Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
Hardcover. Num Pages: 235 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; CFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 264 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763512732
- ISBN
- 9788763512732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.81
€ 52.99
€ 37.81
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education ESL
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780132474023
- ISBN
- 9780132474023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.14
€ 55.14
Paperback. Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is republished in a reset and revised edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English. With impeccable and approachable scholarship, it describes the changing sounds, words, and meanings of English. A book for everyone interested in the language. Editor(s): Mugglestone, Lynda. Num Pages: 624 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199660162
- ISBN
- 9780199660162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.20
€ 20.20
Paperback. Necessity is a primary meaning expressed diversely in world languages and whose evolution helps describe human cognitive development. By adopting a corpus-based approach, this book studies the five verbs from the history of English diachronically, from the language's origins (c. 750) to the end of the early Modern period (1710). Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192705
- ISBN
- 9781405192705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
Paperback. Explanations and accounts of our own origins have become one of the popular of various areas in science. The discovery of fossils and artefact's has its own intrinsic interest. This volume is a reference work that sets out and evaluates the basic knowledge and theory relevant to these origins of these abilities. Editor(s): Lock, Andrew; Peters, Charles R. Num Pages: 912 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFF; JHM; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 251 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1658.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216902
- ISBN
- 9780631216902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.37
€ 114.37
Paperback. A Student's Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic, Updated Edition has been a standard resource for students of Hebrew and Aramaic for over 30 years, this new edition has updated formatting and transliterations. The book provides a complete vocabulary list of Hebrew and Aramaic words based on frequency. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFF; CJB; GBC; HRCG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310533870
- ISBN
- 9780310533870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.83
€ 17.99
€ 15.83
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- LMH Publishing Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789768184306
- ISBN
- 9789768184306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.26
€ 8.99
€ 8.26
Paperback. Helping visitors to Scotland learn to reproduce the distinctive Scots tongue, this guide helps in learning, understanding and speaking the Scots language. Starting from the most basic vocabulary and constructions, it guides you step-by-step through Scots vocabulary and the subtleties of grammar and idiom that distinguish Scots from English. Num Pages: 358 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; CFFD; CJCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906307431
- ISBN
- 9781906307431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.55
€ 23.99
€ 17.55
Hardcover. The comparatively recent origins of pidgins and creoles provide them with a special place in linguistic theory. Debates about the origin and character of these languages have informed broader discussions within grammatical theory, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Editor(s): Kouwenberg, Silvia; Singler, John Victor. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 704 pages, 20ill. BIC Classification: 2ZP; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 184 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229025
- ISBN
- 9780631229025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.31
€ 61.31
Paperback. Series: Acta Jutlandica Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772881683
- ISBN
- 9788772881683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.77
€ 24.77
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryholt, Kim. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 420 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; CFF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 303 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772896489
- ISBN
- 9788772896489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.32€ 89.80
€ 118.32
€ 89.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772880013
- ISBN
- 9788772880013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.72
€ 12.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2CSJ; CFF; HRCG; HRQC1; VXQ; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578631100
- ISBN
- 9781578631100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.95
€ 26.99
€ 22.95
Hardback. Topics in this volume include: interlingual contact in the Pacific to the mid-19th century; the Sandalwood period; the Tok Pisin language; oceanic Austronesian languages; structures and sources of pidgin syntax; the pidgin pronominal system; and calquing - pidgin and Solomons languages. Num Pages: 280 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1MKL; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714501
- ISBN
- 9780804714501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.27
€ 91.27
Paperback. This book offers an accessible overview of the structural and cognitive approaches to English historical semantics. Focusing primarily on Lexical Semantics, the study of word meaning, the book looks at how these approaches help to answer two key questions in Historical Linguistics: how and why languages change. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644773
- ISBN
- 9780748644773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.78
€ 33.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Noam Chomskya s work has had a decisive influence on the development of linguistics and more broadly on the study of mind and language. This book, which contains two new papers by Chomsky, assesses that a Chomskyan Turna in linguistics and the cognitive sciences. Editor(s): Kasher, Asa. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 figures, indexes. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631187349
- ISBN
- 9780631187349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.06
€ 52.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801036491
- ISBN
- 9780801036491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 28.76
€ 44.99
€ 28.76
Paperback. The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of newly commissioned articles focusing on selected critical dimensions and case studies of the theoretical, ideological, applied and pedagogical issues related to English as it is spoken around the world. Editor(s): Kachru, Braj B.; Kachru, Yamuna; Nelson, Cecil L. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 832 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405188319
- ISBN
- 9781405188319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
Paperback. The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries afterward, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. Jurgen Leonhardt offers the story of the first "world language", from antiquity to the present. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659964
- ISBN
- 9780674659964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.71
€ 26.99
€ 23.71
Hardcover. This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118531259
- ISBN
- 9781118531259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.08
€ 116.08
Paperback. This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118531280
- ISBN
- 9781118531280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 33.11
€ 54.99
€ 33.11
Paperback. This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet and explores why and how slang is used. Based on inside information from real live slang users as well as the best scholarly sources, this book is guaranteed to teach you some new words that you shouldn't use in polite company. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679171
- ISBN
- 9780199679171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.15
€ 29.15
Hardback. This text investigates the system of English predicate complementation over three centuries from 1700. It highlights the central parts of the system, the nouns, adjectives and verbs that select complement clauses, with a look at the use of the "-ing" over the years. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFF; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761817949
- ISBN
- 9780761817949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.91
€ 101.91
hardcover. Series: Oxford Studies in the History of English. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; CFM; DSBB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190657802
- ISBN
- 9780190657802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.77
€ 206.77