Historical & comparative linguistics books

Deals from a philological point of view with Classical Antiquity in general and topics such as history of law and...  Read More >>

Not a how-to text, this beguiling book is instead a fascinating look at Chinese language and culture. Ranging through...  Read More >>

This text explores the concept of the ""iambic"" as a genre. In a set of detailed studies, the contributors examine,...  Read More >>

A significant contribution to the current debate on the role of phonetic optimalisation, this book presents a formal...  Read More >>

Focuses on the nature of Hispanic dialects, the spread of Spanish, and contemporary Spanish dialects in the Americas....  Read More >>

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This work examines the major issues of language planning and policy in Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,...  Read More >>

This is the deluxe study version of the modern New Testament as translated from the Aramaic.  Read More >>

In this analytical work, the lexical relationships between Arabic, based on the Qur'ānic register, and Akkadian,...  Read More >>

A selection of Peter Trudgill's major works since 1990 in the field of sociolinguistics. The book deals with a number...  Read More >>

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This work explains American English in the context of American life, history, and institutions, while also making...  Read More >>

An important and original work by one the world's leading linguistic theorists. Radical Construction Grammar presents...  Read More >>

This book examines the phenomenon of vowel reduction, in which two or more underlying vowel qualities are neutrilized...  Read More >>

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Während der keltische Wortschatz in der Gallia Transalpina bereits mehrfach in sprachhistorischen Arbeiten beleuchtet...  Read More >>

The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes...  Read More >>

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Anlaalich des 70. Geburtstages von Wolfgang Kleiber wurde in Mainz mit Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern...  Read More >>

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Reaching as high as no.3 on the Washington Post best-seller list, this book pulls hundreds of examples from everyday...  Read More >>

This book is a selection of Peter Trudgill's major works since 1990, appearing here in updated and revised form....  Read More >>

A Beginner's Reader-Grammar for New Testament Greek has two parts: a concise grammar and a series of readings....  Read More >>