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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

"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
Condition: New

€ 82.17

Paperback. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308. An Essay on Free Will. 264 pages. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight: 308.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151573
ISBN
9780231151573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Series: Corwin Literacy. BIC Classification: CFG; JNU; YQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781506349923
ISBN
9781506349923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 22.34

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

Paperback. Argues that men must interrogate their own sexuality in dialogue with women in order to revise phallocentric discourse. Drawing on a range of genres, cultures and theoretical perspectives, this examination questions the assumptions behind the representations of manhood in modern literature. Editor(s): Murphy, Peter F. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press New York
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814754986
ISBN
9780814754986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691612713
ISBN
9780691612713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257485
ISBN
9780823257485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.42

Hardback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 147 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257478
ISBN
9780823257478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.44

Paperback. Examines Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism with the tools of literary criticism, exploring questions of meaning, structure, and style. This title presents a definitive argument against Hertz's claim that Maxwell's theory is Maxwell's system of equations. Num Pages: 190 pages, figures. BIC Classification: CFG; PDX; PHK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Green Lion Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888009316
ISBN
9781888009316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Meriwether Publishing,U.S. United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566080156
ISBN
9781566080156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.51

Hardcover. This volume traces the work and thinking of Charles Fillmore throughout his 30 year career. It is a collection which reflects his desire to make sense of the workings of language in a way that keeps in mind questions of language form, language use and conventions linking form, meaning and practice. Series: Papers on Semantic Roles S. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575862859
ISBN
9781575862859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.55
€ 55.88

Paperback. This volume traces the work and thinking of Charles Fillmore throughout his 30 year career. It is a collection which reflects his desire to make sense of the workings of language in a way that keeps in mind questions of language form, language use and conventions linking form, meaning and practice. Series: Papers on Semantic Roles S. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575862866
ISBN
9781575862866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

Hardback. This text addresses issues that are on the borderline of semantics and pragmatics of natural language, from the point of view of a model-theoretic semanticist. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 40. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631201205
ISBN
9780631201205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.70

Paperback. Formal Pragmatics addresses issues that are on the borderline of semantics and pragmatics of natural language, from the point of view of a model-theoretic semanticist. This up-to-date resource covers a substantial body of formal work on linguistic phenomena, and presents the way the semantics-pragmatics interface has come to be viewed today. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631201212
ISBN
9780631201212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.37

Hardback. This is a collection of papers that have helped shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics. It covers key central themes and includes an editorial introduction and extensive references. This should be a useful resource for students and scholars of semantics and the philosophy of language. Editor(s): Portner, Paul H.; Partee, Barbara B. H. Series: Linguistics: The Essential Readings. Num Pages: 496 pages, 4d. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631215417
ISBN
9780631215417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.97

Paperback. Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics. Editor(s): Portner, Paul H.; Partee, Barbara B. H. Series: Linguistics: The Essential Readings. Num Pages: 496 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 36. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631215424
ISBN
9780631215424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.09

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531128184
ISBN
9783531128184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.51

paperback. Series: Abhandlungen der Nordrhein-Westfalischen Akademie der Wissen. Num Pages: 233 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Edition
1995th Edition
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531051154
ISBN
9783531051154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.16

Paperback. Presents a study of three foundational issues in the semantics of natural language that have been relatively neglected. This book focuses on the formal characterization of intensions, the nature of an adequate type system for natural language semantics, and the formal power of the semantic representation language. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233763
ISBN
9780631233763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.60

Paperback. Based on a selection of 30 election campaign speeches during Obama's first run for the American presidency in 2008, this book investigates the Democratic presidential candidate's much celebrated rhetoric from a cognitive semantics point of view. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFGR; GTC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349501014
ISBN
9781349501014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.69

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