Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.15
€ 35.99
€ 34.15
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112642
- ISBN
- 9781405112642
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Condition: New
€ 54.91
€ 54.91
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 188.33
€ 188.33
Hardcover. This introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry through a series of classic rhetorical texts. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405117722
- ISBN
- 9781405117722
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Condition: New
€ 140.48
€ 140.48
Paperback. This introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry through a series of classic rhetorical texts. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405117739
- ISBN
- 9781405117739
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Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14
Hardcover. * An innovative introduction to writing poetry designed for students of creative writing and budding poets alike. * Challenges the reader's sense of what is possible in a poem. * Traces the history and highlights the potential of poetry. Series: How to Study Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405124799
- ISBN
- 9781405124799
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Condition: New
€ 140.48
€ 140.48
Hardcover. This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers. Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium. Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion. Editor(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 632 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 176 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1258.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405125512
- ISBN
- 9781405125512
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Condition: New
€ 256.25
€ 256.25
Paperback. A Companion to Rhetoric offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and criticism across a range of disciplines. * Assesses rhetoric's place in the larger intellectual universe. Editor(s): Jost, Mr. Walter; Olmsted, Wendy. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 40. Weight in Grams: 970.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149570
- ISBN
- 9781405149570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.58
€ 77.58
Hardback. In this carefully researched, thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Hughes examines the trajectory of political correctness and its impact on public life. Focusing on the historical, semantic, and cultural aspects of political correctness, it will intrigue anyone interested in this ongoing debate. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405152785
- ISBN
- 9781405152785
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Condition: New
€ 130.32
€ 130.32
Paperback. Discursive Practice is a theory of the linguistic and socio-cultural characteristics of recurring episodes of face-to-face interaction; episodes that have social and cultural significance to a community of speakers. Series: Language Learning Monograph. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405184441
- ISBN
- 9781405184441
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Condition: New
€ 57.11
€ 57.11
Paperback. The way in which we understand the concept of intelligence is rooted in metaphor and metonymy. This book explores the motivation for some of the lexemes in this semantic field across the history of the English language, considering the range of cognitive mechanisms and cultural factors that can inform metaphorical and metonymical mappings. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 317 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190855
- ISBN
- 9781405190855
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Condition: New
€ 38.12
€ 38.12
Paperback. Kit Fine argues for a fundamentally new approach to the study of representation in language and thought. His key idea is that there may be representational relationships between expressions or elements of thought that are not grounded in the intrinsic representational features of the expressions or elements themselves. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196697
- ISBN
- 9781405196697
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Condition: New
€ 47.17
€ 47.17
Hardback. Suitable for upper level undergraduates, graduate level students and established scholars, this title covers a range of topics and disciplines, from reviewing underlying structures of conversation, to describing conversation analysis' relationship to anthropology, communication, linguistics, psychology, and sociology. Editor(s): Stivers, Tanya; Sidnell, Jack. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 844 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1580.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 844
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444332087
- ISBN
- 9781444332087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.78
€ 241.78
Hardcover. This volume traces the work and thinking of Charles Fillmore throughout his 30 year career. It is a collection which reflects his desire to make sense of the workings of language in a way that keeps in mind questions of language form, language use and conventions linking form, meaning and practice. Series: Papers on Semantic Roles S. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575862859
- ISBN
- 9781575862859
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Condition: New
€ 89.42
€ 89.42
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 46.33
€ 46.33
Hardcover. This wide-ranging volume is an introduction to the key issues and results of the philosophy of language. In particular, it focuses on the philosophical foundations of semantics, including the main challenges to and prospects for a truth conditional semantics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180487
- ISBN
- 9781577180487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.24
€ 164.24
Paperback. aeo Constitutes a self--contained introduction to the key issues and results of the philosophy of language. aeo Accessible to both undergraduate and more advanced students of philosophy. aeo Includes many "sidebars" which expand on points made in the main text which may be either skipped or included. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180494
- ISBN
- 9781577180494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.33
€ 59.33
Paperback. Communication problems in children that are best described as pragmatic in nature have been a focus of attention for some years. However, despite this, speech and language therapists, teachers and researchers still have some difficulty describing, defining and explaining such problems. Num Pages: 250 pages, references. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; JMC; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861561572
- ISBN
- 9781861561572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.88
€ 101.88
Paperback. Research in semantics is conducted in a wide variety of disciplines, and this text seeks to bring together those areas. There are chapters on: models of semantic processing, connectionist modelling, sentence processing in children and adults, semantic category disorders, and more. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; MMZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861561855
- ISBN
- 9781861561855
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Condition: New
€ 108.05
€ 108.05
Hardcover. Arguing that the presidency is not defined by the Constitution, but by what presidents say and how they say it, "Deeds Done in Words" has been the definitive book on presidential rhetoric. This title reveals how our media-saturated age has transformed the rhetorical strategies presidents use to increase and sustain the executive branch's powers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092201
- ISBN
- 9780226092201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.07
€ 111.07