Historical & comparative linguistics books

English has borrowed more words from French than from any other modern foreign language. French words and phrases-such...  Read More >>

This volume concludes the publication of the chancery documents found in the Royal Palace G of Ebla. The texts have...  Read More >>

Afraid? Who? Me?Of What?!No way! Maybe that's what you sound like to others today, maybe even to yourself. But when...  Read More >>

This volume offers a comprehensive account of the study of language change in verb meaning in the history of the...  Read More >>

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This book examines the sociolinguistics of some of Iran’s languages at home and in the diaspora.  Read More >>

This volume showcases linguistic approaches to the study of pop culture and their potential to inform linguistic...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive linguistic exploration of textism use by bilingual young adults, illustrating...  Read More >>

Using the Vepsian Renaissance as an example, this volume brings to the surface a literacy-orality dualism new to...  Read More >>

This book provides an integrated account of the phonetic causes of the diachronic processes of palatalization, assibilation,...  Read More >>

This ground-breaking study aims to define Hesiod's place in Greek intellectual history by exploring his conception...  Read More >>

An overview of current issues and developments in foreign language education, designed for instructors of language,...  Read More >>

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This introduction to Spanish linguistics covers every basic concept required to study the structural aspects of...  Read More >>

A unique and scholarly reference book on Hiberno-English – the form of English commonly spoken in Ireland, with...  Read More >>

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The papers in this volume represent the full range of research that is currently being carried out on Neo-Aramaic...  Read More >>

""A brief comparative grammar of the ancient Northwest Semitic languages, with text selections, commentary, and...  Read More >>

I document the reasons for these serious doctrinal errors in twenty-seven pages of documentation concerning 133...  Read More >>

This volume is the first extensive and reliable grammatical description of any traditional language of the Great...  Read More >>

Since the second edition of this book appeared in 1954, two major discoveries in the field of Aramaic studies--the...  Read More >>

This book provides the first grammatical description of Pondi, a severely endangered language spoken by fewer than...  Read More >>

This volume explores the multiple aspects of morphological complexity, investigating primarily whether certain aspects...  Read More >>

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