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Philosophy of language

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Philosophy of language

Paperback. A study of the linguistic philosophy of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Prussian philologist and politician. It clarifies the main ideas and proposals of Humboldt's linguistic philosophy and demonstrates the way his ideas can be adopted and adapted by thinkers and linguists today. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748668793
ISBN
9780748668793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.69

Paperback. One of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works. Series: Science Masters. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: CFA; JMR; PDZ; PSAN; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753810255
ISBN
9780753810255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415373036
ISBN
9780415373036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.25

Paperback. What is the necessary raison d'etre that puzzles serve? Why did they emerge at the same time in history as myth, magic and the occult arts? And why can't we put them down? This book presents an exploration of the philosophical implications of the puzzle instinct. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; JMR; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217080
ISBN
9780253217080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CBX; CFA; CFF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 279 x 60. Weight in Grams: 2070.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174570
ISBN
9780691174570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.31
€ 69.88

Paperback. The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries afterward, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. Jurgen Leonhardt offers the story of the first "world language", from antiquity to the present. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659964
ISBN
9780674659964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.70

Paperback. Translated from Italian: Parlo dungue sono, 2012. Translator(s): Roberts, Ian. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 259 x 7. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231177412
ISBN
9780231177412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

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

€ 76.74

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

€ 215.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844650774
ISBN
9781844650774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.83

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

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

€ 26.31

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

€ 116.44

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

€ 29.99
€ 29.60

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

€ 59.84
€ 46.37

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

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
€ 28.18

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. 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
€ 12.93

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
€ 39.12

Paperback. Takes the author and reader on a journey that has them thinking of their experience of and belonging to language and the possibility of an instance of the world taking-place without prejudice and exclusion. This book also brings into play, among others, the work of Giorgio Agamben. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848850972
ISBN
9781848850972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.54

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
€ 18.06

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
€ 30.35

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

€ 35.99
€ 27.67

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