1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975169903321

Autore

Sorjonen Marja-Leena

Titolo

Responding in conversation : a study of response particles in Finnish / / Marja-Leena Sorjonen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2001

ISBN

9786612161919

9781282161917

1282161911

9789027297457

9027297452

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 pages)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond ; ; new ser. 70

Classificazione

EK 3680

Disciplina

494/.5415

Soggetti

Finnish language - Particles

Interpersonal communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-319) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Responding in Conversation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Background information of the particles joo and niin -- Chapter 3: Indexicality,interjections and actions by recipients in interaction -- Chapter 4: Responses to yes/no questions -- Chapter 5: Responses to directives -- Chapter 6: Responses to affiliation-relevant utterances in A-event environments -- Chapter 7: Responses to affiliation-relevant utterances concerning a mutually known issue -- Chapter 8: Responses to informings and some other usages -- Chapter 9: Concluding discussion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- References -- Name index -- Subject index -- the PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

Sommario/riassunto

This book concerns particles that are used as responses in conversations. It provides much needed methodological tools for analyzing the use of response particles in languages, while its particular focus is Finnish. The book focuses on two Finnish particles, nii(n) and joo, which in some of their central usages have "yeah" and "yes" as their closest English counterparts. The two particles are



discussed in a number of sequential and activity contexts, including their use as answers to yes-no questions and directives, as responses to a stance-taking by the prior speaker, and in the midst of an extended telling by the co-participant. It will be shown how there is a fine-grained division of labor between the particles, having to do with the epistemic and affective character of the talk and the continuation vs. closure-relevance of the activity. The book connects theinteractional usages of the particles with what is known about their historical origins, and in this fashion it is also of interest to linguists doing research on processes of grammaticalization and lexicalization.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299766303321

Autore

Ahmad Shair

Titolo

A Textbook on Ordinary Differential Equations / / by Shair Ahmad, Antonio Ambrosetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

3-319-16408-2

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 331 p.)

Collana

La Matematica per il 3+2, , 2038-5722 ; ; 88

Disciplina

518.63

Soggetti

Differential equations

Numerical analysis

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Ordinary Differential Equations

Numerical Analysis

Applications of Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 First order linear differential equations -- 2 Theory of first order differential equations -- 3 First order nonlinear differential equations -- 4 Existence and uniqueness for systems and higher order equations -- 5 Second order equations -- 6 Higher order linear equations -- 7



Systems of first order equations -- 8 Qualitative analysis of 2x2 systems and nonlinear second order equations -- 9 Sturm Liouville eigenvalue theory -- 10 Solutions by infinite series and Bessel functions -- 11 Laplace transform -- 12 Stability theory -- 13 Boundary value problems -- 14 Appendix A. Numerical methods -- 15 Answers to selected exercises.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers readers a primer on the theory and applications of Ordinary Differential Equations. The style used is simple, yet thorough and rigorous. Each chapter ends with a broad set of exercises that range from the routine to the more challenging and thought-provoking. Solutions to selected exercises can be found at the end of the book. The book contains many interesting examples on topics such as electric circuits, the pendulum equation, the logistic equation, the Lotka-Volterra system, the Laplace Transform, etc., which introduce students to a number of interesting aspects of the theory and applications. The work is mainly intended for students of Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science and other areas of the natural and social sciences that use ordinary differential equations, and who have a firm grasp of Calculus and a minimal understanding of the basic concepts used in Linear Algebra. It also studies a few more advanced topics, such as Stability Theory and Boundary Value Problems, which may be suitable for more advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate students. The second edition has been revised to correct minor errata, and features a number of carefully selected new exercises, together with more detailed explanations of some of the topics.