Historical & comparative linguistics books

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Contrastive Analysis in Language: Identifying Linguistic Units of Comparison

Contrastive Analysis in Language: Identifying Linguistic...
Author: D. Willems , B. Defrancq ISBN: 9781403917249 Format: Hardback	$327.36
This is a book about comparison in linguistics in general, rather than 'contrastive analysis' as a distinct branch... Read More >>

The Mixed Language Debate: Theoretical and Empirical Advances

The Mixed Language Debate: Theoretical and Empirical...
Author: Yaron Matras , Peter Bakker ISBN: 9783110177763 Format: Hardback	$844.80
Mixed Languages are speech varieties that arise in bilingual settings, often as markers of ethnic separateness.... Read More >>

Variationstypologie / Variation Typology: Ein sprachtypologisches Handbuch der europäischen Sprachen in Geschichte und Gegenwart / A Typological Handbook of European Languages

Variationstypologie / Variation Typology: Ein sprachtypologisches...
Author: Thorsten Roelcke ISBN: 9783110160833 Format: Hardback	$909.48
This handbook deals with the languages of Europe, describing their different grammatical systems with regard to... Read More >>

Bilingual Games: Some Literary Investigations

Bilingual Games: Some Literary Investigations
Author: D. Sommer ISBN: 9781403960122 Format: Paperback	$95.04
Sommer asserts that many people normally live in more than one language. She claims that traditional scholarship... Read More >>

Pronouns

Pronouns
Author: Darbhe Narayana Shankara Bhat (, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore) ISBN: 9780199269129 Format: Hardback	$274.00
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The Handbook of Language Variation and Change

The Handbook of Language Variation and Change
Author: J. K. Chambers (University of Toronto, Canada) , Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg) ISBN: 9781405116923 Format: Paperback	$195.23
The Handbook of Language Variation and Change,written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, reflects... Read More >>

Intransitive Predication

Intransitive Predication
Author: Leon Stassen (Senior Lecturer, Department of General Linguistics, Senior Lecturer, Department of General Linguistics, The Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands) ISBN: 9780199258932 Format: Paperback	$128.95
This book investigates cross-linguistic variation in one of the core domains of all natural languages. The author... Read More >>

Erotik, aus dem Dreck gezogen

Erotik, aus dem Dreck gezogen
Author: Johan H. Winkelman , Gerhard Wolf ISBN: 9789042019522 Format: Paperback	$364.32
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Tok Pisin Texts: From the beginning to the present

Tok Pisin Texts: From the beginning to the present
Author: Peter Mühlhäusler (University of Adelaide) , Thomas E. Dutton (The Australian National University) ISBN: 9789027247186 Format: Hardback	$250.99
A look at Tok Pisin, one of the most important languages of Melanesia and used in a wide range of public and private... Read More >>

A History of Roget's Thesaurus: Origins, Development, and Design

A History of Roget's Thesaurus: Origins, Development,...
Author: Werner Hüllen (, Professor Emeritus at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) ISBN: 9780199254729 Format: Hardback	$376.00
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Zu Few 21, 22¹, 22² Und 23

Zu Few 21, 22¹, 22² Und 23
Author: Kurt Baldinger ISBN: 9783484523159 Format: Hardback	$660.00
In dem 3. und letzten Ergänzungsband zu den Bänden 21-23 des FEW (Walther von Wartburg, Französisches Etymologisches... Read More >>

Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends
Author: ISBN: 9781280560484 Format: Electronic book text	$94.83
Do you know that posh comes from an acronym meaning port out, starboard home ? That the whole nine yards comes... Read More >>

Pidgins and Creoles

Pidgins and Creoles
Author: Loreto Todd , Professor Loreto Todd ISBN: 9781280074752 Format: Electronic book text	$221.63
An introduction to the field of Pidgins and Creoles, which brings together the major issues and synthesizes complex... Read More >>

Word Meaning

Word Meaning
Author: Richard A Hudson (University College London) ISBN: 9781280025792 Format: Electronic book text	$174.11
In Word Meaning, Richard Hudson introduces readers to the techniques of lexical semantic analysis.Word Meaning *... Read More >>

Colloquial English: A Complete English Language Course

Colloquial English: A Complete English Language Course...
Author: King ISBN: 9781280098468 Format: Electronic book text	$126.59
Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, Colloquial English teaches current spoken... Read More >>

Variation Im Raum =: Variation and Space

Variation Im Raum =: Variation and Space
Author: Alexandra N Lenz , Edgar Radtke ISBN: 9780820465739 Format: Paperback	$126.59
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Bilingual Games

Bilingual Games
Author: Doris Sommer ISBN: 9781403960115 Format: Hardback	$290.40
Sommer asserts that many people normally live in more than one language. She claims that traditional scholarship... Read More >>

Specimens of Mediaeval Hebrew Scripts: Sefardic Script

Specimens of Mediaeval Hebrew Scripts: Sefardic Script...
Author: Engel Edwa ISBN: 9789652081582 Format: Hardback	$184.80
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Linguistic Engineering: Language and Politics in Mao's China

Linguistic Engineering: Language and Politics in Mao's...
Author: Fengyuan Ji ISBN: 9780824825362 Format: Hardback	$137.28
This work explores the potential of the linguistic engineering employed in Mao's China by examining research on... Read More >>

Dialectology meets Typology: Dialect Grammar from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Dialectology meets Typology: Dialect Grammar from a...
Author: Bernd Kortmann ISBN: 9783110179491 Format: Hardback	$844.80
In what ways can dialectologists and language typologists profit from each others' work when looking across the... Read More >>

Diglossia and Power: Language Policies and Practice in the 19th Century Habsburg Empire

Diglossia and Power: Language Policies and Practice...
Author: Rosita Rindler Schjerve ISBN: 9783110176537 Format: Hardback	$517.44
It explores how the struggle for power is reflected in attempts to control language use at different levels of discursive... Read More >>

Everything Ingles Book: Aprende Ingles Rapida y Facilmente

Everything Ingles Book: Aprende Ingles Rapida y Facilmente...
Author: N L Calzada ISBN: 9781283484213 Format: Electronic book text	$49.34
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500 Years of New Words

500 Years of New Words
Author: Bill Sherk ISBN: 9781282814264 Format: Electronic book text	$65.97
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Language Change

Language Change
Author: Adrian Beard (Chief Examiner for AS/A level English Literature) ISBN: 9781280037320 Format: Electronic book text	$221.76
Language Change: examines the way external factors have influenced and are influencing language change, focusing... Read More >>

A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax

A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax
Author: Professor Bill T Arnold, Ph.D. (Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky) , John H Choi (Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky) ISBN: 9781282394759 Format: Undefined	$514.80
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