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Nigerian Pidgin: Background and Prospects

Nigerian Pidgin: Background and Prospects

Author: Ben Ohiomambe Elugbe ,  A.P. Omamor
ISBN: 9789781291739
Format: Paperback
$89.63

The origins and development of Pidgin in Nigeria are exhaustively examined. The study's perspectives are historical,...  Read More >>

The Consequence of Error and Other Language Essays

The Consequence of Error and Other Language Essays

Author: Sterling Eisiminger
ISBN: 9780820414720
Format: Hardback
$137.15

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Anglo-Welsh Dialects of North Wales: A Survey of Conservative Rural Spoken English in the Counties of Gwynedd and Clwyd

Anglo-Welsh Dialects of North Wales: A Survey of Conservative...

Author: Robert J. Penhallurick
ISBN: 9783631437599
Format: Paperback
$150.08

This book is the first major study of the English spoken in North Wales. It presents a full description of the English...  Read More >>

Principles of Historical Linguistics

Principles of Historical Linguistics

Author: Hans Henrich Hock
ISBN: 9783110129625
Format: Hardback
$79.20

This title provides an understanding of the principles of historical linguistics and the related fields of comparative...  Read More >>

The Emergence of Black English: Text and commentary

The Emergence of Black English: Text and commentary...

Author: Guy Bailey (Oklahoma State Univ.) ,  Natalie Maynor (Mississippi State Univ.)
ISBN: 9789027252302
Format: Paperback
$77.63

Contains 11 transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born over a century ago. The book...  Read More >>

The Emergence of Black English: Text and commentary

The Emergence of Black English: Text and commentary...

Author: Guy Bailey (Oklahoma State Univ.) ,  Natalie Maynor (Mississippi State Univ.)
ISBN: 9789027252289
Format: Hardback
$271.69

Eleven transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born well over a century ago. The book...  Read More >>

Variation in Interlanguage Morphology

Variation in Interlanguage Morphology

Author: Richard Young
ISBN: 9780820413815
Format: Hardback
$155.63

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Young Hegel: Studies in the Relations Between Dialectics and Economics

Young Hegel: Studies in the Relations Between Dialectics...

Author: Georg Lukacs ,  R. Livingstone
ISBN: 9780850361988
Format: Paperback
$55.00

If we are to understand not only the direct impact of Marx on the development of German thought but also his sometimes...  Read More >>

West Iranian Dialect Materials, 2: Short Stories of the Baxtiaris

West Iranian Dialect Materials, 2: Short Stories of...

Author: F Vahman ,  G S Asatrian
ISBN: 9788772891514
Format: Paperback
$87.12

With the second volume of West Iranian Dialect Materials thirteen short-stories in Luri (Baxtiari) dialect from...  Read More >>

The Tai Dialect of Lungming: Glossary, Texts, and Translations

The Tai Dialect of Lungming: Glossary, Texts, and Translations...

Author: William Gedney ,  Thomas Hudak
ISBN: 9780891480679
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Represents one of the most complete examinations yet undertaken of a dialect belonging to the Central Branch of...  Read More >>

Unkind Words: Ethnic Labeling from Redskin to WASP

Unkind Words: Ethnic Labeling from Redskin to WASP

Author: Irving Lewis Allen
ISBN: 9780897892209
Format: Paperback
$89.63

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Historical Linguistics and Philology

Historical Linguistics and Philology

Author: Jacek Fisiak
ISBN: 9783110122046
Format: Hardback
$773.52

No detailed description available for ""Historical Linguistics and Philology"".  Read More >>

Dialectical and Difference

Dialectical and Difference

Author: Jacques Taminiaux
ISBN: 9781573925075
Format: Paperback
$79.15

""This book is a collection of superbly crafted essays on some fundamental texts of modern and contemporary philosophy....  Read More >>

The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey

The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey

Author: Charles Russ
ISBN: 9780415003087
Format: Hardback
$378.00

Covers the dialects of East and West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Alsace and Luxembourg. There is a description...  Read More >>

American Spanish Pronunciation: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives

American Spanish Pronunciation: Theoretical and Applied...

Author: Peter C. Bjarkman ,  Robert M. Hammond
ISBN: 9780878400997
Format: Paperback
$116.00

Offers views of phonological research on American Spanish.  Read More >>

Variation of English in Guernsey/Channel Islands

Variation of English in Guernsey/Channel Islands

Author: Heinrich Ramisch
ISBN: 9783631418031
Format: Paperback
$90.56

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteat Bamberg, 1988.  Read More >>

Perceptual Dialectology: Nonlinguists' Views of Areal Linguistics

Perceptual Dialectology: Nonlinguists' Views of Areal...

Author: Dennis R. Preston
ISBN: 9783110131123
Format: Hardback
$332.64

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New Methods in Dialectology: Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Free University of Amsterdam, December, 7–10, 1987

New Methods in Dialectology: Proceedings of a Workshop...

Author: P. Th. van Reenen ,  M. E. H. Schouten
ISBN: 9783110133271
Format: Hardback
$406.56

No detailed description available for ""New Methods in Dialectology"".  Read More >>

Early Middle English Syntax

Early Middle English Syntax

Author: Lilo Moessner
ISBN: 9783484302075
Format: Hardback
$188.67

The book series Linguistische Arbeiten (LA) publishes high-quality work in linguistics that addresses current issues...  Read More >>

Untersuchungen Zur Sprachvariation Des Gaskognischen Im Val d'Aran (Zentralpyrenäen)

Untersuchungen Zur Sprachvariation Des Gaskognischen...

Author: Otto Winkelmann
ISBN: 9783484522244
Format: Hardback
$364.29

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Untersuchungen zur Sprachvariation des Gaskognischen im Val d'Aran (Zentralpyrenäen)""...  Read More >>

Das Adjektiv in gesprochener Sprache

Das Adjektiv in gesprochener Sprache

Author: Peter Löffelad ,  Peter L Ffelad
ISBN: 9783484240162
Format: Hardback
$406.56

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Das Adjektiv in gesprochener Sprache"" verfügbar.  Read More >>

Dialect Variation and the Theory of Grammar: Proceedings of the GLOW Workshop in Venice, 1987

Dialect Variation and the Theory of Grammar: Proceedings...

Author: Paola Benincá
ISBN: 9783110130515
Format: Hardback
$406.56

No detailed description available for ""Dialect Variation and the Theory of Grammar"".  Read More >>

Three Heirs to a Judeo-Latin Legacy: Judeo-Ibero-Romance, Yiddish and Rotwelsch

Three Heirs to a Judeo-Latin Legacy: Judeo-Ibero-Romance,...

Author: Paul Wexler
ISBN: 9783447028134
Format: Hardback
$42.24

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Studies in Caribbean Spanish Dialectology

Studies in Caribbean Spanish Dialectology

Author: Robert M. Hammond ,  Melvyn C. Resnick
ISBN: 9780878400980
Format: Paperback
$116.00

Discusses - in English and in Spanish - the African influence on Caribbean phonology, dominant sociolinguistic attitudes...  Read More >>

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