Lurie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and author of The Last Resort, is a savvy guide and interpreter on this classic tour through the history of fashion. Photos throughout. Updated with a new Introduction.

Essays discuss science, mythology, language, style, history, semiotics, literature, and meaning.

The Rustle of Language is a collection of forty-five essays, written between 1967 and 1980, on language, literature, and teaching--the pleasure of the text--in an authoritative translation by Richard Howard.

What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language, considered the essential text in its field, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions. This revised edition collects forty-eight of the most important articles in t...(展开全部)

What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language, considered the essential text in its field, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions. This revised edition collects forty-six of the most important articles in the...(展开全部)

What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language, considered the essential text in its field, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions. This revised edition collects forty-one of the most important articles in th...(展开全部)

Oaths play an essential part in the political and religious history of the West as a ′sacrament of power′. Yet despite numerous studies by linguists, anthropologists and historians of law and of religion, there exists no complete analysis of the oath which seeks to explain the strategic function that this phenomenon has performed at the intersection of law, religion and politic...(展开全部)

[美] 琼·伯科·格利森（Jean Berko Gleason） 世界知名儿童语言专家，心理语言学领域的开创者之一，于1958年创立著名的儿童语言习得实验研究“Wug测试”。美国哈佛大学历史学与文学学士、语言学与心理学博士，波士顿大学心理学与脑科学系荣誉退休教授，美国科学促进协会（AAAS）会员，美国心理学会会员，儿童语言研究国际协会主席。出版多部心理语言学方面的著作，在儿童语言发展、失语症性别差异和亲子互动等领域持续进行研究。 [美] 娜恩·伯恩斯坦·拉特纳（Nan Bernstein Ratner） 美国马里兰大学帕克分校听力与言语科学系教授，美国科学促进协会（AAAS）成员。研究集中于典型和非典型亲子互动以及儿童语言发展方面，重点研究口吃儿童和癫痫患儿。发表多篇专业研究报告，与琼·伯科·格利森博士合著《心理语言学》和《语言的发展》的早期版本。 ...(展开全部)