1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456502303321

Autore

Yu Ning

Titolo

The contemporary theory of metaphor [[electronic resource] ] : a perspective from Chinese / / Ning Yu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c1998

ISBN

9786613222107

90-272-8273-0

1-283-22210-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Human cognitive processing, , 1387-6724 ; ; v. 1

Disciplina

808

Soggetti

Metaphor

Chinese language - Figures of speech

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-272) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Contemporary Theory: A Review; Chapter 3. Emotion Metaphors; Chapter 4. The Time as Space Metaphor; Chapter 5. The Event Structure Metaphor; Chapter 6. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This comparative study of Chinese and English metaphor contributes to the search for metaphoric universals by placing the contemporary theory of metaphor in a broad cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective. The author explores to what degree abstract reasoning is metaphorical and which conceptual metaphors are culture specific, wide spread or universal in a cognitive and cultural context.The empirical studies presented reinforce the view that metaphor is the main mechanism through which abstract concepts are comprehended and abstract reasoning is performed. They also support, from



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466194603316

Titolo

Financial Cryptography and Data Security [[electronic resource] ] : 23rd International Conference, FC 2019, Frigate Bay, St. Kitts and Nevis, February 18–22, 2019, Revised Selected Papers / / edited by Ian Goldberg, Tyler Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-32101-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 708 p. 328 illus., 64 illus. in color.)

Collana

Security and Cryptology ; ; 11598

Disciplina

005.82

Soggetti

Computer security

Data encryption (Computer science)

Software engineering

Application software

Computers

Computer system failures

Systems and Data Security

Cryptology

Software Engineering

Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

The Computing Profession

System Performance and Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cryptocurrency Cryptanalysis -- Measurement -- Payment Protocol Security -- Multiparty Protocols -- Off-Chain Mechanisms -- Fraud Detection -- Game Theory -- IoT Security.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2019, held in St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis in February 2019. The 32 revised full papers and 7 short papers were carefully selected and reviewed from 179 submissions. The



papers are grouped in the following topical sections: Cryptocurrency Cryptanalysis, Measurement, Payment Protocol Security, Multiparty Protocols, Off-Chain Mechanisms, Fraud Detection, Game Theory, IoT Security and much more.