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Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning

Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin...
Author: Dixon (The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University) , Bruce Moore (Director, Australian National Dictionary Centre, Director, Australian National Dictionary Centre) ISBN: 9780195540734 Format: Paperback	$63.95
Australian Aboriginal Words in English records the Aboriginal contribution to Australian English and provides the... Read More >>

Word For The Day, A

Word For The Day, A
Author: J. D. Watson ISBN: 9780899576862 Format: Paperback	$44.85
Unearth the wealth of treasures ""buried"" in the original language of Scripture! Watson's devotional helps those... Read More >>

Indices to Diatessarica

Indices to Diatessarica
Author: Edwin A Abbott ISBN: 9781597528917 Format: Paperback	$63.36
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Word Frequency and Lexical Diffusion

Word Frequency and Lexical Diffusion
Author: B. Phillips ISBN: 9781403932327 Format: Hardback	$264.00
This study of word frequency effects on sound change provides a resolution of the Neogrammarian controversy. Betty... Read More >>

More Word Histories and Mysteries: From Aardvark to Zombie

More Word Histories and Mysteries: From Aardvark to...
Author: Editors of the American Heritage Di ISBN: 9780618716814 Format: Paperback	$34.19
In this companion to the popular ""Word Histories and Mysteries:... Read More >>

Symbol Grounding and Beyond: Third International Workshop on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communications, EELC 2006, Rome, Italy, September 30-October 1, 2006, Proceedings

Symbol Grounding and Beyond: Third International Workshop...
Author: Paul Vogt , Yuuya Sugita ISBN: 9783540457695 Format: Paperback	$153.12
Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic... Read More >>

The Beginnings of Standardization: Language and Culture in Fourteenth-century England

The Beginnings of Standardization: Language and Culture...
Author: Ursula Schaefer , Jacek Fisiak ISBN: 9783631551066 Format: Paperback	$116.03
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Beyond Words

Beyond Words
Author: John Humphrys , John Humphrys ISBN: 9781844564576 Format: Downloadable audio file	$33.64
Following his bestselling Lost for Words, the ever-popular John Humphrys takes a provocative look at the hidden... Read More >>

Word-Order Variation in Biblical Hebrew Poetry

Word-Order Variation in Biblical Hebrew Poetry
Author: Nicholas P Lunn , Jean-Marc Heimerdinger ISBN: 9781498248785 Format: Hardback	$198.00
This study tackles the neglected subject of word order in biblical Hebrew poetry. The fact that the order of clause... Read More >>

Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World...
Author: Nicholas Ostler ISBN: 9780007118717 Format: Paperback	$51.75
An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded... Read More >>

Outrageous Japanese: Slang, Curses and Epithets

Outrageous Japanese: Slang, Curses and Epithets
Author: Jack Seward ISBN: 9784805308486 Format: Paperback	$26.27
Learn hundreds and hundreds of Japanese taunts, threats, curses and expletives that you'll never find in any dictionary... Read More >>

The Routledge Book of World Proverbs

The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
Author: Jon R. Stone (California State University, USA) ISBN: 9780415974233 Format: Hardback	$242.00
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The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism

The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism...
Author: James Geary ISBN: 9781582346168 Format: Paperback	$26.27
For lovers of words and seekers of wisdom, here is a lively history of aphorisms--the oldest written art form--and... Read More >>

The Routledge Book of World Proverbs

The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
Author: Jon R. Stone (California State University, USA) ISBN: 9780415974240 Format: Paperback	$67.99
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Globalization and Language in the Spanish Speaking World: Macro and Micro Perspectives

Globalization and Language in the Spanish Speaking World:...
Author: C. Mar-Molinero , M. Stewart ISBN: 9780230580091 Format: Paperback	$232.85
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A Man About a Dog: Euphemisms and Other Examples of Verbal Squeamishness

A Man About a Dog: Euphemisms and Other Examples of...
Author: Nigel Rees ISBN: 9780007240975 Format: Paperback	$39.47
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Medieval English and Its Heritage: Structure, Meaning and Mechanisms of Change

Medieval English and Its Heritage: Structure, Meaning...
Author: Nikolaus Ritt , Herbert Schendl ISBN: 9783631550069 Format: Paperback	$166.76
The volume features new work in English historical linguistics. It focuses on Medieval Englishes, but also discusses... Read More >>

From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic: A Linguistic History of English

From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic: A Linguistic...
Author: Donald Ringe (University of Pennsylvania) ISBN: 9780199284139 Format: Hardback	$330.00
Describes the earliest reconstructable stages of the prehistory of English. This book outlines the grammar of Proto-Indo-European... Read More >>

`Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo (Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard): A Syriac Chrestomathy

`Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo (Bunches of Grapes from the...
Author: Martin Zammit ISBN: 9781593333461 Format: Hardback	$224.40
Includes selections from the best known Syriac authors as well as less familiar ones. Apart from short biographical... Read More >>

Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 17: Languages

Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 17: Languages...
Author: Ives Goddard , William C. Sturtevant ISBN: 9780874741971 Format: Hardback	$195.36
A 20-volume encyclopedia summarizing knowledge about the Native peoples north of Mesoamerica, including cultures,... Read More >>

The Origin and Diversification of Language

The Origin and Diversification of Language
Author: Morris Swadesh , Joel F. Sherzer ISBN: 9780202308418 Format: Paperback	$101.00
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Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb. by W.W. Goodwin ...

Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb. by...
Author: LL D ISBN: 9781425526344 Format: Paperback	$63.33
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A Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Russian Habitation Names of the Crimea

A Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Russian...
Author: Henryk Jankowski ISBN: 9789004154339 Format: Hardback	$1103.52
Aimed for those studying the Crimea, Ukraine, as well as Eurasian Nomadism, this dictionary gives an insight into... Read More >>

A Critical Examination of the Peshitta Version of the Book of Ezra

A Critical Examination of the Peshitta Version of the...
Author: Charles Hawley ISBN: 9781593333997 Format: Hardback	$153.12
Deals with Peshitta studies and Old Testament textual criticism. The author examines the works of nineteenth and... Read More >>

Syntax, Style and Grammatical Norms: English from 1500-2000

Syntax, Style and Grammatical Norms: English from 1500-2000...
Author: Christiane Dalton-Puffer , Dieter Kastovsky ISBN: 9783039111817 Format: Paperback	$131.87
""A selection of papers from the 13th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL), which... Read More >>

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