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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
Hardcover. Cognitive Linguistics has developed into one of the most dynamic and attractive frameworks within theoretical and descriptive linguistics. With 49 chapters wiritten by experts in the field, this reference volume authoritatively covers the entire domain of Cognitive Linguistics, from basic concepts to practical applications. No other comprehensive overview of this burgeoning field currently exists. Editor(s): Geeraerts, Dirk; Cuyckens, Hubert. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 1364 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; CFK; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195143782
- ISBN
- 9780195143782
€ 258.50
€ 258.50
Paperback. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. It charts the evolution of lexical semantics from the mid nineteenth century to the present day, presenting the main ideas, landmark publications, and the dominant figures ofthe the five semantic traditions. Num Pages: 368 pages, small amount of tables. BIC Classification: CFG; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198700319
- ISBN
- 9780198700319
€ 49.42
€ 49.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; CFG; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403934291
- ISBN
- 9781403934291
€ 44.74
€ 44.74
Paperback. This work offers an interdisciplinary approach to the role of event structure in grammar. Editor(s): Tenny, Carol; Pustejovsky, J. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575862064
- ISBN
- 9781575862064
€ 29.23
€ 29.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: CFGR; JFD; PDR; UBJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138218741
- ISBN
- 9781138218741
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Paperback. A collection of essays that explores the myths of mass culture. It deciphers the symbols and signs embedded deep in familiar aspects of modern life, unmasking the hidden ideologies and meanings which implicitly affect our thought and behaviour. Translator(s): Lavers, Annette. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099529750
- ISBN
- 9780099529750
€ 9.45
€ 9.45
Hardcover. The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitive-linguistic background, providing a state-of-the-art overview of research on the discursive grounding of metaphor from a cognitive-linguistic perspective. Editor(s): Musolff, Andreas; Zinken, Jorg. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537309
- ISBN
- 9780230537309
€ 80.19€ 77.90
€ 80.19
€ 77.90
Paperback. Contains selected papers from an international conference of the same name held at Queen Mary, University of London, on 10-11 November 2010. Editor(s): Horan, Geraldine Theresa; Rash, Felicity J.; Wildmann, Daniel. Series: German Linguistic and Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACG; CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034302586
- ISBN
- 9783034302586
€ 55.38
€ 55.38
Paperback. This monograph provides a synthesis of the author's theory of meaning, which is based on conceptual primitives and semantic universals, using empirical findings to form a wide range of languages. Num Pages: 512 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198700036
- ISBN
- 9780198700036
€ 68.37
€ 68.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226183992
- ISBN
- 9780226183992
€ 23.86
€ 23.86
Paperback. A comprehensive, chronological survey of the basic models of rhetoric as they developed from the early Greeks through the twentieth century. The author discusses rhetorical theories and practices in the context of the times of political and intellectual crisis that gave rise to them. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114897
- ISBN
- 9780226114897
€ 31.01
€ 31.01
Paperback. This text provides an introduction to the field of cognitive linguistics. It explores the far-reaching implications of Eleanor Rosch's seminal work on categorization and prototype theory, extending the application of prototype theory from lexical semantics to morphology, syntax and phonology. Series: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 328 pages, further reading, index. BIC Classification: CFG; CFH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199266647
- ISBN
- 9780199266647
€ 52.92
€ 52.92
Paperback. Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173658
- ISBN
- 9780691173658
€ 27.99€ 25.42
€ 27.99
€ 25.42
Hardcover. This text examines the symbiotic relationship between silence and language and considers the implications of this relationship for multicultural societies. It looks at the issues of speech and silence being used as cultural weapons by the the oppressed, who have no means of defence or witness. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KRS0018556
- ISBN
- 9780813915098
€ 9.85
€ 9.85
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fan, Si; Le, Thao; Le, Quynh. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFD; CFF; CFG; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634828000
- ISBN
- 9781634828000
€ 424.31€ 398.64
€ 424.31
€ 398.64
Paperback. Through the careful analysis of historical figures and empirical policy successes, The Rhetoric of Genocide: Death as a Text reveals how strategic communication silences make the tragedy of genocide probable and how a greater social ethic for communication openness repels and ends this great evil. Series: Lexington Studies in Political Communication. Num Pages: 172 pages, 3 tables, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; HBTZ1; JHBZ; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739195321
- ISBN
- 9780739195321
€ 42.99€ 39.84
€ 42.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. Communication Centers: A Theory-Based Guide to Training and Management addresses what communication centers are and why they are valuable, examines their rich rhetorical roots, and offers advice to faculty who are asked to develop a communication center. Directors of established centers and peer tutors will also find valuable information. Num Pages: 262 pages, 3 tables, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739190982
- ISBN
- 9780739190982
€ 85.94
€ 85.94
Hardcover. Public versus private is an ongoing concern in communication. This book examines this phenomenon through self-representational writing and the philosophical lens of Hannah Arendt's public versus private theory, the Boundary Management theory, and the Parasocial Framework theory to examine the first social networking platform: personal blogs. Series: Studies in New Media. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 231 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739186459
- ISBN
- 9780739186459
€ 74.36
€ 74.36
Hardcover. This book takes a critical view of the relationship between public discourse and culturally specific definitions of free speech to illuminate the ways in which cultural framing diminishes the complexity of free speech, and sublimates a range of value-choices. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFGR; JFMD; JPVH2; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 2. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498513555
- ISBN
- 9781498513555
€ 68.96
€ 68.96
Hardcover. This book presents a new theory of the relationship between vagueness, context-sensitivity, gradability, and scale structure in natural language. Heather Burnett proposes a new formal reasoning system called DelTCS in which she sets out a completely new theory of gradable linguistic constructions. Series: Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFGA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 181 x 299 x 2. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724797
- ISBN
- 9780198724797
€ 72.39€ 27.25
€ 72.39
€ 27.25
Paperback. This is the first edited collection to examine politeness in a wide range of diverse cultures. Most essays draw on empirical data from a wide variety of languages, including some key-languages in politeness research, such as English, and Japanese, as well as some lesser-studied languages, such as Georgian. Editor(s): Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca; Kadar, Daniel Z. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314560
- ISBN
- 9781349314560
€ 98.06
€ 98.06
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AN; CFG; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474225793
- ISBN
- 9781474225793
€ 33.99€ 32.44
€ 33.99
€ 32.44
Hardcover. An investigation of the place of imperialist rhetoric in the history of twentieth century empires. Issues examined include discourses of imperialist modernization, the language of colonial 'civilizing', and the rhetorical justifications advanced for violent colonial practices. Editor(s): Toye, Richard; Thomas, Martin. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526120489
- ISBN
- 9781526120489
€ 97.70
€ 97.70
Hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Multimodality. Num Pages: 140 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables, 6 black & white halftones, 3 bla. BIC Classification: CFGR; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138182424
- ISBN
- 9781138182424
€ 151.06
€ 151.06