Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
Paperback. The word "blurb" derives from a "pulchritudinous young lady" of that fictional name who appeared on a book-cover at the turn of the century. Quarrying the "Oxford English Dictionary" for its evidence, this book traces the extraordinary way in which English words have changed their meanings. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 figures, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Previous owners name on FFEP, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0008943
- ISBN
- 9780631173212
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexis has undergone in the past millennium. The vocabulary is studied as an indicator of social change, a symbol reflecting different social dynamics between speech communities, on models of dominance, cohabitation, colonialism and globalisation. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631188551
- ISBN
- 9780631188551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.60
€ 59.60
Hardback. This new edition of Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers reveals the trajectory of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the second millennium BC to the current day. Num Pages: 526 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2AHM; CBX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 526
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134156
- ISBN
- 9781405134156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.59
€ 220.59
Paperback. This new edition of Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers reveals the trajectory of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the second millennium BC to the current day. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2AHM; CBX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118785157
- ISBN
- 9781118785157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 49.02
€ 50.99
€ 49.02
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AHM; CFF; CJB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 239
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801046933
- ISBN
- 9780801046933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFF; CJB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 213
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801048746
- ISBN
- 9780801048746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 276 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pearson Education United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780132482974
- ISBN
- 9780132482974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Vahman, F.; Asatrian, G.S. (both of Department of Oriental Philology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2B; CFFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772891514
- ISBN
- 9788772891514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
hardcover. Series: Invitation to Theological Studies. Num Pages: 363 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 288 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Kregel Academic and Professional United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825426506
- ISBN
- 9780825426506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.23
€ 52.99
€ 37.23
Paperback. Presents a strictly descriptive - or synchronic - approach to romance linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878400881
- ISBN
- 9780878400881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.53
€ 43.53
Hardback. Focuses on determining what the enduring issues in linguistics are, what concepts have changed, and why. This title traces the history of linguistics from ancient Greek works on grammar and rhetoric through the medieval roots of traditional grammar and its assumption that there is a norm for correct speech. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1049.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878402786
- ISBN
- 9780878402786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
Hardcover. Series: Etudes Romanes. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895260
- ISBN
- 9788772895260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.82
€ 52.99
€ 37.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446257388
- ISBN
- 9781446257388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.61
€ 53.61
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228690
- ISBN
- 9780823228690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.81
€ 32.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Baker Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801097539
- ISBN
- 9780801097539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.95
€ 27.99
€ 20.95
paperback. This book makes ancient Latin-learning materials usable by modern students for the first time. Num Pages: 197 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; CFF; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107474574
- ISBN
- 9781107474574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 24.73
€ 39.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. A seminal 1921 work by the linguist Edward Sapir, outlining his influential ideas and hypotheses on language and its speakers. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Sunned cover. Small stain to bottom page edges. Previous owners name to FFEP, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0010373
- ISBN
- 9781108063784
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 26.99€ 23.85
€ 26.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. The first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed. Editor(s): Hickey, Raymond. Series: Studies in English Language. Num Pages: 444 pages, 8 b/w illus. 20 maps 48 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107515659
- ISBN
- 9781107515659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. This is a workbook in etymology and vocabulary building from Latin and Greek elements. An introduction which gives a brief description of the foreign influence of English vocabulary, is followed by exercises in spelling, usage and the histories of words. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADL; 2AHA; CBG; CFF; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 212 x 12. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819193872
- ISBN
- 9780819193872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.91
€ 104.91
Paperback. Usable Greek helps for all New Testament students, from novice to veteran Num Pages: 112 pages, charts. BIC Classification: CFF; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 189 x 7. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Kregel Publications,U.S.
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825427435
- ISBN
- 9780825427435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.79
€ 21.99
€ 16.79