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Historical & comparative linguistics

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Historical & comparative linguistics

Paperback. Editor(s): Haider, Hubert; Olsen, S.; Vikner, Sten. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AC; 2ZX; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1995
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048145058
ISBN
9789048145058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 250.03

Paperback. Series: Formal Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401025331
ISBN
9789401025331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 125.74

Paperback. This first book-length study of the work and life of L. Susan Stebbing relates the development of her thought to the philosophical, social and political background of her life. It also assesses Stebbing's contribution in the light of developments both in analytic philosophy and in linguistics in the decade since her death. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFF; HBTB; HPC; HPCF5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349337927
ISBN
9781349337927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.47

Hardcover. This study provides a definition and a typology of swearing and compares its manifestations in English and 24 other languages. In addition the study traces the history of swearing from its first known appearance in Ancient Egypt to the present day. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: CFFD; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230576315
ISBN
9780230576315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.82

Paperback. Thisstudyprovides a definition and a typology of swearing andcompares its manifestations in English and 24 other languages. In addition the study traces the history of swearing from its first known appearance in Ancient Egypt to the present day." Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349366156
ISBN
9781349366156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.89

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

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

Paperback. Editor(s): Clark, Amy D.; Hayward, Nancy M. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813147437
ISBN
9780813147437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.67

Hardback. Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 2BRT; CBX; CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059924
ISBN
9780674059924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 659 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1009.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1899
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1899
Number of pages
659
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662230107
ISBN
9783662230107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.61

Hardcover. This in-depth study of the use of pragmatic markers by Spanish and English teenagers offers insight into the currently under-investigated area of teenage talk through the analysis of the Corpus Oral de Lenguaje Adolescente de Madrid and The Bergen Corpus of London Teenage Talk. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADS; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137430373
ISBN
9781137430373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Paperback. Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 245 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190398
ISBN
9781405190398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.48

Hardback. Temporality surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut. Series: Explorations in Semantics. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405190404
ISBN
9781405190404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Powers, Susan M.; Hamann, Cornelia. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 514 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ZX; CFD; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
514
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048154326
ISBN
9789048154326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 251.47

Paperback. Melvyn Bragg's fascinating biography of the English language Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340829936
ISBN
9780340829936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The first comprehensive study of how the phonology and grammar of ancient Egyptian changed over four millennia of language history. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 2CXG; CBX; CFF; CFLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107664678
ISBN
9781107664678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1924
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401756730
ISBN
9789401756730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
York Medieval Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153307
ISBN
9781903153307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Mixed media pr. Editor(s): Willis, William H.; Maresch, Klaus. Series: Abhandlungen der Nordrhein-Westfalischen Akademie der Wissenschaften/Papyrologica Coloniensia. Num Pages: 228 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
GWV Fachverlage GmbH Germany
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531099439
ISBN
9783531099439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardcover. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 612 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947846
ISBN
9781933947846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

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