Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
Hardcover. This book provides a brief account of the origins, history, and sense-development of more than 38,000 words. Editor(s): Onions, C. T. Num Pages: 1040 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1686.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198611127
- ISBN
- 9780198611127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.00€ 59.92
€ 77.00
€ 59.92
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
€ 195.77
€ 195.77
Paperback. This work follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. The author uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Num Pages: 640 pages, 3 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; CFF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195144130
- ISBN
- 9780195144130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.45
€ 101.45
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. A comprehensive historical, social, and linguistic overview of Spanish in contact with other languages in all of its major contexts - in Spain, the United States, and Latin America. Series: Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 maps, 4 figures, 42 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; 1KL; 2ADS; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589012653
- ISBN
- 9781589012653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.02
€ 56.02
Hardback. This handbook offers an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful for specialists and accessible to the general reader. International experts examine name theory, place and personal names, names in literature, socio-onomastics, names and other disciplines, and other types of names. Editor(s): Hough, Carole. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199656431
- ISBN
- 9780199656431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.80
€ 256.80
paperback. First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Russ, Charles. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415861809
- ISBN
- 9780415861809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
paperback. This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 318 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452. Series: Canto Classics. 320 pages, 1 map. This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight: 456.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107693937
- ISBN
- 9781107693937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.41
€ 23.41
Paperback. This book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; CFB; CFF; CFG; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450. 288 pages, Illustrations. This book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; CFB; CFF; CFG; CFH; CFK. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight: 474.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748608355
- ISBN
- 9780748608355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.16
€ 42.99
€ 35.16
Hardcover. The Handbook of Dialectology provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area. Editor(s): Boberg, Charles; Nerbonne, John; Watt, Dr. Dominic. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118827550
- ISBN
- 9781118827550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.82
€ 215.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 413 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; CB; CFF; CFH; CJCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403947239
- ISBN
- 9781403947239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.68
€ 197.68
Hardback. This volume celebrates 100 years of Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. It contains essays by Harvard faculty, emeriti, currently enrolled graduate students and most recent Ph.D.s. It displays the range and diversity of the study of the Classics at Harvard at the beginning of the 21st century. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 594 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 46. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 594
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006560
- ISBN
- 9780674006560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.82
€ 52.99
€ 44.82
hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; 2AHM; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674379459
- ISBN
- 9780674379459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 44.02
€ 51.99
€ 44.02
paperback. Discover the many twists and turns through history that led to the language, accents and turns of phrase which make up modern English Illustrator(s): Appleby, Barrie. Num Pages: 256 pages, 73. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; CBX; CFFD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781445663821
- ISBN
- 9781445663821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.38
€ 20.99
€ 15.38
Paperback. Series: Westminster Creolistics. Num Pages: 273 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFFD; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Battlebridge Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859190982
- ISBN
- 9781859190982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.82
€ 26.99
€ 23.82
Hardback. Series: Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 b&w illus., 2 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 2JN; CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 175 x 509. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477308318
- ISBN
- 9781477308318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.06
€ 96.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; CFGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 2. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644780
- ISBN
- 9780748644780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.34€ 124.31
€ 128.34
€ 124.31
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, B&W Illus.: 11,. BIC Classification: CFF; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 256 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176866
- ISBN
- 9780231176866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.17€ 50.50
€ 64.17
€ 50.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; JHMC; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160933
- ISBN
- 9780231160933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.27
€ 36.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. This work provides a systematic and comprehensive reconstruction of proto-Afroasiatic. The book applies throughout the established canon and techniques of the historical-comparative method and incorporates up-to-date evidence from the distinctive African branches of the family. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 575 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2H; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 34. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 575
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520097995
- ISBN
- 9780520097995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.67€ 63.42
€ 81.67
€ 63.42