Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
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. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683208
- ISBN
- 9780199683208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.68
€ 250.68
Hardback. Ancient Anatolia was a region where indigenous peoples mixed with conquerors and incomers: Persians, Greeks, Gauls, Romans, Jews. Names from all these sources intermingled, and it is by studying them that the cultural interactions and changes and resistances that occurred can be illuminated. Editor(s): Parker, Robert. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 figures, including 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 2AHA; CFF; HBJ; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265635
- ISBN
- 9780197265635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Paperback. This work follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. The author uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Num Pages: 640 pages, 3 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; CFF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 894.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195144130
- ISBN
- 9780195144130
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Condition: New
€ 101.45
€ 101.45
paperback. This history of reading goes from the earliest examples of the clay tablets and cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to today's digital revolution. It argues that it is the demands of the reader, acting alongside the will of the writer, that is the evolutionary motor of literary genres. Num Pages: 384 pages, 140 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780006546818
- ISBN
- 9780006546818
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.46
€ 24.99
€ 16.46
Information Structure and Syntactic Change in the History of English
Maria Jose Lopez-Couso And Bettelou Los) (Edi...
hardcover. The unifying topic of this volume is the role of information structure, broadly conceived, as it interacts with the other levels of linguistic description, syntax, morphology, prosody, semantics and pragmatics. Series: Oxford Studies in the History of English. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Old price sticker on front cover, otherwise as new
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- OUP US
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031550
- ISBN
- 9780199860210
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, fig. and tables. BIC Classification: CB; CFF; CFM; DSBH; EB; GTB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Peter Lang AG
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9783631502112
- ISBN
- 9783631502112
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Condition: New
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
hardcover. How choosing a language created a people Series: Traditions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 photographs; 2 tables. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFF; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252032844
- ISBN
- 9780252032844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardcover. This book provides the first comprehensive synchronic and diachronic overview of the syntax of old Romanian written in English and targeted at a non-Romanian readership. It draws on an extensive new corpus analysis of the period between the beginning of the sixteenth century and the end of the eighteenth century. Editor(s): Dindelegan, Gabriela Pana. Series: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADR; CFF; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198712350
- ISBN
- 9780198712350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.26
€ 200.26
hardcover. Series: Invitation to Theological Studies. Num Pages: 363 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 288 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1150.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Kregel Academic and Professional United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825426506
- ISBN
- 9780825426506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.05
€ 51.99
€ 37.05
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663017790
- ISBN
- 9783663017790
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Condition: New
€ 59.69
€ 59.69
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783110136975
- ISBN
- 9783110136975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 301.63
€ 301.63
Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature i...
. Ed(S): