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Paperback. Asks the question 'what do interactions between apes and humans mediated by language tell us?'. In order to answer this question this book explores language-in-context, drawing on a multi-leveled, multi-functional linguistics. It articulates a methodology incorporating public domain software for the comprehensive analysis of ape-human interaction. Editor(s): Benson, James D.; Greaves, William S. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 35 figures. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536534
- ISBN
- 9781845536534
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€ 40.36
€ 40.36
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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€ 32.61
€ 32.61
Hardback. The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitive-linguistic background, providing a state-of-the-art overview of research on the discursive grounding of metaphor from a cognitive-linguistic perspective. Editor(s): Musolff, Andreas; Zinken, Jorg. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537309
- ISBN
- 9780230537309
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€ 84.43€ 31.26
€ 84.43
€ 31.26
Paperback. Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This title analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 343 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BRT; 3JH; 3JJ; CFB; CFG; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208056
- ISBN
- 9780520208056
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€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Hardcover. Examines the relations between grammar, text, and discourse. This book intends to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis. It introduces the notion of pretext as an additional factor in the general interpretative process, and focuses on the work of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in light of the issues discussed. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234517
- ISBN
- 9780631234517
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Condition: New
€ 136.59
€ 136.59
Paperback. A Companion to Rhetoric offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and criticism across a range of disciplines. * Assesses rhetoric's place in the larger intellectual universe. Editor(s): Jost, Mr. Walter; Olmsted, Wendy. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 40. Weight in Grams: 970.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149570
- ISBN
- 9781405149570
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Condition: New
€ 63.75
€ 63.75
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 102.63
€ 102.63
Hardcover. Deals with adjectival suffixes in English. This book analyses the formation of adjective pairs that share a single root but end in different suffixes. Theoretically, it adopts cognitive semantics and attempts to substantiate some of its tenets. It attempts to identify the distinctive collocates associated with the members of an adjective pair. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 969.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845531805
- ISBN
- 9781845531805
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Condition: New
€ 30.34
€ 30.34
Hardback. Gives an introduction into a highly developed, coherent, and extensively tested cognitive linguistic approach to lexical semantics. Suitable for researchers in Cognitive Linguistics, this book constitutes a contribution to the intellectual exchange between international academic discourses that mostly develop independently of each other. Editor(s): Zinken, Jorg. Series: Advances in Cognitive Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 682.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533427
- ISBN
- 9781845533427
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Condition: New
€ 151.63
€ 151.63
Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature: 2 (Sign/Text/Cultu...
Freidenberg, Olga. Ed(S): Ivanov, Vyacheslav ...
paperback. "Image and Concept" is Freidenberg's study of the origins of Greek tragedy. Freidenberg's work develops the notion that with the transition from mythological thinking to formal-logical concepts came the appearance of literature. Editor(s): Ivanov, Vyacheslav V. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789057025075
- ISBN
- 9789057025075
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Condition: New
€ 53.76
€ 53.76
Hardcover. Semantics: A Cognitive Account of Linguistic Meaning is a comprehensive introduction to the study of the meaning of linguistic expressions in English: words and sentences. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781781792483
- ISBN
- 9781781792483
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€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
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€ 34.99€ 33.44
€ 34.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. A collection of twelve essays that discuss the collective nature of language--the ways in which people coordinate with each other to determine the meaning of what they say. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226107820
- ISBN
- 9780226107820
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€ 48.99€ 37.46
€ 48.99
€ 37.46
Paperback. This volume offers an introduction to the field of semantics and provides coverage of the main perspectives. The underlying theme is that meanings are cognitively motivated and that expressing them through language is an essential means of cementing human bonding and of displaying it to others. Num Pages: 552 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 264 x 35. Weight in Grams: 948.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631192978
- ISBN
- 9780631192978
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.85
€ 53.99
€ 53.85
Paperback. This important and original book addresses the nature of public opinion, the relation between rulers and ruled, and the role of popular rumours in eighteenth century France. Arlette Farge draws on chronicles, newspapers, memoirs, police records and newsheets to show that ordinary Parisians had definite opinions on what was happening in their city. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JF; CFG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745613789
- ISBN
- 9780745613789
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Condition: New
€ 26.75
€ 26.75
Paperback. aeo Constitutes a self--contained introduction to the key issues and results of the philosophy of language. aeo Accessible to both undergraduate and more advanced students of philosophy. aeo Includes many "sidebars" which expand on points made in the main text which may be either skipped or included. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180494
- ISBN
- 9781577180494
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.84
€ 48.99
€ 48.84
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Translation
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985497
- ISBN
- 9780295985497
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.29
€ 32.99
€ 31.29
Paperback. An updated and significantly expanded edition of McPhail's "The Rhetoric of Racism", this text looks at the rhetorical dynamics of racism - how, in addition to social and material structures and institutions, language can be a cause and facilitator of racism. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517196
- ISBN
- 9780742517196
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hamel, Steven C. Num Pages: 272 pages, tables, graphs. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 260 x 22. Weight in Grams: 766.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617289927
- ISBN
- 9781617289927
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Condition: New
€ 254.44€ 171.87
€ 254.44
€ 171.87
Paperback. Language, Sexuality, and Power examines the diversity of sexuality as a social and linguistic phenomenon. Bringing together work on a variety of national and linguistics contexts, the volume provides a unique and wide-ranging perspective on how language mediates individual desires and larger social structures in a range of global locales. Editor(s): Levon, Erez; Mendes, Ronald Beline. Series: Studies in Language Gender and Sexuality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190210373
- ISBN
- 9780190210373
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Condition: New
€ 81.75
€ 81.75
Paperback. Sequential relations and Strategies in Expository Text. Series: Advances in Discourse Processes. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781567502183
- ISBN
- 9781567502183
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Condition: New
€ 61.91
€ 61.91
Paperback. This collection of ethnographies demonstrates that the divide between fleeting discursive practice and formed text is a constructed one, and that the constructional process reveals "culture". The cultural processes of "entextualization" and "contextualization" are examined. Num Pages: 362 pages, 8 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757704
- ISBN
- 9780226757704
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.08
€ 43.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. * Provides a detailed account of the place of lexis and phraseology in linguistic theory. * Contains extensive illustrations from corpus data and detailed case studies of words in phrases, words in texts, and words in culture. * Advances the empirical study of language. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631208334
- ISBN
- 9780631208334
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Condition: New
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Paperback. Argues that men must interrogate their own sexuality in dialogue with women in order to revise phallocentric discourse. Drawing on a range of genres, cultures and theoretical perspectives, this examination questions the assumptions behind the representations of manhood in modern literature. Editor(s): Murphy, Peter F. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814754986
- ISBN
- 9780814754986
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30