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hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CF; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761840954
- ISBN
- 9780761840954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.31
€ 110.31
Paperback. Mostly Homonyms is a new treatment of a traditional topic that is easy to read and use without sacrificing academic relevance. It is intended not only for anyone who wishes to ascertain the correct spelling and usage of a homonym, but also for people who just love words. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG; CF; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 263.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858331
- ISBN
- 9780761858331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.03
€ 56.03
Hardback. This work provides an introduction to some of the important researchers, issues, and methodological and stylistic approaches in Yiddish and Jewish studies. Editor(s): Kerler, Dov-Ber. Num Pages: 224 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; CF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761990246
- ISBN
- 9780761990246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.44
€ 143.44
Paperback. Outlining an original, discourse-based model for translation quality assessment that goes beyond conventional microtextual error analysis, the author explores the potential of transferring reasoning and argument as the prime criterion of translation quality. He offers translators a new set of flexible and modular standards. Series: Perspectives on Translation. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776605845
- ISBN
- 9780776605845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.81
€ 31.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Provides a critical update on major issues that have engaged the field of language testing since its inception. Suitable for those working in, studying or teaching language testing, this title offers the information, discussions, and reflections that address major developments within the field over the past decades. Editor(s): Fox, Janna D.; Wesche, Mari; Bayliss, Doreen; Cheng, Liying; Turner, Carolyn E.; Doe, Christine. Series: Actexpress. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776606576
- ISBN
- 9780776606576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.45
€ 31.99
€ 30.45
Hardback. The essays in this book challenge Frege's pivotal distinction between sense and reference, and his attendant philosophical views about language and thought. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 33. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718660
- ISBN
- 9780804718660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.54
€ 146.54
Hardback. Introduces a new and fundamentally different conception of language structure and linguistic investigation. In contrast to current orthodoxy, the author argues that grammar is not autonomous with respect to semantics, but rather reduces to patterns for the structuring and symbolization of conceptual content. Num Pages: 628 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719094
- ISBN
- 9780804719094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.69
€ 203.69
Hardback. Though many recent poets insist on their poetry's "musical" qualities, few offer linguistically satisfying explanations of that "music." This book helps to fill that gap. It is a linguistically based study of rhythmic structures, and of the nature of rhythm, in the free verse of T.S. Eliot, Robert Lowell, and James Wright. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, glossary, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729383
- ISBN
- 9780804729383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.61
€ 92.61
Hardback. Richly illustrated with often antic images from alphabet books and primers, The Story of A relates the history of the alphabet as a genre of text for children and of alphabetization as a social practice in America, from early modern reading primers to the literature of the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 line diagrams 52 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 4852 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731744
- ISBN
- 9780804731744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.50
€ 167.50
Hardback. This first book-length study of what Heidegger called "thinking poetics" expounds the sense of language from the perspective of fundamental ontology. It is based on readings of the pertinent chapters of Being and Time, the lectures on Holderlin, "The Origin of the Work of Art," and On the Way to Language. Translator(s): Plug, Jan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733748
- ISBN
- 9780804733748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.96
€ 86.96
Hardback. This work engages on a theoretical level with issues in semiotics generally, taking Peirce's writings as a case study through which to investigate the adequacy of a theory of signs to account for the way "talk" works. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747394
- ISBN
- 9780804747394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.77
€ 179.77
Paperback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Series: American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Monograph Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810813472
- ISBN
- 9780810813472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.76
€ 106.76
Hardback. A comprehensive, annotated listing of over a thousand books, monographs, and articles containing substantive information on all the American Indian languages of California and closely related languages outside its boundaries. Series: Native American Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2J; CFF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810815476
- ISBN
- 9780810815476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.86
€ 117.86
Hardback. Traces Rhetoric from its composition through its preservation in Greece and Rome; investigates its emergence in the Middle Ages; and explores the development of its editions in Greek and Latin. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, bibliographies, index. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810819528
- ISBN
- 9780810819528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.72
€ 135.72
hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1ch. BIC Classification: CFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810830837
- ISBN
- 9780810830837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.54
€ 134.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 476 pages, 1ch. BIC Classification: CFC; DSY; JNV; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810831100
- ISBN
- 9780810831100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.16
€ 124.16
hardcover. Using thousands of examples, the book identifies the genesis and evolution in African name formation and meaning. Each entry discusses the origins of the name, its meaning, and the wide cultural and social connotations of its use. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1H; CFF; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836433
- ISBN
- 9780810836433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.68
€ 174.68
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
Paper Talk: A History of Libraries, Print Culture, and Aboriginal Peop...
Brendan Frederick R. Edwards
paperback. A scholar of library and information science, Canadian studies, and native studies, Edwards traces the introduction of books and print culture to Aboriginal people in Canada from the first endeavors of missionaries in the 1820s to the opening of the first official public library for natives. The overarching question he asks is what the motivations Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; CFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810851139
- ISBN
- 9780810851139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.96
€ 121.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 298 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810852822
- ISBN
- 9780810852822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
Hardback. Based on the latest scholarship in cognitive science and linguistics, and the author's intimate experience with East Asian languages, The Writing on the Wall provides a balanced and thoughtful account of one of the most important problems facing modern Asia in the age of globalization. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: CF; CJB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237115
- ISBN
- 9780812237115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.45
€ 99.45
Hardback. This, the 21st volume in the "Library of Living Philosophers", consists of 24 papers by major figures in philosophy, each addressing a key problem arising in A.J. Ayer's work. Most of the critical papers are answered in detail by Ayer himself. Editor(s): Hahn, Lewis Edwin. Series: Library of Living Philosophers. Num Pages: 840 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1061.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812691726
- ISBN
- 9780812691726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.40€ 51.70
€ 55.40
€ 51.70
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813119182
- ISBN
- 9780813119182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
Hardback. Analyses the symbiotic relationship between rhetoric and homiletics, proposing a metaphor interface between the two disciplines. Contemporary research on metaphor in philosophy, rhetoric, sociology and theology is employed to produce a rhetorical/metaphorical homiletics. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HRAB; HRCX4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819188458
- ISBN
- 9780819188458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.88
€ 121.88