Historical & comparative linguistics books

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A Sound Atlas of Irish English

A Sound Atlas of Irish English

Author: Raymond Hickey
ISBN: 9783110182989
Format: Mixed media product
$388.08

A Sound Atlas of Irish English offers a unique and comprehensive audio overview of the English language as spoken...  Read More >>

Le Grand Concours: Dissertation sur les causes de l’universalité de la langue françoise et la durée vraisemblable de son empire par Johann Christoph Schwab, Conseiller de Cour et Secrétaire intime de S.A.S. Le Duc de Wirtemberg

Le Grand Concours: Dissertation sur les causes de l’universalité...

Author: Johann Christoph Schwab ,  Freeman G. Henry
ISBN: 9789042019249
Format: Paperback
$245.52

La publication de la Dissertation sur les causes de l'universalité de la langue françoise de Johann Christoph Schwab...  Read More >>

Larpers and Shroomers

Larpers and Shroomers

Author: Susie Dent
ISBN: 9780198610120
Format: Hardback
$34.95

Looks at the state of the English language. From the language of euphemism to newspaper headlines and chatroom 'speak',...  Read More >>

Gottes Sprache in der philologischen Werkstatt: Hebraistik vom 15. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert

Gottes Sprache in der philologischen Werkstatt: Hebraistik...

Author: Giuseppe Veltri ,  Gerold Necker
ISBN: 9789004143128
Format: Hardback
$446.16

The present volume offers a fresh look at the crucial role which Christan Hebraism played in the development of...  Read More >>

Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others?

Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others?

Author: Professor of English Edwin L Battistella (Wayne State College Southern Oregon University Wayne State College Southern Oregon University Southern Oregon University Southern Oregon University)
ISBN: 9781280428067
Format: Electronic book text
$142.56

Is today's language at an all-time low? Are pronunciations like cawfee and chawklit bad English? Is slang like my...  Read More >>

Corpus-Based Study of Proper Names in Present-Day English: Aspects of Gradience and Article Usage

Corpus-Based Study of Proper Names in Present-Day English:...

Author: Grace Tse ,  Thomas Kohnen
ISBN: 9780820476667
Format: Paperback
$134.51

Based on a large sample of press data extracted from the British National Corpus (BNC), the book undertakes a detailed...  Read More >>

Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology: Cultural Models and Real People

Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology: Cultural Models...

Author: Shigeko Okamoto (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, CSU Fresno) ,  Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, UC Davis)
ISBN: 9780195166187
Format: Paperback
$157.95

'Japanese Language, Gender and Ideology' brings together studies that substantially advance our understanding of...  Read More >>

Learn Biblical Hebrew

Learn Biblical Hebrew

Author: John H Dobson
ISBN: 9780801031021
Format: Mixed media product
$79.17

This self-study guide offers a comprehensive introduction to biblical Hebrew. Includes an audio CD-ROM.  Read More >>

Defining Creole

Defining Creole

Author: Professor of Linguistics John McWhorter (University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9781280534027
Format: Electronic book text
$178.02

This volume gathers the last ten years worth of published articles on creole languages and their origins by John...  Read More >>

Harsh Words

Harsh Words

Author:
ISBN: 9781282704381
Format: Electronic book text
$44.88

Many Chinese learners find it difficult to learn English words: they are difficult to spell and say, change forms...  Read More >>

Sentence Structure

Sentence Structure

Author: Nigel Fabb (University of Strathclyde)
ISBN: 9781280155994
Format: Electronic book text
$316.64

Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study....  Read More >>

Neutrino Oscillations and Their Origin

Neutrino Oscillations and Their Origin

Author: Y Suzuki ,  Y Suzuki
ISBN: 9781281897404
Format: Electronic book text
$950.40

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Teaching English One to One: How to Teach One-To-One Classes - For the Professional English Language Teacher

Teaching English One to One: How to Teach One-To-One...

Author: Priscilla Osbourne
ISBN: 9781299989320
Format: Electronic book text
$60.72

Covering a wide range of topics in this field, this book explains learner needs analysis and learner profiles, especially...  Read More >>

Teaching English with Information Technology: How to Use the Internet and It When Teaching - For the Professional English Language Teacher

Teaching English with Information Technology: How to...

Author: David Gordon Smith ,  Eric Baber
ISBN: 9781299972940
Format: Electronic book text
$60.72

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An Introduction to the Law on Financial Investment

An Introduction to the Law on Financial Investment

Author: Iaing MacNeil ,  Hugh C Hansen
ISBN: 9781282048348
Format: Electronic book text
$209.09

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Lai Su Thai

Lai Su Thai

Author: J. H. C. S. Davidson
ISBN: 9780728601420
Format: Paperback
$84.00

Edward Harold Stuart Simmonds, who died on November 9, 1994 aged 75, will be remembered as one of the few distinguished...  Read More >>

Junk English 2

Junk English 2

Author: Ken Smith
ISBN: 9780922233274
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Written so that the ordinary writer and speaker of English can readily see the manipulations of language, this reference...  Read More >>

Syriac New Testament and Lexicon Syriacum

Syriac New Testament and Lexicon Syriacum

Author: E Henderson
ISBN: 9781592449996
Format: Paperback
$71.95

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Lexical, Pragmatic, and Positional Effects on Prosody in Two Dialects of Croatian and Serbian: An Acoustic Study

Lexical, Pragmatic, and Positional Effects on Prosody...

Author: Rajka Smiljanic
ISBN: 9780415971171
Format: Hardback
$319.44

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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories

The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories

Author: Glynnis Chantrell
ISBN: 9780198608936
Format: Paperback
$32.95

This dictionary describes the origins and sense development of thousands of core words of the English language....  Read More >>

Tetraeuangelium Sanctum: Juxta Simplicem Syrorum Versionem Ad Fidem Codicum, Massorae, Editionum

Tetraeuangelium Sanctum: Juxta Simplicem Syrorum Versionem...

Author: Edward Pusey
ISBN: 9781597520003
Format: Paperback
$145.20

Tetraeuangelium Sanctum (The Four Holy Gospels) is the definitive critical edition of the Syriac Gospels in the...  Read More >>

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