×


 x 

Shopping cart

Historical & comparative linguistics

Results 141 - 160 of 463

Historical & comparative linguistics

Paperback. Writers and institutions have been engaged in struggles to modernize Classical Arabic in order to render it into a language of contemporary life. What have been the achievements and failures of such attempts? Can Classical Arabic be sacred and contemporary at one and the same time? This book attempts to answer such questions. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; CFB; CFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312238971
ISBN
9780312238971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.74

Paperback. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ACS; 2FCL; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575864129
ISBN
9781575864129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; EL. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 276 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Pearson Education (US) United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780132313506
ISBN
9780132313506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CBX; CFA; CFF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 279 x 60. Weight in Grams: 2070.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174570
ISBN
9780691174570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.68
€ 75.80

Hardcover. By analysing the folk stories and personal narratives of a cross-section of Palestinians, Sirhan offers a detailed study of how content and sociolinguistic variables affect a narrator's language use and linguistic behaviour. This book will be of interest to anyone engaged with narrative discourse, gender discourse, Arabic studies and linguistics. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 2CSR; CFB; CFFD; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137325754
ISBN
9781137325754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403943675
ISBN
9781403943675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardcover. This book proposes, examines and unpacks the notion of unequal Englishes as a way to understand English today. Unlike many studies on the pluralization of English, the volume assumes that inequalities and Englishes are inextricably linked and must be understood and theorized together. Editor(s): Tupas, Ruanni. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137461216
ISBN
9781137461216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.91

Hardcover. This book explores the dynamics of the linguistic landscape as a site of conflict, exclusion, and dissent. It focuses on socio-historical, economic, political and ideological issues, such as reflected in mass protest demonstrations, to forge links between landscape, identity, social justice and power. Editor(s): Rubdy, Rani; Ben Said, Selim. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 352 pages, 78 figures, 12 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137426277
ISBN
9781137426277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.59

Hardcover. How do translators manage relations with parties in a position of authority and power? The book investigates the intellectual, social and professional identity of translators and interpreters across different time periods and locations when their role involves a negotiation with political powers and cultural authorities. Editor(s): Federici, Federico M.; Tessicini, Dario. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137400031
ISBN
9781137400031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. This book analyzes the creation of languages across the Slavophone areas of the world and their deployment for political projects and identity building, mainly after 1989. It offers perspectives from a number of disciplines such as sociolinguistics, socio-political history and language policy. Editor(s): Kamusella, Tomasz; Nomachi, Motoki; Gibson, Catherine. Num Pages: 592 pages, 17 maps, 2 figures, 12 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AG; CFB; CFF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 187 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137348388
ISBN
9781137348388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 319.62

Paperback. This volume considers the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently dominant in contact with other languages. But how contested is its hegemony and how far does it threaten other languages? How are these other minoritized languages faring in a world of few strong, global languages? Editor(s): Mar-Molinero, Clare; Stewart, Miranda. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 2ADSL; CFB; CFF; JFFS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230580091
ISBN
9780230580091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.18

Hardcover. A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. Editor(s): Strubell, Miquel; Boix-Fuster, Emili. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSEB; 2ADC; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 208 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285125
ISBN
9780230285125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

Hardcover. This book gathers ground-breaking, explicitly inter-disciplinary essays examining the Andean past, including history, languages, anthropology, and ethnohistory. Editor(s): Heggarty, Paul; Pearce, Adrian J. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; CFF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230100145
ISBN
9780230100145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Paperback. A compilation that includes prose, metrical prose, and poetry, that represents a variety of genres (saints' lives and metrical charms as well as heroic verse). A companion website includes texts with clickable glossing, as well as additional texts for study. Editor(s): McGillivray, Murray. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118420
ISBN
9781551118420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.82
€ 58.34

Paperback. The Ethnography of Communication presents the terms and concepts which are essential for discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures. aeo Presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; GTC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228424
ISBN
9780631228424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.07

Hardcover. This text is concerned with how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures. This introduction presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others, and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; GTC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228417
ISBN
9780631228417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442606203
ISBN
9781442606203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations, charts. BIC Classification: CFF; HRCG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 7. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310318316
ISBN
9780310318316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 184 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423639312
ISBN
9781423639312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 100 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDCM; CFFD; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 186 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Gibbs M. Smith Inc United States
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423607502
ISBN
9781423607502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!