1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820518103321

Autore

Baker Will (Language teacher)

Titolo

Culture and identity through English as a Lingua Franca : rethinking concepts and goals in intercultural communication / / by Will Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-5015-1588-8

1-5015-0214-X

1-5015-0216-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Developments in English as a Lingua Franca, , 2192-8177 ; ; Volume 8

Disciplina

306.442/21

Soggetti

Intercultural communication - Social aspects

Identity (Philosophical concept) - Social aspects

Lingua francas

English language - Foreign countries

English language - Social aspects

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

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Intercultural communication and ELF -- Chapter 3. Understanding culture through ELF -- Chapter 4. Culture and identity through English as a lingua franca -- Chapter 5. Re-examining intercultural communicative competence: intercultural awareness -- Chapter 6. ELF and intercultural awareness: implications for English language teaching -- Chapter 7. Putting it into practice: A study of a course in ELF and ICA for language learners in Thailand -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Appendices -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The use of English as a global lingua franca has given rise to new challenges and approaches in our understanding of language and communication. One area where ELF (English as a lingua franca) studies, both from an empirical and theoretical orientation, have the potential for significant developments is in our understanding of the relationships between language, culture and identity. ELF challenges



traditional assumptions concerning the purposed 'inexorable' link between a language and a culture. Due to the multitude of users and contexts of ELF communication the supposed language, culture and identity correlation, often conceived at the national level, appears simplistic and naïve. However, it is equally naïve to assume that ELF is a culturally and identity neutral form of communication. All communication involves participants, purposes, contexts and histories, none of which are 'neutral'. Thus, we need new approaches to understanding the relationship between language, culture and identity which are able to account for the multifarious and dynamic nature of ELF communication.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300259703321

Autore

Stroock Daniel W

Titolo

A Concise Introduction to Analysis / / by Daniel W. Stroock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-24469-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 218 p.)

Disciplina

512.4

Soggetti

Functional analysis

Functions of real variables

Functions of complex variables

Sequences (Mathematics)

Integral equations

Functional Analysis

Real Functions

Functions of a Complex Variable

Sequences, Series, Summability

Integral Equations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di contenuto

Analysis on The Real Line -- Elements of Complex Analysis -- Integration -- Higher Dimensions -- Integration in Higher Dimensions -- A Little Bit of Analytic Function Theory.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an introduction to the basic ideas and tools used in mathematical analysis. It is a hybrid cross between an advanced calculus and a more advanced analysis text and covers topics in both real and complex variables. Considerable space is given to developing Riemann integration theory in higher dimensions, including a rigorous treatment of Fubini's theorem, polar coordinates and the divergence theorem. These are used in the final chapter to derive Cauchy's formula, which is then applied to prove some of the basic properties of analytic functions. Among the unusual features of this book is the treatment of analytic function theory as an application of ideas and results in real analysis. For instance, Cauchy's integral formula for analytic functions is derived as an application of the divergence theorem. The last section of each chapter is devoted to exercises that should be viewed as an integral part of the text. A Concise Introduction to Analysis should appeal to upper level undergraduate mathematics students, graduate students in fields where mathematics is used, as well as to those wishing to supplement their mathematical education on their own. Wherever possible, an attempt has been made to give interesting examples that demonstrate how the ideas are used and why it is important to have a rigorous grasp of them.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349394903321

Titolo

Theory of Cryptography : 16th International Conference, TCC 2018, Panaji, India, November 11–14, 2018, Proceedings, Part I / / edited by Amos Beimel, Stefan Dziembowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

9783030038076

3030038076

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 720 p. 80 illus., 11 illus. in color.)

Collana

Security and Cryptology, , 2946-1863 ; ; 11239

Disciplina

005.82

005.824

Soggetti

Cryptography

Data encryption (Computer science)

Data protection

Computers - Law and legislation

Information technology - Law and legislation

Computers and civilization

Computer networks

Electronic data processing - Management

Cryptology

Data and Information Security

Legal Aspects of Computing

Computers and Society

Computer Communication Networks

IT Operations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Memory-based functions and complexity theory -- Two-round MPC protocols -- Zero knowledge -- Information-theoretic cryptography -- Trapdoor permutations and signatures -- Coin-tossing and fairness -- Functional and identity-based encryption.



Sommario/riassunto

The two-volume set of LNCS 11239 and LNCS 11240 constitutes the revised proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Theory of Cryptography, TCC 2018, held in Panaji, India, in November 2018. The total of 50 revised full papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 168 submissions. The Theory of Cryptography Conference deals with the paradigms, approaches, and techniques used to conceptualize natural cryptographic problems and provide algorithmic solutions to them and much more.