Historical & comparative linguistics books

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Focuses on the linguistic history of a nation at the crossroads of Europe. This book explores the way various factors...  Read More >>

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, was one of England's greatest literary figures:...  Read More >>

Primary Colours is a new six-level primary course specifically written for schools throughout the Middle East.  Read More >>

Karl/Charles Follen has not only been described as a dangerous revolutionary, but he has also been praised as the...  Read More >>

A range of electronic corpora has become accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This coincides with improvements in...  Read More >>

From head to toe to everything in between, this book is a treat for word lovers or for anyone interested in the...  Read More >>

Features brief word-histories that provide background on some words that everyone learns when they study Latin,...  Read More >>

From wordmeister Ruth Wajnryb, a witty and thought provoking examination of the words that once peppered our language...  Read More >>

Dialect and Dichotomy outlines the history of dialect writing in English and its influence on linguistic variation....  Read More >>

A range of electronic corpora is increasingly accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This development coincided with...  Read More >>

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of...  Read More >>

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more...  Read More >>

What do the phrases ""pro-life,"" ""intelligent design,"" and ""the war on terror"" have in common? Each of them...  Read More >>

This book looks into the accentual history of the Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages. Applying the comparative...  Read More >>

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Contains 4 authentic IELTS papers from Cambridge ESOL, providing the most authentic exam practice available.  Read More >>

Essays in this volume deal with the historical, linguistic, and ideological legacy of the Spanish Empire and its...  Read More >>

Essays in this volume deal with the historical, linguistic, and ideological legacy of the Spanish Empire and its...  Read More >>

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Einige der volkssprachlichen Texte, die unter Alfons X. (dem Weisen), König von Kastilien und León (1252-1284),...  Read More >>

While the original Biblical text was written from an Ancient Hebraic perspective, all modern translations of the...  Read More >>

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Following his bestselling Lost for Words, the ever-popular John Humphrys takes a provocative look at the hidden...  Read More >>

Cassidy presents a history of the Irish influence on American slang in a colourful romp through the slums, the gangs...  Read More >>