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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
Paperback. Sense and Sensitivity explores the semantic and pragmatic effects of focus in natural language discourse. The book concentrates on focus sensitivity, the remarkable dependency some words have on the effects of focus. An example is "only": compare "She only LIKES me" (i.e. nothing deeper) to "She only likes ME" (i.e. nobody else). Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112642
- ISBN
- 9781405112642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.91
€ 54.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, 88 line drawings, 28 tables. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 428
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226561349
- ISBN
- 9780226561349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.90
€ 55.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268009847
- ISBN
- 9780268009847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.73
€ 135.73
Paperback. Harvey Sacksa s early death in 1975 robbed the social sciences of one of its most original thinkers. Although he published relatively little in his lifetime, his lectures and papers were enormously influential in sociology and sociolinguistics and they played a major role in the development of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617114
- ISBN
- 9780745617114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.94
€ 23.99
€ 23.94
Paperback. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308. An Essay on Free Will. 264 pages. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight: 308.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151573
- ISBN
- 9780231151573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.32
€ 29.32
Paperback. Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expanding multidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. It discusses current approaches, concepts and debates in the field of spoken discourse and provides a grounding in the practical techniques of discourse analysis and how to apply them to real data. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761957737
- ISBN
- 9780761957737
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 54.80
€ 54.99
€ 54.80
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446267233
- ISBN
- 9781446267233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.59
€ 51.99
€ 51.59
Paperback. * provides guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. * compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631166238
- ISBN
- 9780631166238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.45
€ 68.45
Paperback. This revised second edition demonstrates how economic discourse employs metaphor, authority, symmetry and other rhetorical means of persuasion. It shows economists to be human persuaders and poets of the marketplace, even in their most technical and mathematical moods. Series: Rhetoric of the Human Sciences S. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299158149
- ISBN
- 9780299158149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.68
€ 35.68
Hardcover. Metaphor supposes that an ordinary word could have been used, but instead something unexpected appears. The point of a metaphor is to enrich experience by bringing different associations to mind, by giving something a different life. The prophetic character of metaphor, Denis Donoghue says, changes the world by changing our sense of it. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674430662
- ISBN
- 9780674430662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Paperback. This textbook provides an introduction to pragmatics from the point of view of Sperber and Wilsona s Relevance Theory. The first part lays down the foundations of a relevance theoretic approach to utterance understanding, which is then applied to the analysis of a range of phenomena which are central to pragmatics. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics S. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631158677
- ISBN
- 9780631158677
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Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20
Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816617203
- ISBN
- 9780816617203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.07
€ 35.07
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165. Weight in Grams: 386. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0016067
- ISBN
- 9780872498853
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Semantics: A Cognitive Account of Linguistic Meaning is a comprehensive introduction to the study of the meaning of linguistic expressions in English: words and sentences. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781792490
- ISBN
- 9781781792490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.50
€ 43.99
€ 39.50
Hardcover. Semantics: A Cognitive Account of Linguistic Meaning is a comprehensive introduction to the study of the meaning of linguistic expressions in English: words and sentences. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781781792483
- ISBN
- 9781781792483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.26
€ 124.26
Paperback. Deals with adjectival suffixes in English. This book analyzes the formation of adjective pairs that share a single root but end in different suffixes. Theoretically, it adopts cognitive semantics and attempts to substantiate some of its tenets. It attempts to identify the distinctive collocates associated with the members of an adjective pair. Num Pages: 257 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845531812
- ISBN
- 9781845531812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.53
€ 68.53
Hardcover. Intends to propose a fresh system for describing the semantic properties of negative prefixes in English. This title informs the readers about the mechanisms of forming negative words. It describes the prefixes in terms of the cognitive theories of category, domain and construal. Num Pages: 192 pages, 27 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845535407
- ISBN
- 9781845535407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.66
€ 119.66
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027202284
- ISBN
- 9789027202284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.95
€ 104.95
Paperback. Looks at presidential speeches over the course of six administrations. An outstanding team of scholars and professional writers including nine former speechwriters who worked for every president from Nixon to Clinton examines how the politics and crafting of presidential rhetoric serve the various roles of the presidency." Editor(s): Nelson, Michael; Riley, Russell L. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFG; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617395
- ISBN
- 9780700617395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.91
€ 48.91
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253204967
- ISBN
- 9780253204967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67