Semantics books

13819 books were found.

The Linguistics of Giving

The Linguistics of Giving

Author: John Newman (Massey University, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9789027229335
Format: Hardback
$282.04

In this collection of papers twelve linguists explore a range of properties of 'give' verbs. The volume offers a...  Read More >>

Writing and Identity: The discoursal construction of identity in academic writing

Writing and Identity: The discoursal construction of...

Author: Roz Ivanič (Lancaster University)
ISBN: 9781556193231
Format: Paperback
$142.56

This study on writing and identity within academic writing includes case studies of eight mature students.  Read More >>

The Language of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception

The Language of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception...

Author: Roger W. Shuy
ISBN: 9780761913467
Format: Paperback
$314.00

`[A] useful addition to the increasing body of ongoing research into reliable and valid ways of using linguistic...  Read More >>

Relevance Theory: Applications and implications

Relevance Theory: Applications and implications

Author: Robyn Carston (University College London) ,  Seiji Uchida (Nara Women's University)
ISBN: 9781556193309
Format: Hardback
$256.74

This collection of papers arises from a meeting of relevance theorists held in Osaka, May 29-30, 1993. Speakers...  Read More >>

The Language of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception

The Language of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception...

Author: Roger W. Shuy
ISBN: 9780761913450
Format: Hardback
$452.00

`[A] useful addition to the increasing body of ongoing research into reliable and valid ways of using linguistic...  Read More >>

Writing Your First Play

Writing Your First Play

Author: Roger Hall
ISBN: 9780240802909
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Provides the beginning playwright with the tools and motivation to tell a story through dramatic form. Based in...  Read More >>

Subject, Theme and Agent in Modern Standard Arabic

Subject, Theme and Agent in Modern Standard Arabic

Author: Hussein Abdul-Raof ,  Hussein F. Raof
ISBN: 9780700706723
Format: Hardback
$280.00

"With special reference to their functional status in modern standard Arabic (MSA), and how the three distinct...  Read More >>

Landmark Essays on Bakhtin, Rhetoric, and Writing: Volume 13

Landmark Essays on Bakhtin, Rhetoric, and Writing: Volume...

Author: Frank Farmer
ISBN: 9781880393314
Format: Paperback
$69.00

The essays in this collection give voice to the plurality of approaches that scholars in the field of rhetoric and...  Read More >>

Writing Erotic Fiction: How to Write a Successful Erotic Novel

Writing Erotic Fiction: How to Write a Successful Erotic...

Author: Pamela Rochford
ISBN: 9781857032468
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Erotic novels are more than a string of sexual scenes, they need a plot, characters and a variety of sexual encounters....  Read More >>

Language in Literature

Language in Literature

Author: Michael Toolan
ISBN: 9780340662144
Format: Paperback
$67.95

Explains the topics in literary linguistics and helps students in analysing written texts. This book examines the...  Read More >>

Reflection In The Writing Classroom

Reflection In The Writing Classroom

Author: Kathleen Blake Yancey
ISBN: 9780874212389
Format: Paperback
$60.59

 Read More >>

Algebraic Semantics in Language and Philosophy

Algebraic Semantics in Language and Philosophy

Author: Godehard Link (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen)
ISBN: 9781575860909
Format: Paperback
$79.20

An analysis of the structural properties of collections or pluralities, homogeneous objects like water, and the...  Read More >>

Frederick Douglass: Oratory from Slavery

Frederick Douglass: Oratory from Slavery

Author: David B. Chesebrough
ISBN: 9780313302879
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Frederick Douglass, once a slave, was one of the great 19th century American orators and the most important African...  Read More >>

The Generative Lexicon

The Generative Lexicon

Author: James Pustejovsky (Brandeis University)
ISBN: 9780262661409
Format: Paperback
$79.99

The first formally elaborated theory of a generative approach to word meaning, The Generative Lexicon lays the foundation...  Read More >>

Rhetoric in an Antifoundational World: Language, Culture and Pedagogy

Rhetoric in an Antifoundational World: Language, Culture...

Author: Michael F.Bernard- Donals ,  Richard R. Glejzer
ISBN: 9780300070224
Format: Hardback
$158.40

In this collection, literary scholars, philosophers, and teachers inquire into the connections between antifoundational...  Read More >>

You Can Improve Your Students' Writing Skills Immediately!

You Can Improve Your Students' Writing Skills Immediately!...

Author: David Melton
ISBN: 9780933849679
Format: Paperback
$44.75

In this extraordinary teacher's manual, author David Melton presents exciting methods that can turn your reluctant...  Read More >>

Toward a Democratic Science: Scientific Narration and Civic Communication

Toward a Democratic Science: Scientific Narration and...

Author: Richard Harvey Brown
ISBN: 9780300067071
Format: Hardback
$118.80

This text aims to demonstrate how scientific practice is a rhetorical and narrative activity. The author develops...  Read More >>

Critical Environments: Postmodern Theory and the Pragmatics of the “Outside”

Critical Environments: Postmodern Theory and the Pragmatics...

Author: Cary Wolfe
ISBN: 9780816630189
Format: Hardback
$213.84

"This text investigates three strains of post-modern theory - pragmatism, systems theory and post-structuralism...  Read More >>

Cultural Semiosis: Tracing the Signifier

Cultural Semiosis: Tracing the Signifier

Author: Hugh J. Silverman
ISBN: 9780415919555
Format: Paperback
$54.00

 Read More >>

Drugspeak: The Analysis of Drug Discourse

Drugspeak: The Analysis of Drug Discourse

Author: John Booth Davies
ISBN: 9789057021916
Format: Hardback
$232.00

 Read More >>

Truth and Meaning: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language

Truth and Meaning: An Introduction to the Philosophy...

Author: Kenneth Taylor (Stanford University)
ISBN: 9781577180494
Format: Paperback
$70.95

"aeo Constitutes a self--contained introduction to the key issues and results of the philosophy of language. aeo...  Read More >>

Truth and Meaning: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language

Truth and Meaning: An Introduction to the Philosophy...

Author: Kenneth Taylor (Stanford University)
ISBN: 9781577180487
Format: Hardback
$203.95

This wide-ranging volume is an introduction to the key issues and results of the philosophy of language. In particular,...  Read More >>

The Craft of Writing Poetry

The Craft of Writing Poetry

Author: Alison Chisholm
ISBN: 9780749002893
Format: Paperback
$42.11

The advice in this writer's guide is basic and practical: rhythm and metre; rhyme and free verse; classical forms;...  Read More >>

Latest Reading Guide

Aorrng

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List