Language: history & general works books

The Indo-European Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the individual languages and language clusters within...  Read More >>

Anhand der leitenden Fragestellung Welche kognitiven Voraussetzungen und Prozesse machen die menschliche Sprachfähigkeit...  Read More >>

This combination handbook and reader helps those who have studied Biblical Aramaic to read the Aramaic portions...  Read More >>

Jabulani Means Rejoice is a dictionary comprised of hundreds of African names in local South African languages,...  Read More >>

A playful and erudite look at the origins of language  Read More >>

There is a new awakening in India that is challenging the ongoing Westernization of the discourse about India. Battle...  Read More >>

"This text presents an account of present-day word formation in English. Starting with a discussion of some basic...  Read More >>

As well as presenting articles on Neo-Latin topics, the annual journal Humanistica Lovaniensia is a major source...  Read More >>

In this book, Orin Hargraves provides a concise and lively guide to the most abused phrases in the English language...  Read More >>

This volume, first published in 1933, brings together a collection of Otto Jespersen’s papers in English, German,...  Read More >>

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Tabbert employs Critical Stylistics to explore the description of participants, the presentation of speech as well...  Read More >>

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Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England is the seminal text in the field of historical...  Read More >>

Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England is the seminal text in the field of historical...  Read More >>

The future of handwriting is anything but certain. Its history, however, shows how much it has affected culture...  Read More >>

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A new cover look for all three of Mark Forsyth's brilliant books on words and phrases, on the 5th anniversary of...  Read More >>

A new cover look for all three of Mark Forsyth's brilliant books on words and phrases, on the 5th anniversary of...  Read More >>

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A transatlantic survival guide, that examines the key differences between the British and the Americans through...  Read More >>

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A richly entertaining exploration of the origins of the words that English has borrowed from other languages over...  Read More >>

This book brings together historians and linguists, who apply their respective analytic tools to offer an interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Much has been written on dialect formation through contact between dialects of the same language, but the question...  Read More >>