Historical & comparative linguistics books

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Jacob Wackernagel, Lectures on Syntax: With Special Reference to Greek, Latin, and Germanic

Jacob Wackernagel, Lectures on Syntax: With Special...

Author: David Langslow (Professor of Classics, University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9780198153023
Format: Hardback
$789.00

An extensively annotated English edition of the two series of Vorlesungen über Syntax by the great linguist and...  Read More >>

Who Changed God's Name?

Who Changed God's Name?

Author: Jim Harvey, Dr ,  Dr Jim Harvey
ISBN: 9781615070244
Format: Paperback
$34.29

Yahweh is the name God chose for Himself; through this sacred name He reveals who He is and what He will do for...  Read More >>

The Prehistory of Language

The Prehistory of Language

Author: Rudolf Botha (, University of Stellenbosch) ,  Chris Knight (, University of East London)
ISBN: 9780199545889
Format: Paperback
$101.95

Prominent linguists, cognitive scientists, archaeologists, primatologists, anthropologists, and natural scientists...  Read More >>

Doc: Pictograms of Moon Phases - representing Pharmacology

Doc: Pictograms of Moon Phases - representing Pharmacology...

Author: Gus More
ISBN: 9781442142039
Format: Paperback
$14.20

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Contemporary Indian English: Variation and change

Contemporary Indian English: Variation and change

Author: Andreas Sedlatschek (University of Freiburg)
ISBN: 9789027248985
Format: Hardback
$227.70

Contemporary Indian English: Variation and Change offers the first comprehensive description of Indian English and...  Read More >>

A Short Hebrew Grammar Without Points

A Short Hebrew Grammar Without Points

Author: Samuel Sharpe
ISBN: 9781110108169
Format: Paperback
$44.22

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each...  Read More >>

Obsessed with Language: A Sociolinguistic History of Quebec

Obsessed with Language: A Sociolinguistic History of...

Author: Chantal Bouchard ,  Luise Von Flotow
ISBN: 9781550712933
Format: Paperback
$47.99

A fascinating study of the French-Canadian dialect, this insightful analysis examines the intimate relationship...  Read More >>

Gradual Creolization: Studies celebrating Jacques Arends

Gradual Creolization: Studies celebrating Jacques Arends...

Author: Rachel Selbach (University of Amsterdam) ,  Hugo C. Cardoso (University of Amsterdam)
ISBN: 9789027252562
Format: Hardback
$227.70

Is creolization an abrupt or a gradual process? In this volume leading scholars provide both comparative and case...  Read More >>

Sprache

Sprache

Author: Ekkehard Felder
ISBN: 9783642003417
Format: Paperback
$211.07

Fragen der Norm und der Hochsprache im Spiegel der Alltagssprache und der Dialekte sind sowohl in der gesprochenen...  Read More >>

Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976

Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976...

Author: Peter Mackridge (Emeritus Professor of Modern Greek, Oxford)
ISBN: 9780199214426
Format: Hardback
$228.95

Peter Mackridge explores the ideological, social, and linguistic causes and effects of the Greek language question...  Read More >>

Language in Exile: Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole

Language in Exile: Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole...

Author: Barbara Lalla ,  Jean D'Costa
ISBN: 9780817355654
Format: Paperback
$87.12

“An important addition to studies of the genesis and life of Jamaican Creole as well as other New World creoles...  Read More >>

Translating Religion: Linguistic Analysis of Judeo-Arabic Sacred Texts from Egypt

Translating Religion: Linguistic Analysis of Judeo-Arabic...

Author: Benjamin H. Hary
ISBN: 9789004173828
Format: Hardback
$498.96

This volume is a study of translation of sacred texts, known as the sharḥ, into Judeo-Arabic in Egypt in the eighteenth...  Read More >>

Aramaic Peshitta New Testament Translation - Messianic Version

Aramaic Peshitta New Testament Translation - Messianic...

Author: Janet M Magiera
ISBN: 9780967961361
Format: Hardback
$105.47

""The text used in this translation as the base text is taken from The Syriac New Testament and Psalms, published...  Read More >>

Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity i n the World's Lowliest Languages

Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues...

Author: Derek Bickerton
ISBN: 9780809028160
Format: Paperback
$42.24

Tells the story of what language is, how it works, and how it passes from generation to generation, even where historical...  Read More >>

The Local Construction of a Global Language: Ideologies of English in South Korea

The Local Construction of a Global Language: Ideologies...

Author: Joseph Sung-Yul Park
ISBN: 9783110209631
Format: Hardback
$274.47

Based on an innovative analysis of metalinguistic discourse in language policy debates, cross-linguistic humor,...  Read More >>

The Expression of Time

The Expression of Time

Author: Wolfgang Klein ,  Ping Li
ISBN: 9783110195811
Format: Hardback
$274.47

Time is the most fundamental category of human cognition and action, and all human languages have developed many...  Read More >>

Die Hebräischen Und Griechischen Textformen Der Samuel- Und Königebücher: Studien Zur Textgeschichte Ausgehend Von 2sam 15,1-19,9

Die Hebräischen Und Griechischen Textformen Der Samuel-...

Author: Jong-Hoon Kim
ISBN: 9783110208764
Format: Hardback
$291.63

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into...  Read More >>

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