Historical & comparative linguistics books

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Modals in the Languages of Europe: A Reference Work

Modals in the Languages of Europe: A Reference Work...
Author: Björn Hansen , Ferdinand de Haan ISBN: 9783110219203 Format: Hardback	$360.36
A collection of papers on modals in the languages of Europe. It provides readers with a wealth of data and addresses... Read More >>

Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England, c.1100-c.1500

Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French...
Author: Jocelyn Wogan-Browne (Customer) , Carolyn P Collette (Royalty Account) ISBN: 9781903153277 Format: Hardback	$237.60
Groundbreaking surveys of the complex interrelationship between the languages of English and French in medieval... Read More >>

The Book of Tobit: A Chaldee Text from a Unique Ms. in the Bodleian Library (1878)

The Book of Tobit: A Chaldee Text from a Unique Ms....
Author: Adolf Neubauer ISBN: 9781120730619 Format: Paperback	$55.31
With Other Rabbinical Texts, English Translations And The Itala. Read More >>

Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders: The Politics and Place of English as a World Language

Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders: The Politics...
Author: Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew (National Institute of Education, Singapore) ISBN: 9780415872270 Format: Hardback	$315.00
This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes in the wake of globalization... Read More >>

Thracian Language and Greek and Thracian Epigraphy

Thracian Language and Greek and Thracian Epigraphy
Author: Peter A. Dimitrov ISBN: 9781443813259 Format: Hardback	$139.89
Before one embarks upon reading Thracian Language and Greek and Thracian Epigraphy, one should keep in mind that... Read More >>

Fubar F***Ed Up Beyond All Recognition: Soldier Slang of World War II

Fubar F***Ed Up Beyond All Recognition: Soldier Slang...
Author: Gordon Rottman ISBN: 9781849081375 Format: Paperback	$31.68
The soldier slang of World War II was as colourful as it was evocative. This title offers look at the British, Commonwealth,... Read More >>

Medieval Islamic Pragmatics: Sunni Legal Theorists' Models of Textual Communication

Medieval Islamic Pragmatics: Sunni Legal Theorists'...
Author: Muhammad M. Yunis Ali ISBN: 9780415567770 Format: Paperback	$96.99
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It's Not Rocket Science: And other irritating modern cliches

It's Not Rocket Science: And other irritating modern...
Author: Clive Whichelow , Hugh Murray ISBN: 9780749939731 Format: Paperback	$26.27
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Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2: Grammatical Topics

Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2: Grammatical Topics...
Author: R. M. W. Dixon (, Cairns Institute, James Cook University) ISBN: 9780199571086 Format: Paperback	$94.95
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Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 1: Methodology

Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 1: Methodology
Author: R. M. W. Dixon (, Cairns Institute, James Cook University) ISBN: 9780199571062 Format: Paperback	$86.95
In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a comprehensive guide to the nature of human languages and their... Read More >>

Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament;

Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament;...
Author: Heinrich Ewald ISBN: 9781116433340 Format: Paperback	$83.82
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each... Read More >>

An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language

An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language
Author: Alexander Macbain ISBN: 9781116773194 Format: Paperback	$102.30
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each... Read More >>

Elements of Hebrew by an Inductive Method

Elements of Hebrew by an Inductive Method
Author: William Rainey Harper ISBN: 9781116773439 Format: Paperback	$65.34
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each... Read More >>

Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2: Grammatical Topics

Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2: Grammatical Topics...
Author: R. M. W. Dixon (, Cairns Institute, James Cook University) ISBN: 9780199571079 Format: Hardback	$350.95
In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a comprehensive guide to the nature of human languages and their... Read More >>

Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 1: Methodology

Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 1: Methodology
Author: R. M. W. Dixon (, Cairns Institute, James Cook University) ISBN: 9780199571055 Format: Hardback	$367.95
In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a comprehensive guide to the nature of human languages and their... Read More >>

The Ideology of Kokugo: Nationalizing Language in Modern Japan

The Ideology of Kokugo: Nationalizing Language in Modern...
Author: Lee Yeounsuk , Maki Hirano Hubbard ISBN: 9780824833053 Format: Hardback	$153.12
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Historia de Las Ideas Lingueísticas: Gramáticos de la España Meridional

Historia de Las Ideas Lingueísticas: Gramáticos de la...
Author: Antonio Martínez González , Antonio Martinez Gonzalez ISBN: 9783631596890 Format: Hardback	$152.99
Esta obra se propone cubrir algunas lagunas de la historiografía... Read More >>

New Chapters in the History of Rhetoric

New Chapters in the History of Rhetoric
Author: Laurent Pernot ISBN: 9789004175020 Format: Hardback	$731.28
This volume gathers over forty papers by leading scholars in the field of the history of rhetoric. It illustrates... Read More >>

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of...
Author: John McWhorter ISBN: 9781592404940 Format: Paperback	$39.60
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Anonyponymous

Anonyponymous
Author: John Bemelmans Marciano , John Bemelmans Marciano ISBN: 9781596916531 Format: Hardback	$47.52
An encyclopedia of linguistic biographies: the witty, illustrated stories of the Earl of Sandwich, Charles Boycott,... Read More >>

Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament;

Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament;...
Author: Heinrich Ewald ISBN: 9781116433357 Format: Paperback	$81.18
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each... Read More >>

Lost English: Words and Phrases That Have Vanished from Our Language

Lost English: Words and Phrases That Have Vanished from...
Author: Chris Roberts ISBN: 9781843172789 Format: Hardback	$42.11
Takes a look at how our language changes and explores the influence of other cultures on our own. This work includes... Read More >>

Historical Chinese Letter Writing

Historical Chinese Letter Writing
Author: Daniel Kadar ISBN: 9781441107718 Format: Electronic book text	$369.60
Focussing on Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) letter writing, this compendium studies historical Chinese communication.... Read More >>

Swearing in English: Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present

Swearing in English: Bad Language, Purity and Power...
Author: Tony McEnery (University of Lancaster, UK) ISBN: 9780415544047 Format: Paperback	$96.99
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The Semantic Predecessors of Need in the History of English (c750-1710)

The Semantic Predecessors of Need in the History of...
Author: Lucía Loureiro-Porto (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain) ISBN: 9781405192705 Format: Paperback	$47.95
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