×


 x 

Shopping cart

Philosophy of language

Results 121 - 140 of 200

Philosophy of language

Hardback. This is the first volume to offer a selection of texts from the field of deconstruction in all its radical diversity. It examines the fortunes of the term deconstruction, and the ideas associated with it, in the work of the leading commentators on Derrida's texts. Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin. Num Pages: 600 pages, bibliographies. BIC Classification: 3JJ; CFA; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1541.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612550
ISBN
9780748612550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.31
€ 163.75

Hardback. 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: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617579
ISBN
9780748617579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.96
€ 124.98

Paperback. This book critically reflects on the nature of law and legal reasoning by exploring the theories of various legal theorists. Num Pages: 202 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Hart Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841130705
ISBN
9781841130705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.51
€ 101.01

Paperback. A far-reaching philosophical investigation into the persistence and disappearance of speech, in individuals and in linguistic communities. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
287
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951504
ISBN
9781890951504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Expands the field to human ways of persuasion and identification. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 692. 356 pages. Expands the field to human ways of persuasion and identification. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: CFA. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight: 488.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520015463
ISBN
9780520015463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Translator(s): Greiner, B.; Morreau, M. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11figs.45tabs. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226280851
ISBN
9780226280851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. Based on spontaneous conversations of shantytown youth hanging out on the streets of their neighborhoods and interviews from the comfortable living rooms of the middle class, the author shows how racial ideas permeate the daily lives of Rio de Janeiro's residents across race and class lines. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 b/w images and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; CFA; JFC; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293809
ISBN
9780520293809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Explores avenues in metaphor theory in the work of contemporary French, German and Czech scholars. This book encourages readers to reflect upon language and the role metaphor plays in patterning ideas and thought. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 b&w illustrations & 8 b&w tables. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482. Metaphor, Ideology and Language. 312 pages, 3 b&w illustrations & 8 b&w tables. Explores avenues in metaphor theory in the work of contemporary French, German and Czech scholars. This book encourages readers to reflect upon language and the role metaphor plays in patterning ideas and thought. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: CFA. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight: 482.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748679096
ISBN
9780748679096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a central figure in the thought of his time, but he was also something of an outsider. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 237 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1046.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509505654
ISBN
9781509505654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Martinez, Ronald L. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816620388
ISBN
9780816620388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Marjorie Perloff, critic of 20th-century poetry, argues that Wittgenstein speaks to poets because he provides a way out of the impasse of high versus low discourse, demonstrating the inescapable strangeness of ordinary language. Num Pages: 306 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First edition. Illustrated .
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226660608
ISBN
9780226660608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.87

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

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

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
€ 18.78

Paperback. Takes the author and reader on a journey that has them thinking of their experience of and belonging to language and the possibility of an instance of the world taking-place without prejudice and exclusion. This book also brings into play, among others, the work of Giorgio Agamben. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848850972
ISBN
9781848850972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.55

Paperback. Presents a treatise that looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a 'five-pound note' with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFA; GTE; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140235906
ISBN
9780140235906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529822
ISBN
9780262529822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.56

Paperback. Marshaling far-flung evidence from anthropology, animal behavior, neurology, molecular biology, anatomy, linguistics, and evolutionary psychology, the author makes the case that language developed, with the emergence of Homo sapiens, from primate gestures to a true signed language, complete with grammar and syntax. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 color illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116730
ISBN
9780691116730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. 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 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748626113
ISBN
9780748626113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.85

Hardback. Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144955
ISBN
9780691144955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.98
€ 51.02

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

€ 29.99
€ 29.90

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!