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Philosophy of language

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226046112
ISBN
9780226046112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.02

Hardcover. Talks about Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457), one of the most important theorist of the humanist movement. He wrote a major work on Latin style, "On Elegance in the Latin Language", which became a battle-standard in the struggle for the reform of Latin across Europe, and "Dialectical Disputations", a wide-ranging attack on scholastic logic. Translator(s): Bowersock, G. W. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; CFA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025332
ISBN
9780674025332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.86

Hardcover. A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBP; CFA; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 412. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press New Haven, CT
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008983
ISBN
9780300214260
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Features a survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work. This work also talks about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we're from and even who we want to be. Num Pages: 512 pages, Yes. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141015521
ISBN
9780141015521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Gerber, Andri; Patterson, Brent. Num Pages: 302 pages, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMA; CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript-Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837623727
ISBN
9783837623727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415613675
ISBN
9780415613675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.93

Paperback. An original and intriguing exploration into the way we talk about and express romantic and sexual desire. Editor(s): Harvey, Keith; Shalom, Celia. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415136921
ISBN
9780415136921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.57

Paperback. Contributors to 'Truth and Speech Acts' include William P. Alston, John Searle, and Michael Williams. The book belongs to the school of 'Analytic Philosophy', which is taught at all departments of philosophy all over the world. Editor(s): Greimann, Dirk; Siegwart, Geo. Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 297 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415542517
ISBN
9780415542517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.98

Paperback. Collects together both canonical work and some of the issues in the philosophy of language. This title looks at the field, addressing both fundamental problems and topics with the classic views of Frege, Russell and Kripke and Quine, as well as the influential pieces by philosophers including Jason Stanley, David Chalmers and Crispin Wright. Editor(s): Byrne, Darragh; Kolbel, Max. Series: Arguing About Philosophy. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415462440
ISBN
9780415462440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.40

Paperback. A study of the fundamental building blocks that serve to organise natural language systems. The author argues that there are two distinct forms of agreement in linguistic theory: feature compatibility and an abstract syntactic relation. Her primary source of evidence is Chamorro, an Austro-nesian language spoken on Guam and Saipan. Num Pages: 436 pages, 554 tree diagrams. BIC Classification: 2PG; CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226106090
ISBN
9780226106090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.17

Hardcover. This book examines the hypothesis of "direct compositionality" which requires that semantic interpretation proceed in tandem with syntactic combination. In the first extended discussion of the hypothesis for twenty years, contributors from both sides of the debate draw on examples from a wide range of languages and discuss the place of direct compositionality in generative grammar. Editor(s): Barker, Chris; Jacobson, Pauline. Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 813.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199204373
ISBN
9780199204373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.45

Paperback. In this book Saul Kripke brings his powerful philosophical intelligence to bear on Wittgensteina s analysis of the notion of following a rule. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631135210
ISBN
9780631135210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Examines the link between our (implicit) assumptions about language and our understanding of religious phenomena. In particular, focuses on the performative and material specificity of word use in religion. Editor(s): Van Den Hemel, Ernst. Series: The Future of the Religious Past. Num Pages: 614 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 249 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
614
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823255566
ISBN
9780823255566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 11 black and white, descriptive. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 135. .
Publisher
Grey Tiger
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956441966
ISBN
9780956441966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. James Williams sets out a new process philosophy of signs where signs are processes, not fixed relations. He develops his argument through a formal model and a series of case studies. He engages in dialogue with the philosophies of Deleuze and Whitehead, and in critical discussion with contemporary and historical theories of the sign. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695010
ISBN
9780748695010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Rorty, Richard. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226725697
ISBN
9780226725697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.44

Hardcover. Challenging the linear view of history which confines or predetermines the outcome of politics, this book argues for an 'untimely' politics, rendering the past problematic and the future unpredictable. Series: Taking on the Political. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617661
ISBN
9780748617661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.81

Hardcover. This is the first volume to offer a selection of texts from the field of deconstruction in all its radical diversity. It examines the fortunes of the term deconstruction, and the ideas associated with it, in the work of the leading commentators on Derrida's texts. Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin. Num Pages: 600 pages, bibliographies. BIC Classification: 3JJ; CFA; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1541.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612550
ISBN
9780748612550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.80

Hardcover. This is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes 80 entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language. Editor(s): Chapman, Siobhan; Routledge, Christopher. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617579
ISBN
9780748617579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.98

Paperback. This book critically reflects on the nature of law and legal reasoning by exploring the theories of various legal theorists. Num Pages: 202 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Hart Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841130705
ISBN
9781841130705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.76

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