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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

Hardcover. In 'Rhetorical Investigations', Walter Jost juxtaposes problems and questions in philosophy and literature, using rhetoric as the middle term and common ground between them. He proposes a criticism whose origins are the natural language we all speak and whose value rests on illuminating our language games in poetry, philosophy, and everyday life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922492
ISBN
9780813922492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.57

Paperback. Arguing that rhetorical listening facilitates conscious identifications needed for cross-cultural communication, the author establishes eavesdropping, and listening pedagogically as approaches to rhetorical listening. She defines rhetorical listening, addressing identifications with gender and whiteness within public debates and pedagogy. Series: Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809326693
ISBN
9780809326693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.26

Paperback. A comprehensive guide to the language of argument, Rhetorical Style offers a renewed appreciation of the persuasive power of the English language. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199764112
ISBN
9780199764112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.57

Paperback. This anthology features women's rhetorical theory from the 5th through the 19th centuries. Assembling selections on rhetoric, composition and communication this collection demonstrates an often-overlooked history of rhetoric as well as women's interest in conversation as a model for all discourse. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; 3J; CFG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517172
ISBN
9780742517172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: APF; CBW; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879505131
ISBN
9781879505131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.54

Paperback. Seamos pragmaticos, written specifically for English-speaking students of Spanish, offers a practical introduction to Spanish pragmatics for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses. Num Pages: 384 pages, 23 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFGA; CJBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191097
ISBN
9780300191097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.55

Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones. 4 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157528
ISBN
9780691157528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.03
€ 42.50

Paperback. Riddle : Why is a telescope like a bad excuse? Answer : Because anyone can see through it. The authors of this (laudatory adjective supplied by the publisher) book would like to help anyone -- but particularly students of English -- to 'seea through language, and also to 'see througha language. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631151357
ISBN
9780631151357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.67

Paperback. Research in semantics is conducted in a wide variety of disciplines, and this text seeks to bring together those areas. There are chapters on: models of semantic processing, connectionist modelling, sentence processing in children and adults, semantic category disorders, and more. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; MMZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861561855
ISBN
9781861561855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.24

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

€ 39.60

Paperback. This text features the theory of grammar called semantic. The grammar, which offers a syntactic theory closely connected with semantic analyses, is a direct continuation of generative semantics. It presents a family of generative rule systems for English, French, Dutch and German. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACD; 2ACG; 2ADF; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631160069
ISBN
9780631160069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.77

Paperback. Horst Ruthrof argues that the body is an integral part of this hermeneutic activity and proposes that language is no more than a symbolic grid which does not signify at all unless it is brought to life by non-linguistic signs. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Toronto
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802079930
ISBN
9780802079930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.14

Paperback. Offers an systematic introduction to semantics as applied to transformational grammars of the 'Government-Binding' model. This book covers the fundamental constructions with analyses, and also provides discussion of quantification, binding and anaphora, and ellipsis. It is intended for graduate level introductory courses in semantics. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631197133
ISBN
9780631197133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.59

Hardback. This book provides a compositional, truth-conditional, crosslinguistic semantics for evidentiality, the linguistic encoding of the source information on which a statement is based. The new proposal is based on extensive data from Cheyenne, English, and a variety of other languages. Series: Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CFGA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199681570
ISBN
9780199681570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.64

Paperback. An important contribution to the emerging field of information studies. Editor(s): Thurtle, Phillip; Mitchell, Robert Edward. Series: Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Num Pages: 80 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: CFG; GPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 6. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295982007
ISBN
9780295982007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.92

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hamel, Steven C. Num Pages: 272 pages, tables, graphs. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 260 x 22. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617289927
ISBN
9781617289927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 255.70
€ 172.97

paperback. Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253203441
ISBN
9780253203441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Sense and Sensitivity explores the semantic and pragmatic effects of focus in natural language discourse. The book concentrates on focus sensitivity, the remarkable dependency some words have on the effects of focus. An example is "only": compare "She only LIKES me" (i.e. nothing deeper) to "She only likes ME" (i.e. nobody else). Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112642
ISBN
9781405112642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.56

Paperback. This book looks at the relationship between the structure of the sentence and the organization of discourse. Experts in the field make use of data from a variety of languages to examine the nature of these relations, where they come from, and how they apply. Editor(s): Gueron, Jacqueline. Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198739425
ISBN
9780198739425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFGA; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Avery
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592409471
ISBN
9781592409471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.17

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