Historical & comparative linguistics books

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Ashkenazim and Sephardim: A European Perspective

Ashkenazim and Sephardim: A European Perspective

Author: Andrzej Katny ,  Andrzej Katny
ISBN: 9783631643082
Format: Hardback
$142.83

The volume is about culture and language of the two largest Jewish Diaspora groups, Sephardim and Ashkenazim. Analyzing...  Read More >>

Geschichte der französischen Sprache: Du Menhir à la Tour Eiffel

Geschichte der französischen Sprache: Du Menhir à la...

Author: Rainer Rauch
ISBN: 9781494767976
Format: Paperback
$60.59

"Dieses Buch ist nicht nur, aber auch für Studenten und Lehrende des Französischen geeignet, aber ein bisschen Französisch...  Read More >>

Proceedings of Methods XIV: Papers from the Fourteenth International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, 2011

Proceedings of Methods XIV: Papers from the Fourteenth...

Author: Alena Barysevich ,  Alexandra D'Arcy
ISBN: 9783631643778
Format: Hardback
$127.56

These papers from the 14th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, held at the University of Western...  Read More >>

Tamakatsuma: A Window Into the Scholarship of Motoori Norinaga

Tamakatsuma: A Window Into the Scholarship of Motoori...

Author: John R. Bentley
ISBN: 9781933947891
Format: Hardback
$382.80

This is a partial translation of one of the most important texts produced by Motoori Norinaga. It covers a wide...  Read More >>

The Genetic Code of All Languages

The Genetic Code of All Languages

Author: Moni Kanchan Panda
ISBN: 9781495281198
Format: Paperback
$132.00

This is a long awaited invention in the field of Linguistics. The Genetic Code of All Languages provides a system...  Read More >>

Attitudes to Endangered Languages

Attitudes to Endangered Languages

Author: Senior Lecturer in Language Support and Revitalisation Julia Sallabank (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London SOAS, University of London)
ISBN: 9781306376181
Format: Undefined
$313.63

Language attitudes and ideologies are of key importance in assessing the chances of success of revitalisation efforts...  Read More >>

Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions: Volume 2: The Corpus

Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions: Volume 2: The Corpus

Author: Silvia Ferrara (Research Fellow, University of La Sapienza, Rome)
ISBN: 9780199693825
Format: Hardback
$395.00

The first comprehensive archaeological catalogue of all the inscriptions written in the un-deciphered syllabary...  Read More >>

IELTS Writing General Test: Model letters and how to write them!

IELTS Writing General Test: Model letters and how to...

Author: Mike Wattie
ISBN: 9781495340826
Format: Paperback
$20.99

This book is published in 2014 and it also comes with an offer for a free correction and feedback of a writing task....  Read More >>

Manual of Modern Scots

Manual of Modern Scots

Author: William Grant ,  James Main Dixon
ISBN: 9781107653733
Format: Paperback
$108.65

Originally published in 1921, this book was intended for non-Scottish students of Scottish literature as a guide...  Read More >>

The Dialect of Hackness (North-East Yorkshire): With Original Specimens, and a Word-List

The Dialect of Hackness (North-East Yorkshire): With...

Author: G. H. Cowling
ISBN: 9781107658004
Format: Paperback
$77.60

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Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and Balto-Slavic Accentology

Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and Balto-Slavic...

Author: Roman Sukac
ISBN: 9781443852876
Format: Hardback
$224.27

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Meaning in the History of English: Words and texts in context

Meaning in the History of English: Words and texts in...

Author: Andreas H. Jucker (University of Zurich) ,  Daniela Landert (University of Zurich)
ISBN: 9789027206152
Format: Hardback
$214.76

Includes papers that pay close attention to these interactions and assess both the details of the texts and entire...  Read More >>

Linguistic Ties between Ancient Egyptian and Bantu: Uncovering Symbiotic Affinities and Relationships in Vocabulary

Linguistic Ties between Ancient Egyptian and Bantu:...

