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Hardcover. In 'Rhetorical Investigations', Walter Jost juxtaposes problems and questions in philosophy and literature, using rhetoric as the middle term and common ground between them. He proposes a criticism whose origins are the natural language we all speak and whose value rests on illuminating our language games in poetry, philosophy, and everyday life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922492
- ISBN
- 9780813922492
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Condition: New
€ 84.47
€ 84.47
Hardcover. Focusing on the literary representation of performance practices in anglophone, francophone, and hispanophone Caribbean literature, Jeannine Murray-Roman shows how a shared regional aesthetic emerges from the descriptions of music, dance, and oral storytelling events. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; CFFD; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938479
- ISBN
- 9780813938479
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Condition: New
€ 82.63
€ 82.63
Paperback. Focusing on the literary representation of performance practices in anglophone, francophone, and hispanophone Caribbean literature, Jeannine Murray-Roman shows how a shared regional aesthetic emerges from the descriptions of music, dance, and oral storytelling events. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; CFFD; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938486
- ISBN
- 9780813938486
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Condition: New
€ 40.87
€ 40.87
Hardcover. While some students need more writing instruction than others, this text looks at how that need also pertains to the institutions themselves. The author argues that universities may need remedial English to alleviate their own crises in admission standards, enrollment and curriculum. Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFG; CJCW; JNM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822941866
- ISBN
- 9780822941866
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Condition: New
€ 70.41
€ 70.41
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jasper, David; Youzhuang, Geng; Wang, Hai. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; CFP; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781481304184
- ISBN
- 9781481304184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.56
€ 103.56
Hardback. Comprises over 12,200 entries, including over 4500 for flora and fauna alone, with various cross-references. This dictionary includes definitions, alternative spellings, pronunciations, etymologies, grammatical information, and illustrative citations of usage. Num Pages: 1072 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 2AB; 2ZP; CFF; CFG; GBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 295 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2364.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1072
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773534063
- ISBN
- 9780773534063
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Condition: New
€ 172.51
€ 172.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1072 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; HRCG2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 245 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1838.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Hendrickson Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Number of pages
- 1072
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565632073
- ISBN
- 9781565632073
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.72
€ 48.99
€ 46.72
Paperback. This volume explores the intersubjective and social dimensions of self-deception. Editor(s): Dupuy, Jean-Pierre. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 325.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575860688
- ISBN
- 9781575860688
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ACS; 2FCL; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575864129
- ISBN
- 9781575864129
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Dimension: 232 x 150. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866291
- ISBN
- 9781575866291
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Condition: New
€ 62.46€ 53.33
€ 62.46
€ 53.33
Paperback. Contains essays that explore explicit and implicit communication through linguistic research. Taking as a framework Paul Grice's theories on "what is said," this volume explores a number of areas, including the boundary between semantics and pragmatics; the concept of implicit communication; and the notion of conventional meaning. Editor(s): Penco, Carlo; Domaneschi, Filippo. Series: Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866673
- ISBN
- 9781575866673
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.85
€ 37.99
€ 29.85
The Core and the Periphery. Data-driven Perspectives on Syntax Inspire...
. Ed(S): Hofmeister, Philip; Norcliffe, Elisa...
Hardback. Including papers that were inspired by the linguistics career of Ivan A Sag (1949-2013), this title is written to commemorate his many contributions to the field. It tackles a range of grammar-related issues and shares the perspective that the best theories of grammar attempt to account for the full diversity and complexity of language data. Editor(s): Hofmeister, Philip; Norcliffe, Elisabeth. Series: Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575867205
- ISBN
- 9781575867205
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Condition: New
€ 58.29€ 49.99
€ 58.29
€ 49.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Sacks, Sheldon. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 283.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press Journals
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733340
- ISBN
- 9780226733340
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.55
€ 17.99
€ 15.55
Hardback. The first systematic, corpus-based and theoretically rigorous approach to the description and analysis of multimodal documents. Drawing on academic research and the experience of designers and production teams, Bateman uses linguistically-based analysis to show how different modes of expression together make up a document with a recognisable genre. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002562
- ISBN
- 9780230002562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardback. All humans can interpret sentences of their native language quickly and without effort. Working from the perspective of generative grammar, the contributors to this volume investigate three mental mechanisms, widely assumed to underlie this ability: compositional semantics, implicature computation and presupposition computation. Editor(s): Sauerland, Uli; Stateva, Penka. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230005334
- ISBN
- 9780230005334
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Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
The Discursive Construction of History. Remembering the Wehrmacht's Wa...
Fligelstone, Steven; Heer, Hannes; Manoschek,...
Hardback. How do democratic and pluralistic societies cope with traumatic events in their past? This interdisciplinary volume analyzes in detail for the first time the history and image of the German 'Wehrmacht' and the debates in Austria and Germany surrounding two highly contested exhibitions about the war crimes of the 'Wehrmacht' during World War II. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013230
- ISBN
- 9780230013230
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Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardback. This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hnahno in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts. Editor(s): Hornberger, Nancy H. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013322
- ISBN
- 9780230013322
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Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how metaphor is used systematically to create political myths of monsters, villains and heroes. Metaphors are shown to interact with other figures of speech to communicate subliminal meanings by drawing on the unconscious emotional association of words. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; GTC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019812
- ISBN
- 9780230019812
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Condition: New
€ 115.85
€ 115.85
Hardback. This comprehensive guide to research and debate centres around language learning in childhood, the age factor and the different contexts where language learning happens, including home and school contexts. The scope is wide, capturing examples of studies with different age groups, different methodological approaches and different languages. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFDM; CJA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203419
- ISBN
- 9780230203419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardback. This volume brings together original research in the four areas of L2 collocation learner corpora, L2 collocation lexicographic and classroom materials, L2 collocation knowledge assessment, and L2 collocation learner processes. Each area is covered by three research chapters and a dedicated commentary chapter by experts in the field. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFG; CJA; EBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203488
- ISBN
- 9780230203488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05