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SUNDIALS of EUROPE (Hardcover): Marianne Raab, Keith Allan Noble SUNDIALS of EUROPE (Hardcover)
Marianne Raab, Keith Allan Noble
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Pragmemes and Theories of Language Use (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Keith Allan, Alessandro Capone, Istvan Kecskes Pragmemes and Theories of Language Use (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Keith Allan, Alessandro Capone, Istvan Kecskes
R5,795 Discovery Miles 57 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume offers recent developments in pragmatics and adjacent territories of investigation, including important new concepts such as the pragmatic act and the pragmeme, and combines developments in neighboring disciplines in an integrative holistic pragmatic approach. The young science of pragmatics has, from its inception, differentiated itself from neighboring fields in the humanities, especially the disciplines dealing with language and those focusing on the social and anthropological aspects of human behavior, by focusing on the language user in his or her societal environment.This collection of papers continues that emphasis on language use, and pragmatic acts in their context. The editors and contributors share a perspective that essentially considers language as a system for communication and wants to look at language from a societal perspective, and accept the view that acts of interpretation are essentially embedded in culture. In an interdisciplinary approach, some authors explore connections with social theory, in particular sociology or socio-linguistics, some offer a political stance (critical discourse analysis), others explore connections with philosophy and philosophy of language, and several papers address problems in theoretical pragmatics.

Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics (Hardcover, New): Keith Allan Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics (Hardcover, New)
Keith Allan; Edited by Keith Brown
R4,595 Discovery Miles 45 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics is a comprehensive new reference work aiming to systematically describe all aspects of the study of meaning in language. It synthesizes in one volume the latest scholarly positions on the construction, interpretation, clarification, obscurity, illustration, amplification, simplification, negotiation, contradiction, contraction and paraphrasing of meaning, and the various concepts, analyses, methodologies and technologies that underpin their study. It examines not only semantics but the impact of semantic study on related fields such as morphology, syntax, and typologically oriented studies such as grammatical semantics, where semantics has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of verbal categories like tense or aspect, nominal categories like case or possession, clausal categories like causatives, comparatives, or conditionals, and discourse phenomena like reference and anaphora. COSE also examines lexical semantics and its relation to syntax, pragmatics, and cognitive linguistics; and the study of how logical semantics develops and thrives, often in interaction with computational linguistics.
As a derivative volume from Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd edition, it comprises contributions from 150 of the foremost scholars of semantics in their various specializations and draws on 20+ years of development in the parent work in a compact and affordable format. Principally intended for tertiary level inquiry and research, this will be invaluable as a reference work for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics inquiring into the study of meaning and meaning relations within languages. As semantics is a centrally important and inherently cross-cutting area within linguistics it will therefore be relevant not just for semantics specialists, but for most linguistic audiences.
* The first encyclopedia ever published in this fascinating and diverse field
* Combines the talents of the world s leading semantics specialists
* The latest trends in the field authoritatively reviewed and interpreted in context of related disciplines.
* Drawn from the richest, most authoritative, comprehensive and internationally acclaimed reference resource in the linguistics area
* Compact and affordable single volume reference format"

Dynamics of Language Changes - Looking Within and Across Languages (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Keith Allan Dynamics of Language Changes - Looking Within and Across Languages (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Keith Allan
R3,644 Discovery Miles 36 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the dynamics of language changes from sociolinguistic and historical linguistic perspectives. With in-depth case studies from all around the world, it uses diverse approaches across sociolinguistics and historical linguistics to answer questions such as: How and why do language changes begin?; how do language changes spread?; and how can they ultimately be explained? Each chapter explores a different component of language change, including typology, syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, lexicology, discourse strategies, diachronic change, synchronic change, how the deafblind modify sign language, and the accommodation of language to song. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of language change over time, simultaneously advancing current research and suggesting new directions in sociolinguistic and historical linguistic approaches.

Salience and Defaults in Utterance Processing (Hardcover): Kasia M. Jaszczolt, Keith Allan Salience and Defaults in Utterance Processing (Hardcover)
Kasia M. Jaszczolt, Keith Allan
R4,973 Discovery Miles 49 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book addresses controversies around the conscious vs automatic processing of contextual information and the distinction between literal and nonliteral meaning. It sheds new light on the relation of the literal/nonliteral distinction to the distinction between the automatic and conscious retrieval of information. The question of literal meaning is inherently interwoven with the question of lexical salience on one hand and default interpretations on the other. This volume addresses these interconnected issues, stressing their mutual interdependence. It contributes new, ground-breaking insights into the questions of literalness, semantics-pragmatics interface, automatic (default) retrieval and contextual pragmatic enrichment, modelling of discourse processing, lexical pragmatics, and other related issues.

