Wittgenstein and Davidson on Language, Thought, and Action (Verheggen Claudine)(Pevná vazba)

Wittgenstein and Davidson on Language, Thought, and Action (Verheggen Claudine)(Pevná vazba)

Wittgenstein and Davidson are two of the most influential and controversial figures of twentieth-century philosophy. However, whereas Wittgenstein is often regarded as a deflationary philosopher, Davidson is considered to be a theory builder and systematic philosopher par excellence. Consequently,

Language and Human Understanding: The Roots of Creativity in Speech and Thought (Braine David)(Pevná vazba)

Philosopher, psychologist and linguist are all concerned with natural language. Accordingly, in seeking a unified view, David Braine draws on insights from all these fields, sifting through the discordant schools of linguists. He concludes that one extended logic or 'integrated semantic syntax'

Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition (Hayakawa S. I.)(Paperback)

In an era when communication has become increasingly diverse and complex, this classic work on semantics--now fully revised and updated--distills the relationship between language and those who use it. Renowned professor and former U.S. Senator S. I. Hayakawa discusses the role of language in human

From Sheikhs to Sultanism - Statecraft and Authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE (Davidson Christopher M.)(Pevná vazba)

Possession in Languages of Europe and North and Central Asia(Pevná vazba)

Dare to Make History: Chasing a Dream and Fighting for Equity (Lamoureux-Davidson Jocelyne)(Pevná vazba)

Early in their lives, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando chose ice hockey to be the sport they wanted to pursue. They didn't let the absence of girls hockey teams get in their way--they just played on boys teams. Nor did they let competitive adversity on the ice stop them on

Language, Cognition, and Computational Models (Poibeau Thierry)(Pevná vazba)

How do infants learn a language? Why and how do languages evolve? How do we understand a sentence? This book explores these questions using recent computational models that shed new light on issues related to language and cognition. The chapters in this collection propose original analyses of

Indigenous Language Acquisition, Maintenance, and Loss and Current Language Policies (Okamura Toru)(Pevná vazba)

Presents research on the diverse policies, influences, and frameworks of indigenous languages in various regions of the world. The book discusses the maintenance, attrition, or loss of indigenous languages; language status in society; language policies; and the grammatical characteristics of

The Language and Thought of the Child (Marjorie Gabain)(Paperback)

This book is for anyone who has ever wondered how a child develops language, thought, and knowledge. Before this classic appeared, little was known of the way children think. In 1923, however, Jean Piaget, the most important developmental psychologist of the twentieth century, took the

Christo and Jeanne-Claude - 40th Anniversary Edition - Wolfgang Volz, Christo, Jeanne-Claude

The most comprehensive overview of Christo and Jeanne-Claude to date, now available in a compact edition. Hundreds of photographs and original works trace their unparalleled oeuvre and offer a glimpse at works in progress like The Mastaba, Project for the United Arab Emirates and L’Arc de

Language of Birds - the novel inspired by the Lord Lucan affair (Dawson Jill)(Pevná vazba)

A hypnotic and thought-provoking novel inspired by the sensational Lord Lucan case, by the Orange Prize-shortlisted author of Fred &

Christo and Jeanne-Claude (Baal-Teshuva Jacob)(Pevná vazba)

The work of the artist couple Christo (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) resists categorization. It is a hybrid of art, urban planning, architecture, and engineering, but above all an aesthetic uniquely their own: surreal and ethereal environmental interventions that have graced monuments,

Types and Programming Languages (Pierce Benjamin C.)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive introduction to type systems and programming languages.A type system is a syntactic method for automatically checking the absence of certain erroneous behaviors by classifying program phrases according to the kinds of values they compute. The study of type systems--and of

Motivation and Foreign Language Learning - From theory to practice(Pevná vazba)

Translation in Language Teaching and Assessment (Floros Georgios)(Pevná vazba)

After Debussy: Music, Language, and the Margins of Philosophy (Johnson Julian)(Pevná vazba)

Classical music shows a close relationship to language, and both musicology and philosophy have tended to approach music from that angle, exploring it in terms of expression, representation, and discourse. This book turns that idea on its head. Focusing on the music of Debussy and its legacy in the

Arab Political Thought: Past and Present (Corm Georges)(Pevná vazba)

This book demonstrates the vitality of Arab political thought and its major controversies. It shows that the key players involved, far from being constrained by a theological-political straitjacket, have often demonstrated strong critical thinking when tackling religion and philosophy, anthropology

Language-Learner Computer Interactions - Theory, methodology and CALL applications(Pevná vazba)

Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us (Steele Claude M.)(Pevná vazba)

Through dramatic personal stories, Claude Steele shares the experiments and studies that show, again and again, that exposing subjects to stereotypes--merely reminding a group of female math majors about to take a math test, for example, that women are considered naturally inferior to men at

Wittgenstein and the Social Sciences: Action, Ideology and Justice (Vinten Robert)(Paperback)

Vinten looks at the relationship between Wittgenstein's philosophy and the social sciences as well as at the ideological implications of Wittgenstein's philosophy and applications of Wittgenstein's philosophy to problems in social science. He examines and assesses the work of thinkers like Richard

Ordinary Ethics: Anthropology, Language, and Action (Lambek Michael)(Paperback)

Ant and the Grasshopper (Davidson Susanna)(Pevná vazba)

Grasshopper sings all summer, happy and carefree. Ant is busy, busy, busy, collecting food for winter. But what will Grasshopper do when winter comes? Find out in this lively retelling of the classic Aesop's fable, specially written for beginner readers and with beautiful illustrations by John

Teaching Language and Teaching Literature in Virtual Environments (Carri-Pastor Mara Luisa)(Pevná vazba)

Presents the latest findings related to language and literature teachingHelps readers discover diverse perspectives such as digital environments applied to teachingAppeals to language and literature researchers and teachers

Morning and Evening: Updated Language Edition (Spurgeon Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Countless Christians have been inspired by Spurgeon's straightforward and insightful writings. And these classic meditations continue to be just as relevant today as they were more than one hundred years ago. This modern-language edition of Morning and Evening offers practical insights into