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hardcover. This work attempts to discover why so many Mexican Indians are illiterate today despite an indigenous literary tradition that dates back to the pre-Conquest period. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804721219
ISBN
9780804721219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.32

hardcover. Documents Easter Island's enigmatic script, Rongorongo, Oceania's only known pre-20th-century writing system. This study of this eloquent graphic achievement shows full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving Rongorongo inscriptions, with detailed photographs of nearly all the incised artefacts. Series: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics. Num Pages: 736 pages, numerous halftones, black and white line figures, rongorongo inscriptions, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPE; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1178.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780198237105
ISBN
9780198237105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 591.14

Paperback. Romanticism and the Rise of English provides a revisionary account of Romantic literature in light of the eighteenth-century transformation of the English language. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; CF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773621
ISBN
9780804773621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. A comprehensive academic work dedicated to the unique speech form of English Romanies/Gypsies often called 'Anglo-Romani'. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps,. BIC Classification: 2BMR; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639045
ISBN
9780748639045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.03

hardcover. This volume addresses robustness issues at the speech recognition and natural language parsing levels, with a focus on feature extraction and noise robust recognition, adaptive systems, language modelling, parsing, and natural language understanding. Editor(s): Junqua, Jean-Claude; Noord, Gertjan Van. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
2001st Edition
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792367901
ISBN
9780792367901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; CFLA; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781251331
ISBN
9781781251331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. This book represents a test to the hypothesis that vocal rhythm coordination at four months of age predicts attachment and cognition at age 12 months. The findings show that high coordination can index more or less optimal outcomes, as a function of outcome measure, partner, and site. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Num Pages: 180 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFDC; JMC; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232117
ISBN
9780631232117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.34

Paperback. This anthology features women's rhetorical theory from the 5th through the 19th centuries. Assembling selections on rhetoric, composition and communication this collection demonstrates an often-overlooked history of rhetoric as well as women's interest in conversation as a model for all discourse. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; 3J; CFG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517172
ISBN
9780742517172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.79

Paperback. A comprehensive guide to the language of argument, Rhetorical Style offers a renewed appreciation of the persuasive power of the English language. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199764112
ISBN
9780199764112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.82

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. This introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry through a series of classic rhetorical texts. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405117739
ISBN
9781405117739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.38

Hardcover. This introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry through a series of classic rhetorical texts. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405117722
ISBN
9781405117722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.13

Paperback. Society's attitudes to rhetoric are often very negative. Here, Richard Toye provides an engaging, historically informed introduction to rhetoric, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Wide-ranging in its scope, this Very Short Introduction is the essential starting point for understanding the art of persuasion. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199651368
ISBN
9780199651368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. Presents a discussion of early modern English rhetoric. This book shows specifically how experimental philosophers attempted to disenchant language. It describes the fundamental conflict between scientists and mystics over the nature of rhetoric in seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813215785
ISBN
9780813215785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFGR; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478475
ISBN
9780801478475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.22

Paperback. A comprehensive, chronological survey of the basic models of rhetoric as they developed from the early Greeks through the twentieth century. The author discusses rhetorical theories and practices in the context of the times of political and intellectual crisis that gave rise to them. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114897
ISBN
9780226114897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415314374
ISBN
9780415314374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: CFA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226464442
ISBN
9780226464442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.71

Paperback. The linking of psychosomatic to literary and literary to a larger political horizon raises the question of conservative premises to linguistic, pyschoanalystic, philisophical, and literary theories and criticisms of such. Translator(s): Waller, Margaret. Series: European Perspectives. Num Pages: 271 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
271
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231056434
ISBN
9780231056434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Revitalising Language in Provence: A Critical Approach questions the concept of language revitalisation and challenges the field s main tenets through a detailed analysis Southern France s Provencal movement, one of Europe s longest standing language revitalisation projects. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119243533
ISBN
9781119243533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.13

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