Language: history & general works books

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Etymology Tales: Curious Journeys Through Words

Etymology Tales: Curious Journeys Through Words
Author: Sandy Tran ISBN: 9798247059004 Format: Paperback	$25.85
Discover the Secret Lives of Words Have you ever wondered where your favorite words come from, how they evolved,... Read More >>

Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages

Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages...
Author: Lorna Gibb ISBN: 9781838951801 Format: Paperback	$29.99
Rare Tongues is an enthralling tour around the rarest languages in the world. Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Social Media around the World

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Social Media...
Author: Caroline Tagg , Korina Giaxoglou (The Open University, UK) ISBN: 9781032419060 Format: Hardback	$483.00
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Friendship and Exchange Along the North Coast of New Guinea

Friendship and Exchange Along the North Coast of New...
Author: Robert L. Welsch ISBN: 9781836954217 Format: Hardback	$269.10
This book explores how more than 100 communities who speak nearly fifty languages from five unrelated language phyla... Read More >>

Inventing the Renaissance: Myths of a Golden Age

Inventing the Renaissance: Myths of a Golden Age
Author: Ada Palmer ISBN: 9781035910137 Format: Paperback	$29.99
Based on the online blogs of acclaimed historian and author Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance provides a fresh... Read More >>

The Identity Reconstruction of Subaltern English Learners: Language, Liberation, and Leadership in South Asia

The Identity Reconstruction of Subaltern English Learners:...
Author: Aamir Hasan , Nadeem Hussain ISBN: 9781032873367 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	$290.37
This book is the first monograph devoted entirely to English dialect literature published between the sixteenth... 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 Arabic Language

The Arabic Language
Author: Kees Versteegh (Emeritus Professor of Arabic and Islam, University of Nijmegen) ISBN: 9781399542708 Format: Paperback	$79.99
This is the third edition, fully revised and updated, of this indispensable introduction to Arabic linguistics.... Read More >>

North East Vernacular English Online

North East Vernacular English Online
Author: Michael Pearce (Visiting Fellow, Newcastle University) ISBN: 9781399520188 Format: Paperback	$44.99
A comprehensive and up-to-date sociodialectological study of North East Vernacular English Read More >>

The World of Imagery: Metaphor and Kindred Imagery

The World of Imagery: Metaphor and Kindred Imagery
Author: Stephen J. Brown ISBN: 9781032951010 Format: Paperback	$90.54
Originally published in 1927, The World of Imagery is a study of the use of metaphor, simile, and other forms of... Read More >>

The Arabic Language

The Arabic Language
Author: Kees Versteegh (Emeritus Professor of Arabic and Islam, University of Nijmegen) ISBN: 9781399542692 Format: Hardback	$253.00
This is the third edition, fully revised and updated, of this indispensable introduction to Arabic linguistics.... 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 >>

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 >>

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	$369.57
This book compares how multilingualism is governed, managed, and imagined in nation-states in the Horn of Africa... Read More >>

A History of the English Language

A History of the English Language
Author: Albert C. Baugh (was Schelling Memorial Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA) , Thomas Cable (University of Texas at Austin, USA.) ISBN: 9781032953618 Format: Paperback	$108.65
A History of the English Language explores the linguistic and cultural development of English from the Roman conquest... Read More >>

Caspian Languages and Linguistics: Eight Essays

Caspian Languages and Linguistics: Eight Essays
Author: Alireza Korangy , Zia Khoshsirat ISBN: 9789819513895 Format: Hardback	$475.17
This book presents a systematic and detailed analysis of Caspian linguistics, contributing new perspectives to Western... Read More >>

The Development of Word Order Patterns in Old English

The Development of Word Order Patterns in Old English...
Author: Marian C. Bean ISBN: 9781041240938 Format: Hardback	$232.85
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American English Grammar: An Introduction

American English Grammar: An Introduction
Author: Seth R. Katz ISBN: 9781032887104 Format: Paperback	$108.65
American English Grammar introduces students to American English, integrating its discussion of White Mainstream... Read More >>

American English Grammar: An Introduction

American English Grammar: An Introduction
Author: Seth R. Katz ISBN: 9781032887111 Format: Hardback	$401.06
American English Grammar introduces students to American English, integrating its discussion of White Mainstream... Read More >>

A History of the English Language

A History of the English Language
Author: Albert C. Baugh (was Schelling Memorial Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA) , Thomas Cable (University of Texas at Austin, USA.) ISBN: 9781032953632 Format: Hardback	$401.06
A History of the English Language explores the linguistic and cultural development of English from the Roman conquest... Read More >>

Evolving Englishes: Varieties through Space and Time

Evolving Englishes: Varieties through Space and Time...
Author: Sven Leuckert (Dresden University of Technology, Germany) , Sofia Rüdiger (University of Bayreuth, Germany) ISBN: 9781032862538 Format: Hardback	$401.06
This edited volume marries studies into the history of the English language with research traditionally rooted in... Read More >>

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English...
Author: Ben Yagoda ISBN: 9780691262314 Format: Paperback	$29.99
The British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America from French fries to Awesome, man! are... Read More >>

Introducing English Grammar

Introducing English Grammar
Author: Kersti Börjars (University of Manchester, UK) , Kate Burridge (Monash University, Australia) ISBN: 9781032872049 Format: Paperback	$75.99
Introducing English Grammar introduces readers to the methodology and terminology needed to analyse English sentences.... Read More >>

Introducing English Grammar

Introducing English Grammar
Author: Kersti Börjars (University of Manchester, UK) , Kate Burridge (Monash University, Australia) ISBN: 9781032872032 Format: Hardback	$284.00
Introducing English Grammar introduces readers to the methodology and terminology needed to analyse English sentences.... Read More >>

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