Jeremy Butterfield: 3 books
Damp Squid : The English Language Laid Bare
The English Language Laid Bare
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Using evidence provided by the world's largest language databank, the Oxford English Corpus, Butterfield uncovers fascinating facts about the English language. Where does our vocabulary come from? How do word meanings change? How is our language really being used? This entertaining book has the up-to-date...
by Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard, John Woods
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2006
The ambition of this volume is twofold: to provide a comprehensive overview of the field and to serve as an indispensable reference work for anyone who wants to work in it. For example, any philosopher who hopes to make a contribution to the topic of the classical-quantum correspondence will have...
Junctures in Women's Leadership
Social Movements
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
From Eleanor Roosevelt to feminist icon Gloria Steinem to HIV/AIDS activist Dazon Dixon Diallo, women have assumed leadership roles in struggles for social justice. How did these remarkable women ascend to positions of influence? And once in power, what...