Historical & comparative linguistics books

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I Can Look Through Muddy Water: Analyzing Earlier African American English in Blues Lyrics (BLUR)

I Can Look Through Muddy Water: Analyzing Earlier African...

Author: Ulrich Miethaner
ISBN: 9783631540572
Format: Paperback
$226.51

With its 1.5 million words BLUR is the biggest electronic corpus of nonstandard English. The present study describes...  Read More >>

The World Atlas of Language Structures

The World Atlas of Language Structures

Author: Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) ,  Matthew S. Dryer (University at Buffalo)
ISBN: 9780199255917
Format: Hardback
$1808.40

Presents the combination of a book and CD displaying the structural properties of the world's languages. This title...  Read More >>

Getting into German: Multidisciplinary Linguistic Approaches

Getting into German: Multidisciplinary Linguistic Approaches...

Author: John Partridge ,  Peter Lutzeier
ISBN: 9783039105250
Format: Paperback
$163.27

This volume, composed mainly of papers given at the 1999 conferences of the Forum for German Language Studies (FGLS)...  Read More >>

The Phonology of Catalan

The Phonology of Catalan

Author: Max W. Wheeler (, University of Sussex)
ISBN: 9780199258147
Format: Hardback
$402.00

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Deutsche Kanzleisprache in Hexenverhörprotokollen der Frühen Neuzeit: Bd 1: Auswahledition. Band 2: Kommentierte Bibliographie zur regionalen Hexenforschung

Deutsche Kanzleisprache in Hexenverhörprotokollen der...

Author: Jürgen Macha ,  Elvira Topalovic
ISBN: 9783110180916
Format: Leather / fine binding
$665.28

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The Languages of East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction

The Languages of East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction...

Author: Cliff Goddard (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Griffith University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780199273119
Format: Hardback
$142.95

Introduces readers to the linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. This book combines serious treatments...  Read More >>

Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life

Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: Language of Hong Kong...

Author: Kingsley Bolton ,  Christopher M. Hutton
ISBN: 9781850654193
Format: Hardback
$95.00

A description and analysis of Hong Kong vernacular Cantonese speech styles, notably the language of the Triad-dominated...  Read More >>

Advanced Grammar in Use Klett Edition

Advanced Grammar in Use Klett Edition

Author: Martin Hewings (University of Birmingham)
ISBN: 9783125341470
Format: Mixed media product
$83.82

Advanced Grammar in Use Second edition is a fully updated version of the highly successful grammar title.  Read More >>

American English: Dialects and Variation

American English: Dialects and Variation

Author: Walt Wolfram ,  Natalie Schilling-Estes
ISBN: 9781405112666
Format: Paperback
$131.87

This book provides a very readable, up-to-date description of language variation in American English, covering regional,...  Read More >>

Problems of Comparability/Possibilities for Comparative Studies

Problems of Comparability/Possibilities for Comparative...

Author: Harry Harootunian ,  Xudong Zhang
ISBN: 9780822366232
Format: Paperback
$21.95

This special issue of boundary 2 undertakes the task of rethinking comparison studies in the humanities and social...  Read More >>

Lost For Words

Lost For Words

Author: John Humphrys
ISBN: 9780340836590
Format: Paperback
$26.99

From Today programme presenter and national treasure John Humphrys, the bestselling cry in book form for better...  Read More >>

Language and History in Viking Age England: Linguistic Relations Between Speakers of Old Norse and Old English

Language and History in Viking Age England: Linguistic...

Author: Matthew Townend
ISBN: 9782503518411
Format: Paperback
$100.32

This is the first ever book-length study for the nature and significance of the linguistic contact between speakers...  Read More >>

The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

Author: Jennifer Speake
ISBN: 9780198610519
Format: Paperback
$32.95

Containing over 8,000 entries, this dictionary is a guide to foreign words and phrases used in contemporary British...  Read More >>

The Resultant Greek Testament

The Resultant Greek Testament

Author: Richard F Weymouth ,  Right Rev the Lord Bishop of Worcester
ISBN: 9781597522960
Format: Paperback
$129.36

""""'The Resultant Greek Testament' is intended to exhibit in a compact and intelligible form the latest results...  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 A Hawley
ISBN: 9781597522892
Format: Paperback
$29.04

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Short Account of the Hebrew Tenses

Short Account of the Hebrew Tenses

Author: R. H. Kennett
ISBN: 9781597522823
Format: Paperback
$39.60

The present account is an attempt to give an account of the nature and use of the tenses in Hebrew in a form suitable...  Read More >>

Philology of the Gospels

Philology of the Gospels

Author: Friedrich W Blass
ISBN: 9781597522861
Format: Paperback
$71.28

Contents St. Luke's Gospel Distinctly a Literary Work The Proem of St. Luke When Did St. Luke Write? Arguments for...  Read More >>

Fundamentals of Sumerian Grammar / Grundzüge der Sumerischen Grammatik

Fundamentals of Sumerian Grammar / Grundzüge der Sumerischen...

Author: Arno Poebel ,  K C Hanson
ISBN: 9781597522984
Format: Paperback
$87.12

Contents Series Foreword / K. C. Hanson Select Bibliography / K. C. Hanson Preface Abbreviations I. The People and...  Read More >>

An International Glossary of Place Name Elements

An International Glossary of Place Name Elements

Author: Joel F. Mann
ISBN: 9780810850408
Format: Hardback
$194.57

Place name elements from over 300 languages are arranged alphabetically, followed by the name of the language or...  Read More >>

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

Author: Walter W Skeat
ISBN: 9780486440521
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Comprehensive and easy to use, this resource offers numerous cross-references that allow readers to trace English...  Read More >>

Agreement, Gender, Relative Clauses

Agreement, Gender, Relative Clauses

Author: Bernd Kortmann ,  Tanja Herrmann
ISBN: 9783110182996
Format: Hardback
$388.08

This volume offers qualitative as well as corpus-based quantitative studies on grammatical variation in the British...  Read More >>

The First Epistle of St. Peter, I.1-II. 17

The First Epistle of St. Peter, I.1-II. 17

Author: D D
ISBN: 9781597522656
Format: Paperback
$60.72

F. J. A. Hort (1828-1892) served as Lady Margaret Professor, Cambridge. A major contributor to the Westcott-Hort...  Read More >>

Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia, Volume 2 Ethnographic Texts

Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia, Volume...

Author: Clive Holes
ISBN: 9789004144941
Format: Hardback
$475.20

The second volume of this three-volume series provides a fascinating insight into the life, culture and society,...  Read More >>

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