Historical & comparative linguistics books

Pre-Historic Obama Migration: Creole Louisiana Zydeco An examination of the grammatical structure of Ancient Egyptian...  Read More >>

This book has a double scope: first, bringing a contribution to the knowledge and understanding of the time conceptions...  Read More >>

One requirement for consistent language education in every field is a thorough engagement with the linguistic and...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive overview of variation in World Englishes, analysing a wide spectrum of English varieties and registers...  Read More >>

After students have learned the building blocks of a sentence, it's time to learn how to put them together. Whether...  Read More >>

Dispersals and diversification offers a reassessment of some of the pivotal linguistic and archaeological questions...  Read More >>

Die Kartwelsprachen verkorpern eine der drei Sprachfamilien, die seit altesten Zeiten in Kaukasien beheimatet sind....  Read More >>

From the celebrated author of Lingo, a whistle-stop tour of the world's twenty most-spoken languages, exploring...  Read More >>

This empirical study examines the importance of dialect and dialect use in Switzerland. Based on interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

La conspiración del castellano destapa la verdad sin censura sobre el más hablado de los idiomas españoles. Por...  Read More >>

This book explores the fascinating origins of the words and phrases that we use every day. Simon Horobin takes the...  Read More >>

This collection of articles deals with the manuscripts, textual transmission, punctuation, spelling, grammar and...  Read More >>

For nearly half of the twentieth century, reformers waged war on the Chinese script. In Chinese Grammatology, Yurou...  Read More >>

\""Die hebräische Sprache ist ein Zweig eines grösseren vorderasiatischen Sprachstammes, welcher in Palästina, Phönizien,...  Read More >>

Law in the Time of Oxymora is dedicated to the apparent rise in recent years in rhetorical devices called ""essentially...  Read More >>

For nearly half of the twentieth century, reformers waged war on the Chinese script. In Chinese Grammatology, Yurou...  Read More >>

English summary: The journal, first published in 2004, covers the field of historical comparative linguistics and...  Read More >>

The almost incomprehensible wit and wonder of Irish slang words. Can you tell your bowsies from your gougers...  Read More >>

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Das Buch widmet sich den deutschen Aktionsarten und begleitet sie auf ihrer Wanderung durch Lexik(on) und Grammatik....  Read More >>

A study of the origins of speech, from Indology to Anthroposophy  Read More >>

he essays in this anthology probe and comment on the ""space/time/issue between"" in aesthetic or linguistic productions...  Read More >>

This book is the third in a three-volume set that celebrates the career and achievements of Cliff Goddard, a pioneer...  Read More >>

This book is the second in a three-volume set that celebrates the career and achievements of Cliff Goddard, a pioneer...  Read More >>