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Paperback. Designed to assess an increasingly pervasive form of rhetorical activity, this book provides a study of the processes of selecting what to reveal and what to conceal that together constitute the rhetorics of display. Including case studies, it surveys the major historical transformations in the relationship between rhetoric and display. Editor(s): Prelli, Lawrence J. Series Editor(s): Benson, Thomas W. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 416 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570036194
ISBN
9781570036194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.13

Paperback. Crossing the boundaries between science and the humanities, the author explores the volumes of discourse involved in the construction of the first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to discover the role rhetoric plays in the formulation and expression of scientific ideas. Series: Science & Literature S. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JH; PDR; PHM; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299168544
ISBN
9780299168544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.23

paperback. A collection of 15 essays examining the real effects of texts on professional practices, in academic, scientific and business settings. The authors describe textual dynamics as an interaction in which professional texts and discourses are constructed by, and in turn construct, social practices. Num Pages: bibliography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299125943
ISBN
9780299125943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.30

hardcover. Brings together the key writings, both the classic foundational pieces and contemporary work. This book contains essays and articles that are selected to represent the range, scope and diversity of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise. Editor(s): Evans, Vyvyan; Bergen, Benjamin K.; Zinken, Joerg. Series: Advances in Cognitive Linguistics. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845531096
ISBN
9781845531096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 263.92

hardcover. Taking an eclectic and evolutionary approach to signs, this text sees the sign as a fundamental part of human development. It offers integrative models of semiosis that utilize both American and European approaches to explore dreams, numbering signs, mythic narrative, and new signs. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0038226
ISBN
9780333526040
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. From Sources of the Self to A Secular Age, Charles Taylor has shown how we create ways of being, as individuals and as a society. Here, he demonstrates that language is at the center of this generative process. Language does not merely describe; it constitutes meaning, and the shared practice of speech shapes human experience. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 244 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0037961
ISBN
9780674660205
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? These are some of the questions considered in this Very Short Introduction. By examining the science of languages, we find that the answers are not as simple as we might expect. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, Approximately 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; CFZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780199590599
ISBN
9780199590599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.27

paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0037344
ISBN
9780333352762
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Jerry A. Fodor presents a new development of his famous Language of Thought hypothesis, the idea that thinking is couched in a symbolic system realized in the brain; since the 1970s this has been at the centre of debate about how the mind works. No one who studies the mind can ignore Fodor's views, expressed in his coruscating and provocative style. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; JMR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0037165
ISBN
9780199548774
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. An assessment of the power of argument and its effects as used within Aristophanes' play. This treatise attempts to provide insight into ancient Athenian thought and at the same time to examine the workings of a play which balances rhetoric with comedy. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFG; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
OUP USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0037083
ISBN
9780195070170
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. The fundamental question of metaphysics is: What does reality consist of? This work sets out the author's views about some of the deepest questions in philosophy. It puts forward his controversial view of reality as indeterminate: there may be no fact of the matter about whether an object does or does not have a given property. Series: Lines of Thought S. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 265. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0037033
ISBN
9780199207275
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Offers information on who holds power and how they use it, keep it, or lose it. This book offers an introduction to linguistic theories and the philosophy of language. It lays the groundwork for an exploration of news stories that meet the Undue Attention Test. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036689
ISBN
9780520232075
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This updated second edition of Signs combines some of Sebeok?s most important essays with a new general introduction, introductory passages at the outset of each chapter, a glossary, and brief biographies of the major semioticians. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036684
ISBN
9780802084729
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038238
ISBN
9780231042567
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Current liberal orthodoxy is against imposing Standard English on school students. But has this inflicted lasting damage on a generation of children? The author proposes that Standard English is a crucially important variety and examines whether British English will lose out to American English. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037843
ISBN
9780571190478
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Primarily aimed as a practical resource for parents, but also of interest to students and researchers because of its unique content, this book includes recollections of and advice on many of the common issues or dilemmas that arise in multilingual families. Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFDM; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Multilingual Matters United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847697158
ISBN
9781847697158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.43

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826487445
ISBN
9780826487445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.00

Paperback. Series: History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; CFB; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299302740
ISBN
9780299302740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DS; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299104146
ISBN
9780299104146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.52

Paperback. It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. This book begins with an examination of the modes of communication used by dolphins, birds and primates as the first contexts in which the concept of 'language' might be applied. Series: Globalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890801
ISBN
9781861890801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.52