Historical & comparative linguistics books

A fascinating cultural and linguistic history of the Slavic languages, exploring the deep connections and distinctions...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1893 and 1901, Simon Pokagon’s birch bark stories were printed on thinly peeled and elegantly...  Read More >>

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A fascinating cultural and linguistic history of the Slavic languages, exploring the deep connections and distinctions...  Read More >>

The story of Ni’ihau has been told many times by many people, but this book adds new information to the island’s...  Read More >>

This book is an account of the variation between two possessive constructions in Danish and Swedish: the s-genitive...  Read More >>

"A entendre les linguistes, le fran�ais serait n� en m�me temps que le pays dans lequel il est parl�, c'est-�-dire...  Read More >>

This textbook approaches the history of English from a theoretical perspective. The book provides a brief chronological...  Read More >>

Politisches Positionieren ist eine elementare sprachliche und soziale Praxis. Wo und wie wir uns und andere in der...  Read More >>

This book comprises 20 chapters that have been divided into two distinct parts: language in educational contexts...  Read More >>

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This volume collects ten studies that propose modern methodologies of analyzing and explaining language change in...  Read More >>

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This book offers the first comparative discussion of variation in selected areas of structure in the dialects of...  Read More >>

"Hundert Jahre nach Erscheinen des Buchs 'Italienische Umgangssprache' des seiner Zeit weit voraus denkenden, universal...  Read More >>

Spanish in Chicago is the first book-length study of Spanish in Chicago, where populations originating in both Mexico...  Read More >>

"""Lavender Linguistics"" by Megan Dennis is a pocket-sized treasure, offering a vital lexicon of queer terminology...  Read More >>

This book is a state-of-the-art overview of English historical pragmatics, covering a range of topics, including...  Read More >>

What follows when state institutions name historically oppressed languages as official? What happens when bilingual...  Read More >>

This book is a state-of-the-art overview of English historical pragmatics, covering a range of topics, including...  Read More >>

Written by a team of global scholars, this is the first Handbook covering the rapidly growing field of historical...  Read More >>

"The New York Times bestseller now in paperback. One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms...  Read More >>

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