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Philosophy of language
Hardcover. This text seeks to shows that relevance theory is a more plausible account of communications, cognition and literary interpretation than the deconstruction theory that Paul de Man elaborated from readings of Rousseau, Hegel and Nietzsche. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968338
- ISBN
- 9780333968338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324959
- ISBN
- 9780792324959
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Condition: New
€ 199.15
€ 199.15
Hardback. Analyses the development of a number of English and French constructions involving various kinds of subject-verb inversion. This book contains analysis which is framed in terms of principles-and-parameters approach to syntactic theory, and provides support for the adoption of this approach in the description and explanation of language change. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317050
- ISBN
- 9780792317050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.73
€ 201.73
Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 433 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 433
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401066174
- ISBN
- 9789401066174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.67
€ 68.67
Paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556080913
- ISBN
- 9781556080913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.96
€ 128.96
Paperback. Taking the linguistics students beyond the classical logic used in introductory courses into the variety of non standard logics that are commonly used in research, this book embraces a variety of material, including modal logic, partial logic, situation semantics and the growing area of the substructural logics, starting with simple and more. Series: Edinburgh Advanced Textbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691630
- ISBN
- 9780748691630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691623
- ISBN
- 9780748691623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.85€ 120.22
€ 124.85
€ 120.22
Hardcover. Designed for readers new to the subject, Reading Philosophy of Language presents key texts in the philosophy of language together with helpful editorial guidance. * A concise collection of key texts in the philosophy of language * Ideal for readers new to the subject. Editor(s): Hornsby, Jennifer; Longworth, Guy. Series: Reading Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405124843
- ISBN
- 9781405124843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.17
€ 109.17
Paperback. Professor Hilary Putnam's most important published work is collected here in two volumes. Editor(s): Putnam, Hilary. Num Pages: 476 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521295512
- ISBN
- 9780521295512
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.17
€ 41.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 606 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 879.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468491395
- ISBN
- 9781468491395
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Condition: New
€ 69.76
€ 69.76
Paperback. An introduction to language acquisition, designed to meet the needs of advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in linguistics and cognitive science. It is written from the perspective of theoretical linguistics, and uses Chomskyan generative grammar as a framework. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631173861
- ISBN
- 9780631173861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFH; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349123704
- ISBN
- 9781349123704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.01
€ 127.01
Hardback. The author provides a critique of the cognitivist philosophy which underpins information-processing models of human speech perception, and a proposal of an alternative approach to speech perception research which focuses on the nature of the perceiver, rather than of the acoustic signal. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFH; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333551714
- ISBN
- 9780333551714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardcover. This is an anthology of landmark essays in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and cognitive science since 1950. It includes essays that aim to reflect the fact that philosophy and the science of mind and language have close historical and conceptual ties. Editor(s): Geirsson, Heimir; Losonsky, Michael. Num Pages: 600 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 189 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557866707
- ISBN
- 9781557866707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.18
€ 152.18
Topic Focus Articulation, Tripartite Structures and Semantic Content
Hajicova, Eva; Partee, Barbara B. H.; Sgall, ...
hardcover. This text explores the relationship between theories of topic-focus structure, principally as developed in the Prague School, and the tripartite structure approach to quantification and other focus-sensitive constructions which has emerged from work in formal semantics. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352891
- ISBN
- 9780792352891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.14
€ 132.14
Hardback. While philosophy is experienced at admiring, resenting, celebrating, and, at times, renouncing language, philosophers have rarely succeeded in being intimate with it. This book argues that philosophy's concern with abstract forms of linguistic meaning and the objective, propositional nature of language has obscured the singular human voice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133500
- ISBN
- 9780231133500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.97
€ 84.97
Hardback. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HP; HPM; HPS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319561509
- ISBN
- 9783319561509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.00
€ 117.00
Paperback. The articles in this work examine aspects of the interpretation of generic expressions. The introduction provides an overview of various issues and synthesizes analytical approaches to them. The papers that follow collectively reflect the state of the art in the semantics of generics. Editor(s): Carlson, Greg N.; Pelletier, Francis Jeffry. Num Pages: 474 pages, 2 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092928
- ISBN
- 9780226092928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 55.72
€ 65.40
€ 55.72
Hardcover. The book combines a historical and philosophical study of Russell's theory of descriptions. It defends, develops and extends the theory as a contribution to natural language semantics while also arguing for a reassessment of the important of linguistic inquiry to Russell's philosophical project. Editor(s): Beaney, Michael. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201163
- ISBN
- 9780230201163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.34
€ 127.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; HRAB; HRAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503077
- ISBN
- 9781137503077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09