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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
Hardback. Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405190404
- ISBN
- 9781405190404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.92
€ 103.92
Hardcover. Editor(s): Culpeper, Jonathan; Haugh, Michael; Kadar, Daniel Z. Num Pages: 28 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFGA; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375070
- ISBN
- 9781137375070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 410.81
€ 410.81
Hardback. This work engages on a theoretical level with issues in semiotics generally, taking Peirce's writings as a case study through which to investigate the adequacy of a theory of signs to account for the way "talk" works. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747394
- ISBN
- 9780804747394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.25
€ 183.25
Paperback. Dealing with media discourse, this book shares the quality of being concerned with news discourse and striving to find new ways of analysing news discourse. Editor(s): Vestergaard, Torben. Num Pages: 182 pages, 26 colour photos. BIC Classification: CFG; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788773079485
- ISBN
- 9788773079485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.81
€ 44.99
€ 31.81
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.43
€ 192.43
Hardback. Contains a selection of papers from the International Conference on Argumentation (Amsterdam, 2002) by international scholars of argumentation theory. This title is of interest to those who are working in the field of argumentation theory and to scholars who are interested in the developments in this field. Editor(s): Eemeren, Frans H. van; Blair, J. Anthony (University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada); Willard, Charles Arthur; Snoeck Henkemans, A. Francisca. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014550
- ISBN
- 9781402014550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.61
€ 65.61
Paperback / so. Series: Preisschriften. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1921
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663155263
- ISBN
- 9783663155263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 327 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607413202
- ISBN
- 9781607413202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.88€ 44.90
€ 62.88
€ 44.90
Paperback. Jazz is born of collaboration, improvisation, and listening. This book weaves an argument about how individuals can preserve and improve civic life in a democratic culture. It will appeal to scholars across disciplines as diverse as political science, performance studies, musicology, and literary criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; AVGJ; CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226218212
- ISBN
- 9780226218212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.85
€ 32.99
€ 25.85
Paperback. The first comprehensive, broad ranging and accessible account of the contribution of discourse analysis to social and political theory. Comprised of a large number of relatively short chapters, each has been specifically designed to form the basis of a weeks reading at a time. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631195580
- ISBN
- 9780631195580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.34
€ 58.34
Hardback. In this major new work, Richard J. Bernstein argues that many ofthe most important themes in philosophy during the past one hundredand fifty years are variations and developments of ideas that wereprominent in the classical American pragmatists: Charles S. Peirce,William James, John Dewey and George H Mead. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649078
- ISBN
- 9780745649078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. Communication problems in children that are best described as pragmatic in nature have been a focus of attention for some years. However, despite this, speech and language therapists, teachers and researchers still have some difficulty describing, defining and explaining such problems. Num Pages: 250 pages, references. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; JMC; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861561572
- ISBN
- 9781861561572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.72
€ 83.72
Paperback. Brings thinking about semantics to bear on the question of how, and how much, language corresponds to thought. This title argues that lying is a function not of words but of sentences; it belongs to the semantic aspect of language. It forges links between linguistic and literary categories on the one hand and ethics and good manners on the other. Translator(s): Churchill, Larry R.; Brown, Jane K.; Brown, Marshall. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 3226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Translation
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985497
- ISBN
- 9780295985497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. A collection of papers on computational semantics written by researchers in the field of computational semantics. This book is useful to those linguists, computer scientists, and logicians who take an interest in the computation of meaning, and who want to know what is happening in this field of research. Editor(s): Bunt, Harry; Muskens, Reinhard; Thijsse, Elias. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402004513
- ISBN
- 9781402004513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 190.72
€ 190.72
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
€ 70.50
€ 70.50
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
€ 81.31
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 3. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1948
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1948th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322980502
- ISBN
- 9783322980502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Paperback. This introductory textbook presents a coherent overview of the theory, methodology and potential application of narrative psychological approaches. It compares narrative psychology with other social constructionist approaches and argues that the experience of self only takes on meaning through specific linguistic, historical and social structures. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliographym, index. BIC Classification: CFG; JMA; JMH; JMS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Open University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335202904
- ISBN
- 9780335202904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165. Weight in Grams: 386. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0016067
- ISBN
- 9780872498853
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.59
€ 4.59
Paperback. Series: Language & Legal Discourse S. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG; LAT; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226767918
- ISBN
- 9780226767918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Reporting on results of recent research of anaphora in the 1990s, this text draws on theoretical principles and methodologies in linguistics, cognitive psychology, and philosophy, as well as the integrated, broad perspective of cognitive science. Editor(s): Barss, Andrew. Series: Explaining Linguistics S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211181
- ISBN
- 9780631211181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.40
€ 73.40
Hardback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 147 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257478
- ISBN
- 9780823257478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.44
€ 88.44
Paperback. This anthology presents Aristotle's "Rhetoric" in its original context, providing examples of the kind of oratory whose success Aristotle explains and analyzes. It assesses the role and the techniques of rhetorical persuasion in philosophic discourse and the public sphere. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Series: Philosophical Traditions S. Num Pages: 466 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520202283
- ISBN
- 9780520202283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.11
€ 41.99
€ 30.11