SONNENUHREN aus OESTERREICH (German, Hardcover): Marianne Raab, Keith Allan Noble SONNENUHREN aus OESTERREICH (German, Hardcover)
Marianne Raab, Keith Allan Noble
R816 Discovery Miles 8 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Making of a Tattoo - Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo 1967 (Hardcover): Keith Allan Wilson The Making of a Tattoo - Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo 1967 (Hardcover)
Keith Allan Wilson; Contributions by Ian S. Fraser
R1,067 R915 Discovery Miles 9 150 Save R152 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics (Hardcover): Keith Allan The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics (Hardcover)
Keith Allan
R4,079 Discovery Miles 40 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this outstanding book leading scholars from around the world examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore linguistic traditions in east and west, chronicle centuries of explanations for language structures, meanings, and usage, and look at how it has been practically applied. The book is organized in six parts. The first looks at the origins of language, the invention of writing, the nature of gesture, and sign languages. Part II examines the history of the analysis and description of sound systems. Part III considers the history of linguistics in China, Korea, Japan, India, and the Middle East, as well as the history of the study of Semitic and Afro-Asiatic. Part IV examines the history of grammar and morphology in the west from the classical world to the present. Part V surveys the history of lexicography semantics, pragmatics, and text and discourse studies. Part VI looks at the history the application of linguistics in fields that include the language classification; social and cultural theory; psychology and the brain sciences; education and translation; computational science; and the development of linguistic corpora. The book ends with a history of the philosophy of linguistics. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics makes a significant contribution to the historiography of linguistics. It will also be a valuable reference for scholars and students in linguists and related fields, including philosophy and cognitive science.

Linguistic Meaning (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) (Paperback): Keith Allan Linguistic Meaning (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) (Paperback)
Keith Allan
R1,509 Discovery Miles 15 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Dr Keith Allan presents a coherent, consistent and comprehensive account of linguistic meaning, centred around an informally presented theory of meaning. It is intended for graduate and undergraduate students of linguistics, or any linguist curious about what a theory of meaning should seek to accomplish and the way to achieve that aim. The work assumes that the primary task of a theory of linguistic meaning is to describe the meaning of speech acts. This in turn presupposes a theory of semantics and a theory of prosodic meaning, as well as a proper treatment of the co-operative principle, context and background information. These matters are dealt with in detail. The second task of a theory of linguistic meaning is to identify what meaning is, to explain the relationships between sense and denotation, and to explicate the nature of meaningful properties and meaning relations. These matters are fully covered, and the work concludes with a summary of the principle arguments presented.

Linguistic Meaning (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) (Hardcover): Keith Allan Linguistic Meaning (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) (Hardcover)
Keith Allan
R7,983 Discovery Miles 79 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Dr Keith Allan presents a coherent, consistent and comprehensive account of linguistic meaning, centred around an informally presented theory of meaning. It is intended for graduate and undergraduate students of linguistics, or any linguist curious about what a theory of meaning should seek to accomplish and the way to achieve that aim. The work assumes that the primary task of a theory of linguistic meaning is to describe the meaning of speech acts. This in turn presupposes a theory of semantics and a theory of prosodic meaning, as well as a proper treatment of the co-operative principle, context and background information. These matters are dealt with in detail. The second task of a theory of linguistic meaning is to identify what meaning is, to explain the relationships between sense and denotation, and to explicate the nature of meaningful properties and meaning relations. These matters are fully covered, and the work concludes with a summary of the principle arguments presented.

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics (Paperback): Keith Allan The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics (Paperback)
Keith Allan
R1,591 Discovery Miles 15 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics offers a comprehensive introduction and reference point to the discipline of linguistics. This wide-ranging survey of the field brings together a range of perspectives, covering all the key areas of linguistics and drawing on interdisciplinary research in subjects such as anthropology, psychology and sociology. The 36 chapters, written by specialists from around the world, provide: an overview of each topic; an introduction to current hypotheses and issues; future trajectories; suggestions for further reading. With extensive coverage of both theoretical and applied linguistic topics, The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics is an indispensable resource for students and researchers working in this area.

