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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

Paperback. This is an introduction to pragmatics. The book accords a central place to the roles of both speaker and hearer in the construction of meaning and takes account of both social and psychological factors in the generation and interpretation of utterances. Series: Learning About Language. Num Pages: 240 pages, references, indices. BIC Classification: CFG; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Addison-Wesley Pub (Sd)
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582291515
ISBN
9780582291515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.64

Paperback. Cesar Chavez's relentless campaign for social justice for farm workers and labourers marked a milestone in US history. In this collection of words and analysis of his major speeches and writings, the authors reveal the rhetorical qualities and rhetorical dynamics of a master communicator. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW; KNAC; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585441709
ISBN
9781585441709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.98

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611860764
ISBN
9781611860764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.20

Paperback. The book provides an introduction into a highly developed, coherent, and extensively tested cognitive linguistic approach to lexical semantics, which is not currently accessible to readers of English. This makes the book important to researchers and students in lexical semantics, in Cognitive Linguistics and beyond. Editor(s): Zinken, Jorg. Series: Advances in Cognitive Linguistics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845539702
ISBN
9781845539702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.34

Paperback. Visual Culture: The Reader provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines. Although underpinned by a focus on contemporary cultural theory, this Reader puts the study of visual culture and the rhetoric of the image at centre stage. Editor(s): Evans, Jessica; Hall, Stuart. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 512 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; CFG; JFD; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 35. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761962489
ISBN
9780761962489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415251198
ISBN
9780415251198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044262
ISBN
9780226044262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

hardcover. Published for the first time, these are the only university lectures known to have survived from sixteenth-century Oxford and the first major treatment of Aristotle's Rhetoric in England. Includes a critical edition of the Latin and Greek text, translation, commentary, and critical introduction. Num Pages: 469 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 840. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036568
ISBN
9780874132878
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFGR; GTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 249 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415841986
ISBN
9780415841986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.83

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

paperback. Crossing the boundaries between science and the humanities, the author explores the volumes of discourse involved in the construction of the first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to discover the role rhetoric plays in the formulation and expression of scientific ideas. Series: Science & Literature S. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JH; PDR; PHM; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299168544
ISBN
9780299168544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.23

Paperback. Terrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversation since September 11th. But to keen ears their meanings change depending upon who's doing the talking. So what do these words really mean? And what are people trying to say when they use them? Editor(s): Collins, John; Glover, Ross. Num Pages: 230 pages, black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; CFG; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716281
ISBN
9780814716281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. This title is designed to familiarise students with the major concepts and issues in discourse analysis and its applications to language education. This accessible and comprehensive textbook draws on the key research from a range of approaches. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGR; EBAL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415499651
ISBN
9780415499651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Paperback. Talk in Action explores the workings of language and interaction in the everyday life of institutions. In doing so, it introduces students to the methodology of Conversation Analysis (CA) and its applications in the real world. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405185493
ISBN
9781405185493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.58

Hardback. Talk in Action explores the workings of language and interaction in the everyday life of institutions. In doing so, it introduces students to the methodology of Conversation Analysis (CA) and its applications in the real world. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405185509
ISBN
9781405185509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.79

Hardback. Gives an account of a field of fast increasing importance in both theoretical and descriptive linguistics. The aim of this book is to establish a universally valid framework for the objective description of linguistic function. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631176145
ISBN
9780631176145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.55

Hardback. This book includes papers on situation semantics and the structure of belief. Num Pages: 300 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575862460
ISBN
9781575862460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.12

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
€ 15.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFGA; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Avery
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592409471
ISBN
9781592409471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. * 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: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405124805
ISBN
9781405124805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.40

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.
Format
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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.48

Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones. 4 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157528
ISBN
9780691157528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Pace, Tom. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 541.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Utah State University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874216219
ISBN
9780874216219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.52

Paperback. Focuses on the relations of context and text, conceptualising the latter as language operative in some recognizable social context. Acting as the interface between language and society, context analysis reveals the power of language for creating, maintaining, and changing human relationships. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904768401
ISBN
9781904768401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.65

Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046986
ISBN
9780674046986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.47

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

€ 96.27

Paperback. The author critiques the methodology and assumptions of many new historicist, Marxist, and deconstructive approaches to early modern literary works, using King Lear as the focus of her argument, and offering a theoretical framework of her own. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320388
ISBN
9780822320388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.26

Paperback. The linking of psychosomatic to literary and literary to a larger political horizon raises the question of conservative premises to linguistic, pyschoanalystic, philisophical, and literary theories and criticisms of such. Translator(s): Waller, Margaret. Series: European Perspectives. Num Pages: 271 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
271
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231056434
ISBN
9780231056434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Paperback. The core of this book is a set of five lectures delivered by Habermas at Princeton in 1971 under the title a Reflections on the Linguistic Foundation of Sociologya . Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632193
ISBN
9780745632193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.44

