Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
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
€ 257.99
€ 257.99
Hardback. This book offers a crosslinguistic survey of polysynthetic languages, in which single multi-morpheme verb forms can express what would be whole sentences in English. It looks at a range of issues from a cross-theoretical perspective, including complexity, argument structure, language contact, and language obsolence. Editor(s): Fortescue, Michael; Mithun, Marianne; Evans, Nicholas. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFF; CFK; JHMC. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683208
- ISBN
- 9780199683208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.86
€ 251.86
Paperback. Necessity is a primary meaning expressed diversely in world languages and whose evolution helps describe human cognitive development. By adopting a corpus-based approach, this book studies the five verbs from the history of English diachronically, from the language's origins (c. 750) to the end of the early Modern period (1710). Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192705
- ISBN
- 9781405192705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.42
€ 32.42
Paperback. This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141015934
- ISBN
- 9780141015934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198791096
- ISBN
- 9780198791096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.14
€ 24.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; and now, in one form or another, it is spoken by a billion people around the world. This title offers a tale of the origins and development of the English language. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571275083
- ISBN
- 9780571275083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. "As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, .. a model work."-International Journal of African Historical Studies Series: Ethnohistory S. Num Pages: 160 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFJ; CFF; HBJH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212075
- ISBN
- 9780812212075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.38
€ 32.99
€ 29.38
Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CJB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567042378
- ISBN
- 9780567042378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.39
€ 131.39
Paperback. Presents an investigation into the evolution of language. This book exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication. Along the way, it teaches why German maidens are neuter while German turnips are female, why we have feet not foots, and how great changes of pronunciation may result from simple laziness. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFFD; HBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099460251
- ISBN
- 9780099460251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
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
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Previously published as "Thesaurus of word roots of the English language": Lanham, Md.: y University Press of America, 1992. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 228 x 56. Weight in Grams: 2560.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 1008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442233256
- ISBN
- 9781442233256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 316.80
€ 316.80
Paperback. Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? This title states that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFD; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099505570
- ISBN
- 9780099505570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Hardcover. Editor(s): Stein, Dieter; Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid. Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TIEL]. Num Pages: 331 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 32 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783110136975
- ISBN
- 9783110136975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 301.63
€ 301.63
hardcover. Using thousands of examples, the book identifies the genesis and evolution in African name formation and meaning. Each entry discusses the origins of the name, its meaning, and the wide cultural and social connotations of its use. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1H; CFF; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836433
- ISBN
- 9780810836433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.68
€ 184.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801049941
- ISBN
- 9780801049941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.70
€ 30.99
€ 21.70
Paperback. Dr Cheshire fieldwork analyses phonological variation in spontaneous everyday conversation. Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521117159
- ISBN
- 9780521117159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Paperback. Traces the importance of the Spanish language in the United States and presents an overview of the major varieties of Spanish that are spoken there. This work provides descriptions of the distinguishing characteristics of the major varieties, from Cuban and Puerto Rican, to the varieties dating back to the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Series: Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; CFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589012134
- ISBN
- 9781589012134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.09
€ 47.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, 75 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pathfinder Partners Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955152511
- ISBN
- 9780955152511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, 75 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Pathfinder Partners Ltd
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955152528
- ISBN
- 9780955152528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
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€ 25.89
€ 34.99
€ 25.89