Language: history & general works books

Adopting both diachronic and synchronic approaches to compare two different Chinese translations, the book is one...  Read More >>

and how can they ultimately be explained? Each chapter explores a different component of language change, including...  Read More >>

With over 20,000 titles arranged according to a state-of-the-art subject and language classification, refined through...  Read More >>

Pragmatics: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the study of the meaning of language in context....  Read More >>

This book provides the first systematic, comprehensive account of English in East and South Asia. It provides a...  Read More >>

Romani is the first language, and family and community language, of upwards of 3-4 million people and possibly many...  Read More >>

The purpose of this book is to present unpublished papers at the cutting edge of research on dialetheism and to...  Read More >>

Written by one of the country's most experienced and entertaining etymological detectives, The Hidden History of...  Read More >>

Follow up to Nam Explain's (YouTube) Origin of Names, Volume II dives into more obscure and historical names, titles...  Read More >>

Follow up to Nam Explain's (YouTube) Origin of Names, Volume II dives into more obscure and historical names, titles...  Read More >>

This book zeroes in on hidden writing and alternative systems of graphic notation. Essays by leading scholars explore...  Read More >>

This is a longitudinal study of music that weaves the complex stories of many disparate musics into a coherent account...  Read More >>

These poems attempt to apply the logic of an illiterate person writing the statement ""I can't read"" to poetry....  Read More >>

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""A language history of Indonesia's ethnic Chinese community (1911-1949), who adopted society's Malay vernacular...  Read More >>

Fear not, Gentle Writer, Mrs. Grammar Person is here and she has the answers to all of the questions you never thought...  Read More >>

Fear not, Gentle Writer, Mrs. Grammar Person is here and she has the answers to all of the questions you never thought...  Read More >>

Fear not, Gentle Writer, Mrs. Grammar Person is here and she has the answers to all of the questions you never thought...  Read More >>

Fear not, Gentle Writer, Mrs. Grammar Person is here and she has the answers to all of the questions you never thought...  Read More >>

Fear not, Gentle Writer, Mrs. Grammar Person is here and she has the answers to all of the questions you never thought...  Read More >>

How to harness the power of 'untranslatable' words to help you live your best possible life  Read More >>

This open access book is a timely contribution in presenting recent issues, approaches, and results that are not...  Read More >>

This open access book is a timely contribution in presenting recent issues, approaches, and results that are not...  Read More >>

Museums of Language and the Display of Intangible Cultural Heritage presents essays by practitioners based in language...  Read More >>

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