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Hardback. Shows that philosophers and linguists of quite different brands have tended to give undue priority to their own favorite theoretical framework, and have presupposed that the descriptive scheme invoked by that framework constitutes a pattern to which any linguistic practice somehow has to conform. Editor(s): Gustafsson, Martin; Hertzberg, Lars. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402006913
ISBN
9781402006913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.80

Hardback. Editor(s): Allan, Keith; Capone, Alessandro; Kecskes, Istvan. Series: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology. Num Pages: 910 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
910
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319434902
ISBN
9783319434902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 245.68

Hardback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792307556
ISBN
9780792307556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.67

Hardback. Presents an analysis of Hobbes which takes language seriously. This work presents a reading of Hobbes's view of society at large, and political society in particular, through a comprehensive discussion based on, and intimately linked to, his philosophy of language. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792344254
ISBN
9780792344254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.80

Paperback. This is the first account of invented stories involving the Christian supernatural. In their development a central concern is found to be the fantasy-making human imagination itself, at first seen as a obstacle to Christian purpose, but more recently given freer rein. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HRC. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349125722
ISBN
9781349125722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.41

paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1972
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9789024700318
ISBN
9789024700318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Paperback. Argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary conception of language, and hence a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520023291
ISBN
9780520023291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Haaparanta, Leila. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF3; HPL; PBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1994
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048143665
ISBN
9789048143665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.37

Paperback. Brings together the important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. This book illustrates the significance of linguistic concerns for a range of philosophical topics - including the relationship between language and thought; truth, vagueness, and partial definition; and, and skepticism about meaning and mind. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136813
ISBN
9780691136813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.28
€ 46.99

Paperback. Editor(s): De Caro, Mario. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1999
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048152834
ISBN
9789048152834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.35

Paperback. Explains the principles which underlie the structure and appropriate use of sentence in a language. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 265.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575860060
ISBN
9781575860060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Hardback. Gathering essays by internationally recognized scholars, this volume examines the specific synergy that holds between Heidegger's thinking and the distinctive endeavor of translation. The text offers insights and intricacies of one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Schalow, Frank. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFP; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400716483
ISBN
9789400716483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.94

Hardcover. This collation from S.T. Coleridge's contributions to the theory of language presents selections from his verse, notebooks, journalism and ephemera. Topics include the language of politics; language and culture; and the language of the religion. The introduction situates the writing within context. Editor(s): Goodson, A. C. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; DCF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333568224
ISBN
9780333568224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.47

Hardback. Editor(s): Breheny, Richard; Bach, Kent; Bezuidenhout, Anne; Glucksberg, Sam; Happe, Francesca; Recanati, Francois; Wilson, Deirdre. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333995730
ISBN
9780333995730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.94

Paperback. In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as 'and'-'but', 'before'-'ere', 'Chinese'-'Chink', and 'sweat'-'perspiration', that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFG; CFGA; HPCF; HPCF5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349442591
ISBN
9781349442591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403902337
ISBN
9781403902337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.43

Hardback. Based on the foundation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus and related writings of Bertrand Russell, Truth and Knowledge explores the basic problems of knowledge through the process of developing a theory of truth, uniquely the author's own. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HP; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761802686
ISBN
9780761802686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.85

Hardback. Analyses the development of a number of English and French constructions involving various kinds of subject-verb inversion. This book contains analysis which is framed in terms of principles-and-parameters approach to syntactic theory, and provides support for the adoption of this approach in the description and explanation of language change. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792317050
ISBN
9780792317050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.67

hardcover. This text explores the relationship between theories of topic-focus structure, principally as developed in the Prague School, and the tripartite structure approach to quantification and other focus-sensitive constructions which has emerged from work in formal semantics. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
1998th Edition
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792352891
ISBN
9780792352891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.90

Hardcover. This collection is devoted to Gilbert Ryle's philosophy of mind and language. It features essays from prominent scholars on the topics of category mistakes, hypotheticals, dispositions, emotion, thinking, perception, and the task-achievement distinction. Editor(s): Dolby, David. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360938
ISBN
9780230360938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Paperback. Language and culture are often seen as unique characteristics of human beings. This work examines the neurological evolution of our emotional repertoire and implications for current social behaviour and argues that our ability to use a wide array of emotions evolved long before spoken language. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 line diagrams 1 half-tone 8 tables. BIC Classification: CFA; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737203
ISBN
9780804737203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.87

Hardback. Editor(s): Hockney, D. J.; Harper, William; Freed, B. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
333
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027705112
ISBN
9789027705112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.66

Paperback. John Searle and His Critics proceeds from an analysis of the importance and influence of Searlea s seminal works to an overall assessment of Searlea s impact in the philosophy of language, of mind, of social explanation, and of reference and intentionality. Editor(s): LePore, Ernest; Gulick, Robert Van. Series: Philosophers & Their Critics. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPK; HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631187028
ISBN
9780631187028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

Paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HB; HP; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1995
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048145478
ISBN
9789048145478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 217.94

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