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Hardback. How did humans acquire cognition more powerful than a hunting-gathering primate needed to survive? Combining research with forty years of writing about language evolution, the author resolves a crucial problem that both biology and cognitive science have ignored: how animal thinking escaped the prison of the here and now. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724907
ISBN
9780674724907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illus. BIC Classification: CF; CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772893853
ISBN
9788772893853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback / so. Originally published: Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press, c2009. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JNKD; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616085643
ISBN
9781616085643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.87

Paperback. A guide for using American Sign Language as a teaching tool for young hearing children. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFZ; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 219 x 11. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Redleaf Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781929610693
ISBN
9781929610693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.19

hardcover. An exploration of how key modern writers challenged conventional ways of characterizing selfhood, thus developing a discourse expressive of the subtleties of experience in a post-Freudian world long before the self-representation theories of the post-structuralists and post-modernists. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; CFG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Edition
1989th Edition
SKU
V9780333457429
ISBN
9780333457429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Paperback. This 25th anniversary reader brings together a group of thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic with an introductory overview from the editors which considers the development of theory and scholarship since 1980. Editor(s): Heath, Stephen; MacCabe, Colin. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333763728
ISBN
9780333763728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335122
ISBN
9780822335122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. Presents the Catholic understanding of biblical inspiration, canon, and interpretation from historical and systematic points of view, starting with the apostolic age and ending with Dei Verbum of the Second Vatican Council. Although written from an explic Translator(s): Larcher, Fabian; Weisheipl, James A. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; HRCG3; HRCM. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813217468
ISBN
9780813217468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.25

Hardcover. Metaphor supposes that an ordinary word could have been used, but instead something unexpected appears. The point of a metaphor is to enrich experience by bringing different associations to mind, by giving something a different life. The prophetic character of metaphor, Denis Donoghue says, changes the world by changing our sense of it. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674430662
ISBN
9780674430662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

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

€ 195.34

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

€ 196.19

Hardcover. Combining a fresh, previously unexplored view of the subject with a detailed overview of the past and ongoing philosophical discussion on the matter, this book investigates the phenomenon of semantic under-determinacy by seeking an answer to the questions of how it can be explained, and how communication is possible despite it. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137398437
ISBN
9781137398437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349485345
ISBN
9781349485345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.72

Paperback. The Logic of Sense begins with an extended exegesis of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Considering stoicism, language, games, sexuality, schizophrenia, and literature, Deleuze determines the status of meaning and meaninglessness, and seeks the 'place' where sense and nonsense collide. Editor(s): Boundas, Constantin V. Translator(s): Lester, Mark; Stivale, Charles J. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 393 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231059831
ISBN
9780231059831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.19

paperback. Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780788501241
ISBN
9780788501241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.66

Paperback. Her international bestseller, the book that shows us at last, why we find it so difficult to talk to the opposite sex. Reissued to coincide with her new book The Argument Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853814716
ISBN
9781853814716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. * provides guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. * compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631166238
ISBN
9780631166238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.89

Hardback. Examines legal translation in its many facets from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering both theoretical and practical grounds and linguistic as well as legal issues. This book analyses the basic skills and competence of the legal translator and various types of legal texts. Series: Topics in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853599545
ISBN
9781853599545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.44

Paperback. Cameron debunks the myths about language and the sexes propagated in recent popular writing by drawing on more than 30 years of scientific research in language and gender studies. She explains what the findings really say about men and women and the way they communicate. Essential reading, whatever planet you come from. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199550999
ISBN
9780199550999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781446267233
ISBN
9781446267233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48

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