Historical & comparative linguistics books

My Life in Propaganda is Magda Stroińska's personal account of growing up with communist propaganda in Eastern Europe....  Read More >>

Exploring not only what Utah English is but also what it isn’t.  Read More >>

Of all the theological issues discussed in Christian circles, few have received more attention than the New Testament...  Read More >>

This book explores nearly 2000 years of the history of the Arabic language, from pre-Islamic Arabic via the Classical...  Read More >>

Appraisal is the way language users express their attitude towards things, people, behaviour or ideas. This title...  Read More >>

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Azuma Old Japanese is an areal term for the two major dialects of Eastern ('Azuma') Japan during the eighth century:...  Read More >>

Prompted by the ‘linguistic turn’ of the late 20th century, intellectual and conceptual historians continue to devote...  Read More >>

Are we alone in the universe? If other lifeforms exist, how might their languages have evolved? Could we ever understand...  Read More >>

"Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? In this lively and amusing exploration...  Read More >>

"Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? In this lively and amusing exploration...  Read More >>

Exploring breakthroughs in language and cognition research, Caleb Everett finds that fundamentals of human perception...  Read More >>

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A detailed and comprehensive documentation of the linguistic presence of Portuguese loanwords in African languages....  Read More >>

"""A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word.""--Provided...  Read More >>

This book traces the origin and evolvement of two Chinese characters “wenxue”(literature) by using the methods of...  Read More >>

This book provides a thorough yet approachable history of the Scots language, a close relative of Standard English....  Read More >>

This book provides a thorough yet approachable history of the Scots language, a close relative of Standard English....  Read More >>

Based on a rich range of contemporary sources, this insightful and practical book provides a comprehensive description...  Read More >>

This volume brings together several contributions from linguistics, literary studies, rhetoric, psychology and theology,...  Read More >>

"Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? In this lively and amusing exploration...  Read More >>

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The book addresses some raging questions in linguistics today: What kind of variation do typologically related languages...  Read More >>

"Ever wondered how the phrase ""pull a Houdini"" found its way into our lexicon and what it reveals about the art...  Read More >>

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