Philosophy of language
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Philosophy of language
Paperback. Revises Foucault's late concept of the "ontology of actuality" into the project of an "ontological laboratory" thus reinventing philosophy as a pragmatic activity Translator(s): Davies, Richard. Series: Commonalities (FUP). Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, diagrams. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823249695
- ISBN
- 9780823249695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.88
€ 43.99
€ 39.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226287195
- ISBN
- 9780226287195
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.21
€ 34.99
€ 34.21
Paperback. This is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes 80 entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language. Editor(s): Chapman, Siobhan; Routledge, Christopher. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617586
- ISBN
- 9780748617586
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.28
€ 38.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801492044
- ISBN
- 9780801492044
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Collects for the first time Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker is a highly eminent cognitive scientist, and these essays emphasize the importance of language and its connections to cognition, social relationships, child development, human evolution, and theories of human nature. Num Pages: 400 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFX; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 248 x 29. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190259280
- ISBN
- 9780190259280
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Condition: New
€ 31.37
€ 31.37
Paperback. This book examines the oratorical and rhetorical styles of leading figure in Democratic Party politics since the 1960s. It reveals how leading orators strove to connect their message with a variety of audiences from the Senate to the media. Editor(s): Lehrman, Robert; Thody, Philip; Crines, Andrew Scott; Moon, David S. Series: Rhetoric, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349558186
- ISBN
- 9781349558186
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Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. Discusses topics such as: freedom to act; weakness of the will; the logical form of talk about actions, intentions, and causality; the logic of practical reasoning; Hume's theory of the indirect passions; and the nature and limits of decision theory. This book argues for an ontology which includes events along with persons and other objects. Series: The Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson. Num Pages: 352 pages, appendices. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199246274
- ISBN
- 9780199246274
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Condition: New
€ 75.09
€ 75.09
Paperback. This volume makes available in English leading philosopher, Jacques Derrida's reflections on the individual's relationship with his or her own language. Translator(s): Mensah, Patrick. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 93
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732895
- ISBN
- 9780804732895
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.68
€ 27.99
€ 27.68
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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. A textbook/software package that covers first-order language in a method appropriate for a wide range of courses, from first logic courses for undergraduates (philosophy, mathematics, and computer science) to a first graduate logic course. It also includes applications for mobile devices, exercises, and a dedicated website. Num Pages: 650 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 203 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1298.
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Number of pages
- 650
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866321
- ISBN
- 9781575866321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.80
€ 89.80
Hardcover. The status of "standard English" has featured in linguistic, educational and cultural debates over decades. This volume ranges from the 1830s to Conservative education policies in the 1990s and on to the implications of the National Curriculum for English language teaching in schools. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFB; CFC; CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333990353
- ISBN
- 9780333990353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.39
€ 129.39
Paperback. Mark Turner makes the revolutionary claim that the basic issue for cognitive science is the nature of literary thinking. Using tools of modern linguistics, the recent work of neuroscientists, and literary masterpieces from Shakespeare, Homer, and Dante, Turner explains how story and projection are fundamental to everyday thought. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195126679
- ISBN
- 9780195126679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.90
€ 32.90
Hardback. The ethical question is the question of our times. Within critical theory, it has focused on the act of reading. This original and courageous study reverses the terms of inquiry to analyse the ethical composition of the act of writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, None. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- y First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618309
- ISBN
- 9780748618309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.33€ 131.03
€ 141.33
€ 131.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226225166
- ISBN
- 9780226225166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
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
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. A volume of original essays on key aspects of Searle's philosophy of language, prefaced by John Searle himself. Editor(s): Tsohatzidis, Savas L. Num Pages: 308 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KOC0011315
- ISBN
- 9780521685344
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
Hardback. This book offers the first critical study of Gilles Deleuze's The Logic of Sense, his most important work on language and ethics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748626106
- ISBN
- 9780748626106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.33€ 131.38
€ 141.33
€ 131.38
Hardback. This historically-informed critical assessment of Dummett's account of abstract objects, examines in detail some of the Fregean presuppositions of Dummett's account whilst also engaging with phenomenological approaches and recent work on the problem of abstract entities. Editor(s): Beaney, Michael. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285194
- ISBN
- 9780230285194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. This book takes concepts developed by researchers in theoretical computer science and adapts and applies them to the study of natural language meaning. Summarizing over a decade of research, Chris Barker and Chung-chieh Shan put forward the Continuation Hypothesis: that the meaning of a natural language expression can depend on its own continuation Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFGA; UYQL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199575022
- ISBN
- 9780199575022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.97
€ 79.97