Historical & comparative linguistics books

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Jackspeak: A guide to British Naval slang & usage

Jackspeak: A guide to British Naval slang & usage

Author: Rick Jolly
ISBN: 9781472834133
Format: Hardback
$29.99

From ‘A1’ to ‘Zulu’, the fully revised and updated third edition of Jackspeak is a comprehensive guide to the slang...  Read More >>

The Prodigal Tongue Lib/E: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English

The Prodigal Tongue Lib/E: The Love-Hate Relationship...

Author: Lynne Murphy ,  Pam Ward
ISBN: 9781665233606
Format: Audio
$190.05

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Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder, Second Edition

Practice Makes Perfect English Sentence Builder, Second...

Author: Ed Swick
ISBN: 9781260019230
Format: Paperback
$33.95

Presents a systematic approach to building sentences, with guidance through the process of putting the parts of...  Read More >>

The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Times

The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity in Medieval...

Author: Vicente Lledo-Guillem
ISBN: 9783319720791
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book will appeal to students and scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, Hispanic linguistics,...  Read More >>

de la Part Des Peuples Sémitiques Dans l'Histoire de la Civilisation. 4e Édition: Cours de Langues Hébraïque, Chaldaïque Et Syriaque, Collège de France

de la Part Des Peuples Sémitiques Dans l'Histoire de...

Author: Ernest Renan
ISBN: 9782019681371
Format: Paperback
$34.19

""... nulle histoire n'est plus populaire que celle d'Israël, et pourtant nulle histoire n'a tardé plus longtemps...  Read More >>

The Sociopragmatics of Attitude Datives in Levantine Arabic

The Sociopragmatics of Attitude Datives in Levantine...

Author: Youssef A. Haddad (Associate Professor, University of Florida)
ISBN: 9781474434072
Format: Hardback
$175.00

This book analyses data from a variety of sources, including soap operas, movies, plays, talk shows and other audiovisual...  Read More >>

Is English Changing?

Is English Changing?

Author: Steve Kleinedler
ISBN: 9781138234666
Format: Paperback
$58.99

Is English changing? To what degree is it changing? Is this change good or bad? In answering these questions, Is...  Read More >>

Omani Mehri: A New Grammar with Texts

Omani Mehri: A New Grammar with Texts

Author: Aaron D. Rubin
ISBN: 9789004357358
Format: Hardback
$623.04

This volume contains a comprehensive grammatical description of Mehri, an unwritten Semitic language spoken in Oman,...  Read More >>

Language Planning in the Post-Communist Era: The Struggles for Language Control in the New Order in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and China

Language Planning in the Post-Communist Era: The Struggles...

Author: Ernest Andrews
ISBN: 9783319709253
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the attempts of language experts and governments to control language...  Read More >>

La science étymologique et la langue française

La science étymologique et la langue française

Author: Fr Antoine Thomas, F.J
ISBN: 9781986315340
Format: Paperback
$24.39

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The Diachrony of Verb Meaning: Aspect and Argument Structure

The Diachrony of Verb Meaning: Aspect and Argument Structure...

Author: Elly van Gelderen
ISBN: 9781138747104
Format: Hardback
$326.00

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

The Concept of Conversation: From Cicero's Sermo to the Grand Siècle's Conversation

The Concept of Conversation: From Cicero's Sermo to...

Author: David Randall
ISBN: 9781474430104
Format: Hardback
$219.00

The Concept of Conversation traces the way the rise of conversation spread out from the history of rhetoric to include...  Read More >>

Southern Min: Comparative Phonology and Subgrouping

Southern Min: Comparative Phonology and Subgrouping...

Author: Bit-Chee Kwok (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9781138943650
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book adopts a phylogenetic perspective in explaining the linguistic diversity within the major Chinese dialect...  Read More >>

English Language: Description, Variation and Context

English Language: Description, Variation and Context...

Author: Dr Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University, Lancaster) ,  Paul Kerswill (University of York, York)
ISBN: 9781137571823
Format: Paperback
$76.99

What is the English language like, why is it like that and what do we need to know in order to study it? This wide-ranging...  Read More >>

St. Paul's Epistles to the Thessalonians

St. Paul's Epistles to the Thessalonians

Author: George Milligan
ISBN: 9781376690415
Format: Paperback
$36.10

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

It's Showtime: 150 Lined Pages, Softcover, 6 X 9

It's Showtime: 150 Lined Pages, Softcover, 6 X 9

Author: Wild Pages Press
ISBN: 9781986284417
Format: Paperback
$18.45

Stylish Designer Journal / Notebook. Interior 150 lined pages. Size 6 x 9. Glossy softcover. Perfect for everyday...  Read More >>

Das Personliche Gebet Bei Den Hethitern: Eine Textlinguistische Untersuchung

Das Personliche Gebet Bei Den Hethitern: Eine Textlinguistische...

Author: Alexandra Daues ,  Elisabeth Rieken
ISBN: 9783447109192
Format: Hardback
$322.08

English summary: As testimonies of deep religiosity, Hittite personal prayers from the 2nd millennium BC document...  Read More >>

Sprachwandel im Deutschen

Sprachwandel im Deutschen

Author: Luise Czajkowski ,  Sabrina Ulbrich-Bösch
ISBN: 9783110525182
Format: Hardback
$248.73

Dieser Band vereint Beiträge zur historischen Morphologie, Wortbildung, Lexikographie und Syntax, historischen Fach-und...  Read More >>

The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar

The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar

Author: J J Thomas
ISBN: 9781376387551
Format: Paperback
$28.33

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Tema social: Diccionario etimologico critico del Castellano

Tema social: Diccionario etimologico critico del Castellano...

Author: Javier Goitia Blanco
ISBN: 9781986176675
Format: Paperback
$31.28

El desarrollo social se vende en nuestra cultura como algo reciente para disociar la prehistoria de la historia;...  Read More >>

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