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Hardback. In order to determine whether two participants in a discussion are in real dis/agreement, one must compare their propositions. Comparison presupposes yardsticks in common. This work thematises such yardsticks, demonstrating the existence, content and factual significance of a well-delimited set of proposition types and proposition patterns. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 631 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1061.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 631
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014901
- ISBN
- 9781402014901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.13
€ 126.13
Paperback. Discusses many optimization and linguistic issues in detail. This book treats the history of many languages, including English, French, Germanic, Galician/Portuguese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish. It shows that the application of OT allows for innovative and improved analyses. It contains a bibliography on Optimality Theory and language change. Editor(s): Holt, D. Eric (University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA). Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 463 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 745.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014703
- ISBN
- 9781402014703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 244.65
€ 244.65
Hardback. Discusses many optimization and linguistic issues. This title treats the history of a variety of languages, including English, French, Germanic, Galician/Portuguese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish and shows that the application of Optimality Theory allows for innovative and improved analyses. Editor(s): Holt, D. Eric (University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA). Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 463 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 899.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014697
- ISBN
- 9781402014697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.24
€ 243.24
Paperback. Contains a selection of papers from the International Conference on Argumentation (Amsterdam, 2002) by prominent international scholars of argumentation theory. This title is of interest to those working in the field of argumentation theory and to the scholars who are interested in the developments in this field. Editor(s): Eemeren, Frans H. van; Blair, J. Anthony (University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada); Willard, Charles Arthur; Snoeck Henkemans, A. Francisca. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014567
- ISBN
- 9781402014567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.16
€ 68.16
Recent Advances in Example-Based Machine Translation
. Ed(S): Carl, Michael; Way, Andy (School Of ...
Paperback. Intended for researchers and program developers in the field of Machine Translation and especially Example-Based Machine Translation, bilingual text processing and cross-linguistic information retrieval. This book can be used in graduate-level courses in machine translation and statistical NLP. Editor(s): Carl, Michael; Way, Andy (School of Computer Applications, Dublin City University, Ireland). Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFP; UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 718.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014017
- ISBN
- 9781402014017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.65
€ 192.65
Paperback. As the field of typological studies grows, it is evident that the languages of the Americas have to be included in order to obtain a complete picture of natural human language. This work serves as a phonetic fieldwork study of the sound system of an important Native American language - the Navajo language as it is spoken on the Navajo reservation. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2JND; 2JNN; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402013522
- ISBN
- 9781402013522
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Condition: New
€ 123.87
€ 123.87
Paperback. Linguists and engineers in Natural Language Processing tend to use electronic corpora more. This book gathers 21 papers on building and using parsed corpora raising relevant questions. It deals with a variety of languages and a variety of corpora. It is for those working in linguistics, computational linguistics, natural language, and grammar. Editor(s): Abeille, Anne. Series: Text , Speech & Language Technology S. Num Pages: 407 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 407
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402013355
- ISBN
- 9781402013355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.87
€ 192.87
Hardback. Discusses research in semantics, theory of truth, philosophy of language and theory of communication from a trans-disciplinary perspective. This title addresses issues such as sentence meaning, utterance meaning, speaker's intention and reference, linguistic context, circumstances and background theories. Editor(s): Preyer, Gerhard; Peter, Georg; Ulkan, Maria. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402013294
- ISBN
- 9781402013294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardback. Provides an overview of the development of the language policy at both national and local levels. This book offers an introduction to the USSR and its ethnolinguistic makeup, followed by a chronology of Soviet language policy and its general development. It also includes discussion of language policy and its impact in each of them. Series: Language Policy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; CFB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012983
- ISBN
- 9781402012983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.65
€ 221.65
Hardback. Features articles devoted to the phenomenon of complex predicates consisting of a verb preceded by a preverb. A number of articles present historical evidence on the change of preverbal elements into prefixes. This book discusses topics such as grammaticalization, constructional idioms, and derivational periphrasis. Editor(s): Booij, Geert; Marle, Jaap van. Series: Yearbook of Morphology. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012723
- ISBN
- 9781402012723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.82
€ 245.82
Teaching Academic Writing in European Higher Education
. Ed(S): Bjork, Lennart A.; Brauer, Gerd; Rie...
