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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969344603321

Titolo

Pragmatics in practice / / edited by Jan-Ola Östman, Jef Verschueren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

9786613424921

9781283424929

1283424924

9789027289148

902728914X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

Handbook of pragmatics highlights (HoPH) ; ; v. 9

Classificazione

ER 940

Altri autori (Persone)

ÖstmanJan-Ola

VerschuerenJef

Disciplina

401/.45

Soggetti

Pragmatics

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pragmatics in Practice; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Praxis; 2. Practical linguistics; 3. Pragmatics in practice'; 3.1 Everyday language use in practice; 3.2 Language and ethics; 3.3 Pragmatic adaptability in practice; 3.4 Linguistics 'applied'; 4. Towards responsibility in practice; Reference; Applied Linguistics; 1. Introduction; 2. The educational setting; 2.1 Child language and early literacy; 2.2 Classroom interaction; 2.3 Second and foreign language learning; 2.4 Teaching methodology and language testing; 2.5 Schooling and society

3. The economic-technical setting3.1 Improving written documents; 3.2 Studies of discourse in organizations; 4. Legal and bureaucratic settings; 4.1 Comprehensibility of legal and bureaucratic language; 4.2 Asymmetries in court and police encounters; 4.3 Forensic linguistics; 5. The medical-social setting; 6. The workplace; 6.1 Workplace interaction; 6.2 Conflicts and negotiations; 6.3 Discourse and technology; 7. Science and the academic setting; 7.1 The sociological-rhetorical study of scientific discourse; 7.2 The study of academic genres and writing; 7.3 Spoken discourse within academia

8. ConclusionReferences; Authenticity; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical



background; 3. Understanding the concept; 3.1 Properties of authenticity; 3.2 Establishing authenticity; 3.3 Experiencing authenticity; 4. Authenticity and language; 4.1 The Romantic legacy; 4.2 Authenticating language; 5. Conclusions; References; Clinical Pragmatics; 1. The scope of clinical pragmatics; 2. Theoretical issues; 2.1 Is pragmatic impairment a neurological, cognitive or behavioural phenomenon?; 2.2 Modular vs interactionist theories of pragmatic impairment; 3. Describing pragmatic impairment

3.1 Pragmatic profiles3.2 Pragmatic theories and frameworks; 3.3 Neuropragmatics; 3.4 Cognitive pragmatics; 4. The range of pragmatic impairments; 4.1 Primary pragmatic impairment; 4.1.1 Right hemisphere damage; 4.1.2 Traumatic brain injury; 4.1.3 Dementia; 4.1.4 Schizophrenia; 4.1.5 Autistic spectrum disorder; 4.2 Secondary pragmatic impairment; 4.2.1 Nonfluent aphasia; 4.2.2 Fluent aphasia; 4.2.3 Specific Language Impairment; 4.2.4 Sensorimotor dysfunction; 5. Clinical pragmatics and pragmatic theory; Reference; Computer-mediated communication; 1. Introduction

2. CMC between speaking and writing3. Play and performance; 4. Communities; 5. Self-presentation and identities; 6. Conclusion; Reference; Contrastive analysis.; 1. The contrastive enterprise; 2. The unit of comparison; 3. The method; 4. The scope; 5. Macro-Contrastive Analysis; 6. Applications; Reference; Corpus analysis; 1. Introduction; 2. Corpus design and typology; 3. Corpus use and annotation; 4. Some websites and journals; 4.1 Corpus distribution centres; 4.2 General information with links to other sites; 4.3 Corpora; 4.4 Software; 4.5 Journals; Reference; Emphasis

1. Definition, problems

Sommario/riassunto

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thereby attempting to divide up its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, social, cultural, discursive, variational, or interactional angles, this 9th volume focuses on what pragmatics is good for - beyond the very discipline of pragmatics as such. The chapters in the volume thus address the importance of taking a pragmatic perspective on traditional fields of applie



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300143003321

Autore

Hiai Fumio

Titolo

Introduction to Matrix Analysis and Applications / / by Fumio Hiai, Dénes Petz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-04150-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Universitext, , 2191-6675

Classificazione

510

SK 220

Disciplina

512.9434

Soggetti

Algebras, Linear

Linear Algebra

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fundamentals of operators and matrices -- Mappings and algebras -- Functional calculus and derivation -- Matrix monotone functions and convexity -- Matrix means and inequalities -- Majorization and singular values -- Some applications.

Sommario/riassunto

Matrices can be studied in different ways. They are a linear algebraic structure and have a topological/analytical aspect (for example, the normed space of matrices) and they also carry an order structure that is induced by positive semidefinite matrices. The interplay of these closely related structures is an essential feature of matrix analysis. This book explains these aspects of matrix analysis from a functional analysis point of view. After an introduction to matrices and functional analysis, it covers more advanced topics such as matrix monotone functions, matrix means, majorization and entropies. Several applications to quantum information are also included. Introduction to Matrix Analysis and Applications is appropriate for an advanced graduate course on matrix analysis, particularly aimed at studying quantum information. It can also be used as a reference for researchers in quantum information, statistics, engineering and economics.