Historical & comparative linguistics books

As the second volume of a two-volume set on Chinese ancient characters and unearthed literature, this book brings...  Read More >>

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

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This Element explores examples of translation as both a norm-breaking and world-making activity in the works of...  Read More >>

This Element explores examples of translation as both a norm-breaking and world-making activity in the works of...  Read More >>

Die reiche Kultur der Hethiter lasst Einflusse aus verschiedenen kulturellen Milieus erkennen. Kontakte mit Traditionen...  Read More >>

Cet ouvrage, qui s'inscrit dans le sillage des recherches en sociologie de la traduction, r�unit des �tudes de cas...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1969, this book examines the factors which at different historical periods led people to...  Read More >>

This study of the roles played by the Manchu language in the Qing empire at the height of its power presents a revisionist...  Read More >>

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Traditional accounts of Arabicization have often favoured linear narratives of language change instead of delving...  Read More >>

This volume compiles writings by and about Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a nineteenth-century Black radical feminist, an...  Read More >>

Bushnell and Moody present a rich investigation into the navigation of friendships, adopting discursive and ethnographic...  Read More >>

"""A balanced attempt to understand the controversy over renaming a building on the campus of UC Berkeley""--"  Read More >>

Pur non limitandosi a fatti linguistici, la discriminazione viene spesso trasmessa attraverso la lingua. Questo...  Read More >>

English summary: The journal, first published in 2004, covers the field of historical comparative linguistics and...  Read More >>

Das Worterbuch wurde aus dem Material der Handschrift Tschuwaschiska des finnischen Finnougristen August Ahlqvist...  Read More >>

This book is a groundbreaking study of etiquette in the nineteenth century when the success of etiquette books reached...  Read More >>

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"Curious about the fascinating origins and historical context behind certain common expressions, such as ""up in...  Read More >>

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The book presents theories characterizing cultural-historical perspectives in cognitive semantics. The book analyzes...  Read More >>

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This book draws on a detailed corpus analysis of fifth-century historiographical texts to explore the influence...  Read More >>