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Philosophy of language
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317050
- ISBN
- 9780792317050
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Condition: New
€ 201.68
€ 201.68
Hardback. An introduction to the spectrum of issues in control theory and their bearing on technical linguistics today. It presents nine theoretical studies of control, exploring the subject across a range of languages and constructions and from a variety of perspectives, including syntax and semantics. Editor(s): Larson, Richard K.; Iatridou, S.; Lahiri, U.; Higginbotham, James. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792316923
- ISBN
- 9780792316923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.14
€ 201.14
Hardback. Comprising articles on the theory, acquisition and processing of island constraints, this work takes an interdisciplinary approach to this syntactic phenomenon. Both transformational and non-transformational approaches to island constraints are represented. Editor(s): Goodluck, Helen; Rochemont, Michael S. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 480 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792316893
- ISBN
- 9780792316893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 435.82
€ 435.82
Hardback. Editor(s): Booij, Geert; Marle, Jaap van. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792314165
- ISBN
- 9780792314165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.04
€ 133.04
Hardback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 491 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 491
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792312925
- ISBN
- 9780792312925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 341.73
€ 341.73
hardcover. Examines some of the important theories to be found in classical Indian philosophy that bear directly on concerns in philosophy of language. The issues discussed in this book are: the problem of sentential unity, the sense-reference distinction, and our talk about the non-existent. No background knowledge of Indian philosophy is presupposed. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792312628
- ISBN
- 9780792312628
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Condition: New
€ 131.69
€ 131.69
Hardback. Editor(s): Fetzer, James H.; Shatz, David; Schlesinger, George N. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792310464
- ISBN
- 9780792310464
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Condition: New
€ 200.81
€ 200.81
Hardback. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792307921
- ISBN
- 9780792307921
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Condition: New
€ 133.04
€ 133.04
Hardback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792307556
- ISBN
- 9780792307556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.94
€ 133.94
Hardback. Editor(s): Mulligan, Kevin. Series: Primary Sources in Phenomenology. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792305781
- ISBN
- 9780792305781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.41
€ 250.41
Hardback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792302605
- ISBN
- 9780792302605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 512.65
€ 512.65
Hardback. The anthology 'Meaning and Analysis' addresses the key topics of H. Paul Grice's philosophy of language, such as rationality, non-natural meaning, communicative actions, conversational implicatures, the semantics-pragmatics distinction and recent debates concerning minimalist versus contextualist semantics. Editor(s): Petrus, Klaus; Sauerland, Uli; Breheny, Richard. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579088
- ISBN
- 9780230579088
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Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
Hardback. This volume brings together twelve papers by linguists and philosophers contributing novel empirical and formal considerations to theorizing about vagueness. Three main issues are addressed: gradable expressions and comparison, the semantics of degree adverbs and intensifiers (such as 'clearly'), and ways of evading the sorites paradox. Editor(s): Egre, Paul; Klinedinst, Nathan. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238619
- ISBN
- 9780230238619
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Condition: New
€ 68.09
€ 68.09
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230206939
- ISBN
- 9780230206939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Paperback. This volume explores the intersubjective and social dimensions of self-deception. Editor(s): Dupuy, Jean-Pierre. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 325.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575860688
- ISBN
- 9781575860688
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Introduces a post-modern attitude into the science of language. The author demonstrates how modern linguistics turns out to be a metaphysical statement of only a section of language, and how the synchronicity of modern linguistics cannot deliver on its promises to produce empirically relevant descriptions of the existence of the everyday language. Num Pages: 481 pages, charts. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 180 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 481
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778385826
- ISBN
- 9788778385826
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.76
€ 43.99
€ 31.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Collin, Finn. Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: 1DND; CFA; HPCA; HPCD; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772899893
- ISBN
- 9788772899893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 32.06
€ 43.99
€ 32.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Collin, Finn. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DND; CFA; HPCA; HPCD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- 40th Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763504942
- ISBN
- 9788763504942
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 32.06
€ 43.99
€ 32.06
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
€ 67.12€ 52.48
€ 67.12
€ 52.48
Dialogue devoted to the relation between language and reality. This book opens up the "Cratylus" to all philosophically interested readers, as well as to cultural historians and to those whose primary concern is the history of linguistics. The introduction presents the internal dynamics of this text and explains its place within Plato's oeuvre. 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: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204171
- ISBN
- 9780872204171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.81€ 41.70
€ 51.81
€ 41.70