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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

Hardback. Approaches natural language semantics and logic from the perspective of Discourse Representation Theory (DRT), an approach which emphasizes the dynamic and incremental aspects of meaning and inference. This book develops the basic principles of DRT for a small fragment of English (but which has nevertheless the power of standard predicate logic). Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 725 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
725
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792324034
ISBN
9780792324034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 374.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Pustejovsky, James. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFX; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792323860
ISBN
9780792323860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

hardcover. Integrates the research in the field of lexical semantics in linguistics with the work on knowledge representation and lexicon design in computational linguistics. This book, divided into three sections, deals with the fundamentals of lexical structure, the specific mappings necessary from a lexical semantic representation to the syntax, and more. Editor(s): Pustejovsky, James. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 428 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; UYQP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 779.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
1993rd Edition
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792319634
ISBN
9780792319634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.45

Hardback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792314004
ISBN
9780792314004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.52

Paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 381 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792312406
ISBN
9780792312406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.14

Hardback. Offers an advanced course in logical and mathematical techniques and structures that are used in semantics, in relation to their semantic applications. This book helps students with a background in semantics to develop their skills of formalization and it makes research in semantics accessible. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 381 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792312390
ISBN
9780792312390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.64

Hardback. Presents a unified theory of aspect as a parameter of universal grammar. The text provides syntactic, semantic and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, as well as linguistic analysis of five languages with very different aspectual systems: French, English, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Navajo. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 490 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2AGR; 2GDC; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792311362
ISBN
9780792311362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.05

Paperback. Approaches natural language semantics and logic from the perspective of Discourse Representation Theory, an approach which emphasizes the dynamic and incremental aspects of meaning and inference. This is intended for students with varying degrees of preparation, including those without prior exposure to semantics or formal logic. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 725 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1019.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
725
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792310280
ISBN
9780792310280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Sacks, Sheldon. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
University of Chicago Press Journals
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226733340
ISBN
9780226733340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. Postcolonial studies and composition studies appear to have little in common. However, they share a strikingly similar goal: to provide power to the words and actions of those who have been marginalized and oppressed. This study attempts to establish dialogue between the two disciplines. Editor(s): Lunsford, Andrea A. (Professor of English and Director, Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University, USA); Ouzgane, Lahoucine (Associate Professor of English, University of Alberta, Canada). Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; CJA; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822958376
ISBN
9780822958376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.95

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

€ 81.31

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.72

Hardback. A detailed study of West Greenlandic Eskimo, examining the effect that the role of a speaker has on syntactic structures. Series: Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas. Num Pages: 464 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 2JNB; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803216457
ISBN
9780803216457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.49

Paperback. Present a series of papers that investigate the interface of natural language semantics with other modules of grammar - such as morphology, syntax, and pragmatics - and pursue applications of semantic theory in computational linguistics. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575865768
ISBN
9781575865768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

Hardback. Explores how anthropology can come to terms with "colonial library" and begin to develop an ethnographic practice that transcends politics of Africa's imperial past. This book develops a model of critical agency, focusing on a variety of language genres in Africa situated in rituals that transform socio-political relations. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 8 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; CFG; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226023519
ISBN
9780226023519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 79.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Jansen, Steen; Olsen, Jorgen; Prebensen, Henrik; Thrane, Torben. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; CFB; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772891811
ISBN
9788772891811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; CFGA; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manor House Publishing Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897453407
ISBN
9781897453407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Elbert, Lorian Tamara. Num Pages: 233 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 200 x 13. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879505452
ISBN
9781879505452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.06

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