Historical & comparative linguistics books

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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 >>

Cognitive Neural Mechanism of Semantic Rhetoric

Cognitive Neural Mechanism of Semantic Rhetoric

Author: Qiaoyun Liao ,  Lijun Meng
ISBN: 9781032361017
Format: Paperback
$73.99

This book is a necessary supplement to the theoretical exploration into semantic rhetoric, particularly a breakthrough...  Read More >>

Language Dynamics in the Early Modern Period

Language Dynamics in the Early Modern Period

Author: Karen Bennett (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal) ,  Angelo Cattaneo (National Research Council (CNR), Italy)
ISBN: 9780367552152
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Of interest to linguists, literary scholars and historians, this interdisciplinary volume examines the shifting...  Read More >>

The Words of Winston Churchill

The Words of Winston Churchill

Author: Jonathan Locke Hart
ISBN: 9781032354927
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The Words of Winston Churchill ranges over a controversial and remarkable career, is about the power and art of...  Read More >>

Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes: Mapping Linguistic Prejudice and Attitude Change in England

Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes: Mapping Linguistic...

Author: Robert M. McKenzie ,  Andrew McNeill (Northumbria University, UK)
ISBN: 9780367703554
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This is the first book-length volume to investigate both implicit and explicit language attitudes. It details the...  Read More >>

Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional Linguistics

Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional...

Author: Elissa Asp ,  Michelle Aldridge
ISBN: 9781032267739
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This collection explores the relationships between theory and evidences in functional linguistics, bringing together...  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

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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 >>

A Brief History of the Verb To Be

A Brief History of the Verb To Be

Author: Andrea Moro ,  Bonnie Mcclellan-Broussard
ISBN: 9780262552059
Format: Paperback
$84.99

"A journey through linguistic time and space, from Aristotle through the twentieth century's ""era of syntax,""...  Read More >>

Linguistic Archaeology: An Introduction and Methodological Guide

Linguistic Archaeology: An Introduction and Methodological...

Author: Gerd Carling
ISBN: 9781032271798
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write

Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to...

Author: Dennis Yi Tenen (Columbia University)
ISBN: 9780393882186
Format: Hardback
$36.95

In the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the seamstress. Today, it has come for the writer,...  Read More >>

The Linguistic Roots of Ancient Greek

The Linguistic Roots of Ancient Greek

Author: Don Ringe (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9780198879022
Format: Hardback
$230.95

This book traces the development of Greek from Proto-Indo-European to around the 5th century BC, drawing on all...  Read More >>

Before the Word Was Queer: Sexuality and the English Dictionary, 1600–1930

Before the Word Was Queer: Sexuality and the English...

Author: Stephen Turton (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781316518731
Format: Hardback
$271.69

This book uncovers how same-sex acts, desires, and identities have been represented in English dictionaries in Britain...  Read More >>

Corpora and Language Change in Late Modern English

Corpora and Language Change in Late Modern English

Author: Maurizio Gotti ,  Javier Calle-Martín
ISBN: 9783034346429
Format: Hardback
$165.60

Late Modern English has traditionally been considered a period of linguistic stability in terms of language standardization....  Read More >>

Not Eleven Languages: Translanguaging and South African Multilingualism in Concert

Not Eleven Languages: Translanguaging and South African...

Author: Leketi Makalela
ISBN: 9781501523083
Format: Paperback
$44.85

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A Short Media History of English Literature

A Short Media History of English Literature

Author: Ingo Berensmeyer
ISBN: 9783111534596
Format: Paperback
$58.05

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Pindar’s Pythian Twelve: A Linguistic Commentary and a Comparative Study

Pindar’s Pythian Twelve: A Linguistic Commentary and...

Author: Laura Massetti
ISBN: 9789004688070
Format: Hardback
$287.76

This book examines the language and myth of Pindar’s Pythian Twelve under the lens of historical linguistics and...  Read More >>

A Handbook of Khotanese

A Handbook of Khotanese

Author: Ronald Eric Emmerick
ISBN: 9783895004445
Format: Hardback
$388.08

Ronald E. Emmerick's Handbook of Khotanese consists of two parts: his Introduction to Khotanese, tried and tested...  Read More >>

Chinese Proverbs Illustrated

Chinese Proverbs Illustrated

Author: James Trapp
ISBN: 9781838863692
Format: Hardback
$77.60

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