Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
Hardback. In this work, Niloofar Haeri looks at the complex interactions of two dialects: Classical Arabic (the language of both religion and the state) and the Egyptian dialect of Arabic. He focuses on the political, cultural, and religious struggles to modernize Classical Arabic. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; CFB; CFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312238988
- ISBN
- 9780312238988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.27
€ 64.27
Hardcover. Offers a description of the Venetian, Michel Membre's mission to the court of Shah Tahmasp I of Persia. This book offers a European accounts of 16th century Persia. It features his adventures and observations in a narrative. Editor(s): Clauson, Gerard. Num Pages: 144 pages, notes, translation, commentary, indices. BIC Classification: 2BXF; 2FMC; CBDX; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094310
- ISBN
- 9780906094310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38€ 63.79
€ 65.38
€ 63.79
Paperback. Unique subject guide to over 20,000 Scots words. Series: Scots Language Dictionaries. Num Pages: 536 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBF; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902930039
- ISBN
- 9781902930039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.78
€ 27.99
€ 24.78
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€ 14.91
€ 19.99
€ 14.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Taylor, I.; Olson, D. R. Series: Neuropsychology and Cognition. Num Pages: 389 pages, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; CFF; GT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 396
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401045063
- ISBN
- 9789401045063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 2A; 2JNB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895291
- ISBN
- 9788772895291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.00€ 62.92
€ 82.00
€ 62.92
Hardback. This work shows how a simple syntax can be combined with a propositional language at the level of logical analysis. Cresswell's simple and direct style should make this book accessible to a wider audience than the somewhat specialized subject matter might initially suggest. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792339144
- ISBN
- 9780792339144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; CFF; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163222
- ISBN
- 9780691163222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFGA; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Avery
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592409471
- ISBN
- 9781592409471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.78
€ 17.99
€ 15.78
Hardcover. Editor(s): Pontillo, Tiziana; Candotti, Maria Piera. Series: Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of South Asian Religions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16+ figures and illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857283153
- ISBN
- 9780857283153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198729532
- ISBN
- 9780198729532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 184 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Gibbs M. Smith Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423639312
- ISBN
- 9781423639312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. Since World War II, the work of Albanian scholars has made it possible to trace hitherto unobserved Slavonic loan words in the Albanian language. This monograph catalogues these slavisms in a number of semantic groups, covering agriculture, material culture, plants, animals, surrounding nature, social relations and the inner life of humans. Series: Jutland Archaeological Society Publications. Num Pages: 346 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AG; 2AJKL; CFF; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772884196
- ISBN
- 9788772884196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.88
€ 35.88
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. This book explains how a change in writing-the introduction of word separation-led to the development of silent reading during the period from late antiquity to the 15th century. It also explains why word separation was so long in coming. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740166
- ISBN
- 9780804740166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.17
€ 51.99
€ 46.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 100 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFFD; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 184 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Gibbs M. Smith Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423607496
- ISBN
- 9781423607496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Hardback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFF; HBJD; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801438486
- ISBN
- 9780801438486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.37
€ 88.37
Hardback. Drawing on the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of the spelling system of Older and Modern Scots, illustrating how this orthographic system has developed partly in response to historical shifts in pronunciation, and partly as a result of social and political change. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black and white line art. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; CFF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643059
- ISBN
- 9780748643059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.98€ 102.74
€ 106.98
€ 102.74
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
Hardback. The Atlas and three-volume Survey present by far the most comprehensive source of reference ever published on the distribution and linguistic characteristics of the world's pidgin and creole languages. On sale as combined item at a special prepublication price they comprise a unique resource of outstanding value for linguists. Editor(s): Michaelis, Susanne Maria; Maurer, Philippe; Haspelmath, Martin; Huber, Magnus. Num Pages: 320 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 285 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199691418
- ISBN
- 9780199691418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 312.23
€ 312.23