Dialect, slang & jargon books

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Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating Charlene J. Sato

Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating...
Author: John R. Rickford (Stanford University) , Suzanne Romaine (University of Oxford) ISBN: 9789027252425 Format: Hardback	$326.03
This academic study begins by focusing on the genesis and development of pidgin languages and creoles. Further sections... Read More >>

The Oxford Dictionary of Slang

The Oxford Dictionary of Slang
Author: John Ayto ISBN: 9780192801043 Format: Paperback	$32.95
Containing over 10,000 words and phrases, this is a reference for those interested in the more quirky and unofficial... Read More >>

Pidgin and Creole Linguistics

Pidgin and Creole Linguistics
Author: Peter Muhlhauser ISBN: 9781859190838 Format: Paperback	$79.20
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The Dialects of England

The Dialects of England
Author: Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg) , Peter Trudgill ISBN: 9780631218159 Format: Paperback	$63.95
* Phonetic symbols are included with orthographic representations of speech sounds* Includes many detailed maps... Read More >>

The English History of African American English

The English History of African American English
Author: Shana Poplack (University of Ottawa) ISBN: 9780631212621 Format: Paperback	$109.95
This reader explores an alternative hypothesis: that the characteristic features were acquired from the varieties... Read More >>

Folk Linguistics

Folk Linguistics
Author: Nancy A. Niedzielski , Dennis R. Preston ISBN: 9783110162516 Format: Hardback	$575.52
This text provides an overview and analysis of what nonlinguists believe about language across a wide range of topics.... Read More >>

The American Way of Spelling: The Structure and Origins of American English Orthography

The American Way of Spelling: The Structure and Origins...
Author: Richard L. Venezky (University of Delaware, United States) ISBN: 9781572304697 Format: Hardback	$130.00
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From French to Creole

From French to Creole
Author: Chris Corne ISBN: 9781859190982 Format: Paperback	$51.75
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Chinese Dialect Classification: A comparative approach to Harngjou, Old Jintarn, and Common Northern Wu

Chinese Dialect Classification: A comparative approach...
Author: Richard VanNess Simmons (Rutgers University) ISBN: 9789027236944 Format: Hardback	$261.34
The focus of this study is primarily on comparative dialect phonology and lexicon. It also provides a framework... Read More >>

A History of Language

A History of Language
Author: Steven Roger Fischer ISBN: 9781861890511 Format: Hardback	$79.07
Charts the history of communication from the time before human language was conceived through to the media explosion... Read More >>

Strange Talk: The Politics of Dialect Literature in Gilded Age America

Strange Talk: The Politics of Dialect Literature in...
Author: Gavin Jones ISBN: 9780520214217 Format: Paperback	$52.95
In this volume, Gavin Jones explores the aesthetic politics of this neglected ""cult of the vernacular"" in little-known... Read More >>

Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology: Volume 1

Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology: Volume 1
Author: Dennis R. Preston (Michigan State University) , William A. Krezschmar, Jr ISBN: 9789027221803 Format: Hardback	$377.78
Empirical linguistics meet psychology in this text, which argues that in order to understand more fully the words... Read More >>

Urban Voices: Accent Studies in the British Isles

Urban Voices: Accent Studies in the British Isles
Author: Paul Foulkes , Gerard Docherty ISBN: 9780340706084 Format: Paperback	$83.99
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The Origins of the Changos

The Origins of the Changos
Author: Dumitru Martinas , Vasile M. Ungureanu ISBN: 9789739839143 Format: Hardback	$105.47
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Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology: Volume 1

Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology: Volume 1
Author: Dennis R. Preston (Michigan State University) ISBN: 9781556195341 Format: Hardback	$689.04
Empirical linguistics meet psychology in this text, which argues that in order to understand more fully the words... Read More >>

Aussie Slang

Aussie Slang
Author: Sarah Dawson ISBN: 9780140286892 Format: Paperback	$14.99
What Australian say - and what they really mean. Australia has given the world thousands of colouful words and expressions.... Read More >>

The Concise Scots Dictionary

The Concise Scots Dictionary
Author: Scottish Language Dictionaries , Mairi Robinson ISBN: 9781902930008 Format: Hardback	$158.40
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The Nostratic Macrofamily And Linguistic

The Nostratic Macrofamily And Linguistic
Author: Dologopolsky ISBN: 9780951942079 Format: Paperback	$95.04
Do all or most languages in the world descend from a single proto-language? And if so, what can we tell from linguistic... Read More >>

Historical Semantics and Cognition

Historical Semantics and Cognition
Author: Andreas Blank , Peter Koch ISBN: 9783110166149 Format: Hardback	$469.92
This text reflects on a dialogue between academics of two apparently-incompatible bases of lingusitics research:... Read More >>

The Grammar of Irish English: Language in Hibernian Style

The Grammar of Irish English: Language in Hibernian...
Author: Markku Filppula ISBN: 9780415145244 Format: Hardback	$315.00
This work offers a descriptive and contact-linguistic account of the grammar of Irish English, also known as ""Hiberno-English"".... Read More >>

Archaeology and Language IV: Language Change and Cultural Transformation

Archaeology and Language IV: Language Change and Cultural...
Author: Roger Blench , Matthew Spriggs ISBN: 9780415117869 Format: Hardback	$189.00
This volume provides a variety of case-studies which demonstrate how global patterns of language distribution and... Read More >>

The Spanish Language Today

The Spanish Language Today
Author: Miranda Stewart ISBN: 9780415142595 Format: Paperback	$133.00
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The Spanish Language Today

The Spanish Language Today
Author: Miranda Stewart ISBN: 9780415142588 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic: The Dialect of the Jews of Arbel

A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic: The Dialect of the Jews of...
Author: Geoffrey Khan ISBN: 9789004115101 Format: Hardback	$821.04
Geoffrey Khan's A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic is a record of a Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect, now on the verge of extinction.... Read More >>

Concise Scots Dictionary

Concise Scots Dictionary
Author: Scottish Language Scottish Language Dictionaries , Professor National Dictionary Association Scottish National Dictionary Association ISBN: 9781902930015 Format: Paperback	$79.20
A concise Scots dictionary. Read More >>

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