Philosophy of language
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Philosophy of language
Paperback. A study of the fundamental building blocks that serve to organise natural language systems. The author argues that there are two distinct forms of agreement in linguistic theory: feature compatibility and an abstract syntactic relation. Her primary source of evidence is Chamorro, an Austro-nesian language spoken on Guam and Saipan. Num Pages: 436 pages, 554 tree diagrams. BIC Classification: 2PG; CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226106090
- ISBN
- 9780226106090
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Paperback. In this book Saul Kripke brings his powerful philosophical intelligence to bear on Wittgensteina s analysis of the notion of following a rule. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631135210
- ISBN
- 9780631135210
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€ 34.99€ 34.91
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Paperback. Examines the link between our (implicit) assumptions about language and our understanding of religious phenomena. In particular, focuses on the performative and material specificity of word use in religion. Editor(s): Van Den Hemel, Ernst. Series: The Future of the Religious Past. Num Pages: 614 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 249 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1084.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 614
- Condition
- New
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- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823255566
- ISBN
- 9780823255566
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€ 41.99€ 37.67
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092928
- ISBN
- 9780226092928
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€ 64.38€ 55.68
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Paperback. Questioning the role of the human voice within the field of philosophy this text examines philosopher Stanley Cavell's viewpoint, the relation between his pervasive authorial voice and his equally powerful, though less discernible, impulse to produce a set of usable philosophical methods. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305639
- ISBN
- 9780226305639
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€ 40.99€ 31.57
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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.
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- 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
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€ 47.99€ 37.54
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paperback. This volume combines Rousseau's essay on the origin of diverse languages with Herder's essay on the genesis of the faculty of speech. Rousseau's essay is important to semiotics and critical theory, as it plays a central role in Jacques Derrida's book "Of Grammatology," and both essays are valuable historical and philosophical documents. Translator(s): Moran, John H.; Gode, Alexander. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226730127
- ISBN
- 9780226730127
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€ 25.99€ 21.27
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Hardback. Editor(s): Franck, Julie; Bricmont, Jean. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPL; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144742
- ISBN
- 9780231144742
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€ 111.20€ 86.32
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Paperback. Argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary conception of language, and hence a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520023291
- ISBN
- 9780520023291
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€ 41.99€ 30.34
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Hardback. Presents research on the history of the Tibeto-Burman (TB) language family, a typologically diverse group of over 250 languages spoken in Southern China, the Himalayas, NE India, and peninsular Southeast Asia. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 792 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 2GD; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 222 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2136.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520098435
- ISBN
- 9780520098435
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€ 98.33€ 80.98
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Paperback. Illustrates the significance of linguistic concerns for a broad range of philosophical topics - including the relationship between language and thought; the objects of belief, assertion, and other propositional attitudes; the distinction between metaphysical and epistemic possibility; and, the nature of necessity, actuality, and possible worlds. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
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- New
- SKU
- V9780691136837
- ISBN
- 9780691136837
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€ 64.38€ 51.21
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Hardback. Presents the author's vision of philosophy of language. Explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, this book investigates foundational concepts - such as truth, reference, and meaning - that are central to the philosophy of language and important to philosophy as a whole. Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780691138664
- ISBN
- 9780691138664
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€ 54.99€ 39.92
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140902
- ISBN
- 9780691140902
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€ 64.38€ 50.75
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143255
- ISBN
- 9780691143255
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€ 36.99€ 27.67
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Paperback. Series: Soochow University Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 144 pages, 30 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156392
- ISBN
- 9780691156392
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€ 29.99€ 22.40
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Paperback. aeo A clear and comprehensive introduction to Chomskya s work, dealing with his contributions to linguistics, philosophy, social and political thought. aeo Describes Chomskya s rationalist view of mind and human nature in a more systematic way than Chomsky himself has and investigates why this view is the most plausible one. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618883
- ISBN
- 9780745618883
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€ 27.32
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Paperback. * Noam Chomsky is one of the most influential figures incontemporary intellectual life, known for his groundbreakingcontributions to a range of fields from linguistics to politicaltheory. * This is a fully revised and updated edition of JamesMcGilvray s highly successful introduction to Chomsky swork and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649900
- ISBN
- 9780745649900
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€ 26.12
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Hardcover. Introducing a new and ambitious position in the field, Kit Fine's Semantic Relationism is a major contribution to the philosophy of language. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405108430
- ISBN
- 9781405108430
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Paperback. aeo Constitutes a self--contained introduction to the key issues and results of the philosophy of language. aeo Accessible to both undergraduate and more advanced students of philosophy. aeo Includes many "sidebars" which expand on points made in the main text which may be either skipped or included. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180494
- ISBN
- 9781577180494
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Hardback. Translated from Italian: Parlo dungue sono, 2012. Translator(s): Roberts, Ian. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177405
- ISBN
- 9780231177405
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€ 58.53€ 46.20
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