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This book explores the semantic-syntactic development of composite predicates (CPs) in English from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. Large-scale corpus data reveal that the morphologically and semantically related simple verb (e.g. notice in the case of take notice of) works as a powerful predictor of the CP's semantic evolution.

Introduction to Epidemiology for the Health Sciences is highly approachable from start to finish, providing foundational knowledge for students new to epidemiology. Its focus on critical thinking allows readers to become competent consumers of health literature, equipping them with skills that transfer to various health sciences workplaces.

Showcasing a new approach that broadens the scope of emotion research, this groundbreaking book builds on growing recognition that emotion is a pivotal factor for understanding human language, communication, and social interaction. It is a must read for academic researchers and students interested in the captivating topic of human emotion.

This book delves into the socio-economic significance of gold in India and studies its enormous cultural currency. Based on extensive research, the book will be of interest to not only academics but also to anyone interested in understanding more about gold in India.

While, a lot has been written about the need to 'decolonize' animal studies and wildlife conservation, there is no discussion or attempt to 'de-brahminize' animal studies and conservation science in India. Similarly, some animals and birds are positioned as superior in the Brahmanical social order, others seem to be subordinated and are associated with certain 'inferior' caste groups. Beings and Beasts discusses the relations between humans and animals of marginalized societies, especially of Dalits and Tribals. It analyses the various ways of perceiving the 'conjoint' living and examines it from multiple perspectives and disciplinary lenses.

This book applies rotation theory to problems involving vectors and coordinates, with an approach that combines easily visualised procedures with smart mathematics. It constructs rotation theory from the ground up, building from basic geometry through to the motion and attitude equations of rockets, and the tensor analysis of relativity.

This accessible and engaging book explores the connection between clothes and philosophy - how clothes can pose philosophical problems, and how philosophical ideas influence clothes. It ranges over all aspects of clothes and what they mean to us, helping us to understand an important and underexplored aspect of our lives.

This book reviews the theoretical, clinical, and forensic issues pertaining to cult leaders, followers, and those who encounter them. It will appeal to psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health professionals, criminal investigators, attorneys, and academics, and those with educational interest in cults and similar organizational frameworks.

This richly textured book helps students and scholars of religion and politics to understand the surprising ways in which conflict and conciliation can renew grassroots democracy. It appraises contemporary discussions of democratic pluralism in religious and ethical theory while advancing a bold new account of conflict's religious significance.

Master data converter design with this definitive textbook. Razavi's intuitive pedagogical approach introduces step-by-step transistor-level designs and simulations, with 250+ examples and 350+ homework problems. Ideal for senior undergraduate and graduate students and professional engineers aspiring to excel in data converter design and analysis.

This book offers a sophisticated and yet fully accessible account of modern lawmaking by appellate courts. It highlights the many ways in which the current approach to this important societal task is incompatible with the practices and procedures that have remained in place from an earlier era.

This text provides a comprehensive presentation of results for time-homogeneous Markov chains with asymptotically zero drift. Including novel results and original research, this monograph will interest researchers and graduate students in probability, statistics and their applications.