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Paperback. This work examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behaviour, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. The centerpiece of the book is the examination of two large scale views about the nature of interpretation: historicism and constructivism. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101752
- ISBN
- 9781405101752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.87
€ 49.87
Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFGA; D. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312221539
- ISBN
- 9780312221539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.79
€ 121.79
Paperback. Now in its second edition, this book provides a structured syllabus and an overview of interpretation accompanied by exercises in the main aspects of the art. It can serve as a practical guide for interpreters and as a complement to interpreter training programs, in the classroom and online, particularly for students preparing for interpreting. Series: Professional Interpreting in the Real World. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847698094
- ISBN
- 9781847698094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.11
€ 33.99
€ 30.11
Paperback. Editor(s): De Caro, Mario. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048152834
- ISBN
- 9789048152834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.92
€ 121.92
Hardcover. Many articles and books dealing with Donald Davidson's philosophy are dedicated to the papers and ideas Davidson put forward in the 'sixties and 'seventies. However, Davidson has continued to work in many areas of philosophy, offering new contributions. Here, some of the leading contemporary analytic philosophers discuss Davidson's new ideas. Editor(s): De Caro, Mario. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; CFA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358695
- ISBN
- 9780792358695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Hardback. Since the rise of formal semantics in the 1970s, the issue of 'compositionality' has gained traction in linguistics. This book argues that there exist non-compositional languages. Moreover, syntactic structure can be motivated from the requirement of providing a compositional grammar. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400721074
- ISBN
- 9789400721074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.13
€ 122.13
Paperback. This book shows how participation of interpreters as mediators changes the dynamics of police interviews, particularly with regard to power struggles and competing versions of events. The analysis of interaction offers insights into language in the legal process. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; GTC; JKV; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346899
- ISBN
- 9781349346899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.33
€ 122.33
Hardcover. This book shows how participation of interpreters as mediators changes the dynamics of police interviews, particularly with regard to power struggles and competing versions of events. The analysis of interaction offers insights into language in the legal process. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; LAR; LNFX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355149
- ISBN
- 9780230355149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.08
€ 143.08
Paperback. Provides an account of interpreter-mediated communication, exploring the responsibilities of the interpreter and the expectations of both the interpreter and of other participants involved in the interaction. Series: Language in Social Life. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582289109
- ISBN
- 9780582289109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.65
€ 63.65
Hardback. This book offers new perspective on imperative clauses in the study of meaning. Analyzes imperatives in terms of modalized propositions and identifies an additional, presuppositional, meaning component that makes an assertive interpretation inappropriate. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400722682
- ISBN
- 9789400722682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.74
€ 143.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Wolf, Michaela. Series: Literatures, Cultures, Translation. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501313257
- ISBN
- 9781501313257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.09
€ 46.99
€ 39.09
Interpreting in the Community and Workplace: A Practical Teaching Guid...
Rudvin, Mette, Tomassini, Elena
Hardcover. An innovative and comprehensive guide that can be applied to a wide range of dialogue settings this educational tool for trainers in all fields of dialogue interpreting addresses not only the two key areas of Community- and Public Service Interpreting, the legal and health sectors, but also business interpreting. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285149
- ISBN
- 9780230285149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Interpreting in the Community and Workplace: A Practical Teaching Guid...
Rudvin, Mette, Tomassini, Elena
Paperback. An innovative and comprehensive guide that can be applied to a wide range of dialogue settings this educational tool for trainers in all fields of dialogue interpreting addresses not only the two key areas of Community- and Public Service Interpreting, the legal and health sectors, but also business interpreting. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285156
- ISBN
- 9780230285156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.72
€ 120.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; HRCG3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801048845
- ISBN
- 9780801048845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.32
€ 26.99
€ 20.32
Paperback. Analysing the issues of language that faced international forces carrying out peace operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s, this book examines how differences of language were an integral part of the conflicts in the country and in what way the multinational UN and NATO forces faced their own problems of communication and language support. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFP; GTJ; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440252
- ISBN
- 9781349440252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98
Interpreting the Peace: Peace Operations, Conflict and Language in Bos...
Kelly, Michael, Baker, Catherine
Hardcover. Analysing the issues of language that faced international forces carrying out peace operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s, this book examines how differences of language were an integral part of the conflicts in the country and in what way the multinational UN and NATO forces faced their own problems of communication and language support. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; GTC; GTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029836
- ISBN
- 9781137029836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardback. Analyzes the interpretation of interrogative phrases in single and multiple constituent questions, including their interpretation under adverbs of quantification. This work is intended for researchers and students in syntax, semantics and their interface. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338048
- ISBN
- 9780792338048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.30
€ 126.30
paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048146413
- ISBN
- 9789048146413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.97
€ 120.97
Hardback. Editor(s): Schiff, Rachel; Joshi, R. Malatesha. Series: Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 287 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319312347
- ISBN
- 9783319312347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.85
€ 153.85
Hardback. Place name elements from over 300 languages are arranged alphabetically, followed by the name of the language or language group of origin, the meaning in English and, in many cases, the word's usage in an actual place name. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810850408
- ISBN
- 9780810850408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.11
€ 143.11
Hardback. Covers the main aspects of intonation, written by international researchers in the field. This title organises chapters into five thematic sections such as: Overview of Intonation, Prominence and Focus, Boundaries and Discourse, Intonation Modelling and Intonation Technology. Editor(s): Botinis, Antonis. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366058
- ISBN
- 9780792366058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.74
€ 193.74
Paperback. Covers the main aspects of intonation. This volume is suitable for students of advanced undergraduate to postgraduate and research levels and individual researchers within a variety of disciplines, such as Experimental Phonetics, General and Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, and Speech-Language Engineering. Editor(s): Botinis, Antonis. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367239
- ISBN
- 9780792367239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 191.22
€ 191.22
Hardcover. This volume looks at how intonation varies among speakers and societies in terms of age, sex and region, how it interacts with grammar and how it has been invoked to explain certain questions of logic. Num Pages: 484 pages, references. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 37. Weight in Grams: 849.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804715355
- ISBN
- 9780804715355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.90
€ 96.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFH; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349429769
- ISBN
- 9781349429769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.72
€ 120.72