This accessible and engaging text introduces the field of pragmatics, the study of the relationship between linguistic meaning and context. Assuming no prior knowledge, Siobhan Chapman surveys the development ... Zobraziť viac
Linguists routinely emphasise the primacy of speech over writing. Yet, most linguists have analysed spoken language, as well as language in general, applying theories and methods that are best suited for written language... Zobraziť viac
Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen's first great book, now reissued in a fully revised and expanded second edition. 'Can the values which individual members of society attach to different alternatives be aggregated into values ... Zobraziť viac
Monografie prezentuje novou teoretickou perspektivu sociokulturní antropologie, která navazuje na aktuální zahraniční práce v tomto oboru. Kvantová antropologie opouští chápání člověka v pojetí klasické fyziky a hledá naopak ukotvení... Zobraziť viac
What is it about human beings that makes us creative, able to imagine and enact new possibilities for life and new solutions to problems in a way that no other animal can? The authors included in The Genesis of Creativity and the Origin of the Human... Zobraziť viac
Lonely Planet's Cuba is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences... Zobraziť viac
Insightful, surprising and with ground-breaking revelations about our society, Everybody Lies exposes the secrets embedded in our internet searches, with a foreword by bestselling author Steven Pinker Everybody lies, to friends, lovers, doctors... Zobraziť viac
Texty pocházejí z celé oblasti Lotyšska, na níž se běloruská nářečí užívají. To umožňuje nejen seznámit se s bohatým folklorem regionu, ale také sledovat jazykové změny (zejména proces rusifikace), které... Zobraziť viac
Imagine you are a hunter-gatherer some 15,000 years ago. You've got a choice – carry on foraging, or plant a few seeds and move to one of those new-fangled settlements down the valley. What you won't know is that urban life is short and riddled ... Zobraziť viac
Surprising, engaging, and informative, Generations “gets you thinking about how appreciating generational differences can, ironically, bring us together” ... Zobraziť viac
What would make a society drain its public swimming baths and fill them with concrete rather than opening them to everyone? Economics researcher Heather McGhee sets out across America to learn why white voters... Zobraziť viac
The relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone with an interest in what it means to be human... Zobraziť viac
Způsoby formulování odpovědí v politických diskusích. Na příkladu televizní talkshow Günther Jauch Tato publikace se zabývá mluveným jazykem v kombinaci s jazykem politiky v rámci politických televizních talk show... Zobraziť viac
Stephen Greenblatt argued in these celebrated essays that the art of the Renaissance could only be understood in the context of the society from which it sprang. His approach - 'New Historicism' - drew from history, anthropology, Marxist theory, post-... Zobraziť viac
Monografie se věnuje komparativní analýze vybraných ruských a českých syntaktických termínů z 3 terminologických okruhů: slovní spojení / syntagma, syntaktické vztahy a prostředky jejich vyjadřování, větné členy... Zobraziť viac
Discover the richness of contemporary creative culture from Ukraine with the best in interior design, architecture, art, photography, and fashion... Zobraziť viac
What kind of creature is a human? If we don't know what we are, how can we know how to act? In Being a Human Charles Foster sets out to understand what a human is, inhabiting the sensory worlds of humans at three pivotal moments in our history... Zobraziť viac
Why do we have the expression 'see red'? How did consciousness evolve? Why do we sleep badly in blue light? Why are we happier when surrounded by nature? The answer to all of these questions lies in the evolution of vision... Zobraziť viac
Gypsies have always intrigued and fascinated - partly because of their mysterious origins, and partly because of the romance of nomadism. This book focuses particularly on the gypsies in Eastern Europe (an estimated 6 million)... Zobraziť viac
The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens... Zobraziť viac