Hardcover. With an up-to-date view of the results of UML semantics and the practical applications of semantics development, this book presents the only coherent and integrated account of the leading UML 2 semantics work and its applications. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; UMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470409084
ISBN
9780470409084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.11

Hardback. Pragmatic markers are multifunctional and this can make it difficult to describe their meaning and potential. This book looks at pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English, with a focus on the functions performed by the markers in different types of text. It explores the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse aspects of the markers. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635498
ISBN
9780748635498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.36
€ 105.10

Paperback. Pragmatic markers are multifunctional and this can make it difficult to describe their meaning and potential. This book looks at pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English, with a focus on the functions performed by the markers in different types of text. It explores the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse aspects of the markers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635504
ISBN
9780748635504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.88

Paperback. 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, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226092218
ISBN
9780226092218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350036666
ISBN
9781350036666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.68

Hardback. Series: Rhetoric and Democratic. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JHB; JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271064970
ISBN
9780271064970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.11

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408231159
ISBN
9781408231159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.31

Paperback. This book offers an accessible overview of the structural and cognitive approaches to English historical semantics. Focusing primarily on Lexical Semantics, the study of word meaning, the book looks at how these approaches help to answer two key questions in Historical Linguistics: how and why languages change. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644773
ISBN
9780748644773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Kay Stones book is a bright light guiding us down the contemporary Canadian and American river of stories. Christina Cacchilega, University of Hawaii-Manoa Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111674
ISBN
9781551111674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.33
€ 41.91

Hardback. Natural Language Semantics discusses fundamental concepts for linguistic semantics. This book combines theoretical explanations of several methods of inquiry with detailed semantic analysis and emphasises the philosophy that semantics is about meaning in human languages and that linguistic meaning is cognitively and functionally motivated. Num Pages: 552 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 176 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631192961
ISBN
9780631192961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.03

Paperback. This volume offers an introduction to the field of semantics and provides coverage of the main perspectives. The underlying theme is that meanings are cognitively motivated and that expressing them through language is an essential means of cementing human bonding and of displaying it to others. Num Pages: 552 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 264 x 35. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631192978
ISBN
9780631192978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Paperback. This book addresses an important aspect of how language is used in written communication: the ways that writers reflect on their texts to refer to themselves, their readers or the text itself. This is known as METADISCOURSE. Editor(s): Hyland, Ken. Series: Continuum Discourse. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826476111
ISBN
9780826476111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472030248
ISBN
9780472030248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.01

A collection of essays by prominent scholars from many disciplines on the construction of public memories. Editor(s): Phillips, Kendall R. Series: Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817354909
ISBN
9780817354909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
new
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847189554
ISBN
9781847189554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 24.25

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

€ 167.61

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.
Format
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

€ 60.89

paperback. A biography of one half of the partnership responsible for films such as "The Red Shoes", "Colonel Blimp" and "The Tales of Hoffman". Written by his grandson, the book includes material from Emeric Pressburger's diaries and attempts to show what he brought to the Pressburger/Michael Powell films. Num Pages: 512 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
V9780571178292
ISBN
9780571178292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.02

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; RNK; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805858488
ISBN
9780805858488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.92

Paperback. An interdisciplinary study of issues of language manipulation, this book explores the interpretation stage of critical discourse analysis (CDA) for students in areas such as English language, media studies and applied linguistics, as well as practitioners in the field. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618286
ISBN
9780748618286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809331451
ISBN
9780809331451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.59

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.
Format
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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.09

Paperback. Arguing that rhetorical listening facilitates conscious identifications needed for cross-cultural communication, the author establishes eavesdropping, and listening pedagogically as approaches to rhetorical listening. She defines rhetorical listening, addressing identifications with gender and whiteness within public debates and pedagogy. Series: Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809326693
ISBN
9780809326693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.28

Paperback. Reimagining Process explores how process and attending concepts such as reflection, care, power, and portfolios might play a more prominent role in emerging writing studies research. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809333714
ISBN
9780809333714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.31

"Caribbean Literary Discourse" is a study of the multicultural, multilingual, and Creolized languages that characterize Caribbean discourse, especially as reflected in the language choices that preoccupy creative writers. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817318079
ISBN
9780817318079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.35

Paperback. Designed to assess an increasingly pervasive form of rhetorical activity, this book provides a study of the processes of selecting what to reveal and what to conceal that together constitute the rhetorics of display. Including case studies, it surveys the major historical transformations in the relationship between rhetoric and display. Editor(s): Prelli, Lawrence J. Series Editor(s): Benson, Thomas W. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 416 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570036194
ISBN
9781570036194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.13

Paperback. Series: Language & Legal Discourse S. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG; LAT; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767918
ISBN
9780226767918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Nickoson, Lee; Sheridan, Mary. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
49931st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809331147
ISBN
9780809331147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.50

