Historical & comparative linguistics books

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Swahili: The Rise of a National Language

Swahili: The Rise of a National Language

Author: Wilfred Whiteley
ISBN: 9781032618838
Format: Hardback
$147.00

Originally published in 1969, this book examines the factors which at different historical periods led people to...  Read More >>

The Manchu Language at Court and in the Bureaucracy under the Qianlong Emperor

The Manchu Language at Court and in the Bureaucracy...

Author: Mårten Söderblom Saarela
ISBN: 9789004685291
Format: Hardback
$319.44

This study of the roles played by the Manchu language in the Qing empire at the height of its power presents a revisionist...  Read More >>

Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist

Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Nneka D. Dennie (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Washington and Lee University)
ISBN: 9780197609477
Format: Paperback
$52.95

This volume compiles writings by and about Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a nineteenth-century Black radical feminist, an...  Read More >>

Navigating Language in the Early Islamic World: Multilingualism and Language Change in the First Centuries of Islam

Navigating Language in the Early Islamic World: Multilingualism...

Author: Antoine Borrut ,  Manuela Ceballos
ISBN: 9782503603018
Format: Hardback
$414.48

Traditional accounts of Arabicization have often favoured linear narratives of language change instead of delving...  Read More >>

Navigating Friendships in Interaction: Discursive and Ethnographic Perspectives

Navigating Friendships in Interaction: Discursive and...

Author: Cade Bushnell (University of Tsukuba, Japan) ,  Stephen J. Moody (Brigham Young University, USA)
ISBN: 9781032463773
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Bushnell and Moody present a rich investigation into the navigation of friendships, adopting discursive and ethnographic...  Read More >>

The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and Indigenous California

The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and...

Author: Andrew Garrett
ISBN: 9780262547093
Format: Paperback
$110.00

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International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction

International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and...

Author: Eugen Hill ,  Martin Joachim Kummel
ISBN: 9783752007756
Format: Paperback
$158.40

English summary: The journal, first published in 2004, covers the field of historical comparative linguistics and...  Read More >>

Polarity-Sensitive Expressions: Comparisons Between Japanese and Other Languages

Polarity-Sensitive Expressions: Comparisons Between...

Author: Hideki Kishimoto ,  Osamu Sawada
ISBN: 9783110754995
Format: Hardback
$345.81

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Why Do We Say That? - 404 Idioms, Phrases, Sayings & Facts! An English Idiom Dictionary To Become A Native Speaker By Learning Colloquial Expressions, Proverbs & Slang

Why Do We Say That? - 404 Idioms, Phrases, Sayings &...

Author: Scott Matthews
ISBN: 9781922531933
Format: Hardback
$131.97

"Curious about the fascinating origins and historical context behind certain common expressions, such as ""up in...  Read More >>

Languages of the World: An Introduction

Languages of the World: An Introduction

Author: Asya Pereltsvaig
ISBN: 9781009338653
Format: Paperback
$90.54

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Cognitive Semantics: A cultural-historical perspective

Cognitive Semantics: A cultural-historical perspective...

Author: Vladimir Glebkin (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration)
ISBN: 9789027214492
Format: Hardback
$250.99

The book presents theories characterizing cultural-historical perspectives in cognitive semantics. The book analyzes...  Read More >>

Languages of the World: An Introduction

Languages of the World: An Introduction

Author: Asya Pereltsvaig
ISBN: 9781009338660
Format: Hardback
$271.69

Designed for students with no prior experience in linguistics, this is an engaging guide to the rich variety and...  Read More >>

Althochdeutsche Grammatik I: Phonologie und Morphologie

Althochdeutsche Grammatik I: Phonologie und Morphologie...

Author: Wilhelm Braune ,  Frank Heidermanns
ISBN: 9783111203270
Format: Paperback
$59.97

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Althochdeutsche Grammatik II: Grundzüge einer deskriptiven Syntax

Althochdeutsche Grammatik II: Grundzüge einer deskriptiven...

Author: Hans Ulrich Schmid
ISBN: 9783110782295
Format: Paperback
$42.81

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Interaction Between Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Factors

Interaction Between Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Factors...

Author: Masatoshi Koizumi
ISBN: 9783110778816
Format: Hardback
$417.09

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The Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory: A Comparative Exploration

The Abyss as a Concept for Cultural Theory: A Comparative...

Author: Marko Pajević
ISBN: 9789004524163
Format: Hardback
$332.64

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The Cult of Asklepios

The Cult of Asklepios

Author: Alice Walton
ISBN: 9783348108492
Format: Paperback
$67.32

The cult of Asklepios. This book, The cult of Asklepios, by Alice Walton, is a replication of a book originally...  Read More >>

Initiation a la Langue Francaise

Initiation a la Langue Francaise

Author: Daniel Cachedenier ,  Colette Demaiziere
ISBN: 9782406164883
Format: Hardback
$319.44

The unique edition of this Grammaire, illustrated by a Dialogue bearing marginal references to the Grammaire, appeared...  Read More >>

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