Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
Hardback. Presents the author's vision of philosophy of language. Explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, this book investigates foundational concepts - such as truth, reference, and meaning - that are central to the philosophy of language and important to philosophy as a whole. Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138664
- ISBN
- 9780691138664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Hardback. This work begins with an introduction to recent theories of the semantics of plurals. The author argues that plural discourse involves entities corresponding to sets of individuals but nothing corresponding to higher order sets. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340072
- ISBN
- 9780792340072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.55
€ 189.55
Hardback. Addresses three central issues in the study of plurality and quantification in natural languages. This collection sheds light on the question of how many readings have to be assigned to plural sentences and on the respective consequences for the architecture of the syntax-semantics interface. Editor(s): Hamm, Fritz; Hinrichs, Erhard W. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 391 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348412
- ISBN
- 9780792348412
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Condition: New
€ 192.43
€ 192.43
Hardback. This text reviews possible semantic analyses of plural and conjoined noun phrases, arguing that the distinction between collective and distributive readings is represented in the part/whole structure of events. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332381
- ISBN
- 9780792332381
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Condition: New
€ 193.33
€ 193.33
Paperback. Aiming to help readers overcome the difficulties of approaching poetry, this study provides a historical overview of theories of interpretation as they apply to symbol and allegory. Beginning with the Greeks, Brittan moves from classical theory through to Romantics and Modern ideas. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921570
- ISBN
- 9780813921570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Paperback. This is the first edited collection to examine politeness in a wide range of diverse cultures. Most essays draw on empirical data from a wide variety of languages, including some key-languages in politeness research, such as English, and Japanese, as well as some lesser-studied languages, such as Georgian. Editor(s): Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca; Kadar, Daniel Z. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314560
- ISBN
- 9781349314560
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Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Paperback. In this carefully researched, thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Hughes examines the trajectory of political correctness and its impact on public life. Focusing on the historical, semantic, and cultural aspects of political correctness, it will intrigue anyone interested in this ongoing debate. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405152792
- ISBN
- 9781405152792
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.78
€ 45.99
€ 45.78
Hardback. In this carefully researched, thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Hughes examines the trajectory of political correctness and its impact on public life. Focusing on the historical, semantic, and cultural aspects of political correctness, it will intrigue anyone interested in this ongoing debate. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405152785
- ISBN
- 9781405152785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.30
€ 107.30
Hardcover. Editor(s): Obeng, Samuel Gyasi; Hartford, Beverly A. S. Num Pages: 114 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604560497
- ISBN
- 9781604560497
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Condition: New
€ 257.86€ 174.09
€ 257.86
€ 174.09
Paperback. Presents an overview of how American political communication has been changed by the use of certain dominant political terms. Based on eleven separate studies of the political language used in the United States, this book offers an understanding of American politics and American language. Num Pages: 296 pages, numerous tables and graphs. BIC Classification: CFG; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195162394
- ISBN
- 9780195162394
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Condition: New
€ 91.37
€ 91.37
Paperback. This analysis of the rhetoric of nine successfully persuasive politicians explains how their use of language created credible and consistent stories about themselves and the social world they inhabit. It explores their use of metaphors, their myths and how language analysis helps us to understand how politicians are able to persuade. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: CFG; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251656
- ISBN
- 9780230251656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.88
€ 135.88
Hardcover. While some students need more writing instruction than others, this text looks at how that need also pertains to the institutions themselves. The author argues that universities may need remedial English to alleviate their own crises in admission standards, enrollment and curriculum. Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFG; CJCW; JNM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822941866
- ISBN
- 9780822941866
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Condition: New
€ 60.95
€ 60.95
Hardback. This book presents developments of discourse analysis in France and applies its tools to key texts from five theorists of structuralism: Lacan, Althusser, Foucault, Derrida and Sollers. It pays special attention to enunciative pragmatics as a poststructuralist approach which analyzes the discursive construction of subjectivity. Series: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFGR; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442468
- ISBN
- 9781137442468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.54
€ 64.54
Paperback. Takes the mystery out of putting together an effective presentation by addressing each of the steps involved. Not only gives readers confidence but offers enhanced opportunities for promotion and career advancement. Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471559610
- ISBN
- 9780471559610
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.10
€ 46.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. Takes a particular perspective on the nature of poetry and follows this through to proposals for teaching. This book focuses attention on how the use of language in short poems can set up conditions for individual interpretation and the representation of reality in ways other than those which are established by normal social convention. Series: Oxford Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSC; ESB; JNU. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780194371841
- ISBN
- 9780194371841
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Condition: New
€ 77.81
€ 77.81
paperback. The pragmatic system consists of the rules for appropriate and communicatively effective language use. Pragmatic Development provides an integrated view of the acquisition of all the various pragmatic Num Pages: 240 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780813324715
- ISBN
- 9780813324715
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Condition: New
€ 58.72
€ 58.72
Paperback. * The first book-length treatment of second and foreign language learners acquisition of pragmatics. * Comprehensive discussion of developmental interlanguage pragmatics, presenting an up-to-date account of research findings. Series: Language Learning Monograph. Num Pages: 300 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFG; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234302
- ISBN
- 9780631234302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.18
€ 55.18
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415205238
- ISBN
- 9780415205238
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Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199577767
- ISBN
- 9780199577767
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.59
€ 41.99
€ 41.59
Paperback. * Extends the treatment of metapragmatic phenomena otherwise known as a indexinga * Gives full--fledged treatment to the theory of Pragmatic Acts * Includes new chapters on literary pragmatics and pragmatics across cultures * Covers extensive recent research in the rapidly evolving a criticala orientation. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211327
- ISBN
- 9780631211327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.83
€ 55.83