Philosophy of language
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Philosophy of language
Hardcover. Proposes an holistic theory of the relation between the sounds, structure, and meaning of language and their relation to mind and brain. This book provides insights on the evolution of language, thought, and communication. Num Pages: 498 pages, numerous figures. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFK; CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198270126
- ISBN
- 9780198270126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.93
€ 237.93
Paperback. In the past decade the work of Jurgen Habermas has sparked off a series of lively debates over modernity and post--modernity, the nature of language, the interplay of law and politics and the dilemmas of morality. Editor(s): Rasmussen, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631152743
- ISBN
- 9780631152743
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Condition: New
€ 49.67
€ 49.67
Paperback. One of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works. Series: Science Masters. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: CFA; JMR; PDZ; PSAN; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753810255
- ISBN
- 9780753810255
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardback. This is a collection of papers that have helped shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics. It covers key central themes and includes an editorial introduction and extensive references. This should be a useful resource for students and scholars of semantics and the philosophy of language. Editor(s): Portner, Paul H.; Partee, Barbara B. H. Series: Linguistics: The Essential Readings. Num Pages: 496 pages, 4d. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215417
- ISBN
- 9780631215417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.33
€ 145.33
Paperback. Plato's "Cratylus" is about language, specifically about names (onomata), a category that includes proper names, common nouns, adjectives, participles and infinitives. As Plato's most focused discussion of language, the text should be useful for every student of his work. Translator(s): Reeve, C. D. C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204164
- ISBN
- 9780872204164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.65
€ 24.99
€ 18.65
Hardback. Brings together contributions by philosophers, logicians and linguists, offering a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to crucial problems in the contemporary philosophy of language and linguistics. This title includes individual chapters that concentrate on different aspects of the influence of Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein. Editor(s): Stalmaszczyk, Piotr. Series: Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783110342581
- ISBN
- 9783110342581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 275.39
€ 275.39
Paperback. Hobbes' extreme political views have commanded so much attention that they have eclipsed his work on language and mind, and on reasoning, personhood, and group formation. This book argues that it was Hobbes who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143255
- ISBN
- 9780691143255
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Condition: New
€ 33.00€ 27.39
€ 33.00
€ 27.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893525
- ISBN
- 9788772893525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16€ 52.48
€ 67.16
€ 52.48
Paperback. Recognizing the fundamental power of language in constructing the world we perceive, Ricoeur reveals the processes by which linguistic imagination creates and recreates meaning through metaphor. Translator(s): Czerny, R.; etc. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 454
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415312806
- ISBN
- 9780415312806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.27
€ 25.99
€ 24.27
Hardcover. This book presents a radically different view of language from that found in most modern Western philosophy. Human language is seen as having an innate capacity to reflect the light of consciousness, the primary element of the universe, and evidence is provided to show the extraordinary reflective capacity of the Sanskrit language. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; CFA; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856832710
- ISBN
- 9780856832710
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.45
€ 21.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics. Editor(s): Portner, Paul H.; Partee, Barbara B. H. Series: Linguistics: The Essential Readings. Num Pages: 496 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 36. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215424
- ISBN
- 9780631215424
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Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350941
- ISBN
- 9781584350941
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.59
€ 23.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. Covers the major aspects of linguistics. This guide begins at the 'arts' end of the subject and finishes at the 'science' end, with the discoveries regarding language in the brain. It looks at the prehistory of languages and their common origins, language and evolution, language in time and space, grammar and dictionaries and phonetics. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801487
- ISBN
- 9780192801487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. This study asks why we call a given grouping of words "poetry" and why these arouse "aesthetic imagination". It explores concerns fundamental to the understanding and appreciation of poetry, including the nature of metaphor, the difference between verse and prose, and the essence of meaning. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 205 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819560261
- ISBN
- 9780819560261
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Condition: New
€ 31.36
€ 31.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226398815
- ISBN
- 9780226398815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.14
€ 47.99
€ 37.14
Hardback. Semantics aims to describe the significance of linguistic expressions in a systematic way. Metasemantics, or foundational semantics, asks how expressions gain their significance in the first place. Ori Simchen presents the first book-length treatment of metasemantics and its relation to the thriving research program of truth-conditional semantics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198792147
- ISBN
- 9780198792147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.63
€ 101.63
Paperback. What is human nature? How is language related to thought - and should the connection be investigated socially or scientifically? This volume seeks to establish common ground among the disciplines examining the mind-brain continuum. Editor(s): Bohn, Ocke-Schwen; Gjedde, Albert; Saleemi, Anjum P. Num Pages: 399 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 399
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779340053
- ISBN
- 9788779340053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.11
€ 13.11
Paperback. This anthology brings together a diversity of readings in the philosophy of language from the ancient Greeks to contemporary analytic, feminist, and multicultural perspectives. The emphasis is on issues that have a direct bearing on concerns about knowledge, reality, meaning, and understanding. Editor(s): Nye, Andrea. Series: Philosophy: The Big Questions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206026
- ISBN
- 9780631206026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.93
€ 50.93
Hardback. This anthology brings together a diversity of readings in the philosophy of language from the ancient Greeks to contemporary analytic, feminist, and multicultural perspectives. The emphasis is on issues that have a direct bearing on concerns about knowledge, reality, meaning, and understanding. Editor(s): Nye, Andrea. Series: Philosophy: The Big Questions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206019
- ISBN
- 9780631206019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.10
€ 152.10
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; HPS; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175968
- ISBN
- 9780231175968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.97
€ 21.99
€ 19.97