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  • Pragmatics for Latin

    From Syntax to Information Structure

    by A. M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens ...
    Latin is often described as a free word order language, but in general each word order encodes a particular information structure: in that sense, each word order has a different meaning. Pragmatics for Latin provides a descriptive analysis of Latin information structure based on detailed philological evidence and elaborates a syntax-pragmatics interface that formalizes the informational content of ... Read more

    $82.79 USD

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  • Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition

    by Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur ...
    Generations of students have learned Latin with this classic introductory Latin grammar textbook that remains the most highly regarded and bestselling single-volume of its kind.Wheelock’s Latin 7th Edition retains its signature core of authentic Latin readings—curated from the works of Cicero, Vergil, and other major Roman authors of Roman literature, drama, and poetry, as well as inscriptions, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Veni Vidi Didici

    Have Fun Learning Latin with Songs, Games, Puzzles and Jokes

    by Jason Talley ...
    This engaging Latin guide offers a lively introduction to the so-called "dead language" with basic skills and vocabulary plus jokes, songs, and more.Seize the day with a fun, new guide to the ultimate language. Whether you're looking to show up your teacher or have a laugh with friends, Veni Vidi Didici will give you the knowledge to drop some Latin that's sure to impress, including:• Cool Slang• ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Complete Latin: Teach Yourself

    by Gavin Betts ...
    Do you want to be able to read classical Latin with confidence? Find all the essential tools in this best-selling course from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. Latin grammar is explained systematically and carefully, and graded readings from Martial, Vergil, Caesar, Ovid, Cicero and others - even graffiti from Pompeii - bring it to life and give a context to the vocabulary. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Long Live Latin

    The Pleasures of a Useless Language

    by Nicola Gardini ...
    A "fascinating" meditation on the joys of a not-so-dead language ( Los Angeles Review of Books).From acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, this is a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its enduring impact on modern life—whether we call it "dead" or not.What use is Latin? It's a question we're often ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • From the Tree to the Labyrinth

    by Umberto Eco ...
    How we create and organize knowledge is the theme of this major achievement by Umberto Eco. Demonstrating once again his inimitable ability to bridge ancient, medieval, and modern modes of thought, he offers here a brilliant illustration of his longstanding argument that problems of interpretation can be solved only in historical context. ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • What Did the Romans Know?

    An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking

    by Daryn Lehoux ...
    What did the Romans know about their world? Quite a lot, as Daryn Lehoux makes clear in this fascinating and much-needed contribution to the history and philosophy of ancient science. Lehoux contends that even though many of the Romans' views about the natural world have no place in modern science—the umbrella-footed monsters and dog-headed people that roamed the earth and the stars that foretold ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Natural History of Latin

    by Tore Janson ...
    Beginning in Rome around 600 BC, Latin became the language of the civilized world and remained so for more than two millennia. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its progeny and it provides the international vocabulary of law and life science. No known language, including English - itself enriched by Latin words and phrases - has achieved such success and longevity. Tore Janson tells ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Introduction to Phenomenological Research

    by Martin Heidegger ...
    Translated by Daniel O. Dahlstrom ...
    Series series Studies in Continental Thought
    In this collection of early lectures, the author of Being and Time defines and begins to develop his unique approach to phenomenology.This volume contains the first lectures Martin Heidegger delivered at Marburg in the winter semester of 1923–1924. In them, he introduces the notion of phenomenology by tracing it back to Aristotle's treatments of phainomenon and logos. This extensive commentary on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greek & Latin Roots of English

    by Tamara M. Green ...
    More than 60 percent of all English words have Greek or Latin roots; in the vocabulary of the sciences and technology, the figure rises to more than 90 percent. Through the study of the Greek and Latin roots of English, students can expand their knowledge of English vocabulary and also come to understand the ways in which the complex history of the English language has shaped our perceptions of ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Introducing Semiotic

    Its History and Doctrine

    by John Deely ...
    This comprehensive survey of semiotics examines its development from pre-Socratic philosophy to Peirce's Sign Theory and beyond.In Introducing Semiotics, renowned philosopher and semiotician John Deely provides a conceptual overview of the field, covering its development across centuries of Western philosophical thought. It delineates the foundations of contemporary semiotics and concretely ... Read more

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  • Social Variation and the Latin Language

    by J. N. Adams ...
    Languages show variations according to the social class of speakers and Latin was no exception, as readers of Petronius are aware. The Romance languages have traditionally been regarded as developing out of a 'language of the common people' (Vulgar Latin), but studies of modern languages demonstrate that linguistic change does not merely come, in the social sense, 'from below'. There is change ... Read more

    $45.99 USD