Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
Paperback. This text illustrates how seemingly abstract stances on the nature of meaning can have significant and far-reaching linguistic consequences, leading to the detection of new facts and influencing the understanding of the syntax/semantics/pragmatics interface. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226104355
- ISBN
- 9780226104355
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Condition: New
€ 96.30
€ 96.30
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
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Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Hardcover. Texture - the quality that makes a text 'hang together' as a text - is a key focus of investigation in discourse analysis. Divided into two parts, this volume provides an overview of research on textual resources that are used to construct texture, and on the ways in which these resources are deployed differently in different text types. Editor(s): Forey, Gail; Thompson, Geoff. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845532147
- ISBN
- 9781845532147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.66
€ 119.66
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350036277
- ISBN
- 9781350036277
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 29.36
€ 49.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. * The first book-length treatment of second and foreign language learners acquisition of pragmatics. * Comprehensive discussion of developmental interlanguage pragmatics, presenting an up-to-date account of research findings. Series: Language Learning Monograph. Num Pages: 300 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFG; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234302
- ISBN
- 9780631234302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
paperback. This text focuses on the writing by and about people with illness or disability. Couser shows that these books are not primarily records of medical conditions; they are a means for individuals to recover their bodies, or those of loved ones, from marginalization and impersonal medical discourse. Series: Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CFG; DSBH; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299155643
- ISBN
- 9780299155643
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Condition: New
€ 37.29
€ 37.29
Hardback. Though many recent poets insist on their poetry's "musical" qualities, few offer linguistically satisfying explanations of that "music." This book helps to fill that gap. It is a linguistically based study of rhythmic structures, and of the nature of rhythm, in the free verse of T.S. Eliot, Robert Lowell, and James Wright. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, glossary, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729383
- ISBN
- 9780804729383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.71
€ 90.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: APF; CBW; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505315
- ISBN
- 9781879505315
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.01
€ 29.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: APF; CBW; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505131
- ISBN
- 9781879505131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.34
€ 15.99
€ 12.34
Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature: 2 (Sign/Text/Cultu...
Freidenberg, Olga. Ed(S): Ivanov, Vyacheslav ...
paperback. "Image and Concept" is Freidenberg's study of the origins of Greek tragedy. Freidenberg's work develops the notion that with the transition from mythological thinking to formal-logical concepts came the appearance of literature. Editor(s): Ivanov, Vyacheslav V. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789057025075
- ISBN
- 9789057025075
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Condition: New
€ 56.12
€ 56.12
Hardcover. Explores a theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects. This book provides an introduction to aspects of the semantics of noun phrases, as well as comparing alternate theories. It is useful for students and scholars in formal semantics as well as the fields of syntax, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language. Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116305
- ISBN
- 9781405116305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.33
€ 188.33
Paperback. Aims to integrate the normative interests of dialectical theories of argumentation with the descriptive interests of the empirical study of everyday language use. Argumentation is examined in a wide variety of contexts, such as everyday conversation, campus evangelism and letters to the press. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Communication. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817312299
- ISBN
- 9780817312299
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Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Paperback. Frank Kermode contributes a new epilogue to his collection of lectures on the relationship of fiction to age-old concepts of apocalyptic chaos and crisis. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195136128
- ISBN
- 9780195136128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Hardcover. Provides and clear and engaging introduction to the key concept of organizational discourse. The text is illuminated with examples throughout. This book demonstrates the importance of studying organizational discourse by addressing classical organizational themes, objects and questions associated with organization studies. Series: PKGS - Polity Key Themes in Organizational Communication. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFGR; GTC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654218
- ISBN
- 9780745654218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.81
€ 79.81
Paperback. Provides and clear and engaging introduction to the key concept of organizational discourse. The text is illuminated with examples throughout. This book demonstrates the importance of studying organizational discourse by addressing classical organizational themes, objects and questions associated with organization studies. Series: PKGS - Polity Key Themes in Organizational Communication. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFGR; GTC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654225
- ISBN
- 9780745654225
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Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Corblin, Francis; Swart, Henriette de. Series: Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575864143
- ISBN
- 9781575864143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.33
€ 46.33
Paperback. This is the first textbook on Functional Discourse Grammar, a recently developed theory of language structure which analyses utterances at the pragmatic, semantic, morphosyntactic and phonological level. It focuses principally on English and provides extensive exercises for students to use and evaluate the theory. Series: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGA; CFH; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 248 x 17. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199571871
- ISBN
- 9780199571871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Hardback. This text is an examination of what it means to say "No". Eva Brann considers the different forms "No" takes, such as a resistance of will or as a preventative measure or warning, and argues that to understand something of imagination, memory and time an inquiry should be made into what "No" means. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512283
- ISBN
- 9780742512283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.71
€ 89.71
Paperback. This text shows how Aristotle integrates logic and virtue in his treatise, the "Rhetoric". Garver treats the "Rhetoric" as philosophy and connects its themes with parallel problems in Aristotle's "Ethics" and "Politics". Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284255
- ISBN
- 9780226284255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Meriwether Publishing,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566080064
- ISBN
- 9781566080064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.77
€ 19.99
€ 18.77