Palaeography (History of Writing)
"Writing Systems"A Linguistic Approach
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"Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics" series; Covers major writing systems of historical or structural significance with discussion of structure, history, and social context as well as important theoretical issues. This book discusses systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek and Maya. With 134. Paperback, 344 pages. Size: 247 x 174 mm. Weight: 635g.
Author: Rogers, Henry
ISBN: 0631234640
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"The Acquisition of a Second Writing System"
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Examines different writing systems, the attitudes to the act of writing in different cultures and the use and influence of different writing implements. This book offers a conceptual base to the task of learning a second writing system, to help individuals work between any two. With illustrations, facsims.. Paperback, 160 pages. Weight: 300g.
Author: Sassoon, Rosemary
ISBN: 1871516439
Publisher: Intellect Books
Date: 1995 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Handwriting of the Twentieth Century"
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For those dedicated to recording the history, development, manufacture and use of writing equipment, this book aims to provide the link between the tools and the activity of handwriting. It is an account of how handwriting has developed and been taught during the twentieth century. With 112 halftones/line illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 228 x 176 mm. Weight: 362g.
Author: Sassoon, Rosemary
ISBN: 1841501786
Publisher: Intellect Books
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Jesus and Gospel"
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Discusses the theological Gospel of Jesus as it evolved from the literary texts 'the gospels'. Paperback, 252 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 355g.
Author: Stanton, Graham N.
ISBN: 0521008026
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Cuneiform to the Alphabet"
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"Reading the Past" series; With 42 b&w illustrations. Paperback, 64 pages. Size: 241 x 171 mm. Weight: 180g.
Author: Walker, C.B.F.
ISBN: 0714180599
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date: 1987 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Hieroglyphs"A Very Short Introduction
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"Very Short Introduction" series; Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years. This work explores the cultural significance of the script and looks at areas such as cryptography and the decipherment into modern times. With numerous halftones & line drawings. Paperback, 136 pages. Size: 178 x 111 mm. Weight: 131g.
Author: Wilson, Penelope
ISBN: 0192805029
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language"
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"Blackwell Philosophy Guides" series; Presenting a collection of essays, this work offers a survey of a central topic in philosophy of language. It also includes chapters on analyticity, anaphora, conditionals, descriptions, formal semantics, indexicals and demonstratives, kind terms, metaphor, names, propositional attitude ascriptions, speech acts, truth, and vagueness. With 0. Paperback, 456 pages. Size: 247 x 175 mm. Weight: 176g.
Author: (Devitt, Michael, ed.)
ISBN: 0631231420
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
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"The Cognitive Linguistics Reader"
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"Advances in Cognitive Linguistics" series; Brings together the key writings, both the classic foundational pieces and contemporary work. This book contains essays and articles that are selected to represent the range, scope and diversity of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise. With illustrations. Paperback, 672 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 1664g.
Author: (Evans, Vyvyan, ed.)
ISBN: 1845531108
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd,Sw11
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Philosophy of Language
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"A Companion to Philosophy of Language"
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"Blackwell Companions to Philosophy" series; Providing a survey of contemporary philosophy of language, this text gives a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, concepts and debates. Topics covered include: rule following; modality; realism; indeterminacy of translation; inscrutability of reference; and names and rigid designation. With 0. New ed. Paperback, 720 pages. Size: 246 x 171 mm. Weight: 1249g.
Author: (Hale, Bob, ed.)
ISBN: 0631213260
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"Compositionality Papers"
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This is a selection of essays on issues relating to compositionality in language and mind. Compositionality is the following aspect of a system of representation - the complex symbols in the system inherit their syntactic and semantic properties from the primitive symbols of the system. With illustrations. Paperback, 220 pages. Size: 210 x 130 mm. Weight: 273g.
Author: (Fodor, Jerry A., ed.)
ISBN: 0199252165
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Philosophy of Language
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"Context-Sensitivity and Semantic Minimalism"New Essays on Semantics and Pragmatics
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Fifteen specially written papers examine the ways in which the content of what we say is dependent on the context in which we say it. At the centre of the debate is Cappelen and Lepore's claim that context-sensitivity in language is best captured by a combination of semantic minimalism and speech act pluralism. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 586g.
Author: (Preyer, Gerhard, ed.)
ISBN: 0199213313
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Philosophy of Language
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"Contextualism in Philosophy"Knowledge, Meaning, and Truth
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In epistemology and in philosophy of language there is fierce debate about the role of context in knowledge, understanding, and meaning. This volume brings together the debates, in a set of twelve essays representing the work by leading figures in the two fields. With illustrations. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 575g.
Author: (Preyer, Gerhard, ed.)
ISBN: 0199267413
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
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"Deconstruction"A Reader
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This is the first volume to offer a selection of texts from the field of deconstruction in all its radical diversity. It examines the fortunes of the term deconstruction, and the ideas associated with it, in the work of the leading commentators on Derrida's texts. With bibliographies. Paperback, 600 pages. Size: 244 x 172 mm. Weight: 1150g.
Author: (Mcquillan, Martin, ed.)
ISBN: 0748612564
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
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"Deflationism and Paradox"
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A distinguished team of contributors explore deflationist accounts of truth and the extent to which, if at all, they can accommodate paradox. The volume will be of interest to philosophers of logic, philosophers of language, and anyone working on truth. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 454g.
Author: (Beall, J.C., ed.)
ISBN: 0199544921
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Philosophy of Language
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"Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program"
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"Generative Syntax" series; This volume contains 11 papers by an international group of researchers which address a well-recognized and central issue concerning the most fundamental formal aspects of syntactic theory: the distinction between derivation and representation. With 0. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 244 x 172 mm. Weight: 582g.
Author: (Epstein, Samuel, ed.)
ISBN: 0631227334
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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