Historical & comparative linguistics books

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The Conlanger's Lexipedia

The Conlanger's Lexipedia
Author: Mark Rosenfelder ISBN: 9781493733002 Format: Paperback	$42.11
The Language Construction Kit and Advanced Language Construction explained how to create grammars for constructed... Read More >>

The Language of Queen Elizabeth I: A Sociolinguistic Perspective on Royal Style and Identity

The Language of Queen Elizabeth I: A Sociolinguistic...
Author: Mel Evans (University of Birmingham, UK) ISBN: 9781118672877 Format: Paperback	$47.95
The Language of Queen Elizabeth I presents one of the first diachronic accounts of the language the idiolect... Read More >>

The Passage of Literature: Genealogies of Modernism in Conrad, Rhys, Pramoedya

The Passage of Literature: Genealogies of Modernism...
Author: Christopher GoGwilt (Professor of English, Professor of English, Fordham University) ISBN: 9780199330133 Format: Paperback	$70.95
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An Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin

An Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin
Author: H. P. V. Nunn ISBN: 9781107668843 Format: Paperback	$64.69
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Current Approaches to Limits and Areas in Dialectology

Current Approaches to Limits and Areas in Dialectology...
Author: Xosé Álvarez , Ernestina Carrilho ISBN: 9781443847575 Format: Hardback	$245.39
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Many a True Word

Many a True Word
Author: Richard Anthony Baker ISBN: 9780755365159 Format: Hardback	$36.99
From the author of the BBC Radio News house style guide comes a fascinating guide to the English language. Read More >>

An Etymology of Latin and Greek

An Etymology of Latin and Greek
Author: Charles S Halsey ISBN: 9781493704224 Format: Paperback	$34.29
An excerpt from the beginning of the Author's Preface: The following work had its origin in a felt want. Many students... Read More >>

The Absolute Solution: Nabokov’s Response to Tyranny, 1938

The Absolute Solution: Nabokov’s Response to Tyranny,...
Author: Andrew Caulton ISBN: 9783034309561 Format: Hardback	$181.90
In 1938 tyranny attained unprecedented power: the Nazis annexed Austria and the Sudetenland, the Soviet purge reached... Read More >>

Zutot 2001

Zutot 2001
Author: Shlomo Berger , Michael Brocke ISBN: 9789401737326 Format: Paperback	$145.17
encompassing various academic disciplines - literature, languages and linguistics, philosophy, art, sociology, politics... Read More >>

Zutot 2003

Zutot 2003
Author: Shlomo Berger , M. Brocke ISBN: 9789401743242 Format: Paperback	$145.17
Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish Culture aims to fill a gap that has become more and more conspicuous among the wealth... Read More >>

Variatio verborum: Strukturen, Innovationen und Entwicklungen im Wortschatz romanischer Sprachen: Festschrift für Bruno Staib zum 65. Geburtstag

Variatio verborum: Strukturen, Innovationen und Entwicklungen...
Author: Andre Klump , Silke Jansen ISBN: 9783838205090 Format: Paperback	$145.20
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Greek for the Rest of Us Laminated Sheet

Greek for the Rest of Us Laminated Sheet
Author: William D. Mounce ISBN: 9780310516613 Format: Book	$24.99
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La Expresion de la Pasividad en el Sudoeste de los Estados Unidos y Mexico (1855-1950)

La Expresion de la Pasividad en el Sudoeste de los Estados...
Author: Patricia Gubitosi ISBN: 9781433120848 Format: Hardback	$254.50
Utilizando como lente un fenómeno lingüístico - el uso de las expresiones pasivas - este libro investiga la evolución... Read More >>

Here and There Among the Papyri

Here and There Among the Papyri
Author: George Milligan ISBN: 9781494040307 Format: Paperback	$73.79
This is a new release of the original 1930 edition. Read More >>

The Nature and Origin of Language

The Nature and Origin of Language
Author: Denis Bouchard (, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Québec in Montréal) ISBN: 9780199681631 Format: Paperback	$100.95
Denis Bouchard looks at how the human brain got the capacity for language and how language evolved. He argues that... Read More >>

Here and There Among the Papyri

Here and There Among the Papyri
Author: George Milligan ISBN: 9781258871499 Format: Hardback	$113.39
This is a new release of the original 1930 edition. Read More >>

The Nature and Origin of Language

The Nature and Origin of Language
Author: Denis Bouchard (, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Québec in Montréal) ISBN: 9780199681624 Format: Hardback	$268.00
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Approaches to Measuring Linguistic Differences

Approaches to Measuring Linguistic Differences
Author: Lars Borin , Anju Saxena ISBN: 9783110303759 Format: Hardback	$525.33
Collects contributions addressing different aspects of the measurement of linguistic differences, a topic which... Read More >>

Reading the Sealed Book: Old Greek Isaiah and the Problem of Septuagint Hermeneutics

Reading the Sealed Book: Old Greek Isaiah and the Problem...
Author: J. Ross Wagner ISBN: 9783161525575 Format: Hardback	$317.49
A translated text is laced with interpretive assumptions. By focusing on the Septuagint, J. Ross Wagner highlights... Read More >>

Language of Life: answers to modern crises in an ancient way of speaking

Language of Life: answers to modern crises in an ancient...
Author: Milt Markewitz , Ruth L Miller ISBN: 9781936902118 Format: Paperback	$39.60
An engineer, a storyteller, and an interfaith minister with a background in the sciences merge their talents and... Read More >>

The Rudiments of English Grammar: Adapted to the Use of Schools; with Notes and Observations, for the Use of Those Who Have Made Some Proficiency in the Language

The Rudiments of English Grammar: Adapted to the Use...
Author: Joseph Priestley ISBN: 9781108065887 Format: Paperback	$67.27
Together with companion lectures (also reissued), this popular textbook won Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) a reputation... Read More >>

Aspects of Split Ergativity

Aspects of Split Ergativity
Author: Jessica Coon (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, McGill University) ISBN: 9780199858743 Format: Hardback	$261.95
Aspects of Split Ergativity argues that aspect-based split ergativity does not mark a split in how Case is assigned,... Read More >>

Amen to That!: The Amazing Way the Bible Influences Our Everyday Language

Amen to That!: The Amazing Way the Bible Influences...
Author: Ferdie Addis ISBN: 9781621451075 Format: Paperback	$39.57
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Lengua, espacio y sociedad: Investigaciones sobre normalización toponímica en España

Lengua, espacio y sociedad: Investigaciones sobre normalización...
Author: María Dolores Gordón Peral ISBN: 9783110314564 Format: Hardback	$308.79
The normalization of place names in Spain shows an uneven development: while other linguistic communities have reached... Read More >>

Phonetics in Europe: Perception and Production

Phonetics in Europe: Perception and Production
Author: Charlotte S. Gooskens , Renee van Bezooijen ISBN: 9783631634400 Format: Hardback	$127.56
This volume comprehends articles focussing on phonetic aspects of languages and language varieties spoken in present-day... Read More >>

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