ilość książek w kategorii: 32995
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Ideology and Linguistic Theory: Noam Chomsky and the Deep Structure Debates
ISBN: 9780415153133 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Ideology and Linguistic Theory Geoffrey Huck and John Goldsmith provide a revisionist account of the development of ideas about semantics in modern theories of language, focusing particularly on Chomsky's very public rift with the Generative Semanticists about the concept of Deep Structure.
In Ideology and Linguistic Theory Geoffrey Huck and John Goldsmith provide a revisionist account of the development of ideas about semantics ...
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Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume I: The Western Tradition from Socrates to Saussure
ISBN: 9780415153621 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By introducing the reader to the main issues and themes that have determined the development of the Western linguistic tradition, an evolution of linguistic thought quickly becomes apparent. Each chapter in this accessible book contains a short extract from a landmark' text followed by a commentary which places the text in its social and intellectual context.The authors, who consider writers from Aristotle to Caxton to Saussure, have fully revised the original edition ofthis text. Complete with two new chapters on Bishop John Wilkins and Frege, a revised preface and updated bibliography, this...
By introducing the reader to the main issues and themes that have determined the development of the Western linguistic tradition, an evolution of ling...
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Aspectual Grammar and Past Time Reference
ISBN: 9780415156783 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study presents a semantic framework for analysing all aspectual constructions in terms of the event-state distinction, and describes the grammatical expression of aspectual meanings in terms of a theory of grammatic constructions.
This study presents a semantic framework for analysing all aspectual constructions in terms of the event-state distinction, and describes the grammati...
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704,38 |
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The Politics of Language in Ireland 1366-1922: A Sourcebook
ISBN: 9780415157186 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For almost a thousand years language has been an important and contentious issue in Ireland but above all it reflects the great themes of Irish history: colonial, invasion, native resistance, religious and cultural difference.
Collected here for the first time are texts on language from the date of the first legislation against the Irish: the Statute of Kilkenny, 1366, to the constitution of the Free State in 1922. Crowley's introduction connects these texts to current debates, giving The Belfast Agreement as a textual example and illustrating that the language debates continue... For almost a thousand years language has been an important and contentious issue in Ireland but above all it reflects the great themes of Irish histor...
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242,84 |
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Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume III: The Arabic Linguistic Tradition
ISBN: 9780415157575 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Vol 3 is devoted to a linguistic tradition that lies outside the Western mainstream, namely that of the Middle East.
The reader is introduced to the major issues and themes that have determined the development of the Arabic linguistic tradition. Each chapter contains a short extract from a translated landmark' text followed by a commentary which places the text in its social and intellectual context. The chosen texts frequently offer scope for comparison with the Western tradition. By contrasting the two systems, the Western and the Middle Eastern,... Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Vol 3 is devoted to a linguistic tradition that lies outside the Western mainstream, namely that of the Middl...
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242,84 |
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Code-Switching in Conversation : Language, Interaction and Identity
ISBN: 9780415158312 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Code-switching, the alternating use of two or more languages within conversation, has become an increasingly topical field of research. This volume brings together contributions from a wide variety of sociolinguistic settings in which this phenomenon of conversational code-switching is observed. It addresses the structure, function and ideological value of such bilingual behaviour. The contributors question many views of code-switching on the empirical basis of many European and non-European contexts. By bringing together linguistic, anthropological and socio-psychological research, they aim...
Code-switching, the alternating use of two or more languages within conversation, has become an increasingly topical field of research. This volume br...
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Reading Science : Critical and Functional Perspectives on Discourses of Science
ISBN: 9780415167895 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection brings together recent work of leading scholars in linguistics, rhetoric, critical theory and education. It looks at the distinctive language of science and technology and the role it plays in building up scientific understandings of the world and explores this language in a range of contexts, from research and industry to education, popular science writing and science fiction.
This collection brings together recent work of leading scholars in linguistics, rhetoric, critical theory and education. It looks at the distinctive l...
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704,38 |
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Reading Science: Critical and Functional Perspectives on Discourses of Science
ISBN: 9780415167901 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reading Science looks at the distinctive language of science and technology and the role it plays in building up scientific understandings of the world. It brings together discourse analysis and critical theory for the first time in a single volume.
This edited collection examines science discourse from a number of perspectives, drawing on new rhetoric, functional linguistics and critical theory. It explores this language in research and industrial contexts as well as in educational settings and in popular science writing and science fiction. The papers also include consideration... Reading Science looks at the distinctive language of science and technology and the role it plays in building up scientific understandings of...
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The Language of Sport
ISBN: 9780415169110 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Language of Sport:
* looks in detail at the language of sports-talk including commentary and 'new sportswriting' * explores linguistic representation of related issues such as gender, national/regional identity * examines the way sport sells itself as an agent of social cohesion and as a way to sell other products * includes BBC, ITV and radio transcripts of such sporting events as Euro '96 The Language of Sport:
* looks in detail at the language of sports-talk including commentary and 'new sportswriting' * explores lingui... |
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116,54 |
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Partitions and Atoms of Clause Structure: Subjects, Agreement, Case and Clitics
ISBN: 9780415169264 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection brings together some of Dominique Sportiche's best work, including essays that are published here for the first time.
The articles discuss the architecture of syntax in natural languages and Sportiche suggests that languages do not differ at all in their syntactic organization. This view takes shape through the analysis of a variety of syntactic configurations and essays examine what it means to be a Subject, how Case marking functions, how it relates to Agreement, and how Pronominal Clitic Constructions should be analyzed. This collection brings together some of Dominique Sportiche's best work, including essays that are published here for the first time.
