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Philosophy of language

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Philosophy of language

Paperback. Explores avenues in metaphor theory in the work of contemporary French, German and Czech scholars. This book encourages readers to reflect upon language and the role metaphor plays in patterning ideas and thought. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 b&w illustrations & 8 b&w tables. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482. Metaphor, Ideology and Language. 312 pages, 3 b&w illustrations & 8 b&w tables. Explores avenues in metaphor theory in the work of contemporary French, German and Czech scholars. This book encourages readers to reflect upon language and the role metaphor plays in patterning ideas and thought. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: CFA. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight: 482.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748679096
ISBN
9780748679096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.19

Hardback. Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a central figure in the thought of his time, but he was also something of an outsider. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 237 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1046.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509505654
ISBN
9781509505654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.73

Paperback. This book investigates the cultural and intercultural aspects of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The chapters consider the communication and pedagogical implications of these dimensions and offer suggestions for new directions in ELF research, pedagogy and curriculum development. Editor(s): Holmes, Prue; Dervin, Fred. Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFB; ES. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783095087
ISBN
9781783095087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.56

Paperback. Translator(s): Martinez, Ronald L. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816620388
ISBN
9780816620388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. Marjorie Perloff, critic of 20th-century poetry, argues that Wittgenstein speaks to poets because he provides a way out of the impasse of high versus low discourse, demonstrating the inescapable strangeness of ordinary language. Num Pages: 306 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First edition. Illustrated .
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226660608
ISBN
9780226660608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; JFCX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprinted edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226520865
ISBN
9780226520865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Plato's "Cratylus" is about language, specifically about names (onomata), a category that includes proper names, common nouns, adjectives, participles and infinitives. As Plato's most focused discussion of language, the text should be useful for every student of his work. Translator(s): Reeve, C. D. C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204164
ISBN
9780872204164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSB; JPLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485916
ISBN
9780801485916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.72

Paperback. Presents a treatise that looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a 'five-pound note' with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFA; GTE; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140235906
ISBN
9780140235906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529822
ISBN
9780262529822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.68

Paperback. Marshaling far-flung evidence from anthropology, animal behavior, neurology, molecular biology, anatomy, linguistics, and evolutionary psychology, the author makes the case that language developed, with the emergence of Homo sapiens, from primate gestures to a true signed language, complete with grammar and syntax. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 color illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116730
ISBN
9780691116730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. This book offers the first critical study of Gilles Deleuze's The Logic of Sense, his most important work on language and ethics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748626113
ISBN
9780748626113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.65

Hardback. Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144955
ISBN
9780691144955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.71
€ 47.09

Paperback. 'Naming and Necessity' has had a great and increasing influence. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of naming, and of identity. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631128014
ISBN
9780631128014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.21

Hardcover. The book examines one of the most contested topics in linguistics and cognitive science: the role of recursion in language. It offers a precise account of what recursion is, what role it should play in cognitive theories of human knowledge, and how it manifests itself in the mental representations of language and other cognitive domains. Series: Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFK; CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198785156
ISBN
9780198785156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations, 1port. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780967967509
ISBN
9780967967509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.71

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Connor, Clare; Thompson, A. K.; Fritsch, Kelly. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 42. Weight in Grams: 834.
Publisher
AK Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849352420
ISBN
9781849352420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.39

Hardback. Challenging mainstream analytic philosophers to reconsider basic assumptions, Baz defends the much maligned ordinary language philosophy as a form of practice that might provide a viable alternative to current work on philosophical "intuitions," knowledge, and other areas of philosophical difficulty. He both argues for OLP and practices it here. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055223
ISBN
9780674055223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.09

Hardcover. Proposes an holistic theory of the relation between the sounds, structure, and meaning of language and their relation to mind and brain. This book provides insights on the evolution of language, thought, and communication. Num Pages: 498 pages, numerous figures. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFK; CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1032.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198270126
ISBN
9780198270126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.75

Hardback. It seems reasonable to believe that there might have existed things other than those that in fact exist, or have existed. This title develops a framework for clarifying this problem, and explores a number of actualist strategies for solving it. Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147123
ISBN
9780691147123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.03

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