Category: Linguistics

Rhetoric (Theory and History of Literature 63)

By: Barilli, Renato

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press : 1989

Seller ID: 26194

ISBN-13: 9780816617296

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. A comprehensive examination. Covers the Greeks, the Romans, the Middle Ages, Humanism and the Renaissance, Early Modernity, Modernity, and the Contemporary Revival of Rhetoric. Suggest readings, Notes. Bibliography. Index. 164p.
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The Joy of Lex: How to Have Fun With 860,341,500 Words

By: Brandreth, Gyles

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: William Morrow : 1980

Seller ID: 33612

ISBN-13: 9780688037093

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Illustrations by George Moran. 310p. Measures 6.5x9.5 inches.

This book is for word buffs, for puzzle lovers, for anagram addicts, for crossword enthusiasts, for Scrabble players, for readers with an eye for the eccentric, and an ear for the unusual, this is the ultimate guide to the lighter side of the English language, written by a seasoned wordsmith and self-confessed verbaholic.
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Words on Words: A Dictionary for Writers and Others Who Care About Words

By: Bremner, John B.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Columbia University Press : 1980

Seller ID: 32620

ISBN-13: 9780231044936

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. 406p. Measures 6x9 inches.

Lists words and terms, useful to journalists and students of the English language, including etymology, usage, and interesting facts.
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Killing Wonder

By: Bryant, Dorothy

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Ata Books : 1981

Seller ID: 26549

ISBN-13: 9780931688065

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket. A novel of ideas. Uses a traditional mystery format as a vehicle for commenting on the joy and pain of writing. 178p.
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English as a Global Language

By: Crystal, David

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1997

Seller ID: 26995

ISBN-13: 9780521592475

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Dust jacket. Includes a historical summary of the global development of English; an analysis of the current status of English internationally; and an informed assessment of the language's future. Maps. 150p. Index. Further reading.
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Pacific Island Languages: Essays in Honour of G. B. Milner

By: Davidson, J. H. C. S (editor)

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press : 1990

Seller ID: 32047

ISBN-13: 9780824813406

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very good

Unmarked text. Contributors include Helen Cordell, Robert Blust, Bruce Biggs, George W. Grace, Paul Geraghty, David G. Arms, Jeff Siegel, and others. Frontispiece: G.B. Milner. 196p. George B. Milner (1918-2012) was a well known Oceanic linguist. 196p. Measures 6.25x9.75 inches.
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Postmodern Subjects/Postmodern Texts.(Postmodern Studies 13)

By: Dowson, Jane; Earnshaw, Steven (editors)

Price: $36.00 USD

Publisher: Rodopi : 1995

Seller ID: 23905

ISBN-13: 9789051838848

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Contributors include Geraldine Stoneham, John Phillips, Leslie J. Moran, Kevin Donnelly, Kate Fullbrook, Roberta Garrett, and others. 251p.
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Catalan Review (Vol. XII, No. 2, 1998)

By: Duran, Manuel

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: North American Catalan Society (NACS) : 1998

Seller ID: 29076

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text in English and Catalan. Contributors include Kathryn Everly, Stewart King, Philip D. Rasico, David J. Viera, and others. 152p.

Founded in 1978, the NACS is committed to encouraging and advancing the study of Catalan language and culture in the North American academy.
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Catalan Review (Vol. V, No. 2, December 1991)

By: Duran, Manuel; Roca-Pons, Josep (editors)

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: North American Catalan Society (NACS) : 1991

Seller ID: 26494

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text in English and Catalan. Contributors include Kenneth Brown, Julia Butinya, Edward Neugaard, Paul E. O'Donnell and others. 191p. Founded in 1978, the NACS is committed to encouraging and advancing the study of Catalan language and culture in the North American academy.
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Translation Review (No. 97, 2017)

By: Evans, Will (Guest Editor)

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Routledge : 2017

Seller ID: 28873

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Corner crease on back cover. All articles in this issue were selected by Will Evans, and features a small sample of Russian-to-English translations available in our age. 113p. Measures 7x10 inches.
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History of Language

By: Fischer, Steven Roger

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Reaktion Books : 1999

Seller ID: 22854

ISBN-13: 9781861890511

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket. Bibliography. Index. 240p. Measures 5.5x9.25 inches. Charts the history of language from the times of Homo erectus, Neanderthal humans and Homo sapiens through to the nineteenth century, when the science of linguistics was developed. Also shows how electronic media will continue to reshape and re-invent the ways in which we communicate.
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Aaron Parazette: All on Up (April 19-May 20, 2006)

By: Flood, Mark

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Marlborough Chelsea : 2006

Seller ID: 28471

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Some edge wear. Large format exhibition booklet (April 19-May 20, 2006). Essay by Mark Flood on Aaron Parazette's Word Paintings. 10 color reproductions. 13p. Biography.

These works use words taken from surfer lexicon to create high key color, hard-edged paintings of considerable complexity. Words are bent, stretched, flipped, elongated and jumbled, often rendering the original word indecipherable.

Aaron Parazette (b. 1960) is an American painter. Measures 9.5x11.5 inches.
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The Critical Thinking Toolkit

By: Foresman, Galen A.; Fosl, Peter S.; Watson, Jamie C.

Price: $22.00 USD

Publisher: Wiley Blackwell : 2017

Seller ID: 33736

ISBN-13: 9780470658697

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. 358p. Measures 6x9 inches.

A comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations.
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The History of English: Pamphlet includes Chapter Three of the book and promotional inserts

By: Francis, W. Nelson

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Norton : 1963

Seller ID: 26169

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Mailing label on back, 48p. Bibliography. Billed as an innovative survey of the language for freshman English students.
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The Arts and Human Development: A Psychological Study of the Artistic Process

By: Gardner, Howard

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. : 1973

Seller ID: 28753

ISBN-13: 9780471291459

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Previous owner's name on front end page. Tears and chipping on dust jacket. B/W illustrations. 395p. An interdisciplinary study that draws on psychology, philosophy, education, linguistics, and the humanities.
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Utopia and Consciousness

By: Haney, William S. II

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Rodopi : 2011

Seller ID: 18420

ISBN-13: 9789042033054

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. This book develops a non-teleological, comparative poetics between Western and Sanskrit literary traditions by analyzing their opposing theories of language, consciousness and meaning.

This comparison seeks to demonstrate the complementary nature of their two perspectives: the objective, conceptual emphasis of contemporary Western theory; and the subjective experiential emphasis of Sanskrit poetics. 156p.
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Hispanic Studies (American Association of Teachers of Spanish)

By: Hills, Elijah Clarence

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: American Association of Teachers of Spanish : 1929

Seller ID: 26279

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Contents include New-Mexican Spanish.--The Quechua drama, "Ollanta".--Some Spanish-American poets.--Did Bryant translate Heredia's ode to Niagara?--English translations of Spanish plays.--Irregular epic meters.--Notes and queries on the meter of the "Poem of the Cid".--The unity of the "Poem of the Cid".--Spanish patronymics in -z.--Drift in the Romance languages.--The accusative a.--The pronunciation and spelling of "hudo" and similar words.--Names of the French and Spanish participles.--How many words are there in Spanish?. and more. 298p. List of publications by Hills.
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The Reconstructionist (Volume 61, Number 2, Fall 1996)

By: Hirsh, Richard (editor)

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Reconstructionist Rabbinical College : 1996

Seller ID: 19355

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Authors on new perspectives on reading texts include Jacob Staub, Caryn Broitman, Lori Hope Lefkovitz, Aryeh Cohen, Laura Levitt. Authors on new perspectives on ritual include Margaret Sandel, Brit Milah, Elini Zatz Litt. Also a section on ethics. 94p.
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The Growth of Logical Thinking: From Childhood to Adolescence

By: Inhelder, Barbel; Piaget, Jean

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Basic Books : 1958

Seller ID: 30967

ISBN-13: 9780393004083

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

A few marks in the table of contents. Some edge wear. An essay on the construction of formal operational structures. Translated by Anne Parsons and Stanley Milgram. 356p. Index.
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Frames, Fields, and Contrasts: New Essays in Semantic and Lexical Organization (Labor Relations Report 21)

By: Lehrer, Adrienne; Kittay, Eva Feder (editors)

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates : 1992

Seller ID: 31007

ISBN-13: 9780805810899

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Different disciplines have studied lexical structure from their own vantage points. This volume brings together thinkers across the disciplines of linguistics, philosophy, psychology, and computer science to exchange ideas, discuss a range of questions and approaches to the topic, consider alternative research strategies and methodologies, and formulate interdisciplinary hypotheses concerning lexical organization. 464p.

Contributors include Lawrence W. Barsalou, James Ross, Ray Jackendoff, Roger Chaffin, Paul Kay, Keith Allan, and others.
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A Cognitive Theory of Metaphor (Bradford Books)

By: Mac Cormac, Earl R.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: MIT Press : 1990

Seller ID: 30283

ISBN-13: 9780262631242

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Some bumps on the edges. 254p. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Presents an original and unified cognitive theory of metaphor using philosophical arguments. Draws upon evidence from psychological experiments and theories. Notes that implications of this theory for meaning and truth with specific attention to metaphor as a speech act, the iconic meaning of metaphor, and the development of a four-valued system of truth. Numerous examples of metaphor from poetry and science are presented and analyzed to support the theory.
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Metaphorical Theology: Models of God in Religious Language

By: McFague, Sallie

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers : 1988

Seller ID: 23904

ISBN-13: 9780800616878

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 225p. Index. References. Topics include language, parables, scripture, models, and more. Discussion ranges from models in theology to models in science.
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Feng Youlan, Jiang Qing, & the "Twenty-Five Poems on History" (Current Chinese Language Project Ser, No 21)

By: McLeod, Russell

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Berkeley, Center for Chinese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies : 1983

Seller ID: 21557

ISBN-13: 9780912966595

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 5 B/W illustrations. Commentary and bibliographic notes. 108p. Studies in Chinese Terminology, No. 21.
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Computers and Languages: Theory and Practice (Studies in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence)

By: Nijholt, Anton

Price: $85.00 USD

Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd : 1988

Seller ID: 25807

ISBN-13: 9780444704634

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Ex-library. 482p. Index. Topics include the birth of computers, the birth of programming languages, artificial intelligence, university research and the military, understanding natural language and more.
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Intensive Training for an Oral Approach in Language Teaching

By: O'Connor, Patricia and W. F. Twaddell

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Association : 1960

Seller ID: 13865

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. The Modern Language Journal (February 1960, Volume XLIV, Number 2, Part 2). Published in cooperation with the MLA Center for Applied Linguistics, Wash DC. 42p.
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Category: Linguistics