Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
Paperback. The way in which we understand the concept of intelligence is rooted in metaphor and metonymy. This book explores the motivation for some of the lexemes in this semantic field across the history of the English language, considering the range of cognitive mechanisms and cultural factors that can inform metaphorical and metonymical mappings. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 317 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190855
- ISBN
- 9781405190855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408231159
- ISBN
- 9781408231159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.13
€ 64.13
Paperback. This book offers an accessible overview of the structural and cognitive approaches to English historical semantics. Focusing primarily on Lexical Semantics, the study of word meaning, the book looks at how these approaches help to answer two key questions in Historical Linguistics: how and why languages change. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644773
- ISBN
- 9780748644773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.74
€ 33.99
€ 28.74
Paperback. Kay Stones book is a bright light guiding us down the contemporary Canadian and American river of stories. Christina Cacchilega, University of Hawaii-Manoa Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111674
- ISBN
- 9781551111674
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Condition: New
€ 51.40€ 51.22
€ 51.40
€ 51.22
Hardback. Natural Language Semantics discusses fundamental concepts for linguistic semantics. This book combines theoretical explanations of several methods of inquiry with detailed semantic analysis and emphasises the philosophy that semantics is about meaning in human languages and that linguistic meaning is cognitively and functionally motivated. Num Pages: 552 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 176 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631192961
- ISBN
- 9780631192961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. This volume offers an introduction to the field of semantics and provides coverage of the main perspectives. The underlying theme is that meanings are cognitively motivated and that expressing them through language is an essential means of cementing human bonding and of displaying it to others. Num Pages: 552 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 264 x 35. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631192978
- ISBN
- 9780631192978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Paperback. This book addresses an important aspect of how language is used in written communication: the ways that writers reflect on their texts to refer to themselves, their readers or the text itself. This is known as METADISCOURSE. Editor(s): Hyland, Ken. Series: Continuum Discourse. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826476111
- ISBN
- 9780826476111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- new
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847189554
- ISBN
- 9781847189554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.68
€ 45.68
Hardcover. This wide-ranging volume is an introduction to the key issues and results of the philosophy of language. In particular, it focuses on the philosophical foundations of semantics, including the main challenges to and prospects for a truth conditional semantics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180487
- ISBN
- 9781577180487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.17
€ 136.17
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.
- Format
- 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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.67
€ 49.67
paperback. A biography of one half of the partnership responsible for films such as "The Red Shoes", "Colonel Blimp" and "The Tales of Hoffman". Written by his grandson, the book includes material from Emeric Pressburger's diaries and attempts to show what he brought to the Pressburger/Michael Powell films. Num Pages: 512 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- V9780571178292
- ISBN
- 9780571178292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.22
€ 26.99
€ 18.22
Paperback. An interdisciplinary study of issues of language manipulation, this book explores the interpretation stage of critical discourse analysis (CDA) for students in areas such as English language, media studies and applied linguistics, as well as practitioners in the field. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618286
- ISBN
- 9780748618286
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.54
€ 41.99
€ 37.54
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBG; CFGA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531121154
- ISBN
- 9783531121154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.53
€ 74.53
Paperback. Kit Fine argues for a fundamentally new approach to the study of representation in language and thought. His key idea is that there may be representational relationships between expressions or elements of thought that are not grounded in the intrinsic representational features of the expressions or elements themselves. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196697
- ISBN
- 9781405196697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.50
€ 39.50
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847180933
- ISBN
- 9781847180933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 31.52
€ 52.99
€ 31.52
Hardback. Based on an edition published in 1992 in Bulgarian, this book offers a specific approach to controversial problems in linguistics. It states that aspect is the result of a complex interplay between the referents of verbs and nouns in the sentence. It also talks about the role nouns and noun phrases play in the explication of aspect in English. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365389
- ISBN
- 9780792365389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.49
€ 194.49
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739186459
- ISBN
- 9780739186459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.26€ 15.92
€ 96.26
€ 15.92
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739198049
- ISBN
- 9780739198049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 9.15
€ 50.99
€ 9.15
Hardback. Clearly setting out the advantages and disadvantages of each methodology, and providing real-world examples of when the methodology has been used successfully, this new introduction makes it easy for students to assess which approach would be best for their research and to implement it successfully Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CFGR; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 250 x 23. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473913745
- ISBN
- 9781473913745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.47
€ 162.47
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1948
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663030133
- ISBN
- 9783663030133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.18
€ 69.18