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Historical & comparative linguistics
Paperback. English Accents and Dialects provides a unique introductory guide to the regional and social varieties of English spoken in the UK and Ireland. Series: The English Language Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444121384
- ISBN
- 9781444121384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardback. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; DSA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319409573
- ISBN
- 9783319409573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Paperback. This work marries qualitative ethnographic methods to quantitative acoustic methods. The analysis describes how internal and external factors in phonological change differ and demonstrates how these two forces interact to structure the phonological systems of Appalachian and African American Southern Migrant speakers in the Detroit, Michigan area. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language Variation. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFF; CFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284337
- ISBN
- 9781349284337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBD; CBX; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243877
- ISBN
- 9781851243877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
paperback. A new approach to learning Modern Standard Arabic through the songs of Fairouz, Kazem al-Saher, and many others Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 2CXG; CFDC; CFFD; CJBG; CJBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167959
- ISBN
- 9789774167959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. This work presents a concise account of the history of the English language, from the point of view of current theories of language variation and change. It provides a socio-historical background for each period, followed by a discussion of its major linguistic developments. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200734
- ISBN
- 9780631200734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.02
€ 46.99
€ 46.02
Hardback. Considers the synchronic and diachronic syntax of finite clauses in Medieval French from a generative point of view. This book argues that V2 in (late) Old French is triggered by topicalization in root clauses. It also addresses such questions as the position of postverbal subjects from the grammar of French. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFFD; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346692
- ISBN
- 9780792346692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.33
€ 202.33
paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048148868
- ISBN
- 9789048148868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.34
€ 195.34
Paperback / so. Series: Abhandlungen Der Rheinisch-Westfalischen Akademie Der Wissen. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHM; 2H; CFF; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531099118
- ISBN
- 9783531099118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.17
€ 72.17
Paperback. BIC Classification: CFF; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Baker Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801093203
- ISBN
- 9780801093203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Anexploration of the role of language attitudes and ideologies in predicting the survival prospects of a minority language.The authorexamines this role through a cross-national comparative analysis of Irish in the Republic of Ireland and Galician in the Autonomous Community of Galicia in north-west Spain." Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349365111
- ISBN
- 9781349365111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.62
€ 65.62
paperback. Describes the historical emergence and spread of the to-infinitive in English. This book shows that to + infinitive emerged from a reanalysis of the preposition to plus a deverbal nominalization, which spread first to purpose clauses, then to nonfinite environments. It challenges the reasoning that infinitives must have been nouns in Old English. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199208739
- ISBN
- 9780199208739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.28
€ 115.28
Paperback. Focusing on the contemporary Scottish culture, this book is a useful reading for those who care about their country's identity in the twenty-first century. It is a history of how the Scots have come to speak the way they do and it acted as a catalyst for radical changes in attitude towards the language. Num Pages: 224 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845960520
- ISBN
- 9781845960520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. The annual Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference provides a forum for research, particularly through comparative study, of both languages. This title includes essays on the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, discourse analysis, prosody, and psycholinguistics of these languages from the 2010 conference at Oxford. Editor(s): Frellesvig, Bjarke; Sells, Peter. Num Pages: 550 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 2GK; CFF; CFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866383
- ISBN
- 9781575866383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
The Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean: French and Italian Coas...
Blackwood, Robert J., Tufi, Stefania
Hardcover. This book explores the Linguistic Landscapes of ten French and Italian Mediterranean coastal cities. The authors address the national languages, the regional languages and dialects, migrant languages, and the English language, as they collectively mark the public space. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 56 figures, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DST; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290983
- ISBN
- 9780230290983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
Hardcover. Including anecdotes from Bob Wilson's own football and television careers, this work features one of sport's most enduring icons guiding us through the meanings, heritage and evolution of great sporting terms we use. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFFD; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KNW0009802
- ISBN
- 9781840468250
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Including anecdotes from Bob Wilson's own football and television careers, this work features one of sport's most enduring icons guiding us through the meanings, heritage and evolution of great sporting terms we use. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFFD; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KNW0008072
- ISBN
- 9781840468250
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; CFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349524242
- ISBN
- 9781349524242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.06
€ 195.06
Paperback. Focuses on the verification of the Chomskyian linguistic theory as a general framework for explaining phenomena in language acquisition and use. This title is suitable for theoretical linguistics, as well as those interested in cognitive science, psychology, philosophy of mind, and artificial intelligence. Editor(s): Campos, Hector; Martinez-Gil, Fernando. Num Pages: 654 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 851.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 654
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878402342
- ISBN
- 9780878402342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.88
€ 78.88
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1926
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662322857
- ISBN
- 9783662322857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.85
€ 73.85