On Apologising in Negative and Positive Politeness Cultures
This book investigates how speakers of English, Polish and Russian deal with offensive situations. It reveals culture-specific perceptions of what counts as an apology and what constitutes politeness. It offers a critical discussion of Brown and Levinson's theory and provides counterevidence to the correlation between indirectness and politeness underlying their theory. Their theory is applied to two languages that rely less heavily on indirectness in conveying politeness than does English, and to a speech act that does not become more polite through indirectness.
This is a book of applied mathematical proofs. If you have seen a mathematical result, if you want to know why the result is so, you can look for the proof here. The book's purpose is to convey the essential ideas underlying the derivations of a large number of mathematical results useful in the modeling of physical systems. To this end, the book emphasizes main threads of mathematical argument and the motivation underlying the main threads, deemphasizing formal mathematical rigor.
This sixth edition of Additional Maths:Pure and Applied, has been completely revised and updated. It covers the Cambridge Additional Mathematics syllabus in the Pure Mathematics and Particle Mechanics sections. In this new edition, the authors have included *additional sections to make for a more comprehensive coverage of topics; *more exercise and revision questions; *additional/replacement examples/figures to complement the modified text.
Only applications-driven book dealing with commerically-sponsored spatial analysis research. * Focuses on business and public sector planning case studies, offering readers a snapshot of the use of spatial analysis across a broad range of areas. * Internationally-renowned editors and contributors present a broad variety of global applications, and demonstrate GIS components and spatial methodologies in practice.
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers, 2 Ed
"An exceptionally complete overview. There are numerous examples and the emphasis is on applications to almost all areas of science and engineering. There is truly something for everyone here.this reviewer feels that it is a very hard act to follow, and recommends it strongly. [This book] is a jewel."-Applied Mechanics Review
