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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036194
- ISBN
- 9781570036194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.13
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299168544
- ISBN
- 9780299168544
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Condition: New
€ 34.23
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299125943
- ISBN
- 9780299125943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.30
€ 35.30
The Cognitive Linguistics Reader (Advances in Cognitive Linguistics)
. Ed(S): Evans, Vyvyan; Bergen, Benjamin K.; ...
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.
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- 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199590599
- ISBN
- 9780199590599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.27
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 26.52