Historical & comparative linguistics books

14196 books were found.

Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words -'A gem of a book' (Kate Mosse)

Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words...

Author: Jenni Nuttall
ISBN: 9780349015316
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A rich, provocative and entertaining history of women's words - of the language we have, and haven't, had to share...  Read More >>

The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language: Volume Two

The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language:...

Author: Suniti Chatterji
ISBN: 9781032770420
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language: Volume One

The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language:...

Author: Sunita Kumar Chatterji
ISBN: 9781032770260
Format: Hardback
$378.00

First published in 1970, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (Vol. 1) is the first systematic and...  Read More >>

Modern Korean Digraphia: Metanarration and National Identity, 1894 - 1972

Modern Korean Digraphia: Metanarration and National...

Author: William J. Strnad
ISBN: 9783838217932
Format: Paperback
$153.12

William Strnad traces the formation and development of modern Korean digraphia during the years 1894-1972.  Read More >>

Icons of the Alphabet: Letter Names, Phonetic Notation and the Phonology and Orthography of English

Icons of the Alphabet: Letter Names, Phonetic Notation...

Author: Reese M. Heitner
ISBN: 9783031393068
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book examines the names by which we refer to the letters of the English alphabet, arguing that these letter...  Read More >>

The Passive: A Comparative Linguistic Analysis

The Passive: A Comparative Linguistic Analysis

Author: ANNA SIEWIERSKA
ISBN: 9781032767864
Format: Hardback
$221.00

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Blowing on Yogurt and Other Egyptian Arabic Expressions: Illi in Fifty Idioms

Blowing on Yogurt and Other Egyptian Arabic Expressions:...

Author: Mona Kamel Hassan ,  Nagwa Kassabgy
ISBN: 9781649033468
Format: Hardback
$50.03

A lively and informative collection of fifty common Egyptian colloquial expressions and proverbs, this book is must...  Read More >>

Celtic from the West 3: Atlantic Europe in the Metal Ages - Questions of Shared Language

Celtic from the West 3: Atlantic Europe in the Metal...

Author: John T Koch ,  Barry Cunliffe
ISBN: 9798888571538
Format: Paperback
$145.00

The third volume in the influential Celtic from the West series questions the accepted status quo on the development...  Read More >>

Nouns and Verbs in Chinese II: Consequences and Prospects

Nouns and Verbs in Chinese II: Consequences and Prospects...

Author: Shen Jiaxuan
ISBN: 9781032693774
Format: Hardback
$273.00

As the second volume of a two-volume set that re-examines nouns and verbs in Chinese, this book investigates a wide...  Read More >>

Consciousness and the Cultural Invention of Language

Consciousness and the Cultural Invention of Language...

Author: Filippo-Enrico Cardini
ISBN: 9781032388601
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This book studies the origins of language. It presents language as the product of a unique non-linguistic cognitive...  Read More >>

A Brief History of the Chinese Language II: From Old Chinese to Middle Chinese Phonetic System

A Brief History of the Chinese Language II: From Old...

Author: Xi Xiang
ISBN: 9781032381114
Format: Paperback
$77.99

As the second volume of a multi-volume set on Chinese phonetics, this book examines the phonetical systems of Middle...  Read More >>

A Brief History of the Chinese Language III: From Middle Chinese to Modern Chinese Phonetic System

A Brief History of the Chinese Language III: From Middle...

Author: Xi Xiang
ISBN: 9781032381121
Format: Paperback
$77.99

As the third volume of a multi-volume set on Chinese phonetics, this book examines the phonetical system of Modern...  Read More >>

A Brief History of the Chinese Language I: The Basics of Chinese Phonetics

A Brief History of the Chinese Language I: The Basics...

Author: Xi Xiang
ISBN: 9781032381107
Format: Paperback
$77.99

As the first volume of a multi-volume set on Chinese phonetics, this book gives a full picture of the historical...  Read More >>

The Victorians and English Dialect: Philology, Fiction, and Folklore

The Victorians and English Dialect: Philology, Fiction,...

Author: Prof Matthew Townend (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of York)
ISBN: 9780198888123
Format: Hardback
$95.95

The Victorians and English Dialect tells the story of the Victorians' discovery of English dialect, and of the revaluation...  Read More >>

Pitmatic: Stories and the Talk of The North East Coalfield

Pitmatic: Stories and the Talk of The North East Coalfield...

Author: Bill Griffiths
ISBN: 9780857162724
Format: Paperback
$37.99

Pitmatic brings together a wonderful regional pit language - its words, jokes, stories and songs that are fast disappearing...  Read More >>

Linguistic Archaeology: An Introduction and Methodological Guide

Linguistic Archaeology: An Introduction and Methodological...

Author: Gerd Carling
ISBN: 9781032271767
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Linguistic Archaeology provides students with an accessible introduction to the field of linguistic archaeology,...  Read More >>

The Discourse of History: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspective

The Discourse of History: A Systemic Functional Linguistic...

Author: Jing Hao (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) ,  J. R. Martin (University of Sydney)
ISBN: 9781316519653
Format: Hardback
$271.69

Including texts in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, this book uses a Systemic Functional Linguistic approach...  Read More >>

Variants and Variance in Classical Textual Cultures: Errors, Innovations, Proliferation, Reception?

Variants and Variance in Classical Textual Cultures:...

Author: Glenn W. Most
ISBN: 9783111017105
Format: Hardback
$335.25

Given the limited durability of most textual supports, texts must be reproduced if they are to survive. And given...  Read More >>

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