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics (Hardcover): Keith Allan The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics (Hardcover)
Keith Allan
R7,681 Discovery Miles 76 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics offers a comprehensive introduction and reference point to the discipline of linguistics. This wide-ranging survey of the field brings together a range of perspectives, covering all the key areas of linguistics and drawing on interdisciplinary research in subjects such as anthropology, psychology and sociology. The 36 chapters, written by specialists from around the world, provide: an overview of each topic; an introduction to current hypotheses and issues; future trajectories; suggestions for further reading. With extensive coverage of both theoretical and applied linguistic topics, The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics is an indispensable resource for students and researchers working in this area.

Co-creating and Co-producing Research Evidence - A Guide for Practitioners and Academics in Health, Social Care and Education... Co-creating and Co-producing Research Evidence - A Guide for Practitioners and Academics in Health, Social Care and Education Settings (Paperback)
Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Keith Allan
R1,250 Discovery Miles 12 500 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The importance of a strong evidence-base is widely recognised in contemporary health, social care and education practice, meaning that there is a real need for research which can be quickly and easily translated into real world situations. Research co-produced by practitioners and academics from early stages to end results can draw on each party's knowledge and experience, in order to create high quality evidence that is relevant and appropriate to practice needs. This guide introduces the basics of co-producing research, looking at the evidence for co-produced research and outlining its theoretical underpinnings, as well as discussing barriers and facilitators to consider. It includes a practitioner perspective and an academic perspective on the benefits and challenges of co-produced research. The substantive chapters are each co-written by an academic and practitioner team and give examples of work carried out - and lessons learned - in public health, education and criminal justice settings. Key learning points are included throughout and drawn together to comprise a toolkit at the end of the book. This book teaches academics and practitioners more about how they can find practical evidence-based answers to complex questions.

Dynamics of Language Changes - Looking Within and Across Languages (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020): Keith Allan Dynamics of Language Changes - Looking Within and Across Languages (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Keith Allan
R3,614 Discovery Miles 36 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the dynamics of language changes from sociolinguistic and historical linguistic perspectives. With in-depth case studies from all around the world, it uses diverse approaches across sociolinguistics and historical linguistics to answer questions such as: How and why do language changes begin?; how do language changes spread?; and how can they ultimately be explained? Each chapter explores a different component of language change, including typology, syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, lexicology, discourse strategies, diachronic change, synchronic change, how the deafblind modify sign language, and the accommodation of language to song. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of language change over time, simultaneously advancing current research and suggesting new directions in sociolinguistic and historical linguistic approaches.

The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Keith Allan The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Keith Allan
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics' extends from Ancient Greece to the 21st century and has spread from Europe to the other four inhabited continents. It is a story of successive stages of language study, each building upon, or reacting against, the preceding period. There is a theoretical track passing through Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics to the scholastics of the later middle ages; on to the vernacular grammarians of the renaissance, then the rationalists and universal grammarians of the 17th, 18th and 20th centuries. Joining this, is a tradition relating language to thought handed on from Epicurus and Lucretius to Locke, Condillac, Humboldt, Saussure, Boas, Sapir, Whorf and today's cognitivists. There is at the same time a pedagogical track deriving from the Greek grammarians Dionysius Thrax and Apollonius Dyscolus via the Latins, Donatus, Priscian, and their commentators; a track that gives rise to prescriptivism and applied linguistics. The book's penultimate chapter examines the re-ascendancy of hypothetico-deductive theory over the inductivist theories of the early 20th century, concluding that both approaches are necessary for the proper modelling of language in the 21st century and beyond. In this second edition there is a new final chapter that traces the history of semantics and pragmatics from earliest times to the present day.

Pragmemes and Theories of Language Use (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016): Keith Allan, Alessandro... Pragmemes and Theories of Language Use (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
Keith Allan, Alessandro Capone, Istvan Kecskes
R5,273 Discovery Miles 52 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume offers recent developments in pragmatics and adjacent territories of investigation, including important new concepts such as the pragmatic act and the pragmeme, and combines developments in neighboring disciplines in an integrative holistic pragmatic approach. The young science of pragmatics has, from its inception, differentiated itself from neighboring fields in the humanities, especially the disciplines dealing with language and those focusing on the social and anthropological aspects of human behavior, by focusing on the language user in his or her societal environment.This collection of papers continues that emphasis on language use, and pragmatic acts in their context. The editors and contributors share a perspective that essentially considers language as a system for communication and wants to look at language from a societal perspective, and accept the view that acts of interpretation are essentially embedded in culture. In an interdisciplinary approach, some authors explore connections with social theory, in particular sociology or socio-linguistics, some offer a political stance (critical discourse analysis), others explore connections with philosophy and philosophy of language, and several papers address problems in theoretical pragmatics.

