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Paperback. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308. An Essay on Free Will. 264 pages. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight: 308.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151573
ISBN
9780231151573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.01

Hardback. This important book provides a comparative study of the growth and impact of mass literacy across Europe between 1750 and 1950. The volume outlines the main features of the comparative growth of literacy, and relates them to the later growth of electronic media. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; CFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745614441
ISBN
9780745614441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Business Education Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901888744
ISBN
9781901888744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.40

Paperback. Harvey Sacksa s early death in 1975 robbed the social sciences of one of its most original thinkers. Although he published relatively little in his lifetime, his lectures and papers were enormously influential in sociology and sociolinguistics and they played a major role in the development of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617114
ISBN
9780745617114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268009847
ISBN
9780268009847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 447 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFZ; JFFG; JNC; JNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
447
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563681103
ISBN
9781563681103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.00
€ 46.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 446 pages, figures. BIC Classification: CFP; HRCG3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Baker Academic
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801097430
ISBN
9780801097430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.17

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783091300
ISBN
9781783091300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; CFF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271020822
ISBN
9780271020822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFDM; CJ; EBAL; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138824676
ISBN
9781138824676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.94

Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455881
ISBN
9781349455881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Paperback. In this book, the first written about the globalization of the English language by a professional historian, the exploration of English's global ascendancy receives its proper historical due. This brief, accessible volume breaks new ground in its organization, emphasis on causation, and conclusions. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137303066
ISBN
9781137303066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.56

Hardcover. In this book, the first written about the globalization of the English language by a professional historian, the exploration of English's global ascendancy receives its proper historical due. This brief, accessible volume breaks new ground in its organization, emphasis on causation, and conclusions. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFB; CFF; HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137303059
ISBN
9781137303059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

Paperback. The shape and timing of gestures depends not only on what speakers see but on what they take to be distinctive; this, in turn, depends on the context. Those who remembered the same context saw the same distinctions and used similar gestures. This book presents a study of how we communicate and how language is connected to thought. Num Pages: 330 pages, 92 figures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: CFD; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226514635
ISBN
9780226514635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, 88 line drawings, 28 tables. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
428
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561349
ISBN
9780226561349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.64
€ 43.75

Hardback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABC; CFFD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816631858
ISBN
9780816631858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226660523
ISBN
9780226660523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. How and why do languages change over time? Could the way an individual child develops affect aggregate language change? What do the mechanisms of change tell us about the evolution of language in our species? This book asserts that a child develops a grammar on exposure to some triggering experience. Series: Blackwell/Maryland Lectures in Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFFD; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631210603
ISBN
9780631210603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback. Series: AAR Academy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780891308638
ISBN
9780891308638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, 4ill.3d. BIC Classification: CFH; MMZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871381054
ISBN
9781871381054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.54

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; GBC; HRCG3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801049392
ISBN
9780801049392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. Sense and Sensitivity explores the semantic and pragmatic effects of focus in natural language discourse. The book concentrates on focus sensitivity, the remarkable dependency some words have on the effects of focus. An example is "only": compare "She only LIKES me" (i.e. nothing deeper) to "She only likes ME" (i.e. nobody else). Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112642
ISBN
9781405112642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.72

Hardcover. Sense and Sensitivity explores the semantic and pragmatic effects of focus in natural language discourse. The book concentrates on focus sensitivity, the remarkable dependency some words have on the effects of focus. An example is "only": compare "She only LIKES me" (i.e. nothing deeper) to "She only likes ME" (i.e. nobody else). Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 328 pages, figures. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112635
ISBN
9781405112635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.87

Paperback. This dictionary is an indispensable guide to the study of the Latin Middle Ages. It records the continuing usage of classical and late Latin in this period (6th-16th centuries), but it presents most fully the medieval developments of the language, drawing on a rich variety of printed and manuscript sources. Editor(s): Howlett, David C. Series: Medieval Latin Dictionary (British Academy). Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADL; 3H; CBDX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 302 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264362
ISBN
9780197264362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.49

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