Semantics books

13819 books were found.

Meaning in Language

Meaning in Language

Author: Alan Cruse
ISBN: 9780198700104
Format: Paperback
$59.95

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Language, Mind, and Ontology, Volume 12

Language, Mind, and Ontology, Volume 12

Author: James Tomberlin (Caifornia State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780631212065
Format: Paperback
$124.95

Published annually, this book brings together original and first-rate articles written by leading scholars in the...  Read More >>

Digital Fictions: Storytelling in a Material World

Digital Fictions: Storytelling in a Material World

Author: Sarah Sloane
ISBN: 9781567504835
Format: Paperback
$62.00

This study moves from a general consideration of how computers are changing literacy to a specific consideration...  Read More >>

The Rhetoric of Midwifery: Gender, Knowledge, and Power

The Rhetoric of Midwifery: Gender, Knowledge, and Power...

Author: Mary M Lay
ISBN: 9780813527796
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Digital Fictions: Storytelling in a Material World

Digital Fictions: Storytelling in a Material World

Author: Sarah Sloane
ISBN: 9781567504828
Format: Hardback
$140.00

This study moves from a general consideration of how computers are changing literacy to a specific consideration...  Read More >>

Across Property Lines: Textual Ownership in Writing Groups

Across Property Lines: Textual Ownership in Writing...

Author: Candace Spigelman ,  Robert Brooke
ISBN: 9780809322947
Format: Paperback
$84.48

The author looks at the dynamics of ownership in small group writing workshops, basing her findings on case studies...  Read More >>

Strong Generative Capacity: The Semantics of Linguistic Formalism

Strong Generative Capacity: The Semantics of Linguistic...

Author: Philip H. Miller (Université de Lille)
ISBN: 9781575862149
Format: Paperback
$41.95

This book provides a formal characterization of 'strong generative capacity' in linguistic theory.  Read More >>

Oratory and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century South: A Rhetoric of Defense

Oratory and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century South:...

Author: W. Stuart Towns
ISBN: 9780275969691
Format: Paperback
$66.99

A modern collection of speeches by southerners on the themes that have shaped the history and culture of the region....  Read More >>

Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay, Updated and Expanded edition

Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay, Updated and...

Author: Andrew Horton
ISBN: 9780520221659
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Covering American, international, mainstream, and 'off-Hollywood' films, as well as television, this book offers...  Read More >>

Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic Writing

Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic...

Author: Ken Hyland
ISBN: 9780582419049
Format: Paperback
$112.81

The main aim of this text is to offer an account of social interactions in published academic writing. It takes...  Read More >>

Children and Reading Tests

Children and Reading Tests

Author: Clifford Hill ,  Eric Larsen
ISBN: 9781567504446
Format: Hardback
$140.00

The increasing reliance of our educational system on standardized tests has precipitated a national debate. This...  Read More >>

Science Times Book of Language

Science Times Book of Language

Author: Nicholas Wade
ISBN: 9781558219342
Format: Hardback
$66.00

Z99 detailed illustrations editor Nicholas Wade and the award-winning Science Times journalists explore the mysterious...  Read More >>

Evaluation in Text

Evaluation in Text

Author: Susan Hunston ,  Geoff Thompson
ISBN: 9780198238546
Format: Hardback
$113.95

"A crucial aspect of any discourse is what the writer or speaker thinks about his/her topic - in other words, how...  Read More >>

"""Des Gedankens Senkblei""": Studien zur Sprachauffassung Heinrich von Kleists 1799-1806

"""Des Gedankens Senkblei""": Studien zur Sprachauffassung...

Author: Gabriele Kapp
ISBN: 9783476452344
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Die besondere Auffassung von Sprache lässt den Dichter Kleist gleichzeitig als Grenzgänger zwischen spätaufklärerischen...  Read More >>

Language and Gender

Language and Gender

Author: Angela Goddard (Formerly at York St. John University, UK) ,  Lindsey Mean (Arizona State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415201773
Format: Paperback
$71.15

Language and Gender explores aspects of discourse, reveals how texts are covertly gendered and includes numerous...  Read More >>

Strong Generative Capacity: The Semantics of Linguistic Formalism

Strong Generative Capacity: The Semantics of Linguistic...

Author: Philip H. Miller (Université de Lille)
ISBN: 9781575862132
Format: Hardback
$99.95

This book provides a formal characterization of 'strong generative capacity' in linguistic theory.  Read More >>

The Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic Analysis

The Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic...

Author: Thomas A. Sebeok ,  Marcel Danesi
ISBN: 9783110167528
Format: Paperback
$129.36

This book presents a methodological framework, developed from the field of biosemiotics, for studying semiotic phenomena...  Read More >>

Did I Ever Tell You About the Time: How to Develop and Deliver a Speech Using Stories that Get Your Message Across

Did I Ever Tell You About the Time: How to Develop and...

Author: Grady Robinson
ISBN: 9780071342148
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Nationally known speaker and trainer Grady Jim Robinson explores the often untapped power of the story that is available...  Read More >>

Children and Reading Tests

Children and Reading Tests

Author: Clifford Hill ,  Eric Larsen
ISBN: 9781567504453
Format: Paperback
$74.99

This volume is a contribution to the debate on the reliance of the education system on standardized tests. It uses...  Read More >>

Introducing Narrative Psychology

Introducing Narrative Psychology

Author: Michele Crossley
ISBN: 9780335202904
Format: Paperback
$75.96

This introductory textbook presents a coherent overview of the theory, methodology and potential application of...  Read More >>

The Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic Analysis

The Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic...

Author: Thomas A. Sebeok ,  Marcel Danesi
ISBN: 9783110167511
Format: Hardback
$324.72

This book presents a methodological framework, developed from the field of biosemiotics, for studying semiotic phenomena...  Read More >>

Getting Acquainted in Conversation: A study of initial interactions

Getting Acquainted in Conversation: A study of initial...

Author: Jan Svennevig (Agder College, Norway)
ISBN: 9789027250780
Format: Hardback
$261.34

"With a basis in pragmatic theories of conversation, this text seeks to capture the specificities of ""getting acquainted"",...  Read More >>

Turn-Taking in Japanese Conversation: A Study in Grammar and Interaction

Turn-Taking in Japanese Conversation: A Study in Grammar...

Author: Hiroko Tanaka (University of Essex)
ISBN: 9789027250704
Format: Hardback
$238.05

This work explores the interpretation of grammar and turn-taking in Japanese. It pays special attention to the projectability...  Read More >>

Analysing Professional Genres

Analysing Professional Genres

Author: Anna Trosborg (The Aarhus School of Business)
ISBN: 9789027250896
Format: Hardback
$238.05

This work argues that understanding the genres of written communication in any field is essential to professional...  Read More >>

Writing in Nonstandard English

Writing in Nonstandard English

Author: Irma Taavitsainen (University of Helsinki) ,  Gunnel Melchers (University of Stockholm)
ISBN: 9789027250827
Format: Hardback
$271.69

This text investigates linguistic variation as a complex continuum of language use, from standard to non-standard....  Read More >>

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