Historical & comparative linguistics books

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Processing East Asian Languages: A Special Issue of Language And Cognitive Processes

Processing East Asian Languages: A Special Issue of...
Author: Hsuan-Chih Chen , Xiaolin Zhou ISBN: 9780863776601 Format: Hardback	$189.00
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Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating Charlene J. Sato

Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating...
Author: John R. Rickford (Stanford University) , Suzanne Romaine (University of Oxford) ISBN: 9789027252425 Format: Hardback	$326.03
This academic study begins by focusing on the genesis and development of pidgin languages and creoles. Further sections... Read More >>

Traditional African Names

Traditional African Names
Author: Jonathan Musere ISBN: 9780810836433 Format: Hardback	$240.00
Considers countries around the African Lakes such as Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,... Read More >>

Celtic Linguistics 1700-1850

Celtic Linguistics 1700-1850
Author: Daniel R. Davis ISBN: 9780415204279 Format: Hardback	$9322.50
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Grammatica van het Bijbels Hebreeuws & Hulpboek bij de Grammatica van het Bijbels Hebreeuws (2 vols)

Grammatica van het Bijbels Hebreeuws & Hulpboek bij...
Author: J. P. Lettinga , T. Muraoka ISBN: 9789004118096 Format: Paperback	$182.16
This grammar offers the student a complete introduction to the study of Biblical Hebrew. Although primarily intended... Read More >>

Politeness Phenomena in England and Greece: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Politeness Phenomena in England and Greece: A Cross-Cultural...
Author: Sifianou ISBN: 9780198241324 Format: Paperback	$65.95
Drawing on a variety of sources, including literature, questionnaires, and personal observation, Maria Sifianou... Read More >>

Place Names of the Northern Peninsula

Place Names of the Northern Peninsula
Author: Robert Hollett , William J. Kirwin ISBN: 9780919666740 Format: Paperback	$54.31
Tracing Newfoundland’s evolving place names from the early sixteenth to the mid-twentieth century, the study leverages... Read More >>

Aspects of Genre of and Type in Pre-Modern Literary Cultures

Aspects of Genre of and Type in Pre-Modern Literary...
Author: Bert Roest , Fernand de Varennes ISBN: 9789056930318 Format: Paperback	$258.72
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The Oxford Dictionary of Slang

The Oxford Dictionary of Slang
Author: John Ayto ISBN: 9780192801043 Format: Paperback	$32.95
Containing over 10,000 words and phrases, this is a reference for those interested in the more quirky and unofficial... Read More >>

Second Language Attrition in Japanese Contexts

Second Language Attrition in Japanese Contexts
Author: Lynne Hansen (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Brigham and Young University, Hawaii) ISBN: 9780195123043 Format: Hardback	$112.95
This volume introduces the study of language attrition - the forgetting of language. The contributors focus on contexts... Read More >>

Pidgin and Creole Linguistics

Pidgin and Creole Linguistics
Author: Peter Muhlhauser ISBN: 9781859190838 Format: Paperback	$79.20
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Change, Chance, and Optimality

Change, Chance, and Optimality
Author: April M S McMahon (University of Sheffield) ISBN: 9781280809347 Format: Electronic book text	$199.58
This book is about how languages change. It is also a devastating critique of a widespread linguistic orthodoxy.... Read More >>

Classica et Mediaevalia: Volume 51

Classica et Mediaevalia: Volume 51
Author: Ole Thomse , Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen ISBN: 9788772896625 Format: Paperback	$147.46
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Las gramáticas misioneras de tradición hispánica (siglos XVI-XVII)

Las gramáticas misioneras de tradición hispánica (siglos...
Author: Otto Zwartjes ISBN: 9789042012929 Format: Paperback	$271.92
La conquista y la colonización del Nuevo Mundo iban acompañadas por el gran esfuerzo de los misioneros por la enseñanza... Read More >>

Varianz und Vertikalisierung: Zur Normierung der Adjektivdeklination in der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts

Varianz und Vertikalisierung: Zur Normierung der Adjektivdeklination...
Author: Anja Voeste ISBN: 9789042006591 Format: Paperback	$150.48
Diese Untersuchung zeigt, daß in dem Zeitraum, in dem nach allgemeinem Konsens der Sprachgeschichtsschreibung die... Read More >>

The Dialects of England

The Dialects of England
Author: Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg) , Peter Trudgill ISBN: 9780631218159 Format: Paperback	$63.95
* Phonetic symbols are included with orthographic representations of speech sounds* Includes many detailed maps... Read More >>

Das Sahidische Alte Und Neue Testament. Vollstandiges Verzeichnis Mit Standorten: Sa 49-92

Das Sahidische Alte Und Neue Testament. Vollstandiges...
Author: Karlheinz Schussler ISBN: 9783447040976 Format: Paperback	$163.68
English summary: The series Biblia Coptica provides the first systematic compilation of Biblical texts from the... Read More >>

The English History of African American English

The English History of African American English
Author: Shana Poplack (University of Ottawa) ISBN: 9780631212621 Format: Paperback	$109.95
This reader explores an alternative hypothesis: that the characteristic features were acquired from the varieties... Read More >>

Folk Linguistics

Folk Linguistics
Author: Nancy A. Niedzielski , Dennis R. Preston ISBN: 9783110162516 Format: Hardback	$575.52
This text provides an overview and analysis of what nonlinguists believe about language across a wide range of topics.... Read More >>

The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success

The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success...
Author: Geoffrey Lewis (Emeritus Professor of Turkish, Emeritus Professor of Turkish, University of Oxford) ISBN: 9780198238560 Format: Hardback	$231.95
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The Arabic Grammatical Tradition: A Study in ta‘līl

The Arabic Grammatical Tradition: A Study in ta‘līl...
Author: Yasir Suleiman (His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa'id Professor of Modern Arabic Studies, University of Cambridge) , Elizabeth Goldring ISBN: 9780748606979 Format: Hardback	$200.00
This book sets out to deal with the concept of tall by investigating the major works of those grammarians who have... Read More >>

The American Way of Spelling: The Structure and Origins of American English Orthography

The American Way of Spelling: The Structure and Origins...
Author: Richard L. Venezky (University of Delaware, United States) ISBN: 9781572304697 Format: Hardback	$130.00
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From French to Creole

From French to Creole
Author: Chris Corne ISBN: 9781859190982 Format: Paperback	$51.75
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Chinese Dialect Classification: A comparative approach to Harngjou, Old Jintarn, and Common Northern Wu

Chinese Dialect Classification: A comparative approach...
Author: Richard VanNess Simmons (Rutgers University) ISBN: 9789027236944 Format: Hardback	$261.34
The focus of this study is primarily on comparative dialect phonology and lexicon. It also provides a framework... Read More >>

Language History. an Introduction.

Language History. an Introduction.
Author: Professor of Linguistics Andrew L Sihler (University of Wisconsin, Madison) ISBN: 9781283047081 Format: Electronic book text	$475.20
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