Author: Fergus Sharman
ISBN: 9781612332901
Format: Paperback
$171.47

This book provides a unique perspective on the linguistic relationships between the Ancient Egyptian and Bantu languages...  Read More >>

Brave New Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the 21st Century

Brave New Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the 21st...

Author: Kerry Maxwell
ISBN: 9781447262701
Format: Paperback
$33.61

The perfect gift for language lovers everywhere  Read More >>

Linguistic Ties Between Ancient Egyptian and Bantu: Uncovering Symbiotic Affinities and Relationships in Vocabulary

Linguistic Ties Between Ancient Egyptian and Bantu:...

Author: Fergus Sharman
ISBN: 9781627341783
Format: Hardback
$197.84

This book provides a unique perspective on the linguistic relationships between the Ancient Egyptian and Bantu languages...  Read More >>

The Knowledge of Good and Evil Definitive Edition: A Study of the Fall of Man

The Knowledge of Good and Evil Definitive Edition: A...

Author: Joshua Collins
ISBN: 9781935434290
Format: Hardback
$129.23

Throughout modern history, the Garden of Eden narrative has been viewed through the blurred lenses of tradition...  Read More >>

Language Typology and Historical Contingency: In honor of Johanna Nichols

Language Typology and Historical Contingency: In honor...

Author: Balthasar Bickel (University of Zurich) ,  Lenore A. Grenoble (University of Chicago)
ISBN: 9789027206855
Format: Hardback
$214.76

What is the range of diversity in linguistic types, what are the geographical distributions for the attested types,...  Read More >>

The Roxburghshire Word-Book: Being a Record of the Special Vernacular Vocabulary of the County of Roxburgh

The Roxburghshire Word-Book: Being a Record of the Special...

Author: George Watson
ISBN: 9781107658882
Format: Paperback
$98.32

Originally published in 1923, this book forms an in-depth record of the vernacular speech of Roxburghshire. Rather...  Read More >>

Vom Aramäischen zum Alttürkischen: Fragen zur Übersetzung von manichäischen Texten

Vom Aramäischen zum Alttürkischen: Fragen zur Übersetzung...

Author: Jens Peter Laut ,  Klaus Röhrborn
ISBN: 9783110263992
Format: Hardback
$231.57

Die Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen sind das wichtigste wissenschaftliche Publikationsorgan...  Read More >>

Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area

Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive...

Author: Thomas Owen-Smith ,  Nathan Hill
ISBN: 9783110310740
Format: Hardback
$525.33

This volume brings together new work on under-researched Himalayan languages with investigations into the complexities...  Read More >>

Untersuchungen Zur Hethitischen Raumgrammatik

Untersuchungen Zur Hethitischen Raumgrammatik

Author: Cyril Brosch
ISBN: 9783110308990
Format: Hardback
$137.19

For the first time, this study examines the full range of spatial expression used in the Hittite world through a...  Read More >>

The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey

The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey

Author: Charles Russ
ISBN: 9780415861809
Format: Paperback
$118.00

Covers the dialects of East and West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Alsace and Luxembourg. There is a description...  Read More >>

Keeping Languages Alive: Documentation, Pedagogy and Revitalization

Keeping Languages Alive: Documentation, Pedagogy and...

Author: Mari C. Jones (University of Cambridge) ,  Sarah Ogilvie (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781107029064
Format: Hardback
$269.10

Around the globe, a large body of linguists are collaborating with members of indigenous communities to keep endangered...  Read More >>

Ancient Greek Dialects and Early Authors: Introduction to the Dialect Mixture in Homer, with Notes on Lyric and Herodotus

Ancient Greek Dialects and Early Authors: Introduction...

Author: D. Gary Miller
ISBN: 9781614514930
Format: Hardback
$231.57

Provides linguistic background to the ancient authors and commentary on both epigraphic and literary dialect texts....  Read More >>

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