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Hardback. Offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of conventions and the roles they play in social life and practical reason. This work gives a general account of the nature of conventions, explaining the differences between coordinative and constitutive conventions and between deep and surface conventions. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ; HPS; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140902
- ISBN
- 9780691140902
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Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 51.34
€ 65.35
€ 51.34
Paperback. "Looking at language variation in French using linguistic data that has emerged in recent years from France, Belgium and Switzerland, and comparing it to other European countries, this comparative study sets out to track how language changes have followed social and attitudinal developments, giving it a particular sociolinguistic slant"-- Num Pages: 327 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304974
- ISBN
- 9781349304974
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Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. An in depth examination of linguistic variation and change as a reflection of social convergence in the major French-speaking countries of Europe - France, Belgium and Switzerland. Considered in the context of linguistic levelling the book provides a detailed account of recent social and linguistic change in European French. Num Pages: 327 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219502
- ISBN
- 9780230219502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. Consists of 30 essays, most of them written by Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian scholars. The essays herein reflect a multiplicity of projects, ranging from explicitly national issues to quite "universal" themes such as signs of media, cinema, music, writing, actoriality, gastronomy, mental illness, language, habitus, distinction, and more. Editor(s): Tarasti, Eero. Series: Acta Semiotica Fennica. Num Pages: 406 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213204
- ISBN
- 9780253213204
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.45
€ 37.99
€ 34.45
paperback. Editor(s): Dunn, John Asher. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; CBD; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295974194
- ISBN
- 9780295974194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Since World War II, the work of Albanian scholars has made it possible to trace hitherto unobserved Slavonic loan words in the Albanian language. This monograph catalogues these slavisms in a number of semantic groups, covering agriculture, material culture, plants, animals, surrounding nature, social relations and the inner life of humans. Series: Jutland Archaeological Society Publications. Num Pages: 346 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AG; 2AJKL; CFF; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772884196
- ISBN
- 9788772884196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.23
€ 37.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 184 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Gibbs M. Smith Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423639312
- ISBN
- 9781423639312
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198729532
- ISBN
- 9780198729532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. The topic of this volume is controversies at the interface of epistemology with philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, including discussion of the Sorites Paradox and linguistic contextualism on attributions of knowledge. Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 10
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631222668
- ISBN
- 9780631222668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.96
€ 48.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Fenstad, Jens Erik; Halvorsen, Per-Kristian; Langholm, Tore; Benthem, Johan van. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556080494
- ISBN
- 9781556080494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. The act of translation is a political action. This title draws on Benjamin, Derrida, and de Man to show that translation has long been a site for perpetuating the unequal power relations among people, races, and languages. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFP; CJ; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074514
- ISBN
- 9780520074514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardback. Singular reference is a crucial philosophical topic. This book explains in detail why in the past some philosophers favored a descriptivist approach to this matter and why in more recent times others support a referentialist standpoint. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; HPL; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048133116
- ISBN
- 9789048133116
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Condition: New
€ 199.99
€ 199.99
Paperback. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674808614
- ISBN
- 9780674808614
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Paperback. This is a survey of the computational models and methodologies used for studying the evolution and origin of language and communication. It presents andd summarises computational approaches to language evolution, and highlights new lines of development. Editor(s): Cangelosi, Angelo; Parisi, Domenico. Num Pages: 355 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFDC; UGK; UYD; UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852334284
- ISBN
- 9781852334284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; CJCL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205825998
- ISBN
- 9780205825998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 144.47
€ 144.47
Hardcover. Why are second language learners in Japan's universities so silent? This book investigates the perplexing but intriguing phenomenon of classroom silence and draws on ideas from psychology, sociolinguistics and anthropology to offer a unique insight into the reasons why some learners are either unable or unwilling to speak in a foreign language. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AB; CFB; CJA; JNC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301475
- ISBN
- 9781137301475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. This work explores the performances and transactions that lie at the heart of public events in contemporary Anakalang, Indonesia. The author argues that by looking at representations as concrete practices we may find them to be entangled in the tensions and hazards of social existence. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMN; CFG; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520204751
- ISBN
- 9780520204751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; CF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448478
- ISBN
- 9780801448478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Broekman, Jan; Cata Backer, Larry. Num Pages: 449 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JMC; JNRV; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319098364
- ISBN
- 9783319098364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.31
€ 69.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Broekman, Jan M.; Cata Backer, Larry. Num Pages: 449 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JMC; JNRV; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319343181
- ISBN
- 9783319343181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.08
€ 68.08
Paperback. Traces the intertwining of Protestant religion and the development of the deaf community from the nineteenth to twenty-first century. The author highlights the role of missionary movements in the spread of sign language; and shows how film and stage productions drew on religious themes in their portrayal of the deaf community and its struggles. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: CFZ; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686016
- ISBN
- 9781563686016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.66
€ 45.99
€ 35.66
paperback. Addresses the effects of a range of modern scientific and social developments - such as cochlear implants, genetic engineering, and educational mainstreaming - on deaf culture. This book splits into three sections, the first focusing on culture and identity, the second on language and literacy, and the third on American Sign Language in the arts. Editor(s): Lindgren, Kristin A.; Deluca, Doreen; Napoli, Donna Jo. Num Pages: 268 pages, 19 halftones, 12 figures. BIC Classification: CFZ; JFFG; MJPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781563685750
- ISBN
- 9781563685750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.05€ 64.31
€ 76.05
€ 64.31
Paperback. Translator(s): Jordan, Joshua David. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351306
- ISBN
- 9781584351306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Shroyer, Edgar H.; Shroyer, Susan P. Num Pages: 303 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780913580967
- ISBN
- 9780913580967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.18
€ 30.99
€ 24.18