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Opposing Poetries Pt. 2; Readings

Opposing Poetries Pt. 2; Readings

Author: Hank Lazer
ISBN: 9780810114135
Format: Hardback
$197.87

A collection of essays on the state of contemporary experimental poetry.  Read More >>

Conversational Routines in English: Convention and Creativity

Conversational Routines in English: Convention and Creativity...

Author: Karin Aijmer (University of Gothenburg)
ISBN: 9780582082113
Format: Paperback
$94.99

This text provides a comprehensive description of expressions in conversation, such as apologizing, thanking, accepting...  Read More >>

Semantic Syntax

Semantic Syntax

Author: Peter A. M. Seuren (Nijmegen University)
ISBN: 9780631160069
Format: Paperback
$101.95

This text features the theory of grammar called semantic. The grammar, which offers a syntactic theory closely connected...  Read More >>

Debating the State of Philosophy: Habermas, Rorty, and Kolakowski

Debating the State of Philosophy: Habermas, Rorty, and...

Author: Jozef Niznik ,  John T. Sanders
ISBN: 9780275958350
Format: Paperback
$62.00

Ernest Gellner also turns against Rorty's pragmatism, which he denounces as a product of the Enlightenment roots...  Read More >>

Virtual Muse

Virtual Muse

Author: Charles O. Hartman
ISBN: 9780819522399
Format: Paperback
$42.11

A poet-programmer explores the intersection of reading, writing, and computing.  Read More >>

Debating the State of Philosophy: Habermas, Rorty, and Kolakowski

Debating the State of Philosophy: Habermas, Rorty, and...

Author: Jozef Niznik ,  John T. Sanders
ISBN: 9780275957155
Format: Hardback
$103.00

Ernest Gellner also turns against Rorty's pragmatism, which he denounces as a product of the Enlightenment roots...  Read More >>

Rhetorical Hermeneutics: Invention and Interpretation in the Age of Science

Rhetorical Hermeneutics: Invention and Interpretation...

Author: Alan G. Gross ,  William M. Keith
ISBN: 9780791431108
Format: Paperback
$55.31

Examines the nature of rhetorical theory and criticism, the rhetoric of science, and the impact of poststructuralism...  Read More >>

Linguistic Concepts and Methods in CSCW

Linguistic Concepts and Methods in CSCW

Author: John H. Connolly ,  Lyn Pemberton
ISBN: 9783540199847
Format: Paperback
$197.94

Linguistic Concepts and Methods in CSCW is the first book devoted to the innovative new area of research in CSCW....  Read More >>

Fascist Virilities: Rhetoric, Ideology, and Social Fantasy in Italy

Fascist Virilities: Rhetoric, Ideology, and Social Fantasy...

Author: Barbara Spackman
ISBN: 9780816627868
Format: Hardback
$150.35

Exploring different conceptions of virility - as well as the reproductive fantasies they produce - in a selection...  Read More >>

Foundations of Understanding

Foundations of Understanding

Author: Natika Newton (New York Institute of Technology, New York)
ISBN: 9789027251305
Format: Paperback
$147.49

How can symbols have meaning for a subject? This work argues that this is the key question to ask about intentionality,...  Read More >>

Negation, Subjectivity, and The History of Rhetoric

Negation, Subjectivity, and The History of Rhetoric...

Author: Victor J. Vitanza
ISBN: 9780791431245
Format: Paperback
$84.35

"Examines the principles of historiography that are generally applied to writing what we call ""The History of Rhetoric.""...  Read More >>

Free Verse: An Essay on Prosody

Free Verse: An Essay on Prosody

Author: Charles O. Hartman
ISBN: 9780810113169
Format: Paperback
$39.47

This essay on prosody critically examines the function of rhythm in free verse.  Read More >>

Metaphor: Implications and Applications

Metaphor: Implications and Applications

Author: Jeffery S. Mio ,  Albert N. Katz
ISBN: 9780805816501
Format: Hardback
$136.00

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Wittgenstein's Ladder: Poetic Language and the Strangeness of the Ordinary

Wittgenstein's Ladder: Poetic Language and the Strangeness...

Author: Marjorie Perloff
ISBN: 9780226660585
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Marjorie Perloff, critic of twentieth-century poetry, argues that Wittgenstein speaks to poets because he provides...  Read More >>

Cccc Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric  1994

Cccc Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric 1994...

Author: Gail E. Hawisher ,  Cynthia L. Selfe
ISBN: 9780809320899
Format: Hardback
$141.02

This volume lists and annotates more than 2000 articles, books, dissertations and papers, that, with few exceptions,...  Read More >>

Possessives in English: An Exploration in Cognitive Grammar

Possessives in English: An Exploration in Cognitive...

Author: John R. Taylor (Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Otago, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9780198235866
Format: Hardback
$355.95

The author provides an in-depth analysis of possessive constructions in English in terms of Cognitive Grammar, as...  Read More >>

A General Introduction to the Semiotic of Charles Sanders Peirce

A General Introduction to the Semiotic of Charles Sanders...

Author: James Jakób Liszka
ISBN: 9780253330475
Format: Hardback
$39.95

Presents a systematic account of Peirce's theory, including the role of semiotic in the system of sciences, with...  Read More >>

Virtual Muse: Experiments in Computer Poetry

Virtual Muse: Experiments in Computer Poetry

Author: Charles O. Hartman
ISBN: 9780819522382
Format: Hardback
$78.92

Introduces the basics of programming computers to produce poetry and examines several programs the author and his...  Read More >>

Numeral Classifier Systems: The Case of Japanese

Numeral Classifier Systems: The Case of Japanese

Author: Pamela A. Downing (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
ISBN: 9789027226143
Format: Hardback
$261.34

This text considers the functional significance of the Japanese numeral system, its conclusions based on a corpus...  Read More >>

Beyond the Symbol Model: Reflections on the Representational Nature of Language

Beyond the Symbol Model: Reflections on the Representational...

Author: John Stewart
ISBN: 9780791430842
Format: Paperback
$79.07

This interdisciplinary conversation discusses the nature of language.  Read More >>

American Academia and the Survival of Marxist Ideas

American Academia and the Survival of Marxist Ideas...

Author: Dario Fernandez-Morera
ISBN: 9780275952648
Format: Hardback
$131.00

Marxist thought pervades American academic discourse, particularly in the humanities and the social sciences.  Read More >>

Dictionnaire De LA Rhetorique ET De Poetique

Dictionnaire De LA Rhetorique ET De Poetique

Author: Michele Aquiem
ISBN: 9782253130178
Format: Paperback
$182.03

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The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology

The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse: Rhetoric,...

Author: Vernon K. Robbins
ISBN: 9780415139984
Format: Paperback
$73.00

In this original study, Vernon Robbins brings together and expounds his system of socio-rhetorical criticism, bringing...  Read More >>

Variety in Written English: Texts in Society/Societies in Text

Variety in Written English: Texts in Society/Societies...

Author: Tony Bex
ISBN: 9780415108409
Format: Paperback
$73.00

Combining insight from a variety of linguistic perspectives including Hallidayan functional linguistics and relevance...  Read More >>

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