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Word Sense Disambiguation : Algorithms and Applications
Eneko Agirre
Hardcover - $344.95
This is the first book to cover the entire topic of word sense disambiguation (WSD) including: all the major algorithms, techniques, performance measures, results, philosophical issues, and applications. Leading researchers in the field have contr ...
The Language Web : The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures
Jean Aitchison
Paperback - $50.95
Language is like a vast spider's web. In this volume Aitchison explores the different facets of this web. This is the text of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures, slightly revised for publication, with illustrations and full references, and an Afterword whic ...
Natural Language Semantics
Keith Allan
Paperback - $129.95
Natural Language Semantics discusses fundamental concepts for linguistic semantics. The book combines theoretical explanations of several methods of inquiry with detailed semantic analysis; it emphasizes the philosophy that semantics is about meaning ...
Hieroglyphics : The Writing of Ancient Egypt
Maria Carmelo Bertro
Hardcover - $47.95
This complete handbook reveals the secrets of the hieroglyphic writing of the Nile Valley, which provides a still-vivid snapshot of the gods, the people, and the everyday life of the Ancient Egyptians. Both literal and highly lyrical, hieroglyphics b ...
The Loom of Language
Frederick Bodmer
Paperback - $34.95
Here is an informative introduction to language: its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples. It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for le ...
Minimal Semantics
Emma Borg
Hardcover - $194.95
Minimal Semantics asks what a theory of literal linguistic meaning is for--if you were to be given a working theory of meaning for a language right now, what would you be able to do with it? Emma Borg sets out to defend a formal approach to semantic ...
Language and Symbolic Power
Pierre Bourdieu
Paperback - $65.95
This volume brings together Bourdieu's highly original writings on language and on the relations among language, power, and politics. Bourdieu develops a forceful critique of traditional approaches to language, including the linguistic theories of Sa ...
Semantics and Pragmatics
Bras
Hardcover - $236.95
This volume addresses current issues in the semantics and the pragmatics of discourse and dialogue. Collected papers aim at providing insights on different theoretical approaches, all of them in the dynamic semantics tradition, such as Dynamic Predic ...