Historical & comparative linguistics books

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The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions: A Comparative Study

The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions: A Comparative...

Author: A. Butler ,  E. Mathieu
ISBN: 9781403921123
Format: Hardback
$264.00

These are shown to follow from the interaction of a minimalist syntax with a semantics that directly assigns a model-theoretic...  Read More >>

Steck-Vaughn Language Exercises: Student Edition Grade 6 Level F

Steck-Vaughn Language Exercises: Student Edition Grade...

Author: Jones ,  Steck-Vaughn Company
ISBN: 9780739891186
Format: Paperback
$89.94

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Steck-Vaughn Language Exercises: Student Edition Grade 3 Level C

Steck-Vaughn Language Exercises: Student Edition Grade...

Author: Jones ,  Steck-Vaughn Company
ISBN: 9780739891155
Format: Paperback
$59.80

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Gotische Grammatik: Mit Lesestücken Und Wörterverzeichnis

Gotische Grammatik: Mit Lesestücken Und Wörterverzeichnis...

Author: Wilhelm Braune ,  Frank Heidermanns
ISBN: 9783484108509
Format: Hardback
$166.32

Nach zwei Jahrzehnten wird eine durchgreifende Neugestaltung der »Gotischen Grammatik« (vormals Braune/Ebbinghaus)...  Read More >>

The Decay of a Language: The Case of a German Dialect in the Italian Alps

The Decay of a Language: The Case of a German Dialect...

Author: Silvia Dal Negro ,  Silvia Dal Negro
ISBN: 9783039102129
Format: Paperback
$200.92

A revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universitaa di Pavia, 1998.  Read More >>

The Alphabet Effect: A Media Ecology Understanding of Western Civilization

The Alphabet Effect: A Media Ecology Understanding of...

Author: Robert Logan
ISBN: 9781572735231
Format: Paperback
$53.90

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Language Change and Sociolinguistics: Rethinking Social Networks

Language Change and Sociolinguistics: Rethinking Social...

Author: Jonathan Marshall
ISBN: 9781403914873
Format: Hardback
$287.76

This sociolinguistic study offers a theoretical framework for understanding the diffusion of language change within...  Read More >>

The Alphabet Effect: A Media Ecology Understanding of Western Civilization

The Alphabet Effect: A Media Ecology Understanding of...

Author: Robert Logan
ISBN: 9781572735224
Format: Hardback
$132.00

This book is a study of this evolution of writing systems. It describes the role the phonetic alphabet has played...  Read More >>

Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang

Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang

Author: Paul Baker (Lancaster University, UK)
ISBN: 9780826473431
Format: Paperback
$76.99

Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the 20th century. This work presents a lexicon...  Read More >>

Text Types and the History of English

Text Types and the History of English

Author: Manfred Görlach
ISBN: 9783110173727
Format: Hardback
$332.64

The book comprises methodological reflexions on form, content and function in a comprehensive description of text...  Read More >>

New Testament Greek

New Testament Greek

Author: Gavin Betts
ISBN: 9780071434652
Format: Undefined
$39.47

<p>Resurrect your language skills. Learn New Testament Greek. <p>With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually...  Read More >>

A History of English Negation

A History of English Negation

Author: Gabriella Mazzon
ISBN: 9780582381858
Format: Paperback
$162.00

Analyses English negation over the evidence from the sample of Old English documents, and from Middle English and...  Read More >>

Needed Research in American Dialects

Needed Research in American Dialects

Author: Dennis Richard Preston
ISBN: 9780822365945
Format: Hardback
$52.80

Offers a survey of the field and an investigation into the study of language variation and change in North America....  Read More >>

Nations, Language and Citizenship

Nations, Language and Citizenship

Author: Norman Berdichevsky
ISBN: 9780786417100
Format: Paperback
$131.87

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The Use of Pas in the New Testament

The Use of Pas in the New Testament

Author: J. William Johnston ,  D A Carson
ISBN: 9780820467740
Format: Hardback
$171.47

This book examines in detail the use of the pronominal adjective pas (all, each, every) in the Greek New Testament,...  Read More >>

English in Europe

English in Europe

Author: Manfred Görlach (, formerly Englisches Seminar, Universität zu Köln)
ISBN: 9780199273102
Format: Paperback
$128.95

Twenty-two scholars in sixteen European countries chart the English invasion of their national languages over the...  Read More >>

Die Klage Uber Die Zerstorung Von Ur

Die Klage Uber Die Zerstorung Von Ur

Author: Willem H Romer
ISBN: 9783934628465
Format: Hardback
$126.72

W.H.Ph. Romer offers a new edition of the famous Sumerian Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur. The volume contains...  Read More >>

Storied Words: The Writer's Vocabulary and Its Origins

Storied Words: The Writer's Vocabulary and Its Origins...

Author: Jeff Jeske
ISBN: 9780595313761
Format: Paperback
$63.23

From alphabet to zeugma Storied Words reveals the picturesque stories of 1,000 words that we use to talk about writing....  Read More >>

Language Change

Language Change

Author: Adrian Beard
ISBN: 9780415320566
Format: Paperback
$50.99

Language Change, examines the way external factors have influenced and are influencing language change, focusing...  Read More >>

Language Change

Language Change

Author: Adrian Beard
ISBN: 9780415320559
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Language Change, examines the way external factors have influenced and are influencing language change, focusing...  Read More >>

Studies in Renaissance Grammar

Studies in Renaissance Grammar

Author: W. Keith Percival
ISBN: 9780860789284
Format: Hardback
$284.00

To what extent can one speak of ""the Renaissance"" in terms of grammar: did the medieval curricular subject grammatica...  Read More >>

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