Historical & comparative linguistics books

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El español en contacto con otras lenguas

El español en contacto con otras lenguas

Author: Carol A. Klee ,  Carol A. Klee
ISBN: 9781589012653
Format: Paperback
$82.99

A comprehensive historical, social, and linguistic overview of Spanish in contact with other languages in all of...  Read More >>

The Pragmatics of Modals in Shakespeare

The Pragmatics of Modals in Shakespeare

Author: Minako Nakayasu ,  Jacek Fisiak
ISBN: 9783631594001
Format: Hardback
$141.02

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Writing Better English for ESL Learners, Second Edition

Writing Better English for ESL Learners, Second Edition...

Author: Ed Swick ,  Ed Swick
ISBN: 9781282238541
Format: Electronic book text
$31.55

Write in English like a native speaker! Taking a developmental approach to improving writing skills, Writing Better...  Read More >>

Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament

Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament

Author: Heinrich Ewald
ISBN: 9781458857583
Format: Paperback
$41.95

The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download...  Read More >>

Teaching Your Secondary English Language Learners the Academic Language of Tests: Focusing on Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies

Teaching Your Secondary English Language Learners the...

Author: R4educated Solutions
ISBN: 9781935249047
Format: Paperback
$131.87

A joint publication of Solution Tree and r4 Educated Solutions--Teach your English language learners unfamiliar...  Read More >>

Dictionary of French Slang

Dictionary of French Slang

Author: Henry Strutz
ISBN: 9780764141157
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Part of a quick-reference series suitable for language students and international travellers, this title presents...  Read More >>

Dictionary of German Slang

Dictionary of German Slang

Author: Henry Strutz
ISBN: 9780764141140
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Presents more than 4,000 informal, commonly-used words and phrases in the German slang, with English translations...  Read More >>

Making Wawa: The Genesis of Chinook Jargon

Making Wawa: The Genesis of Chinook Jargon

Author: George Lang
ISBN: 9780774815277
Format: Paperback
$89.63

A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (aka Wawa) arose at the interface of ""Indian""...  Read More >>

Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship: An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics

Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship:...

Author: Hans Henrich Hock (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) ,  Professor Brian D Joseph (The Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9781283429016
Format: Electronic book text
$1425.60

Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why...  Read More >>

Southernmost People of Greenland -- Dialects & Memories: Qavaat -- Oqalunneri Eqqaamassaallu

Southernmost People of Greenland -- Dialects & Memories:...

Author: Mâliâraq Bebk
ISBN: 9788763512732
Format: Paperback
$103.47

During the mid-20th century, old South Greenlanders still spoke their genuine dialects. Suitable for linguists,...  Read More >>

Die Sumerischen Familiengesetze in Keilschrift, Transcription Und Ubersetzung, Nebst Ausfuhrlichem Commentar Und Zahlreichen Excursen.

Die Sumerischen Familiengesetze in Keilschrift, Transcription...

Author: Paul Haupt
ISBN: 9781606088470
Format: Paperback
$21.12

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Food and Language / Sprache und Essen

Food and Language / Sprache und Essen

Author: Cornelia Feyrer ,  Eva Lavric
ISBN: 9783631567241
Format: Paperback
$157.32

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Speaking Southern, Writing English: Essential Grammar Skills

Speaking Southern, Writing English: Essential Grammar...

Author: Wendy Jean Frandsen
ISBN: 9781594605536
Format: Spiral bound
$58.08

Speaking Southern, Writing English is a grammar book for adult students who are writing at a middle-school level....  Read More >>

Auxiliary Verb Constructions

Auxiliary Verb Constructions

Author: Gregory D.S. Anderson (, MPI-EVA Leipzig and University of Oregon)
ISBN: 9780199563296
Format: Paperback
$122.95

This is the most comprehensive survey ever published of the auxiliary verb construction. Drawing on a database of...  Read More >>

Ideologies across Nations: The Construction of Linguistic Minorities at the United Nations

Ideologies across Nations: The Construction of Linguistic...

Author: Alexandre Duchêne
ISBN: 9783110205848
Format: Paperback
$131.87

An interpretation of the ideological and discursive processes that have emerged out of issues concerning the regulation...  Read More >>

A Mechanical Translation of the Book of Exodus

A Mechanical Translation of the Book of Exodus

Author: Jeff A Benner
ISBN: 9781602643918
Format: Hardback
$79.07

""A Mechanical Translation of the Book of Exodus"" is the second book in the Mechanical Translation of the Hebrew...  Read More >>

The Dialectical Tradition in South Africa

The Dialectical Tradition in South Africa

Author: Andrew Nash
ISBN: 9780415975308
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Exploring the defence and articulation of free speech in South Africa, Nash examines Dutch attempts to modernize...  Read More >>

Amerikanische Sprache / Wilhelm Von Humboldt - Mittelamerikanische Grammatiken

Amerikanische Sprache / Wilhelm Von Humboldt - Mittelamerikanische...

Author: Manfred Ringmacher ,  Ute Tintemann
ISBN: 9783506739896
Format: Hardback
$411.84

Man kennt den Sprachdenker Wilhelm von Humboldt heute auch als den Autor einer Mexicanischen Gramma-tik. Der vorliegende...  Read More >>

The Language of the Latin Text of Codex Bezae: With an Index Verborum

The Language of the Latin Text of Codex Bezae: With...

Author: Robert C Stone
ISBN: 9781606087503
Format: Paperback
$23.80

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Slang: The People's Poetry

Slang: The People's Poetry

Author: Michael Adams (, Indiana University)
ISBN: 9780195314632
Format: Hardback
$39.95

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Grammaticalization Paths of English and High German Existential Constructions: A Corpus-based Study

Grammaticalization Paths of English and High German...

Author: Simone E. Pfenninger
ISBN: 9783034300216
Format: Paperback
$209.07

Existential constructions are a fundamental feature of many Indo-European languages, and constructions with non-referential...  Read More >>

Romanística sin complejos: Homenaje a Carmen Pensado

Romanística sin complejos: Homenaje a Carmen Pensado...

Author: Fernando Sanchez Miret ,  Fernando Sanchez Miret
ISBN: 9783039116485
Format: Paperback
$303.13

""Lista de publicaciones de Carmen Pensado""--P. 13-16.  Read More >>

Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit: Untranslatable Insults, Put-Downs, and Curses from Around the World

Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit: Untranslatable Insults,...

Author: Stephen Dodson ,  Robert Vanderplank
ISBN: 9780399535062
Format: Paperback
$34.19

The most curious, funny, insightful, and expressive invectives from more than forty languages-fully illustrated,...  Read More >>

The African Origins of Rhetoric

The African Origins of Rhetoric

Author: Cecil Blake (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
ISBN: 9780415997713
Format: Hardback
$336.00

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