Historical & comparative linguistics books

As Jamaica expands its reach into the world and the interest into its culture and history grows, more and more people...  Read More >>

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A knowledge of basic Greek grammar can illuminate scripture passages for preachers seeking a better understanding...  Read More >>

'Zulu Names' explores the meanings of and metaphors behind more than 1000 Zulu names grouped into different categories,...  Read More >>

As Jamaica expands its reach into the world and the interest in its culture and history grows, more and more people...  Read More >>

A Short History of Languages is a history of human speech from prehistory to the present. It charts the rise of...  Read More >>

Though it is well-known that nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution, in linguistics the...  Read More >>

Domain-specific discourse in English forms a continuum across the academic, professional and technical genres of...  Read More >>

This text presents an easy-to-use student's reference guide to the most common colloquialisms in the Japanese language....  Read More >>

In this detailed survey of Finnish, Hungarian, Lapp and the other Uralic Languages, Angela Marcantonio shows there...  Read More >>

This study describes German and English personal nouns taking account of historical linguistic aspects and using...  Read More >>

This volume traces the course of German, as studied as a foreign language, up to the end of the 17th century.  Read More >>

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Cutler offers 70 fascinating studies, each focusing on a particular word borrowed from a Native American language....  Read More >>

This text argues that language systems determine language use to a greater extent than is generally assumed. The...  Read More >>

A classic reference for students of the English language. Perfect for word fanatics, puzzlers and writers. English...  Read More >>

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Presents the complete Hebrew text of the book of Ruth, a verse-by-verse translation, and an analysis of every word...  Read More >>

Linguists, biological anthropologists, and cognitive scientists come together in this book to explore the origins...  Read More >>

Covers the developments in linguistic scholarship.  Read More >>

Present-day Dialectology does not treat dialectology as an isolated discipline. In addition, it explores the link...  Read More >>

The contributions in this book are a representative cross-section of recent research on verb-particle constructions....  Read More >>

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Linguists, biological anthropologists, and cognitive scientists explore the origins and early evolution of phonology,...  Read More >>

A new and expanded edition of a fascinating A-Z guide to over 1,200 words and colloquial phrases  Read More >>