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Hardback. Gives an account of a field of fast increasing importance in both theoretical and descriptive linguistics. The aim of this book is to establish a universally valid framework for the objective description of linguistic function. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631176145
ISBN
9780631176145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.65

Paperback. This ground--breaking volume sets out an original model of the dynamics of language processing, which can be used to explain the structural properties of language in a simple and elegant way. The model is introduced both informally and formally, and is applied to a range of languages. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631176138
ISBN
9780631176138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.23

Hardback. The idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others for at least two millennia. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631174653
ISBN
9780631174653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.34

Paperback. Focusing on the communication strategies employed by those whose command of a language is limited, this text aims to elucidate what is known about linguistic structure and psychological processing and, in so doing, contribute to the practical business of language teaching. Num Pages: 195 pages, 5 figures, 9 tables, index. BIC Classification: CFDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631174585
ISBN
9780631174585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.32

Paperback. This book addresses one of the most fundamental questions that can be asked about language: how can we explain language universals? There are currently many different views of this question. Some argue for the innateness of general linguistic principles within the human species. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 figures, indices. BIC Classification: CFDC; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631174561
ISBN
9780631174561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.41

Paperback. In the six centuries before the Norman Conquest, the Anglo--Saxons set their mark on England: the origins of much that is distinctive in modern English culture may be found in the period, most notably the English language itself. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABA; CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631174363
ISBN
9780631174363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 51.43

Paperback. An introduction to language acquisition, designed to meet the needs of advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in linguistics and cognitive science. It is written from the perspective of theoretical linguistics, and uses Chomskyan generative grammar as a framework. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631173861
ISBN
9780631173861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.11

Paperback. Central to any understanding of the significance of material objects, whether contemporary or prehistoric, is a discussion of the very nature of interpretation itself: how we 'read' artefacts and inscribe them into the present. Editor(s): Tilley, Christopher. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631172857
ISBN
9780631172857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.95

Paperback. Provides an overview of Irgaray's work, while each of the three sections in this work is prefaced by contextualising comments, enabling the reader to situate the extracts both within Iragara's thought and also within feminist theory. Editor(s): Whitford, Margaret. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631170433
ISBN
9780631170433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.71

Paperback. Regardless of its particular topic, each of Donald Davidsona s essays is part of a comprehensive progrqamme to address questions about language, mind and action, and their interconnections. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631169482
ISBN
9780631169482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. This is an introductory overview of modern theoretical linguistics which aims to be both accessible and humorous without sacrificing either scholarship or insight. The author emphasizes the necessity of appealing to linguistic theory for an understanding of the phenomena of language. Num Pages: 284 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631169260
ISBN
9780631169260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.50

Paperback. This book argues controversially that second--language acquisition has much in common with other forms of skill learning, and that there is much to be learned about the business of language teaching by considering the views and practices of teachers in other domains. Series: Applied Language Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFDC; CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631168775
ISBN
9780631168775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.24

Paperback. This investigation of how societies have understood and described themselves is concerned both with the history of language and the language of history. Chapters include studies of societies in Germany, China, USA and India, pre-revolutionary France and 19th-century Britain and America. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFB; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631167334
ISBN
9780631167334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Hardback. This book is an introduction to and interpretation of the philosophy of language devised by Donald Davidson over the past 25 years. The guiding intuition is that Davidson's work is best understood as an ongoing attempt to purge semantics of theoretical reifications. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631164586
ISBN
9780631164586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.88

Paperback. Written by a linguist who is himself a journalist, this is a uniquely informed account of the language of the news media. Based in the frameworks of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis its concerns are with the notion of the news story, the importance of the processes which produce media language and the role of the audience. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631164357
ISBN
9780631164357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback. Drawing data from a corpus of more than 100,000 spontaneous utterances, the author demonstrates that the fundamental characteristic of children's earliest grammars is that they are essentially "lexical" in nature, showing mastery of items belonging to lexical (but not formal) categories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFDC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631163589
ISBN
9780631163589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.95

Paperback. How does classroom language learning take place? How does an understanding of second language acquisition contribute to language teaching? Aiming to answer these questions, this book reviews a range of research on classroom learning, developing a theory of instructed second language acquisition which has implications for language teaching. Series: Applied Language Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFDC; CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631162025
ISBN
9780631162025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.85

Paperback. This is the first near--exhaustive introduction to the burgeoning field of morphology in generative grammar. Presupposing very little prior knowledge of linguistics, the book guides the reader from absolute basics to the most recent theoretical developments. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics S. Num Pages: 536 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631161448
ISBN
9780631161448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.49

Paperback. The aim of this book is to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of teaching language for communication. It is written primarily for teachers who wish to adopt a communicative approach and would like to reflect on the principles that underlie it. Series: Applied Language Studies. Num Pages: 136 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJA; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631154563
ISBN
9780631154563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback. In the past decade the work of Jurgen Habermas has sparked off a series of lively debates over modernity and post--modernity, the nature of language, the interplay of law and politics and the dilemmas of morality. Editor(s): Rasmussen, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631152743
ISBN
9780631152743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

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