Paperback. This book sets out to show that critical discourse analysis is strongly positioned to address empirical research and theory-building across the social sciences, particularly research and theory on the semiotic/linguistic aspects of the social world. Series: Critical Discourse Analysis. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610822
ISBN
9780748610822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.50

Paperback. Provides information needed to organize, write, and deliver effective, entertaining speeches, from installations to toasts and roasts. This book pinpoints possible speaking contingencies, from failed electricity to a bored audience, and for each one tells how to prevent it, what to do about it, and what to say about it. Num Pages: 271 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
Number of pages
271
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780070680395
ISBN
9780070680395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.44

Hardback. Comprises over 12,200 entries, including over 4500 for flora and fauna alone, with various cross-references. This dictionary includes definitions, alternative spellings, pronunciations, etymologies, grammatical information, and illustrative citations of usage. Num Pages: 1072 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 2AB; 2ZP; CFF; CFG; GBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 295 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
1072
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773534063
ISBN
9780773534063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.25

A work of literary theory that draws on the writings of Demosthenes, Plato, Sappho, Thucydides, Euripides, and Aeschylus, among others, to examine and delineate the essentials of a noble style. Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872200814
ISBN
9780872200814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.52

Hardcover. This book examines how discourse analysts could best disseminate their research findings in real world settings. Each chapter presents a study of spoken or written discourse with authors putting forward a plan for how to engage professional practice in their work, using this volume's Framework for Application. Editor(s): Grujicic-Alatriste, Lubie. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CFGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783094073
ISBN
9781783094073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: CFGA; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 473.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Utah State University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874212464
ISBN
9780874212464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.64

Paperback. The second edition of this highly regarded textbook is designed to introduce students at the tertiary level to both Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis. It develops critical analytical skills by rooting analysis in SFL methodology so that students can learn to analyze a range of discourse types. Series: Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 figures. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 1497.
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Updated, Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781790793
ISBN
9781781790793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.09

Hardcover. The second edition of this highly regarded textbook is designed to introduce students at the tertiary level to both Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis. It develops critical analytical skills by rooting analysis in SFL methodology so that students can learn to analyze a range of discourse types. Series: Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 figures. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781790809
ISBN
9781781790809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.26

Paperback. Introduces students to current issues in rhetorical theory through an extended treatment of the rhetorical appeal, a frequently used but rarely discussed concept at the core of rhetorical analysis and criticism. Shunning the standard Aristotelian approach the author uses common, accessible language to explain the concept of the rhetorical appeal. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809326631
ISBN
9780809326631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.28

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGM; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788323340317
ISBN
9788323340317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.68

Hardcover. This volume provides examples of cutting-edge research in contrastive analyses of different languages. The papers have been organized around four themes: studies of discourse markers; information structure; registers and genres; and phraseology. Editor(s): Taboada, Maite; Doval-Suarez, Susana M.; Gonzalez-Alvarez, Elsa M. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 370 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: CFGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908049759
ISBN
9781908049759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.22

Hardback. This first book-length study of what Heidegger called "thinking poetics" expounds the sense of language from the perspective of fundamental ontology. It is based on readings of the pertinent chapters of Being and Time, the lectures on Holderlin, "The Origin of the Work of Art," and On the Way to Language. Translator(s): Plug, Jan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733748
ISBN
9780804733748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.40

Paperback. Presents an introduction to the field of cultural semiotics. This book features practical examples of how semiotics can be used. It is suitable for those who want to understand the whys and wherefores of semiotics. Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7 b&w photos, 53 figures. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212986
ISBN
9780253212986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 393 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: CFG; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Canadian Scholars Press Canada
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551302508
ISBN
9781551302508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.43

Hardcover. Editor(s): Barbieri, Marcello. Num Pages: 283 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: CFG; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 191 x 23. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600215742
ISBN
9781600215742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.23
€ 128.85

Hardback. Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405190404
ISBN
9781405190404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.71

Paperback. Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 245 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190398
ISBN
9781405190398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.76

Paperback. Takes the mystery out of putting together an effective presentation by addressing each of the steps involved. Not only gives readers confidence but offers enhanced opportunities for promotion and career advancement. Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471559610
ISBN
9780471559610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.05

Paperback. Marjorie Perloff, critic of 20th-century poetry, argues that Wittgenstein speaks to poets because he provides a way out of the impasse of high versus low discourse, demonstrating the inescapable strangeness of ordinary language. Num Pages: 306 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First edition. Illustrated .
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226660608
ISBN
9780226660608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.46

paperback. Empirical studies of metaphor have made possible detailed analyses of how metaphors actually structure conceptualization and reasoning. Researchers have also learned that metaphor is a conceptual and experiential process that structures the world. This volume contributes to these advances. Editor(s): Johnson, Mark. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK; HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Psychology Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
98
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805899399
ISBN
9780805899399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.41