Historical & comparative linguistics books

This book introduces readers to oracle bone inscriptions (OBI), the oldest known form of Chinese writing.  Read More >>

The authors advocate for innovative, systemicity-based ideas in philology. They reveal explanatory aspects of linguistic...  Read More >>

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This is a collection of papers in Turkic and Mongolic Studies, with a focus on the literacy, culture, and languages...  Read More >>

The 15th-century ms. 534 of Biblioteca Universitaria di Padova (Italy) contains an extensive Latin-Bergamasco glossary,...  Read More >>

This handbook, designed both as an introduction for students and a reference work for the entire research community,...  Read More >>

A thrilling journey deep into the heart of language, from a rather unexpected starting point.  Read More >>

A new, beautifully illustrated hardback edition of the bestselling Etymologicon, published on its tenth anniversary....  Read More >>

This edition of The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge features an exhaustive dictionary,...  Read More >>

The Septuagint: What It Is and Why It Matters serves as a springboard for anyone interested in learning how the...  Read More >>

Tracking an underground language and the outcasts who depended on it for their survival becomes ""a deeply personal...  Read More >>

""A collection of daily Bible readings in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin with lexical aids, intended for use both as a...  Read More >>

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This book explores subjectless ing- and ed-supplement constructions in the recent history of English from a corpus-based...  Read More >>

""A recognized expert in Greek grammar examines two features of the Greek verb, voice and mood, in light of modern...  Read More >>

Given the present state of affairs in the area of intertextuality, along with the multitude of competing interpretations...  Read More >>

A collection of essays on Akkadian linguistics honoring the career of scholar John Huehnergard and covering topics...  Read More >>

This book is the first full-scale scientific study of East Anglian English. The author is a native East Anglian...  Read More >>

Large numbers of humanist names - Latinized or Grecized surnames - have been preserved in various linguistic areas....  Read More >>

This title provides an understanding of the principles of historical linguistics and the related fields of comparative...  Read More >>