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Dictionary of metaphor terms used in Reverse Speech as discovered by David Oates. An essential handbook for students and general readers alike, to help with the interpretation of …

Self-knowledge is the focus of considerable attention from philosophers: Knowing Our Own Minds gives a much-needed overview of current work on the subject, bringing together new …

Though Walker Percy is best known as a novelist, he was first and foremost a philosopher. This collection offers a sustained examination of key aspects to his more technical …

William Lycan is an internationally renowned American philosopher whose work since the late 1960s has been not only extensive but also influential, particularly in the areas of …

Anabel Ternès setzt sich kritisch mit den Theorien der Intertextualität auseinander und diskutiert dabei die Forschung, hier unter anderem Bachtin, Kristeva, Foucault, de Saussure, …

The philosophers and scholars of the Hellenistic world laid the foundations upon which the Western tradition based analytical grammar, linguistics, philosophy of language, and …

How is linguistic theory related to linguistic practice?; what do theoretical notions and models tell us about real-life language use?; and are there any limits to what such …

Ludwig Wittgenstein left an indelible footprint on contemporary philosophy and his influence is incredibly rich and wide-ranging. However, the interpretation or understanding of …

By taking a distinctively institutional approach, Catharine Abell provides a unified solution to a wide range of philosophical problems raised by fiction. In particular, she draws …

This volume showcases the potential richness of frame representations. The presentation includes introductory articles on the application of frames to linguistics and philosophy of …