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The Emergence and Development of American English

The Emergence and Development of American English
Author: William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. (University of Georgia) ISBN: 9781009161237 Format: Paperback	$80.19
Based on copious data from the Linguistic Atlas Project, this book tells the story of American English from a linguistic... Read More >>

The Emergence and Development of American English

The Emergence and Development of American English
Author: William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. (University of Georgia) ISBN: 9781009161213 Format: Hardback	$245.81
Based on copious data from the Linguistic Atlas Project, this book tells the story of American English from a linguistic... Read More >>

This Is a Book of Sentence Diagrams: A Journey Through the Sharpest, Strangest, and Most Stirring Lines Ever Constructed

This Is a Book of Sentence Diagrams: A Journey Through...
Author: Man Martin ISBN: 9798894142081 Format: Hardback	$29.99
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The Early History of they: Forms, Functions and Etymology

The Early History of they: Forms, Functions and Etymology...
Author: Marcelle Cole ISBN: 9783032056849 Format: Hardback	$116.41
This book challenges the long-held theory that the English pronouns they, their, them are loanwords from Old Norse,... Read More >>

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
Author: Laura Spinney ISBN: 9780008626563 Format: Paperback	$24.99
Named a Best Book of 2025 by the Guardian, Scientific American, and the Washington Independent Review of Books... Read More >>

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Words

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race...
Author: Sophia Smith Galer ISBN: 9780008723736 Format: Paperback	$34.99
‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'Punchy and persuasive'... Read More >>

D’you Hear There!: Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy

D’you Hear There!: Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy
Author: Commodore Richard Harris ISBN: 9781472876188 Format: Hardback	$22.99
A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy. Read More >>

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Words

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race...
Author: Sophia Smith Galer ISBN: 9780008723729 Format: Hardback	$50.00
‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'Punchy and persuasive'... Read More >>

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 2: Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume...
Author: Raymond Hickey (University of Limerick) ISBN: 9781009748179 Format: Hardback	$475.20
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The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 1: Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume...
Author: Raymond Hickey (University of Limerick) ISBN: 9781009206204 Format: Hardback	$362.25
This volume, split into two parts, looks at varieties of English in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. Introductory... Read More >>

Journal of Language Relationship: 21/3-4

Journal of Language Relationship: 21/3-4
Author: George Starostin ISBN: 9781463247508 Format: Paperback	$234.96
The Journal of Language Relationship is an international periodical publication devoted to the issues of comparative... Read More >>

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier,...
Author: Joshua Hammer ISBN: 9781668015452 Format: Paperback	$39.99
An “adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike” (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited... Read More >>

Collaboration, Technologies, and the History of Shakespearean Bibliography

Collaboration, Technologies, and the History of Shakespearean...
Author: Heidi Craig (University of Toronto) , Laura Estill (St Francis Xavier University) ISBN: 9781009614115 Format: Paperback	$46.58
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Making News in Renaissance Europe

Making News in Renaissance Europe
Author: Brendan Dooley (University College Cork) ISBN: 9781009358811 Format: Paperback	$46.58
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Father Humor: Mastering the Art of the Dad Joke

Father Humor: Mastering the Art of the Dad Joke
Author: Bart King ISBN: 9781423669692 Format: Hardback	$29.99
Father Humor covers every aspect of the most simultaneously loathed and beloved joke form of all time: the pun.... Read More >>

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 5: North America and the Caribbean

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume...
Author: Natalie Schilling (Georgetown University, Washington DC) , Derek Denis (University of Toronto) ISBN: 9781009205764 Format: Hardback	$362.25
This volume examines the development of forms of English in North America from the earliest founder populations... Read More >>

Making News in Renaissance Europe

Making News in Renaissance Europe
Author: Brendan Dooley (University College Cork) ISBN: 9781009571791 Format: Hardback	$142.31
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Rogues, Widows and Orphans: Mischief and Misadventures in the World of Books

Rogues, Widows and Orphans: Mischief and Misadventures...
Author: Rebecca Lee ISBN: 9781805221180 Format: Hardback	$42.99
An entertaining romp through bookish mishaps, exposing all the weird, wow! and wtf? moments that the literary world... Read More >>

The Big Book of Puns - 202 Silly Puns, Clever Jokes and Wordplay

The Big Book of Puns - 202 Silly Puns, Clever Jokes...
Author: Scott Matthews ISBN: 9781923168930 Format: Paperback	$39.57
Double the jokes, double the laughs, and double the puns. What's not to love? The Big Book of Puns brings together... Read More >>

Blue Prairie of Darkness

Blue Prairie of Darkness
Author: Jan Mordenski ISBN: 9781950744305 Format: Paperback	$31.65
A masterful collection of poetry that pays homage to life - human, animal, spiritual and plants. Read More >>

English Speech from an Historical Point of View

English Speech from an Historical Point of View
Author: N. Bøgholm ISBN: 9781041007074 Format: Paperback	$85.36
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Languages of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World: Europe and the USA

Languages of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World: Europe...
Author: Gleb Kazakov , Vladislav Rjéoutski (German Historical Institute in Paris, France) ISBN: 9789048558315 Format: Hardback	$401.06
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The Language of Early English Dialect Literature

The Language of Early English Dialect Literature
Author: Alex Broadhead ISBN: 9783032021403 Format: Hardback	$232.85
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National Multilingualism in the Horn of Africa and South Asia

National Multilingualism in the Horn of Africa and South...
Author: Javed Majeed , Sara Marzagora ISBN: 9783032137715 Format: Hardback	$284.60
This book compares how multilingualism is governed, managed, and imagined in nation-states in the Horn of Africa... Read More >>

The Feedback Society: Linguistic and Discursive Approaches

The Feedback Society: Linguistic and Discursive Approaches...
Author: Sylvia Jaworska , Camilla Vásquez (University of South Florida, USA) ISBN: 9781032883830 Format: Hardback	$401.06
This collection explores the rise of feedback as a discursive practice in everyday life, examining diverse genres... Read More >>

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