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Hardback. In this volume, a host of distinguished scholars examine Richard Rorty's influence on twentieth-century American pragmatism and its commitment to achieving social democracy. Editor(s): Pettegrew, John. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; CFG; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690619
- ISBN
- 9780847690619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.33
€ 173.33
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788773079485
- ISBN
- 9788773079485
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.18
€ 43.99
€ 31.18
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537309
- ISBN
- 9780230537309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.43€ 31.26
€ 84.43
€ 31.26
Hardcover. The second edition of this highly regarded textbook is designed to introduce students at the tertiary level to both Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis. It develops critical analytical skills by rooting analysis in SFL methodology so that students can learn to analyze a range of discourse types. Series: Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 figures. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781790809
- ISBN
- 9781781790809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.09
€ 32.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226875064
- ISBN
- 9780226875064
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Contains contributions by leading scholars, who examine the following areas: intensionality and intentionality; language ontology and truth; rule-following; the nature of the mental; consciousness and qualia: a symposium; and naturalism and actualism - an exchange. Editor(s): Tomberlin, James E. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 540 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 12
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212072
- ISBN
- 9780631212072
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Condition: New
€ 57.31
€ 57.31
Paperback. Compositionality in Formal Semantics is a collection of Barbara Partee's papers that have been influential in the field but are not readily available and includes a new introductory essay in which Partee reflects on how her thinking and the field of semantics have developed over the past 35 years. Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405109352
- ISBN
- 9781405109352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.65
€ 73.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480638
- ISBN
- 9780801480638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.94
€ 37.94
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 182 x 12. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816630196
- ISBN
- 9780816630196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536534
- ISBN
- 9781845536534
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Condition: New
€ 40.36
€ 40.36
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.
- Format
- 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781781792483
- ISBN
- 9781781792483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
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.
- Format
- 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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Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- 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
Hardback
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.
- Format
- 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
Paperback
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.
- 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
€ 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845531805
- ISBN
- 9781845531805
Hardback
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533427
- ISBN
- 9781845533427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.63
€ 151.63
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. .
- Format
- 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. 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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
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Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- 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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Condition: New
€ 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.
- Format
- 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
Paperback
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745613789
- ISBN
- 9780745613789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.75
€ 26.75