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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804737203
- ISBN
- 9780804737203
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.35
€ 29.99
€ 26.35
Paperback. A collection of philosophical essays in honour of Noam Chomsky's 60th birthday, designed to reflect the breadth of Chomsky's philosophical and linguistic thought. Among topics discussed are the nature of semantic theory, the modular organization of the mind and logical form. Editor(s): George, Alexander L. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179191
- ISBN
- 9780631179191
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Condition: New
€ 50.41
€ 50.41
Paperback. * Noam Chomsky is one of the most influential figures incontemporary intellectual life, known for his groundbreakingcontributions to a range of fields from linguistics to politicaltheory. * This is a fully revised and updated edition of JamesMcGilvray s highly successful introduction to Chomsky swork and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649900
- ISBN
- 9780745649900
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Condition: New
€ 24.90
€ 24.90
Paperback. The first major study of the philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001), not only a friend and student of Wittgenstein's but also in her own right one of the most important philosophers of recent times.Teichmann presents a unified overview of her substantial oeuvre, in particular bringing out the interconnections among her ideas. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPJ; HPM; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199603350
- ISBN
- 9780199603350
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Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16
Paperback. Professor Hilary Putnam's most important published work is collected here in two volumes. Editor(s): Putnam, Hilary. Num Pages: 476 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521295512
- ISBN
- 9780521295512
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.92
€ 36.99
€ 34.92
Paperback. This books explores why it is we believe what we believe about language, and why we persist in handing down from generation to generation a rag bag collection of fact and fantasy about language. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212690
- ISBN
- 9780631212690
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 51.45
€ 52.99
€ 51.45
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 131.23
€ 131.23
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641928
- ISBN
- 9780691641928
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Condition: New
€ 145.97
€ 145.97
Paperback. The Ethnography of Communication presents the terms and concepts which are essential for discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures. aeo Presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; GTC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228424
- ISBN
- 9780631228424
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Condition: New
€ 51.45
€ 51.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CFA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443169
- ISBN
- 9780801443169
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Condition: New
€ 81.57
€ 81.57
Hardback. Criteria and methods of a structural analysis of pictorial language as a way of understanding the semiotic system of the visual arts. This is presented with a discussion of an information-processing model for optical illusions and computer simulations. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; GTE; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334891
- ISBN
- 9780880334891
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Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. Brings together the key writings, both the classic foundational pieces and contemporary work. This book contains essays and articles that are selected to represent the range, scope and diversity of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise. Editor(s): Evans, Vyvyan; Bergen, Benjamin K.; Zinken, Joerg. Series: Advances in Cognitive Linguistics. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845531102
- ISBN
- 9781845531102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardback. This book is an introduction to and interpretation of the philosophy of language devised by Donald Davidson over the past 25 years. The guiding intuition is that Davidson's work is best understood as an ongoing attempt to purge semantics of theoretical reifications. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631164586
- ISBN
- 9780631164586
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Condition: New
€ 47.99
€ 47.99
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of conventions and the roles they play in social life and practical reason. This work gives a general account of the nature of conventions, explaining the differences between coordinative and constitutive conventions and between deep and surface conventions. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ; HPS; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140902
- ISBN
- 9780691140902
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Condition: New
€ 59.84€ 46.37
€ 59.84
€ 46.37
hardcover. This book establishes first, that melancholy serves as an important focal point in the interpretation of Benjamin's early work, and second, that Benjamin's approach to melancholy releases it from its customary psychological context, turning it into a philosophical premise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785198
- ISBN
- 9780804785198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.00
€ 123.00
Paperback. A study of the fundamental building blocks that serve to organise natural language systems. The author argues that there are two distinct forms of agreement in linguistic theory: feature compatibility and an abstract syntactic relation. Her primary source of evidence is Chamorro, an Austro-nesian language spoken on Guam and Saipan. Num Pages: 436 pages, 554 tree diagrams. BIC Classification: 2PG; CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226106090
- ISBN
- 9780226106090
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.48
€ 51.99
€ 39.48
Paperback. This text introduces students to the central arguments that motivate contemporary work in the philosophy of thought and language, and offers a continuous engagement with the core epistemological, metaphysical and methodological issues that have shaped and been shaped by work in the field. Series: Contemporary Philosophy S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 718.
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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
- V9780631190776
- ISBN
- 9780631190776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.07
€ 55.07
Hardcover. Introducing a new and ambitious position in the field, Kit Fine's Semantic Relationism is a major contribution to the philosophy of language. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405108430
- ISBN
- 9781405108430
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Condition: New
€ 88.92
€ 88.92
Hardback. While philosophy is experienced at admiring, resenting, celebrating, and, at times, renouncing language, philosophers have rarely succeeded in being intimate with it. This book argues that philosophy's concern with abstract forms of linguistic meaning and the objective, propositional nature of language has obscured the singular human voice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133500
- ISBN
- 9780231133500
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Condition: New
€ 81.51
€ 81.51
Hardback. This text brings together some of the most significant contemporary philosophical work on linguistic representation and understanding, providing an introduction to core questions in the philosophy of language. Topics discussed include analyticity and translational indeterminacy. Editor(s): Richard, Mark. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631222224
- ISBN
- 9780631222224
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Condition: New
€ 137.27
€ 137.27
Hardback. This text rejects the idea that thoughts are essentially representational items whose content is independent of context. The book argues that linguistic expressions and forms are occasion-sensitive; they cannot be abstracted out of a concrete context. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003392
- ISBN
- 9780674003392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.10€ 75.58
€ 85.10
€ 75.58
Paperback. This text aims to provide an updated discussion of the most important issues facing students, scholars and researchers in second-language acquisition research and development. Sections featured are: language development and transfer; learner variables; and issues in inter-language development. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFDC; CFDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191823
- ISBN
- 9780819191823
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Condition: New
€ 82.78
€ 82.78
paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages, 22 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 127 x 204 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226869292
- ISBN
- 9780226869292
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.94
€ 31.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. This edition of Sturrock's work on structuralism includes an introduction from Jean-Michel Rabate, which makes some account of the book itself and then explores developments in the reception of structuralist theory in the past five to ten years. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232391
- ISBN
- 9780631232391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.83
€ 48.99
€ 47.83