Historical & comparative linguistics books

This title analyzes the textual and pragmatic functions of reported speech in Chinese and English newspapers. The...  Read More >>

This book challenges that assumption by exploring the ways in which song crosses national borders. Whether by incorporating...  Read More >>

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This is the first book that bundles different case studies and systematically investigates the impact of Russian...  Read More >>

This essay relates together, in a clear and concise manner, four major groups of grammatical meanings — evidentiality...  Read More >>

This title explores philosophical aspects of the relationship between language and being. Drawing on western classical...  Read More >>

This volume is a tribute to Professor Vovin’s research and a summary of the latest developments in his fields of...  Read More >>

Vincent F Pintado's Old Celtic Dictionary is a first of its kind, bringing together the fruit of 30 years of labour....  Read More >>

This innovative book contributes to a paradigm shift in the study of creole languages, forging new empirical frameworks...  Read More >>

This edited volume on Munda linguistics makes an important contribution in terms of analysing and demonstrating...  Read More >>

Konnen biblische Texte aufgrund linguistischer Kriterien datiert werden? Die vorliegende Arbeit beantwortet diese...  Read More >>

When you learn English you're taught how to speak and write proper English. Then you visit an English-speaking...  Read More >>

This volume provides the first English translation of Consentius's Ars de barbarismis et metaplasmis, the most extensive...  Read More >>

This book offers a novel perspective on the intersection of translation and narration in literary translation by...  Read More >>

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Teacher, researcher, and consultant Amy Benjamin challenges the idea of """"skill and drill"""" grammar in the second...  Read More >>

This book guides the reader through a land where the road to hell is paved not with good intentions, but with cobbles....  Read More >>

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Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and...  Read More >>

Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and...  Read More >>

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The Early New High German Dictionary is an alphabetically-ordered dictionary of the varieties of High German from...  Read More >>

Written by leading international scholars and activists with a wealth of practical experience, this guidebook provides...  Read More >>

Social processes and the nature of language variation have driven sibilant variation across the Spanish-speaking...  Read More >>