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Philosophy of language

Paperback. Paul Grice's theory of conversation is central, core study for linguistics students. This work uses unpublished work to assess Grice's other philosophical work - he was in the circle of Austin and Strawson at Oxford, UK and was a colleague of Searle at Berkeley, USA. It also includes a description of Grice's character and life. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230206939
ISBN
9780230206939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403902979
ISBN
9781403902979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

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

€ 127.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; JFCX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprinted edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226520865
ISBN
9780226520865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

Paperback. Language and culture are often seen as unique characteristics of human beings. This work examines the neurological evolution of our emotional repertoire and implications for current social behaviour and argues that our ability to use a wide array of emotions evolved long before spoken language. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 line diagrams 1 half-tone 8 tables. BIC Classification: CFA; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737203
ISBN
9780804737203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226730127
ISBN
9780226730127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.38

Hardback. Talks about Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457), one of the most important theorist of the humanist movement. He wrote a major work on Latin style, "On Elegance in the Latin Language", which became a battle-standard in the struggle for the reform of Latin across Europe, and "Dialectical Disputations", a wide-ranging attack on scholastic logic. Translator(s): Bowersock, G. W. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; CFA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025332
ISBN
9780674025332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 141 x 34. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565844759
ISBN
9781565844759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.56

Hardback. Editor(s): Lyon, John. Num Pages: 512 pages, 9 images, 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803286849
ISBN
9780803286849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Hardback. Translator(s): Valgenti, Robert T. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFP; HPCF7; HPJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166966
ISBN
9780231166966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Offers a study of nominal expressions which covers central aspects of their syntax. This work examines the functional structure, offers a structural definition of syntactic nominalization, and draws the border line between the lexical nominalizing mechanism and its syntactic counterpart. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792346081
ISBN
9780792346081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.22

Hardcover. Exploring the key debates surrounding human nature, epistemology, the nature of social knowledge, foreign policy, the Propaganda Model, the anarchist tradition and the revolutionary transformation of society, this book reveals and explains the structure and power of Chomsky's work. Editor(s): Edgley, Alison. Series: Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320209
ISBN
9781137320209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Hardcover. Innovative young philosophers present new research articles on a variety of contemporary issues including relation between language and thought, normativity of language, prospects for a naturalistic account of language, nature of linguistic understanding, semantics of proper names and expressive terms, a contemporary construal of analytic truth Editor(s): Sawyer, Sarah. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224360
ISBN
9780230224360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.73

Paperback. Innovative young philosophers present new research articles on a variety of contemporary issues including relation between language and thought, normativity of language, prospects for a naturalistic account of language, nature of linguistic understanding, semantics of proper names and expressive terms, a contemporary construal of analytic truth Editor(s): Sawyer, Sarah. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224377
ISBN
9780230224377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

paperback. Philosophy, science, and common sense all refer to propositions-things we believe and say, and things which are true or false. But there is no consensus on what sorts of things these entities are. Jeffrey C. King, Scott Soames, and Jeff Speaks argue that commitment to propositions is indispensable, and each defend their own views on the debate. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CF; CFA; HPM; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780198776802
ISBN
9780198776802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.32

Paperback. Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity was one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century. In this collection of essays leading specialists explore issues arising from this and other works of Kripke's. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349486243
ISBN
9781349486243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. 'Naming and Necessity' has had a great and increasing influence. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of naming, and of identity. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631128014
ISBN
9780631128014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.01

Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137580436
ISBN
9781137580436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Hardback. This text discusses the phenomenon of Dutch - that the finite verb is fronted in main clauses but not in embedded clauses. It discusses theoretical issues in connection with the Minimalist Program, such as the relation between syntax and morphology and the nature of syntactic licensing. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACD; CFA; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792342632
ISBN
9780792342632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344. Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor. 242 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight: 296.
Publisher
The University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468129
ISBN
9780226468129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

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