This book brings together classic and recent papers in the philosophical and linguistic analysis of fuzzy grammar, of gradience in meaning, word classes, and syntax. Issues such as how many grains make a heap, when a puddle becomes a pond, and so forth, have occupied thinkers since Aristotle and over the last two decades been the subject of increasing interest among linguists as well as in fields such as artificial and computational linguistics
In
today's information-laden and time-constrained world we are required to
digest an increasing amount of written and printed material. Most
people, in their capacity as student, job seeker, employee or leisure
reader, want to be able to deal with their daily reading faster and
also recall it effectively. This book gives you the means to do just
that by: finding the techniques for improvement that work best for you;
providing methods for increasing retention and recall; promoting
flexibility - the key to reading efficiently; offering techniques for
developing skim-reading; and, highlighting problem areas and suggesting
ways of addressing them. The book contains exercises to facilitate your
development and assesses your results throughout, ensuring that you
come away reading faster and recalling more.
Can you remember names, faces,lists, numbers, speeches, dates, examination data ?
Speed Memory is a comprehensive memory training course based on recent research. As you work through the book, you graduate from simple methods to highly advanced systems - increasing your memory power all the time.
These techniques to improve your memory form the basis of the new BBC television programme Use Your Head, devised and presented by the author.
