Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
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.
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- 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. 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921570
- ISBN
- 9780813921570
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€ 33.02
€ 33.02
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922492
- ISBN
- 9780813922492
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Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
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.
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- 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
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822958376
- ISBN
- 9780822958376
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Condition: New
€ 60.80
€ 60.80
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press Journals
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733340
- ISBN
- 9780226733340
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.51
€ 17.99
€ 15.51
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 725
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792310280
- ISBN
- 9780792310280
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Condition: New
€ 102.84
€ 102.84
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792311362
- ISBN
- 9780792311362
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Condition: New
€ 250.05
€ 250.05
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792312390
- ISBN
- 9780792312390
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Condition: New
€ 194.64
€ 194.64
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 192.14
€ 192.14
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.
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- 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
€ 128.52
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319634
- ISBN
- 9780792319634
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Condition: New
€ 131.45
€ 131.45
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
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Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 725
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324034
- ISBN
- 9780792324034
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Condition: New
€ 374.45
€ 374.45
Hardback. Offers a theory of the relation between noun meaning and verb meaning. Two main theses are defended in this book which includes chapters on the issues of nominalization - problems and desiderata for a theory of nominalization; and English nominalization - some syntactic issues. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324379
- ISBN
- 9780792324379
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Condition: New
€ 193.10
€ 193.10
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.
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- 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
Hardback. A detailed survey of the various phenomena in the field of ambiguity and vagueness. The book is an extended edition of a German monograph and is addressed to advanced students and researchers in theoretical and computational linguistics, logic, philosophy of language, and NL-oriented AI. Translator(s): Simmons, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1640.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792333876
- ISBN
- 9780792333876
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Condition: New
€ 194.96
€ 194.96
Hardback. This volume is a model-theoretic inquiry into the semantics of tense in natural language. It presents the view that the semantic contribution of tense is made in relation to structurally higher expressions (so-called relative tense) and argues against the view that tenses are all indexicals. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338017
- ISBN
- 9780792338017
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Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Hardback. This work shows how a simple syntax can be combined with a propositional language at the level of logical analysis. Cresswell's simple and direct style should make this book accessible to a wider audience than the somewhat specialized subject matter might initially suggest. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792339144
- ISBN
- 9780792339144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
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