Other Categories »
Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
Results 169 - 192 of 451
Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
Hardback. Provides detailed case studies of attested corpus data on the meanings of words and phrases. It places lexis and phraseology at the centre of semantics and pragmatics and looks at concepts of lexical semantics, including meaning as use, denotation and connotation, lexical field and sense relations. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631208327
- ISBN
- 9780631208327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.70
€ 163.70
Paperback. Terrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversation since September 11th. But to keen ears their meanings change depending upon who's doing the talking. So what do these words really mean? And what are people trying to say when they use them? Editor(s): Collins, John; Glover, Ross. Num Pages: 230 pages, black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; CFG; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716281
- ISBN
- 9780814716281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Hardcover. Iincludes over 9,000 entries, a grammatical sketch, and numerous indexes, along with a wealth of cultural information Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 66. Weight in Grams: 2586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1008
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780295992075
- ISBN
- 9780295992075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.45
€ 100.45
hardcover. This book, by one of Italy's most important and original contemporary philosophers, represents a broad, general, and ambitious undertaking-nothing less than an attempt to rethink the nature of poetic language and to rearticulate relationships among theology, poetry, and philosophy in a tradition of literature initiated by Dante. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADL; 2ADT; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730211
- ISBN
- 9780804730211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.54
€ 113.54
Paperback. This study focuses on the principles at work in the communicative use of language. It explores various aspects of explanatory and expository uses of language across a wide range of applications, ranging from the factual to the fictional, and from the expository to the literary. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690916
- ISBN
- 9780847690916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.94
€ 69.94
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
€ 59.97
€ 59.97
Paperback. Translator(s): Pellauer, D.; McLaughlin, K. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226713328
- ISBN
- 9780226713328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.96
€ 26.99
€ 21.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Silman-James Pr
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505216
- ISBN
- 9781879505216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.63
€ 20.99
€ 15.63
Hardcover. With an up-to-date view of the results of UML semantics and the practical applications of semantics development, this book presents the only coherent and integrated account of the leading UML 2 semantics work and its applications. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; UMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470409084
- ISBN
- 9780470409084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.12
€ 154.12
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
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Hardcover. Explores a theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects. This book provides an introduction to aspects of the semantics of noun phrases, as well as comparing alternate theories. It is useful for students and scholars in formal semantics as well as the fields of syntax, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language. Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116305
- ISBN
- 9781405116305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.64
€ 151.64
Hardback. This title questions the presupposition that interpretation is the basic problem of language and examines how assumptions about the constructed nature of the object of interpretation affect current discussions about interpretation in the humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734325
- ISBN
- 9780804734325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.03
€ 81.03
Paperback. This book addresses an important aspect of how language is used in written communication: the ways that writers reflect on their texts to refer to themselves, their readers or the text itself. This is known as METADISCOURSE. Editor(s): Hyland, Ken. Series: Continuum Discourse. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826476111
- ISBN
- 9780826476111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.09
€ 72.09
Hardback. The second edition of the highly successful Handbook of Discourse Analysis has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the very latest research to have developed since the original publication, including new theoretical paradigms and discourse-analytic models, in an authoritative two-volume set. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 254 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470670743
- ISBN
- 9780470670743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 424.37
€ 424.37
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
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardcover. Intends to propose a fresh system for describing the semantic properties of negative prefixes in English. This title informs the readers about the mechanisms of forming negative words. It describes the prefixes in terms of the cognitive theories of category, domain and construal. Num Pages: 192 pages, 27 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845535407
- ISBN
- 9781845535407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.81
€ 29.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044262
- ISBN
- 9780226044262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Central to any understanding of the significance of material objects, whether contemporary or prehistoric, is a discussion of the very nature of interpretation itself: how we 'read' artefacts and inscribe them into the present. Editor(s): Tilley, Christopher. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631172857
- ISBN
- 9780631172857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.83
€ 53.99
€ 53.83
Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046986
- ISBN
- 9780674046986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
Paperback. The way in which we understand the concept of intelligence is rooted in metaphor and metonymy. This book explores the motivation for some of the lexemes in this semantic field across the history of the English language, considering the range of cognitive mechanisms and cultural factors that can inform metaphorical and metonymical mappings. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 317 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190855
- ISBN
- 9781405190855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.61
€ 31.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Hauser, Gerard A. Num Pages: 188 pages, figures. BIC Classification: CFG; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271027685
- ISBN
- 9780271027685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.03
€ 37.99
€ 30.03
Hardcover. Drawing on structural, semantic and pragmatic approaches, this book shows that the personal pronouns form a system which is, to some extent, structured in quite a different way. It puts an emphasis on the Danish language, featuring examples taken from the Norwegian, Swedish and Fenno-Swedish languages. Series: Acta Jutlandica Series. Num Pages: 319 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772888811
- ISBN
- 9788772888811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.71
€ 13.71
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Freedom Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904491040
- ISBN
- 9781904491040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.74
€ 11.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Meriwether Publishing,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566080064
- ISBN
- 9781566080064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.48
€ 19.99
€ 19.48