Language: history & general works books

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Notes on Recent Theories of the Origin of the Alphabet

Notes on Recent Theories of the Origin of the Alphabet...

Author: John Peters
ISBN: 9781611431469
Format: Paperback
$72.45

The author’s intent is to continue a search about the origins of the Phoenician alphabet and whether it has a connection...  Read More >>

Possible Non-Indo-European Elements in 'Hittite'

Possible Non-Indo-European Elements in 'Hittite'

Author: J. Dyneley Prince
ISBN: 9781611430134
Format: Paperback
$72.45

Prince believes that Hittite shows marked non-Aryan peculiarities. He attempts to examine some important points...  Read More >>

The Lexical Field of the Substantives of “Gift” in Ancient Hebrew

The Lexical Field of the Substantives of “Gift” in Ancient...

Author: Francesco Zanella
ISBN: 9789004178731
Format: Hardback
$525.36

This book provides an exhaustive analysis of the semantic domain of ‘gift’ in Ancient Hebrew. The investigation...  Read More >>

Kernfragen des Unternehmenssteuerrechts

Kernfragen des Unternehmenssteuerrechts

Author: Wolfgang Schön ,  Christine Osterloh-Konrad
ISBN: 9783642133404
Format: Hardback
$287.76

Die inneren Konflikte der Ertragsbesteuerung finden im Unternehmenssteuerrecht ihren deutlichsten Ausdruck: das...  Read More >>

Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective

Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective...

Author: Michael A. Morris ,  Michael A. Morris
ISBN: 9780773537057
Format: Hardback
$264.00

A systematic examination of language policies in Canada based on domestic and international comparisons.  Read More >>

Language and the Politics of Sexuality: Lesbians and Gays in Israel

Language and the Politics of Sexuality: Lesbians and...

Author: E. Levon
ISBN: 9781349309863
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Examining how lesbian and gay Israelis negotiate the linguistic performance of their sexualities and the constraints...  Read More >>

Neuropsychology of Communication

Neuropsychology of Communication

Author: Michela Balconi
ISBN: 9788847015838
Format: Hardback
$340.56

d) nonverbal communication and emotion contribution to the communicative systems.New methodological approaches are...  Read More >>

The Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language

The Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language

Author: Moray Watson ,  Michelle Macleod
ISBN: 9780748637089
Format: Hardback
$258.75

This book is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the Scottish Gaelic language.  Read More >>

European Vernacular Literacy: A Sociolinguistic and Historical Introduction

European Vernacular Literacy: A Sociolinguistic and...

Author: Joshua A. Fishman
ISBN: 9781847692917
Format: Paperback
$38.68

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European Vernacular Literacy: A Sociolinguistic and Historical Introduction

European Vernacular Literacy: A Sociolinguistic and...

Author: Joshua A. Fishman
ISBN: 9781847692924
Format: Hardback
$129.25

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Welsh in the Twenty-First Century

Welsh in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Delyth Morris
ISBN: 9780708322994
Format: Hardback
$77.60

Analyzes the state of the Welsh language at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This title aims to update...  Read More >>

Time, Tense and Aspect in Early Vedic Grammar: Exploring Inflectional Semantics in the Rigveda

Time, Tense and Aspect in Early Vedic Grammar: Exploring...

Author: Eystein Dahl
ISBN: 9789004178144
Format: Hardback
$488.40

Drawing on insights from formal semantics and linguistic typology, this book presents a comprehensive account of...  Read More >>

Lebenserhaltung als Haftungsgrund

Lebenserhaltung als Haftungsgrund

Author: Petra Baltz ,  Brigitte Reschke
ISBN: 9783642127304
Format: Paperback
$314.16

In der Arbeit wird untersucht, unter welchen Voraussetzungen die Erhaltung menschlichen Lebens Schadensersatzansprüche...  Read More >>

The Language of Public and Private Communication in a Historical Perspective

The Language of Public and Private Communication in...

Author: Nicholas Brownlees ,  Gabriella Del Lungo
ISBN: 9781443821414
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This volume examines a fundamental concept of language within a historical perspective. The concept is that of public...  Read More >>

The Integration of MILLION into the English System of Number Words: A Diachronic Study

The Integration of MILLION into the English System of...

Author: Thomas Kohnen ,  Donald S. MacQueen
ISBN: 9783631601563
Format: Hardback
$146.45

Traces the history of MILLION in English. This title focuses on the shift in word class/function from noun/noun-phrase...  Read More >>

On Lepsius's Standard Alphabet

On Lepsius's Standard Alphabet

Author: William Whitney
ISBN: 9781617190346
Format: Paperback
$54.28

Professor Lepsiuis’ created the standard alphabet for reducing unwritten languages and foreign graphic systems to...  Read More >>

A Little Book of Language

A Little Book of Language

Author: David Crystal
ISBN: 9780300155334
Format: Hardback
$66.00

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Inner Aspect: The Articulation of VP

Inner Aspect: The Articulation of VP

Author: Lisa deMena Travis
ISBN: 9789048185498
Format: Hardback
$498.96

The only way that I have found it possible to let this book go to press is to reread the Preface to Events in the...  Read More >>

Discovering Words in the Kitchen

Discovering Words in the Kitchen

Author: Julian Walker
ISBN: 9780747807766
Format: Paperback
$36.83

Examines the histories of the names of foods, ingredients, utensils, drinks, cooking methods, and dishes to show...  Read More >>

Romanticism and the Rise of English

Romanticism and the Rise of English

Author: Andrew Elfenbein
ISBN: 9780804773621
Format: Paperback
$37.95

Romanticism and the Rise of English provides a revisionary account of Romantic literature in light of the eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Variation in the Grammar of Black South African English

Variation in the Grammar of Black South African English...

Author: Verena Minow
ISBN: 9783631601488
Format: Paperback
$130.15

Drawing on a corpus of spoken data, this study focuses on the investigation of the stability of the selected features...  Read More >>

Professional English in the European Context: The EHEA Challenge

Professional English in the European Context: The EHEA...

Author: Angeles Linde López ,  Rosalia Crespo Jiménez
ISBN: 9783034300889
Format: Paperback
$258.62

More than ever, professional English is now cruising towards an enormous challenge in the European university context...  Read More >>

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