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The Scandals of Translation: Towards an Ethics of Difference
ISBN: 9780415169295 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translation is stigmatized as a form of writing, discouraged by copyright law, deprecated by the academy, exploited by publishers and corporations, governments and religious organizations.
Lawrence Venuti exposes what he refers to as the 'scandals of translation' by looking at the relationship between translation and those bodies - corporations, governments, religious organizations, publishers - who need the work of the translator yet marginalize it when it threatens their cultural values. Venuti illustrates his arguments with a wealth of translations from The Bible, the works of Homer,... Translation is stigmatized as a form of writing, discouraged by copyright law, deprecated by the academy, exploited by publishers and corporations, go...
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The Scandals of Translation: Towards an Ethics of Difference
ISBN: 9780415169301 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translation is stigmatized as a form of writing, discouraged by copyright law, deprecated by the academy, exploited by publishers and corporations, governments and religious organizations.
Lawrence Venuti exposes what he refers to as the 'scandals of translation' by looking at the relationship between translation and those bodies - corporations, governments, religious organizations, publishers - who need the work of the translator yet marginalize it when it threatens their cultural values. Venuti illustrates his arguments with a wealth of translations from The Bible, the works of Homer,... Translation is stigmatized as a form of writing, discouraged by copyright law, deprecated by the academy, exploited by publishers and corporations, go...
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228,27 |
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Generative Linguistics: An Historical Perspective
ISBN: 9780415171267 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by one of America's most prominent linguists the essays in Generative Linguistics provide a challenging reappraisal of the 'Chomskyan Revolution' - the implications of which are being debated some three decades on.
Written by one of America's most prominent linguists the essays in Generative Linguistics provide a challenging reappraisal of the 'Chomskyan Revoluti...
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English Grammar
ISBN: 9780415174107 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. English Grammar: * helps users to understand grammatical concepts * encourages the reader to practise applying newly discovered concepts to everyday texts * teaches students to analyze almost every word in any English text * provides teachers and students with a firm grounding in a system which they can both understand and apply. English Grammar: * helps users to understand grammatical concepts * encourages the reader to practise applying newly disco... |
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Minimalist Investigations in Linguistic Theory
ISBN: 9780415181945 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and important work in areas such as syntactic theory, logical form, and learnability. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work, along with an introduction in which Carlos Otero provides an overview of Lasnik's susbstantial contribution to linguistic theory.
Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and important work in areas such as syntactic...
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704,38 |
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A History of the German Language Through Texts
ISBN: 9780415183314 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering a wide range of texts, this volume explores the evolution of the German language, from the early medieval period to the 21st century. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book looks at the history of German through texts from medical, legal and scientific writing to literature, everyday newspapers and adverts. All the texts are translated and accompanied by commentaries. The book also offers a glossary of technical terms and abbreviations, a summary of the main changes in each historical period, a guide to reference material, and suggestions for further reading.
Covering a wide range of texts, this volume explores the evolution of the German language, from the early medieval period to the 21st century. Written...
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Linguistic Culture and Language Policy
ISBN: 9780415184069 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By looking closely at the multilingual democracies of India, France and the USA, Harold F. Schiffman examines how language policy is primarily a social construct based on belief systems, attitudes and myths.
Linguistic Culture and Language Policy exposes language policy as culture-specific, helping us to understand why language policies evolve the way they do; why they work, or not; and how people's lives are affected by them. These issues will be of specific interest to linguists specialising in multilingual/multicultural societies, bilingual educationalists, curriculum planners... By looking closely at the multilingual democracies of India, France and the USA, Harold F. Schiffman examines how language policy is primarily a socia...
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Dramatic Discourse: Dialogue as Interaction in Plays
ISBN: 9780415184519 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whilst poetry and fiction have been subjected to extensive linguistic analysis, drama has long remained a neglected field for detailed study. Vimala Herman argues that drama should be of particular interest to linguists because of its form, dialogue and subsequent translation into performance. The subsequent interaction that occurs on stage is a rich and fruitful source of analysis and can be studied by using discourse methods that linguists employ for real-life interaction. Shakespeare, Pinter, Osborne, Beckett, Chekhov, and Shaw are just some of the dramatists whose material is drawn...
Whilst poetry and fiction have been subjected to extensive linguistic analysis, drama has long remained a neglected field for detailed study. Vimala H...
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Pictorial Metaphor in Advertising
ISBN: 9780415186766 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past few decades, research on metaphor has focused almost exclusively on its verbal and cognitive dimensions. In this text, Charles Forceville argues that metaphor can also occur in pictures and draws on relevant studies from various disciplines to propose a model for the identification, classification, and analysis of pictorial metaphors.
Over the past few decades, research on metaphor has focused almost exclusively on its verbal and cognitive dimensions. In this text, Charles Forcevill...
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Alphabet to Email: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading
ISBN: 9780415186865 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Alphabet to Email Naomi Baron takes us on a fascinating and often entertaining journey through the history of the English language, showing how technology - especially email - is gradually stripping language of its formality.
Drawing together strands of thinking about writing, speech, pedagogy, technology, and globalization, Naomi Baron explores the ever-changing relationship between speech and writing and considers the implications of current language trends on the future of written English. Alphabet to Email will appeal to anyone who is curious about how the... In Alphabet to Email Naomi Baron takes us on a fascinating and often entertaining journey through the history of the English language, showin...
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