Historical & comparative linguistics books

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The North Germanic Morphosyntax of Modern English

The North Germanic Morphosyntax of Modern English

Author: Joseph Emonds ,  Jan Terje Faarlund
ISBN: 9783031641664
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book argues that Middle English - and hence Modern English - is a direct descendent of Anglo Norse, the language...  Read More >>

A Grammar of Elfdalian

A Grammar of Elfdalian

Author: Yair Sapir ,  Olof Lundgren
ISBN: 9781787355408
Format: Paperback
$77.63

A Grammar of Elfdalian provides a full account of Late Classical Elfdalian from linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic...  Read More >>

A Grammar of Elfdalian

A Grammar of Elfdalian

Author: Yair Sapir ,  Olof Lundgren
ISBN: 9781787355415
Format: Hardback
$129.38

A Grammar of Elfdalian provides a full account of Late Classical Elfdalian from linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic...  Read More >>

Anglo-American and Polish Proverbs with Direct Nominal Exponents of Traditional Values: Extended and Revised Edition

Anglo-American and Polish Proverbs with Direct Nominal...

Author: Agnieszka Uberman ,  Bożena Kochman-Haładyj
ISBN: 9783631909539
Format: Hardback
$179.39

The main purpose of the publication is to present a linguo-cultural picture of traditional values (such as the value...  Read More >>

The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia

The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages...

Author: Alexander Adelaar (Principal Fellow, Asia Institute, Principal Fellow, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne) ,  Antoinette Schapper (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
ISBN: 9780198807353
Format: Hardback
$323.95

This volume presents the most wide-ranging treatment available today of the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast...  Read More >>

Multilingualism in the Andes: Policies, Politics, Power

Multilingualism in the Andes: Policies, Politics, Power...

Author: Rosaleen Howard
ISBN: 9781032395975
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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Radical: A Life of My Own

Radical: A Life of My Own

Author: Xiaolu Guo
ISBN: 9780802163592
Format: Paperback
$47.52

Xiaolu Guo has been lauded as a ""voice . . . speaking with full freedom"" (Wall Street Journal), which has made...  Read More >>

Die Weisheit der Urahnen: Geschichte, Bräuche und Heilkunst indigener Völker Zentralamerikas

Die Weisheit der Urahnen: Geschichte, Bräuche und Heilkunst...

Author: Friederike Von Der Marwitz
ISBN: 9783384494504
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Die Weisheit der Urahnen: Indigene Heilkunst und Traditionen Zentralamerikas Das Buch beleuchtet das reiche Erbe...  Read More >>

Spanish in Africa/Africa in Spanish: Current challenges and methodologies in Afro-Hispanic linguistics

Spanish in Africa/Africa in Spanish: Current challenges...

Author: Adrián Rodríguez-Riccelli ,  Rey Romero
ISBN: 9783111340647
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This collected volume presents current research on Afro-Hispanic varieties from both sides of the Atlantic: Equatorial...  Read More >>

Tone Evolution: The Uni- and Multi-Phonational Tone Systems on the Jianghan Plain

Tone Evolution: The Uni- and Multi-Phonational Tone...

Author: Caiyu Wang
ISBN: 9789819700011
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book provides a start of defining the uni- and multi-phonational tone systems of geographically-connected dialects...  Read More >>

Women and the Codification of the Amazigh Language

Women and the Codification of the Amazigh Language

Author: Fatima Sadiqi
ISBN: 9781666917710
Format: Hardback
$277.20

Using a multi-disciplinary approach to the Amazigh art of weaving, the author argues that women’s ancestral rug...  Read More >>

The Indigenous Languages of the Americas: History and Classification

The Indigenous Languages of the Americas: History and...

Author: Lyle Campbell (Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus), Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus), University of Hawai'i at Manoa)
ISBN: 9780197673461
Format: Hardback
$251.95

The Indigenous Languages of the Americas takes stock of what is known about the history and classification of these...  Read More >>

The Japanese Language in the Pacific Region

The Japanese Language in the Pacific Region

Author: Daniel Long (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) ,  Keisuke Imamura (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan)
ISBN: 9781032501444
Format: Hardback
$326.00

Long and Imamura examine language contact phenomena in the Asia Pacific region in the context of early 20th century...  Read More >>

The Development and Acquisition of Japanese Benefactive Constructions: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis

The Development and Acquisition of Japanese Benefactive...

Author: Kiyono Fujinaga-Gordon
ISBN: 9789004691445
Format: Hardback
$327.36

This book examines variations in meaning of Japanese benefactive constructions and provides Role and Reference Grammar...  Read More >>

Essai d'Histoire Sociolinguistique: Le Francais Picard Au Moyen Age

Essai d'Histoire Sociolinguistique: Le Francais Picard...

Author: Serge Lusignan
ISBN: 9782406176107
Format: Hardback
$290.40

Taking a historical sociolinguistic perspective, this book analyses the conditions which allowed the French of Picardie...  Read More >>

Power, Gender, and Mobility: Aspects of Indo-European Society

Power, Gender, and Mobility: Aspects of Indo-European...

Author: Riccardo Ginevra ,  Stefan Höfler
ISBN: 9788763547284
Format: Hardback
$186.27

An exploration of how the concept of power, gender and mobility interwove into social and linguistic structures...  Read More >>

Whose Language Is English?

Whose Language Is English?

Author: Dr Jieun Kiaer ,  Hannah Choi
ISBN: 9798228302426
Format: Audio
$121.31

Whose language is English? Although we often think of it as native to one place, today there are many Englishes....  Read More >>

Whose Language Is English?

Whose Language Is English?

Author: Dr Jieun Kiaer ,  Hannah Choi
ISBN: 9798228302419
Format: Audio
$121.41

Whose language is English? Although we often think of it as native to one place, today there are many Englishes....  Read More >>

The Stylistics of ‘You': Second-Person Pronoun and its Pragmatic Effects

The Stylistics of ‘You': Second-Person Pronoun and its...

Author: Sandrine Sorlin (Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier)
ISBN: 9781108964043
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Including examples from a broad range of sources, this book explores the pragmatic functions and effects of 'you'...  Read More >>

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