Co-creating and Co-producing Research Evidence - A Guide for Practitioners and Academics in Health, Social Care and Education... Co-creating and Co-producing Research Evidence - A Guide for Practitioners and Academics in Health, Social Care and Education Settings (Hardcover)
Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Keith Allan
R4,466 Discovery Miles 44 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The importance of a strong evidence-base is widely recognised in contemporary health, social care and education practice, meaning that there is a real need for research which can be quickly and easily translated into real world situations. Research co-produced by practitioners and academics from early stages to end results can draw on each party's knowledge and experience, in order to create high quality evidence that is relevant and appropriate to practice needs. This guide introduces the basics of co-producing research, looking at the evidence for co-produced research and outlining its theoretical underpinnings, as well as discussing barriers and facilitators to consider. It includes a practitioner perspective and an academic perspective on the benefits and challenges of co-produced research. The substantive chapters are each co-written by an academic and practitioner team and give examples of work carried out - and lessons learned - in public health, education and criminal justice settings. Key learning points are included throughout and drawn together to comprise a toolkit at the end of the book. This book teaches academics and practitioners more about how they can find practical evidence-based answers to complex questions.

The Great Journey: Keith Allan Shields The Great Journey
Keith Allan Shields
R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics (Paperback): Keith Allan, Kasia M. Jaszczolt The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics (Paperback)
Keith Allan, Kasia M. Jaszczolt
R1,331 Discovery Miles 13 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Pragmatics is the study of human communication: the choices speakers make to express their intended meaning and the kinds of inferences that hearers draw from an utterance in the context of its use. This Handbook surveys pragmatics from different perspectives, presenting the main theories in pragmatic research, incorporating seminal research as well as cutting-edge solutions. It addresses questions of rational and empirical research methods, what counts as an adequate and successful pragmatic theory, and how to go about answering problems raised in pragmatic theory. In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook fills the gap in the market for a one-stop resource to the wide scope of today's research and the intricacy of the many theoretical debates. It is an authoritative guide for graduate students and researchers with its focus on the areas and theories that will mark progress in pragmatic research in the future.

Forbidden Words - Taboo and the Censoring of Language (Paperback): Keith Allan, Kate Burridge Forbidden Words - Taboo and the Censoring of Language (Paperback)
Keith Allan, Kate Burridge
R1,286 Discovery Miles 12 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking', 'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language. Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily conversation.

Forbidden Words - Taboo and the Censoring of Language (Hardcover): Keith Allan, Kate Burridge Forbidden Words - Taboo and the Censoring of Language (Hardcover)
Keith Allan, Kate Burridge
R2,342 Discovery Miles 23 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking', 'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language. Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily conversation.

The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language (Hardcover): Keith Allan The Oxford Handbook of Taboo Words and Language (Hardcover)
Keith Allan
R5,045 Discovery Miles 50 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines to define and describe tabooed words and language and to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. In general, taboo is defined as a proscription of behaviour for a specific community, time, and context. In terms of language, taboo applies to instances of language behaviour: the use of certain words in certain contexts. The existence of linguistic taboos and their management lead to the censoring of behaviour and, as a consequence, to language change and development. Chapters in this volume explore the multiple types of tabooed language from a variety of perspectives, such as sociolinguistics, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, historical linguistics, and neurolinguistics, and with reference to fields such as law, publishing, politics, and advertising. Topics covered include impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities, translation of tabooed words, and the use of taboo in banter and comedy.

Big Data Meets Little Data - Basic Hadoop to Android and Arduino with SAS, R, C and Open Source Examples (Paperback): Keith... Big Data Meets Little Data - Basic Hadoop to Android and Arduino with SAS, R, C and Open Source Examples (Paperback)
Keith Allan Jones Ph D
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Great Beyond (Paperback): Keith Allan Shields The Great Beyond (Paperback)
Keith Allan Shields
R243 R226 Discovery Miles 2 260 Save R17 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Making of a Tattoo - Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo 1967 (Paperback): Keith Allan Wilson The Making of a Tattoo - Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo 1967 (Paperback)
Keith Allan Wilson; Contributions by Ian S. Fraser
R784 R692 Discovery Miles 6 920 Save R92 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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