art, academic and non-fiction books
publishers’ Eastern and Central European representation

Name your list

Log in / Sign in

ta strona jest nieczynna, ale zapraszamy serdecznie na stronę www.obibook.com /// this website is closed but we cordially invite you to visit www.obibook.com

Studies in Language and Information
ISBN: PB: 9781684000500, ISBN: HB: 9781684000494, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, January 2021
489 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This book gathers together in one volume many influential papers by renowned philosopher of language John Perry.
PB:
£30,00
QTY:
HB:
£32,00
QTY:
Bantu Applicative Constructions
ISBN: PB: 9781684000593, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, January 2020
0 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This book addresses various shortcomings in definitions of "applicative" when compared to what is actually found across languages and proposes a four-way distinction among applicative constructions, especially relevant to Bantu, a large family of lan...
PB:
£40,00
QTY:
Revisiting the Essential Indexical
ISBN: PB: 9781684000524, ISBN: HB: 9781684000616, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, January 2020
146 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
In this book, renowned philosopher John Perry responds to criticisms of his influential writing on "the essential indexical". He begins by explaining the conclusions of his past articles. He then argues that many criticisms are based on confusions ab...
PB:
£23,00
QTY:
HB:
£45,00
QTY:
Enumerations Data and Literary Study
ISBN: PB: 9780226568751, ISBN: HB: 9780226568614, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 48 line drawings, 26 tables
For well over a century, academic disciplines have studied human behavior using quantitative information. Until recently, however, the humanities have remained largely immune to the use of data – or vigorously resisted it. Thanks to new developments...
PB:
£20,50
QTY:
HB:
£67,50
QTY:
Sister and Brother A Family Story
ISBN: PB: 9781944838201, Gallaudet University Press, June 2018
248 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 4 illus., 1 figure
In this historical narrative, Swedish novelist Agneta Pleijel follows the lives of two ancestors, a sister and brother, each of whom played a role in the cultural life of Stockholm in the 19th century. Using old letters, records, and stories passed d...
PB:
£26,50
QTY:
Comparative Method of Language Acquisition Research
ISBN: PB: 9780226539614, ISBN: HB: 9780226481289, University of Chicago Press, November 2017
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 halftones, 1 line drawing, 90 tables
The Mayan family of languages is ancient and unique. With their distinctive relational nouns, positionals, and complex grammatical voices, they are quite alien to English and have never been shown to be genetically related to other New World tongues....
PB:
£37,50
QTY:
HB:
£112,50
QTY:
Brief History of the Spanish Language Second Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780226133942, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
296 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 9 halftones, 2 line drawings
Since its publication in 2007, A Brief History of the Spanish Language has become the leading introduction to the history of one of the world's most widely spoken languages. Moving from the language's Latin roots to its present-day forms, this concis...
PB:
£26,50
QTY:
What Is Said and What Is Not The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface
ISBN: HB: 9781575866680, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, February 2015
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This volume contains essays that explore explicit and implicit communication through linguistic research. Taking as a framework Paul Grice's theories on "what is said", the contributors explore a number of areas, including: the boundary between seman...
HB:
£49,00
QTY:
Seamos Pragmaticos Introduccion a La Pragmatica Espanola
ISBN: PB: 9780300191097, Yale University Press, August 2014
384 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 23 black&white illus.
Seamos pragmaticos fills a void in the growing field of Spanish pragmatics. As more courses at the undergraduate level are being created in the U.S., this practical text will be the first one tailored to advanced undergraduate and graduate students w...
PB:
£50,00
QTY:
Deaf Students and the Qualitative Similarity Hypothesis Understanding Language and Literacy Development
ISBN: HB: 9781563685842, Gallaudet University Press, December 2013
336 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 3 figures, 10 tables
The difficulty that deaf and hard of hearing students have in attaining language and literacy skills has led to postulations that attribute their struggle to a developmental deficit. Recent research reveals, however, that deaf students acquire langua...
HB:
£64,00
QTY: