Zhang, Xiao Long Xin, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas.

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis

Author : Eric Friginal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429535627
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis written by Eric Friginal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis highlights the diversity, breadth, and depth of corpus approaches to discourse analysis, compiling new and original research from notable scholars across the globe. Chapters showcase recent developments influenced by the exponential growth in linguistic computing, advances in corpus design and compilation, and the applications of sound quantitative and interpretive techniques in analyzing text and discourse patterns. Key discourse domains covered by 35 empirical chapters include: • Research contexts and methodological considerations; • Naturally occurring spoken, professional, and academic discourse; • Corpus approaches to conversational discourse, media discourse, and professional and academic writing. The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis is key reading for both experienced and novice researchers working at the intersection of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, as well as anyone undertaking study in these areas, as well as anyone interested in related fields and adjacent research approaches.

Battleground

Author : Lewis A. Friedland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108944191
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Battleground written by Lewis A. Friedland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battleground models Wisconsin's contentious political communication ecology: the way that politics, social life, and communication intersect and create conditions of polarization and democratic decline. Drawing from 10 years of interviews, news and social media content, and state-wide surveys, we combine qualitative and computational analysis with time-series and multi-level modeling to study this hybrid communication system – an approach that yields unique insights about nationalization, social structure, conventional discourses, and the lifeworld. We explore these concepts through case studies of immigration, healthcare, and economic development, concluding that despite nationalization, distinct state-level effects vary by issue as partisan actors exert their discursive power.

Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Information Technology and Engineering (ICITE 2023)

Author : Ari Kusuma Wardana
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9464633387
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Information Technology and Engineering (ICITE 2023) written by Ari Kusuma Wardana and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access book.2023 International Conference on Information Technology and Engineering (ICITE)The international conference will address technology’s impact on modern society, covering social, economic, and environmental implications, along with mitigation efforts. It will serve as a forum for academics, practitioners, and researchers from diverse disciplines to share knowledge and deepen their understanding.

Computer-Aided Numerical Methods in Psychology

Author : PressGrup Academician Team
Publisher : Prof. Dr. Bilal Semih Bozdemir
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computer-Aided Numerical Methods in Psychology written by PressGrup Academician Team and published by Prof. Dr. Bilal Semih Bozdemir. This book was released on with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology: Computer-Aided Numerical Methods Introduction to Numerical Methods in Psychology Advantages of Computer-Aided Numerical Analysis Data Collection and Preprocessing Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis Logistic Regression and Classification Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Cluster Analysis Time Series Analysis Bayesian Methods and Inference Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques Optimization Algorithms in Psychological Research Visualization and Interpretation of Results Practical Applications and Case Studies

Unspoken Politics

Author : Efrén O. Pérez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316489892
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Unspoken Politics written by Efrén O. Pérez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains why people acquire implicit attitudes, how they affect political thinking, and where in the mass public they have their strongest - and weakest - influences. A theoretically ambitious book, Unspoken Politics establishes that implicit attitudes exist outside the tightly controlled confines of the laboratory, showing that they emerge in a public opinion survey setting, which underlines their real-world impact. It also lays bare, in painstaking detail, the mechanics of a leading measure of implicit attitudes, the implicit association test (IAT). Accordingly, it outlines the strengths and limitations of this measure, while providing an illustration of how to develop an IAT for one's own purposes. By explaining how to analyze and interpret the data produced by the IAT, this book leads to a better understanding of people's unspoken cognitions and the impacts these have on the politics that individuals openly profess.

Measuring Identity

Author : Rawi Abdelal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521518180
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Measuring Identity written by Rawi Abdelal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abdelal, Herrera, Johnston, and McDermott have brought together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to consider the conceptual and methodological challenges associated with treating identity as a variable, offer a synthetic theoretical framework, and demonstrate the possibilities offered by various methods of measurement.

New types of Neutrosophic Set/Logic/Probability, Neutrosophic Over-/Under-/Off-Set, Neutrosophic Refined Set, and their Extension to Plithogenic Set/Logic/Probability, with Applications

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Author : Florentin Smarandache
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039219383
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book New types of Neutrosophic Set/Logic/Probability, Neutrosophic Over-/Under-/Off-Set, Neutrosophic Refined Set, and their Extension to Plithogenic Set/Logic/Probability, with Applications written by Florentin Smarandache and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 37 papers by 73 renowned experts from 13 countries around the world, on following topics: neutrosophic set; neutrosophic rings; neutrosophic quadruple rings; idempotents; neutrosophic extended triplet group; hypergroup; semihypergroup; neutrosophic extended triplet group; neutrosophic extended triplet semihypergroup and hypergroup; neutrosophic offset; uninorm; neutrosophic offuninorm and offnorm; neutrosophic offconorm; implicator; prospector; n-person cooperative game; ordinary single-valued neutrosophic (co)topology; ordinary single-valued neutrosophic subspace; α-level; ordinary single-valued neutrosophic neighborhood system; ordinary single-valued neutrosophic base and subbase; fuzzy numbers; neutrosophic numbers; neutrosophic symmetric scenarios; performance indicators; financial assets; neutrosophic extended triplet group; neutrosophic quadruple numbers; refined neutrosophic numbers; refined neutrosophic quadruple numbers; multigranulation neutrosophic rough set; nondual; two universes; multiattribute group decision making; nonstandard analysis; extended nonstandard analysis; monad; binad; left monad closed to the right; right monad closed to the left; pierced binad; unpierced binad; nonstandard neutrosophic mobinad set; neutrosophic topology; nonstandard neutrosophic topology; visual tracking; neutrosophic weight; objectness; weighted multiple instance learning; neutrosophic triangular norms; residuated lattices; representable neutrosophic t-norms; De Morgan neutrosophic triples; neutrosophic residual implications; infinitely ∨-distributive; probabilistic neutrosophic hesitant fuzzy set; decision-making; Choquet integral; e-marketing; Internet of Things; neutrosophic set; multicriteria decision making techniques; uncertainty modeling; neutrosophic goal programming approach; shale gas water management system.

The Discursive Construction of Economic Inequality

Author : Eva M. Gomez-Jimenez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350111295
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Discursive Construction of Economic Inequality written by Eva M. Gomez-Jimenez and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses diverse public discourses to investigate how wealth inequality has been portrayed in the British media from the time of the Second World War to the present day. Using a variety of corpus-assisted methods of discourse analysis, chapters present an historicized perspective on how the mass media have helped to make sharply increased wealth inequality seem perfectly normal. Print, radio and online media sources are interrogated using methodologies grounded in critical discourse analysis, critical stylistics and corpus linguistics in order to examine the influence of the media on the British electorate, who have passively consented to the emergence of an even less egalitarian Britain. Covering topics such as Second World War propaganda, the 'Change4Life' anti-obesity campaign and newspaper, parliamentary and TV news programme attitudes to poverty and austerity, this book will be of value to all those interested in the mass media's contribution to the entrenched inequality in modern Britain.

Research Methodology and Data Analysis in Humanities & Social Sciences

Author : Rajesh Ekka
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312760125
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Research Methodology and Data Analysis in Humanities & Social Sciences written by Rajesh Ekka and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research refers to a search for knowledge. Research is an art of scientific investigation. The Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English lays down the meaning of research as, "a careful investigation or inquiry especially through search for new facts in any branch of knowledge".