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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

Paperback. This text illustrates how seemingly abstract stances on the nature of meaning can have significant and far-reaching linguistic consequences, leading to the detection of new facts and influencing the understanding of the syntax/semantics/pragmatics interface. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226104355
ISBN
9780226104355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 59.65

Paperback. This book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; CFB; CFF; CFG; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450. 288 pages, Illustrations. This book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; CFB; CFF; CFG; CFH; CFK. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight: 474.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748608355
ISBN
9780748608355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.08

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 6. Weight in Grams: 95.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1914
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
2
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663154815
ISBN
9783663154815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.31

Paperback. Designed as a quick yet thorough introduction to one of the most vibrant areas of research in modern linguistics today this volume reveals the beauty and elegance of the mathematical study of meaning. It introduces the essential principles and techniques of formal semantics. Series Editor(s): Ackema, Peter; Ota, Mitsuhiko. Series: Edinburgh Advanced Textbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 36 b&w line art. BIC Classification: CFGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640430
ISBN
9780748640430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.95

paperback. An accessible approach to the essentials of argumentation, this title serves as a tool for teaching students how to read and analyse argumentative discourse and how to choose the appropriate argument in a given case. It also reflects recent scholarship on histories of rhetoric, particularly rhetorical pragmatism and comparative methods. Series: Elements of Composition. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 2. Weight in Grams: 61.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pearson United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780205315116
ISBN
9780205315116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Michael Wiese Productions United States
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932907278
ISBN
9781932907278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.04

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

Paperback. This book offers new insights into how English speakers talk about their own and others' emotions. Using statistical evidence and corpus-linguistic methods, but also qualitative text analyses, the author examines how expressions that describe emotions are employed in a large corpus of conversational, newspaper, fictional and academic English. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black & white tables, 16 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFG; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137523310
ISBN
9781137523310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFF; CFGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137550224
ISBN
9781137550224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 102.40

Paperback. A guide to historical pragmatics in English studies. It gives students a grounding in historical pragmatics and teaches the methodology needed to analyse language in social, cultural and historical contexts. It provides insights into the analysis of discourse markers, interjections, terms of address and speech acts. Series Editor(s): Giegerich, Heinz J. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644681
ISBN
9780748644681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

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

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; CFGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 2. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644780
ISBN
9780748644780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.78
€ 119.62

Paperback. This anthology presents Aristotle's "Rhetoric" in its original context, providing examples of the kind of oratory whose success Aristotle explains and analyzes. It assesses the role and the techniques of rhetorical persuasion in philosophic discourse and the public sphere. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Series: Philosophical Traditions S. Num Pages: 466 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202283
ISBN
9780520202283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.11

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. Discusses Davidsonian and neo-Davidsonian event analyses of verbs and verbal roles. This book also discusses theories of semantic plurality, focussing on the analysis of collective, distributive and cumulative readings. It develops a neo-Davidsonian theory of events and plurality, a theory of event-maximalization, and a theory of scopal relations. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 396 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792365693
ISBN
9780792365693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.66

Paperback. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 311 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252707
ISBN
9780230252707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.91

Hardback. Constitutes the state of the art regarding gerundive entities, defended in meticulous detail. Here, the author's ontology features just facts, proposition, and events, carefully distinguished from each other. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792345688
ISBN
9780792345688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268009847
ISBN
9780268009847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
David R Godine
Condition
New
SKU
V9781567925487
ISBN
9781567925487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFG; DSB; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627875
ISBN
9780816627875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

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