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Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order
This book considers the implications of cross-linguistic word-order patterns for linguistic theory. One of the salient results of Joseph Greenberg's pioneering work in language typology was the notion of a...
Philosophical Provocations: 55 Short Essays
Pithy, direct, and bold- essays that propose new ways to think about old problems, spanning a range of philosophical topics.In Philosophical Provocations, Colin McGinn offers a series of short, sharp...
The Rhetorical Function of the Book of Ezekiel
In this study, Thomas Renz argues that the book of Ezekiel functions as a rhetorical unit, that it addresses a specific rhetorical situation, and that it aims at shaping the...
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English
A 'delightfully eccentric' (Daily Mail) day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words.The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the most extraordinary words in the English...
Writing Without Words: Alternative Literacies in Mesoamerica and the
The history of writing, or so the standard story goes, is an ascending process, evolving toward the alphabet and finally culminating in the "full writing" of recorded speech. Writing without...
Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and
'A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart's lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms...
The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in
How rhetoric-the art of persuasion-can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimonyThe discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand...
A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: Words We Pinched From Other Languages
English as we know it today is enriched with many borrowings and influences from other languages. Aficionado, chutzpah, pro bono, hoi polloi, ketchup, nous, zeitgeist - we use these foreign...
The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in
How rhetoric-the art of persuasion-can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimonyThe discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand...
Total Expansion of the Letter: Avant-Garde Art and Language After
How cubism and Dada radically reimagined the social nature of language, following the utopian poetic vision of Stephane Mallarme.At the outset of the twentieth century, language became a visual medium...
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age
'Wonderful ... A remarkably comprehensive biography of the single most important thing we all share - language' Robin DunbarThe relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone...
Poetics of the Poster: The Rhetoric of Image-Text
This book sets out to explore the way, with the onset of a new and integral relationship between text and image, the modern poster is able to evolve distinctive persuasive...
Kantian Conceptual Geography
Author: Nathaniel Jason Goldberg (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Washington and Lee University)Format: Hardback, 236mm x 165mm, 513g, 288 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press Inc, United States, 2015This...
The Curzon Gospel: Volume I: An Annotated Edition; Volume II: A Linguistic and Textual Introduction
Author: Cynthia Vakareliyska (, University of Oregon)Format: Multiple copy pack, 197mm x 253mm, 2898g, 1344 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, 2008This pioneering work introduces and presents the first full...
Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Mukula's "Fundamentals of the Communicative Function"
Author: Malcolm KeatingFormat: Paperback, 156mm x 234mm, 510g, 320 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2019This introduction brings to life the main themes in Indian philosophy of language by using...