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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

Hardcover. In all scientific endeavors lies the ancient drive for sharing ideas and knowledge, and now this can be accomplished in a single tongue - English. But is this a good thing? This author answers this question by investigating the phenomenon of English in science, how and why it came about, the forms in which it appears, and what is its future. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 halftone, 7 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226535036
ISBN
9780226535036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

paperback. Fictions of India explores the relation of narrative technique to issues of power in the work of selected writers dealing with India. It examines the imperial context in which the writers operate and suggests how historical and ideological assumptions and anxieties may be read into the texts they produce. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 3JJ; CFG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780748611812
ISBN
9780748611812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harper
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062226655
ISBN
9780062226655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.50

"Richard Taylor's 'Fatalism' and the semantics of physical modality"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151566
ISBN
9780231151566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.17

Hardback. BIC Classification: CFG. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333213995
ISBN
9780333213995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.46

hardcover. An exploration of how key modern writers challenged conventional ways of characterizing selfhood, thus developing a discourse expressive of the subtleties of experience in a post-Freudian world long before the self-representation theories of the post-structuralists and post-modernists. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; CFG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Edition
1989th Edition
SKU
V9780333457429
ISBN
9780333457429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.97

Hardcover. Presents a discussion of early modern English rhetoric. This book shows specifically how experimental philosophers attempted to disenchant language. It describes the fundamental conflict between scientists and mystics over the nature of rhetoric in seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813215785
ISBN
9780813215785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.29

Hardcover. Just as rhetoric is founded in culture, culture is founded in rhetoricA" - the first half of this central statement from the International Rhetoric Culture Project is abundantly evidenced. It is the latter half that this volume explores: how does culture emerge out of rhetorical action, out of seemingly dispersed individual actions and interactions Editor(s): Meyer, Christian; Girke, Felix. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Meyer, Christian; Girke, Felix. Just as rhetoric is founded in culture, culture is founded in rhetoricA" - the first half of this central statement from the International Rhetoric Culture Project is abundantly evidenced. It is the latter half that this volume explores: how does culture emerge out of rhetorical action, out of seemingly dispersed individual actions and interactions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JHM. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 26. Weight: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451125
ISBN
9780857451125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.97

Hardcover. Editor(s): Culpeper, Jonathan; Haugh, Michael; Kadar, Daniel Z. Num Pages: 28 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFGA; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137375070
ISBN
9781137375070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 417.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; GTC; JFSJ; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349300013
ISBN
9781349300013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.19

Paperback. Yiddish and Power surveys the social, linguistic and intellectual history of the Yiddish language within the traditional civilisation of Jewish Ashkenaz in central, and then in eastern Europe, and its interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish culture. It explores the various ways in which Yiddish has empowered masses and served political agendas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355211
ISBN
9781349355211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. An examination of how the commercialization of professional practice is implicated in its organizational discourses. Drawing on a study of ELT colleges, the book explores how teaching practices are permeated and challenged by a 'discourse of commercialization' through which market priorities become normative in teachers' professional lives. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349367764
ISBN
9781349367764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Gunning, Jan Willem; Oostendorp, Remco. Series: Studies on the African economies series. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGA; KCC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349665198
ISBN
9781349665198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.12

Hardback. A collection of papers by researchers in the field of computational semantics. Computational semantics is concerned with the computation of the meanings of linguistic objects such as text fragments, spoken dialogue utterances, and e-mail messages. Editor(s): Bunt, Harry; Muskens, Reinhard; Thijsse, Elias. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402001758
ISBN
9781402001758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.99

Paperback. Brings together fourteen studies by leading scholars in semantics and the syntax/semantics interface, covering a spectrum of research into the role of events in grammar. These papers address the following topics: event arguments and thematic argument structure; the role of events in verbal aspectual distinctions; and more. Editor(s): Rothstein, Susan Deborah. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402002892
ISBN
9781402002892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.03

Paperback. Computational semantics is concerned with computing the meanings of linguistic objects such as sentences, text fragments, and dialogue contributions. This book offers a collection of papers relating to the field of computational semantics. It is useful for linguists, computer scientists, and logicians. Editor(s): Bunt, Harry; Muskens, Reinhard. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402002908
ISBN
9781402002908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 191.60

paperback. Brings together fifteen original research articles on the representation and interpretation of indefinite and definite noun phrases, anaphoric pronouns, and closely related issues such as scope and quantifier movement. This book is of interest to scholars and students of linguistics, logicians, philosophers of language, and computer scientists. Editor(s): Heusinger, H. K. von (University of Konstanz); Egli, Urs. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402002915
ISBN
9781402002915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.95

Paperback. A collection of papers on computational semantics written by researchers in the field of computational semantics. This book is useful to those linguists, computer scientists, and logicians who take an interest in the computation of meaning, and who want to know what is happening in this field of research. Editor(s): Bunt, Harry; Muskens, Reinhard; Thijsse, Elias. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004513
ISBN
9781402004513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 190.72

Hardback. Discusses two distinct perspectives on the analysis of argumentative discourse: the dialectical and the rhetorical perspective. This volume intends to open a discussion of the two approaches, their commonalities and differences, and the ways in which they can be used to further the development of analytic tools for dealing with argumentation. Editor(s): Eemeren, Frans H. van; Houtlosser, Peter. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 437.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402007033
ISBN
9781402007033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.39

Hardback. Series: Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Gesammelte Werke. Num Pages: 720 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1177.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402007446
ISBN
9781402007446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 437.22

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