Historical & comparative linguistics books

""A lexicographical index of the linguistic continuum of local dialects spoken in both the Syrian-Levantine (coastal...  Read More >>

This volume provides the first comprehensive reference work in English on the French language in all its facets....  Read More >>

The Victorians and English Dialect tells the story of the Victorians' discovery of English dialect, and of the revaluation...  Read More >>

This book addresses increasingly diverse language learning trajectories in a modern, globalized world, specifically...  Read More >>

The history of science is echoed in the development of its language and the names chosen for its technical terms....  Read More >>

The history of science is echoed in the development of its language and the names chosen for its technical terms....  Read More >>

This volume showcases the most innovative current scholarship in historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and in...  Read More >>

This volume contains an introductory essay, the bibliography of Professor Ringe, and nineteen articles on various...  Read More >>

A collection of essays examining the spread of books in Jewish vernacular languages and Hebrew characters, offering...  Read More >>

Als Ergebnis der 14. Arbeitstagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fruhe Neuzeit im Verband der Historikerinnen und Historiker...  Read More >>

In the 2010s, leaders of the DeafBlind community in Seattle called into question the community's dependence on sighted...  Read More >>

Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as ""god be with you,"" that whiskey...  Read More >>

The author establishes a theory of dialect divergence that avoids the problems caused by assumptions commonly encountered...  Read More >>

A comprehensive and up-to-date sociodialectological study of North East Vernacular English  Read More >>

""Abackabeyont, bait-poke, drucken, fettle, guissie pigs, marra, nyen, plote, queen-cat, yem, zookers!"" If you...  Read More >>

Pitmatic brings together a wonderful regional pit language - its words, jokes, stories and songs that are fast disappearing...  Read More >>

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The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his...  Read More >>

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The fourth part, ""The Study of Chinese,"" applies Halliday's linguistic theory to the evolution of the research...  Read More >>

This book deals with the syntax and semantics of Old English from a functional point of view. It explains the competition...  Read More >>

The aim of this volume is to grasp more completely the typological characteristics and the developmental potential...  Read More >>

This book is a collection of novel studies of unexplored issues related to language contact in different settings....  Read More >>

This collection brings together studies on vernacular manuscripts in regional Chinese dialects such as Cantonese...  Read More >>