Historical & comparative linguistics books

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Eats, Shites and Leaves: Crap English and How to Use it

Eats, Shites and Leaves: Crap English and How to Use...
Author: A. Parody ISBN: 9781920743215 Format: Hardback	$24.95
A celebration of all things shite about the misuse of English, highlighting the prevalence of absent apostrophes,... Read More >>

A Natural History of Latin

A Natural History of Latin
Author: Tore Janson , Nigel Vincent ISBN: 9780199263097 Format: Hardback	$52.95
Latin is alive and well. Beginning in Rome around 600 BC it became the international language of the civilized world... Read More >>

Indo-European Perspectives: Studies In Honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies

Indo-European Perspectives: Studies In Honour of Anna...
Author: J. H. W. Penney (Wolfson College, Oxford) ISBN: 9780199258925 Format: Hardback	$452.00
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Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus


Author: Editors of the American Heritage Di ISBN: 9780618454501 Format: Paperback	$55.31
Providing a panoramic view of the unique richness of English, this history uncovers the origins of 500 everyday... Read More >>

From Pharaoh's Lips: Survivals from the Ancient Egyptian Language in the Arabic of Today

From Pharaoh's Lips: Survivals from the Ancient Egyptian...
Author: Ahmad Abdel-Hamid Youssef , Fayza Haikal (Professor of Egyptology, American University of Cairo, Egypt) ISBN: 9789774247088 Format: Paperback	$47.39
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Words, Words, Words: Houghmagandie, Knockers, Trolleys and Others

Words, Words, Words: Houghmagandie, Knockers, Trolleys...
Author: Diarmaid O'Muirithe ISBN: 9781843510598 Format: Paperback	$71.15
Words, Words, Words probes lexicography, dialect, sexual practices, sport and social history to create a humorous... 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: 9780195166170 Format: Hardback	$277.20
A collection of articles by established as well as young scholars in Japanese language and gender studies. This... Read More >>

Der neue deutsche Sprachbegriff: Zur Wiederbelebung der ""Sprachphilosophie"" in der ersten Haelfte des 20. Jahrhunderts

Der neue deutsche Sprachbegriff: Zur Wiederbelebung...
Author: Alice Tomus ISBN: 9783631532157 Format: Paperback	$146.45
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteat Siegen, 2004. Read More >>

Historical Linguistics: An Introduction

Historical Linguistics: An Introduction
Author: Lyle Campbell ISBN: 9780262532679 Format: Paperback	$116.16
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Codex Bezae: A Study of the So-Called Western Text of the New Testament

Codex Bezae: A Study of the So-Called Western Text of...
Author: J Rendel Harris , J Armitage Robinson ISBN: 9781592448890 Format: Paperback	$71.28
Overview The early church leaders were prolific in their writing and historical documentation. While some of this... Read More >>

Dialect and Dichotomy: Literary Representations of African American Speech

Dialect and Dichotomy: Literary Representations of African...
Author: Lisa Cohen Minnick ISBN: 9780817313999 Format: Hardback	$105.47
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A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, People

A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, People
Author: Jay Edwards , Nicolas Kariouk Pecquet du Bellay de Verton ISBN: 9780807127643 Format: Hardback	$250.80
Throughout Louisiana's colonial and postcolonial periods, there evolved a specialized vocabulary for describing... Read More >>

Shut Yer Pus: A Wee Book of Scots Slang

Shut Yer Pus: A Wee Book of Scots Slang
Author: Scott Simpson ISBN: 9781845020361 Format: Paperback	$26.27
Ever taken a 'beamer' because someone has called you a 'numpty'? Or maybe you can't work out why 'bluenoses' and... Read More >>

In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most Intriguing Words Around the World

In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most...
Author: Christopher Moore ISBN: 9781550418644 Format: Hardback	$26.27
In Other Words is an entertaining look at language - an ideal title for the well-versed polygot as well as the rest... Read More >>

Moutons Interaktive Einfuhrung in die Historische Linguistik des Deutschen/The Mouton Interactive Introduction to Historical Linguistics of German

Moutons Interaktive Einfuhrung in die Historische Linguistik...
Author: Karin Donhauser , Anette Fischer ISBN: 9783110176179 Format: CD-ROM	$79.07
The Mouton Interactive Introduction to Historical Linguistics of German provides an overview of the historical development... Read More >>

Caribbean Spanish in the Metropolis: Spanish Language among Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans in the New York City Area

Caribbean Spanish in the Metropolis: Spanish Language...
Author: Edwin M. Lamboy (The City College of New York, USA) ISBN: 9780415949255 Format: Hardback	$77.99
This study focuses on first- and second-generation Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans living in the New York City... Read More >>

Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins

Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words...
Author: Michael Quinion ISBN: 9781588342195 Format: Hardback	$52.67
The cat's pajamas, the bee's knees, and the whole nine yards rolled into one, this true feast for wordlovers delightfully... Read More >>

500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these words first entered the English language

500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how,...
Author: Bill Sherk ISBN: 9781550025255 Format: Paperback	$58.05
500 Years of New Words takes you on a journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the... Read More >>

Native American Placenames of the United States

Native American Placenames of the United States
Author: William Bright ISBN: 9780806135762 Format: Hardback	$158.27
American Indian words define the North American landscape. This volume combines historical research and linguistic... Read More >>

The Missing Fragment of the Latin Translation of the Fourth Book of Ezra

The Missing Fragment of the Latin Translation of the...
Author: Robert L Bensly ISBN: 9781592448586 Format: Paperback	$39.60
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Eating Your Words: 1001 Words to Tease Your Taste Buds

Eating Your Words: 1001 Words to Tease Your Taste Buds...
Author: William Grimes ISBN: 9780195174069 Format: Hardback	$48.95
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Citizenship for You - Student Text

Citizenship for You - Student Text
Author: Kelly Raphael , Dominie Secondary ISBN: 9780768504644 Format: Paperback	$52.77
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Fragments of Heracleon

Fragments of Heracleon
Author: A. E. Brooke ISBN: 9781592448500 Format: Paperback	$66.00
Overview The early church leaders were prolific in their writing and historical documentation. While some of this... Read More >>

In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most Intriguing Words Around the World

In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most...
Author: Christopher J Moore ISBN: 9780802714442 Format: Hardback	$36.96
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Lexicon Syriacum

Lexicon Syriacum
Author: Carl Brockelmann ISBN: 9781592448418 Format: Paperback	$63.00
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