Historical & comparative linguistics books

Jaded and disillusioned about the state of Australian politics? Macquarie Dictionary has brought together an up-to-date,...  Read More >>

Examines the role of the body in Indigenous-language religious texts from colonial Latin America Words Made Flesh...  Read More >>

This collection presents the state of the art in the fast-developing area of the study of lexical variation from...  Read More >>

This collection showcases original research highlighting innovations in the application of corpus linguistic methods...  Read More >>

《汉字形体衍化答问》是一部以问答体方式梳理中华汉字三千余年形体演变史的系统著作。作者马魏华以数十年研习甲骨、金文、简牍及秦汉至唐代各类书写材料的经验，结合自身的书写体悟，将古文字学与书法史融为一体，从源流、形态、结构与书写机制等多维度重新审视汉字衍变的脉络。...  Read More >>

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Like its prequel, this book examines the 'nature/nurture' debate in language, while also asking how language came...  Read More >>

Introduces students to Chaucer's language and the importance of reading Chaucer in the original, rather than in...  Read More >>

This collection explores the global impact of English through fact-based and contrastive analyses of different types...  Read More >>

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Le présent ouvrage entre dans le cadre général d'une étude comparative, en deux tomes, de 15 parlers utilisés comme...  Read More >>

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This book offers a comprehensive examination of translation-induced language change, arguing for a view of translation...  Read More >>

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This volume brings together scholars from archaeology, historical linguistics and comparative mythology to explore...  Read More >>

Esta monografía colectiva profundiza en diferentes estrategias lingüísticas de (des)cortesía verbal documentadas...  Read More >>

This book is dedicated to explaining terms related to children's diseases, developmental defects, and special pedagogy....  Read More >>

This volume gathers a thematic selection of scientific contributions presented at the 17th Cambridge Italian Dialect...  Read More >>

The contributions build a bridge between traditional European lexicography and the diversity of lexicographic practice...  Read More >>

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For the first time in the history of Semitic studies, this volume is devoted entirely to Modern South Arabian (MSA)...  Read More >>

Light verb constructions are complex predicates consisting of a semantically reduced verb and an additional often...  Read More >>

The Scots language is the hidden treasure of Scottish culture. For many of us it is still how we speak to each other,...  Read More >>

Mandip General English Grammar is a comprehensive and student-friendly guide designed to simplify English grammar...  Read More >>

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