Historical & comparative linguistics books

This volume reflects the results of a workshop on the investigation of specialized discourse in a diachronic perspective,...  Read More >>

A journey through the English language exploring the maritime and naval facts and phrases that make English so rich...  Read More >>

In his new book, Jean Winand deals with the expression of time and aspect in ancient Egyptian. He presents a challenging...  Read More >>

Discusses the right mix of support and challenge.  Read More >>

Traces English language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its twenty-first century position as the world's...  Read More >>

Explores the mechanisms underlying semantic change. Meaning changes work, and this is evident in processes of grammaticalization...  Read More >>

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Helps to learn the lingo of American English. This dictionary offers you the definitions of more than 12,000 slang...  Read More >>

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A reader of various articles and content from 19th-century Maori newspapers. For easy use and comparison, the Maori...  Read More >>

Providing basic rules and formulae to aid the translation of Roman inscriptions.  Read More >>

Addresses a range of issues in Caribbean linguistics. This volume interrogates the interpretations of the history...  Read More >>

Addresses a range of issues in Caribbean linguistics. This volume interrogates the interpretations of the history...  Read More >>

Look for the causes of linguistic change in cultural and economic exchanges across national and regional boundaries,...  Read More >>

Explores the variety of types of complementation found across the languages of the world, their grammatical properties,...  Read More >>

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In 1961 William L. Moran published “The Hebrew Language in Its Northwest Semitic Background” (The Bible and the...  Read More >>

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Subjectivity, the speaker's expression of self in discourse, is a relatively under-researched area in the field...  Read More >>

Presents a comprehensive survey of the auxiliary verb construction. Drawing on a database of over 800 languages,...  Read More >>

The Godzone Dictionary is a concise A - Z of the words and phrases that make our New Zealand language so distinctive...  Read More >>

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million...  Read More >>

Presents an investigation into the evolution of language. This book exposes the elusive forces of creation at work...  Read More >>

This reexamination of the much-maligned text of Sendai kuji hongi provides a new look into early Japanese historiography,...  Read More >>