paperback. Describes teaching philosophies, curricular structures, research approaches and organizational models used in European countries. This book addresses educational and cultural differences between writing instruction in Europe and the US. Editor(s): Bjork, Lennart A.; Brauer, Gerd; Rienecker, Lotte (University of Copenhagen, Denmark); Jorgensen, Peter Stray. Series: Studies in Writing. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; CJCW; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012099
- ISBN
- 9781402012099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.25
€ 125.25
Teaching Academic Writing in European Higher Education
. Ed(S): Bjork, Lennart A.; Brauer, Gerd; Rie...
Hardback. Describes teaching philosophies, curricular structures, research approaches and organizational models used in European countries. This title offers teaching strategies and examples: from individual tutorials to large classes, from face-to-face to web-based teaching. Editor(s): Bjork, Lennart A.; Brauer, Gerd; Rienecker, Lotte (University of Copenhagen, Denmark); Jorgensen, Peter Stray. Series: Studies in Writing. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; CJCW; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012082
- ISBN
- 9781402012082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.54
€ 126.54
Hardback. Includes a number of articles devoted to the morphology of a variety of pidgin and creole languages, which appear to have much more morphology than traditionally assumed. This volume also deals with the morphological use of truncation for the coinage of proper names in Germanic and Romance languages. Editor(s): Booij, Geert; Marle, Jaap van. Series: Yearbook of Morphology. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011504
- ISBN
- 9781402011504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.69
€ 246.69
Paperback. Deals with the syllable structure in the two main languages spoken in Morocco. This book first deals with Tashlhiyt Berber, a language which has a syllable structure with properties which are highly unusual. It then presents an argument that our conclusions about Tashlhiyt Berber carry over to a certain extent to Moroccan Arabic. Series: International Handbooks of Linguistics. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 2CXB; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010774
- ISBN
- 9781402010774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.66
€ 186.66
Hardback. Deals with syllable structure in the two main languages spoken in Morocco. This book's theoretical outlook is that of generative phonology. It tells how the inventories of syllable types of the two languages are very similar. Unlike Tashlhiyt, Moroccan Arabic has an epenthetic vowel, but it also allows vowelless syllables. Series: International Handbooks of Linguistics. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 2CXB; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 765.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010767
- ISBN
- 9781402010767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.17
€ 189.17
Language and Language-in-education Planning in the Pacific Basin
Kaplan, Robert B.; Baldauf, Richard B.
Hardback. Examines and reviews the ecological context of language planning in 14 countries in the Pacific basin such as: Japan, the two Koreas, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Series: Language Policy. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1M; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010620
- ISBN
- 9781402010620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.73
€ 124.73
Hardback. Emphasizes the emergence of linguistic development through children's and learners' interactions with their environment - spatial, social, cultural, educational, and so on, describing commonalities between primary language development, child and adult second-language learning, and language acquisition by robots. Editor(s): Leather, Jonathan; Dam, Jet van. Series: Educational Linguistics. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010170
- ISBN
- 9781402010170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.74
€ 127.74
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the statistical analysis of word frequency distributions in the field of quantitative stylistics. This book provides an introduction to the underlying probabilistic and statistical concepts, and provides a program library implementing the main models for word frequency distributions. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402009273
- ISBN
- 9781402009273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 191.46
€ 191.46
Paperback. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 14-20, 1997 Editor(s): Saitovitch, E.Baggio; Rechenberg, H.; Scorzelli, R.B. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 913.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402008825
- ISBN
- 9781402008825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 197.07
€ 197.07
Paperback. Investigates various aspects of the distribution of nominal arguments, and in particular the cross-linguistic variation that can be found among the Germanic languages in this domain of the syntax. This book discusses empirical topics that include variable vs fixed argument order, the distribution of subjects with respect to adjuncts, and more. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 381 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402008559
- ISBN
- 9781402008559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.03
€ 192.03