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Historical & comparative linguistics

Paperback. "A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands"-- Editor(s): Strubell, Miquel; Boix-Fuster, Emili. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFF; D. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330232
ISBN
9781349330232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardcover. A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. Editor(s): Strubell, Miquel; Boix-Fuster, Emili. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSEB; 2ADC; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 208 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285125
ISBN
9780230285125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.12

Paperback. In this coherent historical development of the passive voice in English, the main argument deals not only with the passive per se, but also with its related constructions, which can play vital parts in identifying both functional and structural motivations for creating the passive. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349363193
ISBN
9781349363193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.55

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

€ 40.33

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

€ 127.11
€ 119.98

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

€ 127.11
€ 119.68

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

€ 127.11
€ 121.40

Hardback. DARE readers now have the full panoply of American regional vocabulary, from Adam's housecat to Zydeco. Volume V is filled with words that reflect our origins, migrations, ethnicities, and neighborhoods. Whether we are talking about foods, games, clothing, family, animals, or any other aspect of life, our vocabulary reveals much about who we are. Num Pages: 1296 pages, 682 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047358
ISBN
9780674047358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.11
€ 114.59

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

€ 73.49

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

€ 87.25

Paperback / so. Series: Nordrhein-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663017790
ISBN
9783663017790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.69

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

€ 102.60

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

€ 99.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ig Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632460172
ISBN
9781632460172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.30

Hardcover. Al-Khalil was distinguished in his own time as a lexicographer, phonologist, grammarian, educator and musicologist. This is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the contributions to Arabic intellectual history of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad, (d AH 175/AD 791). Editor(s): Ryding, Karin C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BG; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406630
ISBN
9780878406630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.84

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

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFF; CFK; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316819
ISBN
9780226316819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 31.48

Paperback. An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history. Num Pages: 688 pages, (65 maps). BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007118717
ISBN
9780007118717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps, diagrams & pictures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFF; EB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403918307
ISBN
9781403918307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.85

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