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Syntax in the Making: The emergence of syntactic units in Finnish conversation

Syntax in the Making: The emergence of syntactic units...

Author: Marja-Liisa Helasvuo (University of Helsinki)
ISBN: 9789027226198
Format: Hardback
$214.76

This work examines the emergence of syntactic units in Finnish conversation. Discourse data in Finnish conversations...  Read More >>

Mind Readings: An Anthology for Writers

Mind Readings: An Anthology for Writers

Author: University Gary Colombo (Los Angeles City College)
ISBN: 9780312390822
Format: Paperback
$181.90

How do your senses and memory work? What is the nature of consciousness? What sets your intelligence apart from...  Read More >>

Semantics for Descriptions

Semantics for Descriptions

Author: Francois Rastier ,  Marc Cavazza
ISBN: 9781575863528
Format: Paperback
$75.24

This volume addresses itself as much to linguists as to computer scientists, arguing that rational hermeneutics...  Read More >>

Ragged Dicks: Masculinity, Steel and the Rhetoric of the Self-made Man

Ragged Dicks: Masculinity, Steel and the Rhetoric of...

Author: James V. Catano
ISBN: 9780809323951
Format: Paperback
$77.88

"Exploring the myth of the self-made man, this text argues that basic narrative achieves its effectiveness by engaging...  Read More >>

Internal Rhetorics: Toward a History and Theory of Self-persuasion

Internal Rhetorics: Toward a History and Theory of Self-persuasion...

Author: Jean Nienkamp
ISBN: 9780809324064
Format: Hardback
$92.40

This is a study of rhetoric interior to the self, it presents insights into the elements of rhetorical tradition,...  Read More >>

Gorgias, Sophist and Artist

Gorgias, Sophist and Artist

Author: Scott Consigny
ISBN: 9781570034244
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Of the ancient Greek Sophists, Gorgias of Leontini (c.483-376BCE) has endured more than his share of detractors....  Read More >>

Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic Theory in Typological Perspective

Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic Theory in Typological...

Author: William Croft (Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9780198299547
Format: Paperback
$88.95

An important and original work by one the world's leading linguistic theorists. Radical Construction Grammar presents...  Read More >>

Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic Theory in Typological Perspective

Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic Theory in Typological...

Author: William Croft (Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9780198299554
Format: Hardback
$366.95

A volume based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the need for a theory to explain...  Read More >>

Semantics for Descriptions

Semantics for Descriptions

Author: Francois Rastier ,  Marc Cavazza
ISBN: 9781575863535
Format: Hardback
$184.80

This volume addresses itself as much to linguists as to computer scientists, arguing that rational hermeneutics...  Read More >>

Romance Syntax, Semantics and L2 Acquisition: Selected papers from the 30th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages, Gainesville, Florida, February 2000

Romance Syntax, Semantics and L2 Acquisition: Selected...

Author: Joaquim Camps (University of Florida, Gainesville) ,  Caroline R. Wiltshire (University of Florida, Gainesville)
ISBN: 9789027237231
Format: Hardback
$238.05

"This title explores romance syntax, semantics and second language acquisition. It is part of the ""Current Issues...  Read More >>

Pragmatics and the Flexibility of Word Meaning

Pragmatics and the Flexibility of Word Meaning

Author: Eniko Nemeth ,  Karoly Bibok
ISBN: 9780080439716
Format: Hardback
$204.28

Recently, the investigation of word meaning in utterances has connected two different fields: lexical semantics...  Read More >>

Speak and Get Results: Complete Guide to Speeches & Presentations Work Bus

Speak and Get Results: Complete Guide to Speeches &...

Author: Sandy Linver
ISBN: 9780671893163
Format: Paperback
$44.75

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Semiotics, Marketing and Communication: Beneath the Signs, the Strategies

Semiotics, Marketing and Communication: Beneath the...

Author: J. Floch
ISBN: 9780333760147
Format: Hardback
$224.00

Semiotics is concerned with the signs and meanings that are attached to linguistic and non-linguistic things and...  Read More >>

Einführung in Die Lexikalische Semantik Für Romanisten

Einführung in Die Lexikalische Semantik Für Romanisten...

Author: Andreas Blank
ISBN: 9783484540453
Format: Hardback
$73.92

Dieses Arbeitsheft führt Studierende der Romanistik auf einem aktuellen Stand der Theoriediskussion in die lexikalische...  Read More >>

Ontology and the Art of Tragedy: An Approach to Aristotle's Poetics

Ontology and the Art of Tragedy: An Approach to Aristotle's...

Author: Martha Husain
ISBN: 9780791451434
Format: Hardback
$130.68

Argues for a reading of the Poetics in light of the Metaphysics.  Read More >>

The Works of John Bunyan, Volume 1 of 3

The Works of John Bunyan, Volume 1 of 3

Author: John Bunyan
ISBN: 9781589601628
Format: Hardback
$142.53

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

New Playwriting Strategies: A Language-Based Approach to Playwriting

New Playwriting Strategies: A Language-Based Approach...

Author: Paul C. Castagno
ISBN: 9780878301355
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This text discusses playwriting from a language-based approach. It includes chapters on dialogic applications and...  Read More >>

The Worlds of Possibility: Modal Realism and the Semantics of Modal Logic

The Worlds of Possibility: Modal Realism and the Semantics...

Author: Charles S. Chihara (, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780199246557
Format: Paperback
$89.95

Charles Chihara gives a critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that there exist many possible...  Read More >>

Readings in Intercultural Communication: Experiences and Contexts

Readings in Intercultural Communication: Experiences...

Author: Judith N. Martin ,  Thomas K. Nakayama
ISBN: 9780767427166
Format: Paperback
$272.84

Designed to explore multiple perspectives in intercultural communication that are grounded in the communication...  Read More >>

Ontology and the Art of Tragedy: An Approach to Aristotle's Poetics

Ontology and the Art of Tragedy: An Approach to Aristotle's...

Author: Martha Husain
ISBN: 9780791451441
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Argues for a reading of the Poetics in light of the Metaphysics.  Read More >>

A Community of Writers Telecourse Study Guide

A Community of Writers Telecourse Study Guide

Author: Peter Elbow, B.A., M.A., PH.D. B.A., M.A., PH.D. B.A., M.A., PH.D. B.A., M.A., PH.D. ,  Patricia Belanoff
ISBN: 9780072510171
Format: Paperback
$169.96

Designed to support the telecourse version of A Community of Writers, this student resource provides exercises...  Read More >>

The Works of John Bunyan, Volume 2 of 3

The Works of John Bunyan, Volume 2 of 3

Author: John Bunyan
ISBN: 9781589601635
Format: Hardback
$131.97

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Embodied Rhetorics: Disability in Language and Culture

Embodied Rhetorics: Disability in Language and Culture...

Author: James Wilson ,  Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson
ISBN: 9780809323937
Format: Paperback
$53.90

Featuring 13 essays, this collection unites the fields of disability studies and rhetoric to examine connections...  Read More >>

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