Bidirectionality and Metaphor: An Introduction

Achieving bidirectionality

The topic of BIDIltECT1ONAL1TY~ using common knowledge in language processing for both anMysis and generation, is of both practical and theoretical concern. Theoretically, it is important to determine what knowledge structures can be applied to both. Practically, it is important that a cmnpetent natural language system be ~ble to generate outputs tilat are relevant to the inputs it understands,...

Introduction: narrative in psychotherapy: the emerging metaphor.

For the last decade a new metaphor has been progressively, but securely, penetrating the domains of academic and professional psychology. The “narrative” metaphor began to be widely diffused in books, journal articles, and conference papers. Even though some ancient roots of the narrative metaphor can be traced back (c.f., Polkinghorne, 1988), we are indebted to Theodore Sarbin (1986) for intro...

From Bidirectionality to Alternation

We describe an explicit simulation of 2-way nondeterministic automata by 1-way alternating automata with quadratic blow-up. We first describe the construction for automata on finite words, and extend it to automata on infinite words.

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Introduction of a New, Contemporary, and Developmentally Flexible Mindfulness Metaphor

Mindfulness is described as an experiential state and an intentional practice aimed at enhancing attention to and acceptance of the broad range of human experience. The use of figurative language occupies a central role in the psychotherapy process. This article introduces a new analogy, not currently represented in the literature, with therapeutic utility across age groups for enhancing unders...