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  Metaphors We Live By

  by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

  "An engaging, accessible discussion, replete with examples, of the varieties of metaphor and how they work."--Mary Sirridge, Teaching Philosophy
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  Transcending CSS

  The Fine Art of Web Design

  by Molly E. Holzschlag, Andy Clarke

  As the Web evolves to incorporate new standards and the latest browsers offer new possibilities for creative design, the art of creating Web sites is also changing. Few Web designers are experiences programmers, and as a result, working with semantic markup and CSS can create roadblocks to achieving truly beautiful designs using all the resources available. Add to this the pressures of presenting exceptional... (more)
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  Everything Is Miscellaneous

  The Power of the New Digital Disorder

  by David Weinberger

  “Perfectly placed to tell us what’s really new about <the> second-generation Web.”— Los Angeles Times Business visionary and bestselling author David Weinberger charts how as business, politics, science, and media move online, the rules of the physical world—in which everything has a place—are upended. In the digital world, everything has its places, with transformative effects: • Information is now a... (more)
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  Semantics (Introducing Linguistics, 2)

  by John I. Saeed

  This second edition of Semantics provides an engaging introduction to semantics for students new to the field. This second edition provides an engaging introduction to semantics for students new to the field. Covers the basic concepts and methods of the field and discusses some of the most important contemporary lines of research. Contains exercises that familiarize the student with the practice of... (more)
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  Science and Sanity : an Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics

  by Alfred Korzybski

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  Language, Proof and Logic

  by Jon Barwise

  This textbook/software package covers first-order language in a method appropriate for first and second courses in logic. The unique on-line grading services instantly grades solutions to hundred of computer exercises. It is specially devised to be used by philosophy instructors in a way that is useful to undergraduates of philosophy, computer science, mathematics, and linguistics. The book is a completely... (more)
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  Low Price: Study of Language 2ed

  by Yule

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  Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition

  by S. I. Hayakawa

  A revised, updated edition of S. I. Hayakawa’s classic work on semantics. He discusses the role of language, its many functions, and how language shapes our thinking. Introduction by Robert MacNeil; Index.
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  Semantics

  by F. R. Palmer

  When the first edition of Semantics appeared in 1976, the developments in this aspect of language study were exciting interest not only among linguists, but among philosophers, psychologists and logicians. Professor Palmer's straightforward and comprehensive book was immediately welcomed as one of the best introductions to the subject. Interest in Semantics has been further stimulated recently by a number of... (more)
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  Studies in linguistic semantics

  6 1/2" x 9 1/2", 296 pages, green boards
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  Stars: New Edition

  by Richard Dyer

  Cinema's glamor has always been inseparable from star performances and star images. On its first publication in 1980, this book set new standards for critical and theoretical rigor in the field of star studies. Through the intensive examination of films, magazines, and advertising--as well as critical texts--Richard Dyer analyzes the historical, ideological, and aesthetic significance of stars, changing the way we... (more)
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  Even Monkeys Fall from Trees: And Other Japanese Proverbs

  by David Galef, Jun HashiPoto

  With 100 pithy translations of insightful Japanese proverbs, each accompanied by a humorous illustrations, this collection is both instructional and fun.
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  Logic, Language, and Meaning, Volume 2: Intensional Logic and Logical Grammar

  by L. T. F. Gamut

  Although the two volumes of Logic, Language, and Meaning can be used independently of one another, together they provide a comprehensive overview of modern logic as it is used as a tool in the analysis of natural language. Both volumes provide exercises and their solutions.
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  The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages: An Introduction (Foundations of Computing)

  by G. Winskel

  The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages provides the basic mathematical techniques necessary for those who are beginning a study of the semantics and logics of programming languages. These techniques will allow students to invent, formalize, and justify rules with which to reason about a variety of programming languages. Although the treatment is elementary, several of the topics covered are drawn from... (more)
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  An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis, Fourth Edition

  by John Hospers

  I cited the original title in English but my version is published in Spanish by Alianza Editorial (Madrid, Spain, 1980), First Volume, Second Edition, 432 pages. It refers to Philosophy of Language, Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy of Logics, Epistemology of Empirical Sciences, and Relations Among Causality, Determinism and Freedom. Translator: Julio César Armero San José. The Spanish version was revised by Néstor... (more)
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  Cognitive Linguistics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

  by William Croft

  Clearly organized and written, this textbook provides a useful introduction to the relationship between language and cognitive processing in the human brain. It covers the topics likely to be encountered in a course or seminar, and provides a synthesis of study and research in a fast-growing field of linguistics. The much-needed introduction will be welcomed by undergraduates and graduates in linguistics and... (more)
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  Articulating Reasons: An Introduction to Inferentialism

  by Robert Brandom

  Articulating Reasons An Introduction to Inferentialism Robert B. Brandom Robert B. Brandom is one of the most original philosophers of our day, whose book Making It Explicit covered and extended a vast range of topics in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language--the very core of analytic philosophy. This new work provides an approachable introduction to the complex system that Making It Explicit... (more)
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  Relevant Linguistics: An Introduction to the Structure and Use of English for Teachers (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes)

  by Paul W. Justice

  This revised and expanded edition of Paul W. Justice's popular text provides a straightforward, accessible introduction to the basics of linguistics for education students and all non-linguistics majors, covering the essentials of phonetics, phonology, morphology, morpho-phonology, and syntax. While this overview is accessible to any student, Justice's text will be of particular use in teacher training programs,... (more)
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  Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon

  by Jean Aitchison

  Words in the Mind deals with words, and how humans learn them, remember them, understand them, and find the ones they want. It discusses the structure and content of the human word-store or ‘mental lexicon, with particular reference to the spoken language of native English speakers. Discusses the structure and content of the human word-store, or 'mental lexicon'. Features a highly informative and accessible... (more)
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  Meaning and Grammar - 2nd Edition: An Introduction to Semantics

  by Gennaro Chierchia

  This self-contained introduction to natural language semantics addresses the major theoretical questions in the field. The authors introduce the systematic study of linguistic meaning through a sequence of formal tools and their linguistic applications. Starting with propositional connectives and truth conditions, the book moves to quantification and binding, intensionality and tense, and so on. To set their... (more)