Historical & comparative linguistics books

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The Indo-European Dialects

The Indo-European Dialects
Author: A. Meillet , Samuel N. Rosenberg ISBN: 9780817353193 Format: Paperback	$85.80
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Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins

Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words...
Author: Michael Quinion ISBN: 9780060851538 Format: Paperback	$36.93
The cat's pajamas, the bee's knees, and the whole nine yards rolled into one, this true feast for wordlovers delightfully... Read More >>

Johannine Grammar

Johannine Grammar
Author: Edwin A. Abbott ISBN: 9781597525466 Format: Paperback	$184.80
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Hebrew Vocabularies

Hebrew Vocabularies
Author: William R Harper , K C Hanson ISBN: 9781597524612 Format: Paperback	$55.44
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Management Mumbo-Jumbo: A Skeptics' Dictionary

Management Mumbo-Jumbo: A Skeptics' Dictionary
Author: A. Furnham ISBN: 9781403987020 Format: Paperback	$132.00
Bestselling author and psychologist, Adrian Furnham, takes a critical view of the jargon and fads in management... Read More >>

Language and Region

Language and Region
Author: Joan Beal (Unviersity of Sheffield, UK) ISBN: 9780415366007 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Language and Region

Language and Region
Author: Joan Beal (Unviersity of Sheffield, UK) ISBN: 9780415366014 Format: Paperback	$50.99
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An Introduction to Early Modern English

An Introduction to Early Modern English
Author: Terttu Nevalainen (Professor of English Philology, University of Helsinki) ISBN: 9780748615247 Format: Paperback	$44.99
A study of the English language during the period 1500-1700. Read More >>

An Introduction to Early Modern English

An Introduction to Early Modern English
Author: Terttu Nevalainen (Professor of English Philology, University of Helsinki) ISBN: 9780748615230 Format: Hardback	$219.00
A study of the English language during the period 1500-1700. Read More >>

Wordgloss: A Cultural Lexicon

Wordgloss: A Cultural Lexicon
Author: Jim O'Donnell , John Banville ISBN: 9781843510734 Format: Paperback	$116.03
First published to acclaim in 1990, this lively and engaging reference book has been extensively reworked and extended.... Read More >>

Structure of Language: Spoken and Written English

Structure of Language: Spoken and Written English
Author: Janet Townend (Head of Training, the Dyslexia Institute, Egham, UK) , Jean Walker (Training Principal, the Dyslexia Institute, Sheffield, UK) ISBN: 9781861564290 Format: Paperback	$95.95
This accessible text is split into 2 halves. Initially, Janet Townend takes the reader through the early development... Read More >>

New-Dialect Formation: The Inevitability of Colonial Englishes

New-Dialect Formation: The Inevitability of Colonial...
Author: Peter Trudgill (Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of East Anglia) ISBN: 9780748618774 Format: Paperback	$67.99
This book presents a new and controversial theory about dialect contact and the formation of new colonial dialects.... Read More >>

Readings in African American Language: Aspects, Features, and Perspectives

Readings in African American Language: Aspects, Features,...
Author: Nathaniel Norment , Carlyle V Thompson ISBN: 9780820478708 Format: Paperback	$86.99
Readings in African American Language: Aspects, Features, and Perspectives, Volume 2 brings together scholars who... Read More >>

Oppa Swänzsko oc Oppa Dansko: Studien zum Altostnordischen

Oppa Swänzsko oc Oppa Dansko: Studien zum Altostnordischen...
Author: Harry Perridon , Arend Quak ISBN: 9789042021167 Format: Paperback	$356.40
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Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, Band 61 (2006)

Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, Band 61...
Author: Erika Langbroek , Arend Quak ISBN: 9789042018594 Format: Paperback	$388.08
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English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth...
Author: C. Jones ISBN: 9781349524242 Format: Paperback	$336.35
This work provides a detailed account of word level pronunciation in England and Scotland between 1700 and 1900.... Read More >>

Introduction to the Gothic Language

Introduction to the Gothic Language
Author: Thomas O Lambdin (Harvard University) ISBN: 9781597523943 Format: Paperback	$95.04
""The present work is designed to provide a carefully graded introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the Gothic... Read More >>

Samuel David Luzzatto: Prolegomena to a Grammar of the Hebrew Language

Samuel David Luzzatto: Prolegomena to a Grammar of the...
Author: Aaron D. Rubin , Samuel David Luzzatto ISBN: 9781593333348 Format: Hardback	$254.10
First published in 1836, ""Prolegomeni ad una grammatica ragionata della lingua ebraica"", is perhaps the most important... Read More >>

General Characteristics of the Germanic Languages

General Characteristics of the Germanic Languages
Author: A. Meillet , William P. Dismukes ISBN: 9780817352950 Format: Paperback	$63.36
A French linguist and Indo-Europeanist, the author of over two dozen books and reference works, includes works such... Read More >>

Language Contact and the Lexicon in the History of Cypriot Greek

Language Contact and the Lexicon in the History of Cypriot...
Author: Stavroula Varella , Graeme Davis ISBN: 9783039105267 Format: Paperback	$130.15
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Comparative Syntax of Old English and Old Icelandic: Linguistic, Literary and Historical Implications

Comparative Syntax of Old English and Old Icelandic:...
Author: Graeme Davis , Karl A Bernhardt ISBN: 9783039102709 Format: Paperback	$116.03
Study of the syntax of Old English and Old Icelandic has for long been dominated by the impressions of early philologists.... Read More >>

Text Analysis in Translation: Theory, Methodology, and Didactic Application of a Model for Translation-Oriented Text Analysis. Second Edition

Text Analysis in Translation: Theory, Methodology, and...
Author: Christiane Nord ISBN: 9789042018082 Format: Paperback	$139.92
Text Analysis in Translation has become a classic in Translation Studies. Based on a functional approach to translation... Read More >>

A Medieval Latin-English Dictionary: Based on a Set of Unpublished 15th Century Manuscripts, Medulla Grammaticae / Marrow of Grammar, Kept in the British Museum Library

A Medieval Latin-English Dictionary: Based on a Set...
Author: Florent A. Tremblay ISBN: 9780773460676 Format: Hardback	$343.07
"Contains nearly 17,500 word entries based on a set of manuscripts, the ""Medulla Grammaticae"", preserved in the... Read More >>

Serial Verb Constructions: A Cross-Linguistic Typology

Serial Verb Constructions: A Cross-Linguistic Typology...
Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (The Cairns Institute, James Cook University) , R.M.W. Dixon (The Cairns Institute, James Cook University) ISBN: 9780199279159 Format: Hardback	$363.00
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English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth...
Author: C. Jones ISBN: 9781403947239 Format: Hardback	$435.60
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