Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
Paperback. Taboo words are the subject of this text, which traces the psychic origins of dirty words to early infancy and childhood, and their place and value in life and analytic therapy. It refers to "dirty" words used by Rabelais, Quevado, Mozart, Voltaire, the Marquis de Sade, Joyce and Lawrence. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFD; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st softcover ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568217994
- ISBN
- 9781568217994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.11
€ 99.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804713771
- ISBN
- 9780804713771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.32
€ 117.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Borror, Donald J. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 134
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874840537
- ISBN
- 9780874840537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.65
€ 87.65
Paperback. This dictionary is an indispensable guide to the study of the Latin Middle Ages. It records the continuing usage of classical and late Latin in this period (6th-16th centuries), but it presents most fully the medieval developments of the language, drawing on a rich variety of printed and manuscript sources. Editor(s): Howlett, David C. Series: Medieval Latin Dictionary (British Academy). Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADL; 3H; CBDX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 302 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264362
- ISBN
- 9780197264362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.83
€ 73.83
Hardback. Learn what a Minnesota grandma is making when she fixes "lefse", what a counterman in a Buffalo deli means by a "kimmelweck" or a Hawaiian baker puts into a "malassada". This volume concerns the ever-changing world of American speech. Num Pages: 944 pages, 550 maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CBD; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2197.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674205192
- ISBN
- 9780674205192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.70€ 120.37
€ 129.70
€ 120.37
Hardback. Reflecting the liveliness of English as it is spoken on America's main streets and country roads, this second volume is a collection of vernacular Americanisms - regional metaphors and similes passed along within homes and communities. Num Pages: 1200 pages, 606 maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CBD; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2905.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674205123
- ISBN
- 9780674205123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.70€ 121.22
€ 129.70
€ 121.22
Hardcover. Reflecting the liveliness of English as it is spoken on America's main streets and country roads, this fourth volume is a collection of vernacular Americanisms - regional metaphors and similes passed along within homes and communities. Num Pages: 960 pages, 575 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CBD; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 224 x 52. Weight in Grams: 2382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 960
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008847
- ISBN
- 9780674008847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.70€ 121.30
€ 129.70
€ 121.30
Paperback. Series: Language Workbooks. Num Pages: 88 pages, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415342636
- ISBN
- 9780415342636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.27
€ 40.27
Hardcover. Death and Tenses explores the question of what tense we should use to refer to the dead. Focusing on sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century texts in French and Latin, it compares early modern examples with modern French and English, asking whether changes in more recent beliefs in posthumous survival have led to different tense usage. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JB; 3JD; CFF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198754039
- ISBN
- 9780198754039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.08
€ 177.08
Paperback. A guide to sign language for any situation. It presents cool things to say for various occasions - shopping, parties, nightclubs, sporting events, and even romance and sex. It includes harsh expressions to tell someone off, sweet signs to entice cuties to go on a date, and even casual banter to make friends at work or play. Illustrator(s): Wondolowki, Evan. Series: Dirty Everyday Slang. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: CFFD; CFZ; CJBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 106 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Ulysses Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569757864
- ISBN
- 9781569757864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.89
€ 10.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. A guide that reveals the contemporary colloquial language locals actually speak. It presents cool things to say for various casual situations - shopping, parties, nightclubs, sporting events, and even romance and sex. It includes harsh expressions to convince a local police officer that one's documents are in order. Series: Dirty Everyday Slang. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GK; CFFD; CJBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Ulysses Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569757796
- ISBN
- 9781569757796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.25
€ 14.99
€ 14.25
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
€ 78.65
€ 78.65
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
€ 45.68
€ 45.68
Multiple-component retail product. Num Pages: 1984 pages, 256 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 92. Weight in Grams: 2468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415499699
- ISBN
- 9780415499699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 619.69
€ 619.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Holm, John A.; Patrick, Peter L. Series: Westminster Creolistics. Num Pages: 420 pages, M. BIC Classification: 2ZP; CFFD; CFK; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 716. Parallel Outlines of 18 Creole Grammars. Series: Westminster Creolistics. 420 pages, M. Editor(s): Holm, John A.; Patrick, Peter. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ZP; CFFD; CFK; CJ. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 19. Weight: 706.
- Publisher
- Battlebridge Publications
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903292013
- ISBN
- 9781903292013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.02
€ 33.99
€ 29.02
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
€ 92.86€ 75.18
€ 92.86
€ 75.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; CFF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772896625
- ISBN
- 9788772896625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.85€ 53.01
€ 67.85
€ 53.01
Paperback. Series: Classica et Mediaevalia - Revue Danoise de Philologie et D'Histoire. Num Pages: 303 pages, M. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; CFF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895352
- ISBN
- 9788772895352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.85€ 53.01
€ 67.85
€ 53.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Johansen, Holger Friis; Friis-Jensen, Karsten. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; CFF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772894225
- ISBN
- 9788772894225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.85€ 53.01
€ 67.85
€ 53.01
Paperback. Series: Classica et Mediaevalia - Revue Danoise de Philologie et D'Histoire. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; CFF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892443
- ISBN
- 9788772892443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.85€ 53.01
€ 67.85
€ 53.01