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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

Hardback. Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the 4th century A D. This work focuses on the culture of Constantinople and the eastern Roman empire during the fourth century. It provides a resource on the late antique period, as well as on Greek intellectual history and oratory. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; CFG; HBG; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218215
ISBN
9780520218215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.67
€ 51.53

Paperback. Traces the rhetoric of reform across American history, examining such pivotal periods as the American Revolution, slavery, McCarthyism, and today's gay liberation movement. This book argues that the rhetoric of reform in America represents the continuation of a tradition separate from the commonly accepted principles of the Greeks. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719244
ISBN
9780814719244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592406753
ISBN
9781592406753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.96

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

€ 34.45

Paperback. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313175
ISBN
9780822313175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226779836
ISBN
9780226779836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.04

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813527796
ISBN
9780813527796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.58

Hardback. An updated and significantly expanded edition of McPhail's "The Rhetoric of Racism", this text looks at the rhetorical dynamics of racism - how, in addition to social and material structures and institutions, language can be a cause and facilitator of racism. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517189
ISBN
9780742517189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.55

Paperback. An updated and significantly expanded edition of McPhail's "The Rhetoric of Racism", this text looks at the rhetorical dynamics of racism - how, in addition to social and material structures and institutions, language can be a cause and facilitator of racism. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517196
ISBN
9780742517196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.54

Paperback. In this manifesto, distinguished critic Wayne Booth claims that communication in every corner of life can be improved if we study rhetoric closely. aeo Written by Wayne Booth, author of the seminal book, The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961). aeo Explores the consequences of bad rhetoric in education, in politics, and in the media. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112376
ISBN
9781405112376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

Hardcover. Just as rhetoric is founded in culture, culture is founded in rhetoricA" - the first half of this central statement from the International Rhetoric Culture Project is abundantly evidenced. It is the latter half that this volume explores: how does culture emerge out of rhetorical action, out of seemingly dispersed individual actions and interactions Editor(s): Meyer, Christian; Girke, Felix. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Meyer, Christian; Girke, Felix. Just as rhetoric is founded in culture, culture is founded in rhetoricA" - the first half of this central statement from the International Rhetoric Culture Project is abundantly evidenced. It is the latter half that this volume explores: how does culture emerge out of rhetorical action, out of seemingly dispersed individual actions and interactions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JHM. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 26. Weight: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451125
ISBN
9780857451125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Simons, Herbert W. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: CFG; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 274 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226759029
ISBN
9780226759029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 40.03

Paperback. .". not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." The Review of Metaphysics.". essential reading for anyone interesting in.. the new reader-centered forms of criticism." Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between open and closed texts." Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
Midland Book ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253203182
ISBN
9780253203182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.68

hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CFGR; EBAL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138938274
ISBN
9781138938274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.75

Paperback. Recognizing the fundamental power of language in constructing the world we perceive, Ricoeur reveals the processes by which linguistic imagination creates and recreates meaning through metaphor. Translator(s): Czerny, R.; etc. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
454
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415312806
ISBN
9780415312806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.97

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128245
ISBN
9780691128245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.47
€ 62.28

Paperback. Featuring a rereading of Aristotle, Seneca, Thomas Hobbes, and Judith Butler, this book considers emotions as psychosocial phenomena. It offers insight into the reasons why political passions are distributed to some people but not to others. It explains how psyches are shaped by power. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFG; HP; JMA; JMH; JMM; JMRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309804
ISBN
9780226309804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 27.99

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

€ 123.40

Paperback. The Semantics of English Negative Prefixes proposes a new system for describing the semantic properties of negative prefixes in English. Specifically, the system captures the semantic distinctions between pairs of negative words that share same bases but end in different prefixes like amoral vs. immoral, dissatisfied vs. unsatisfied, etc. Num Pages: 192 pages, 27 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGA; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845539719
ISBN
9781845539719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.22

Paperback. This collection of essays examines the linguistic and rhetorical features of Homer's work. Arguing that there can be no purely historical interpretation, Pucci focuses on two features of Homer's rhetoric - repetition of expression and its effects on meaning, and the issue of intertexuality. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFG; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822630593
ISBN
9780822630593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.22

Hardback. Focuses on Rome's practitioner and theorist of public speech, Cicero. This book shows how Cicero's treatment of the Greek rhetorical tradition's central questions is shaped by his ideal of the republic and the citizen. It is a contribution to the debate over the role of public speech in Roman politics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123646
ISBN
9780691123646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.17
€ 60.47

Hardcover. This book provides a characterisation of the nominal, verb, clause and information structure of the Irish language from a functional perspective based on Role and Reference Grammar. Series: Discussions in Functional Approaches to Language. Num Pages: 304 pages, 41 figures. BIC Classification: 2AFR; CFG; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845534219
ISBN
9781845534219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.31

Paperback. Providing examples, tips and hints for confidence, this wedding speech guide is written exclusively for the bridegroom. It covers conveying feelings to guests; adding a little humour; finding the ideal beginning and ending; putting it all together; and getting the delivery right. Num Pages: 108 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
How To Books
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KNW0008719
ISBN
9781857035674
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Providing examples, tips and hints for confidence, this wedding speech guide is written exclusively for the bridegroom. It covers conveying feelings to guests; adding a little humour; finding the ideal beginning and ending; putting it all together; and getting the delivery right. Num Pages: 108 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
How To Books
Condition
New
SKU
KSS0005789
ISBN
9781857035674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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