Historical & comparative linguistics books

This book is an extensively revised version of the core part of my 1993 MIT doctoral dissertation, which seeks to...  Read More >>

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This collection of papers investigates two specific linguistic phenomena from the point of view of first- and second-language...  Read More >>

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Intends to protest against an idea that the Japanese language was very imperfect, and therefore it should be exterminated....  Read More >>

A popular combination of Aussie slang quotes, sayings and full colour photography make up this humorous book. Each...  Read More >>

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This volume makes an important intercultural and interdisciplinary contribution to intercultural communications...  Read More >>

Nearly forty internationally recognized researchers celebrate the work of the famous Anatolianist and Indo-Europeanist...  Read More >>

Provides students with a comprehensive guide through the Greek text of the Gospel of Luke. Together Culy, Parsons,...  Read More >>

This dictionary is designed for use with UBS4 and NA27. Greek words are listed alphabetically, with meanings of...  Read More >>

This study provides a definition and a typology of swearing and compares its manifestations in English and 24 other...  Read More >>

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A description of regional varieties of British English, along with discussion of current research in dialectology/...  Read More >>

Discusses the morpho-syntactic Balkan Sprachbund features in nine languages in which they are most numerous. This...  Read More >>

Focuses on the crucial role of formal evidence in recognizing and explaining instances of grammaticalization. This...  Read More >>

This book provides a critical state-of-the-art overview of work in linguistic typology. It examines the directions...  Read More >>

A spirited account of the life and times of one of the seminal figures in history of English grammar which dispels...  Read More >>

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Intellectual History and the Identity of John Dee In April 1995, at Birkbeck College, University of London, an interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Do you have ESL/ELL students in your mainstream classroom? Mainstream teachers have an awesome responsibility. Demographically,...  Read More >>

Many bright minds have come up with expressions we now take for granted as part of the English language, and which...  Read More >>

In 1950, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology began excavations at the ancient...  Read More >>

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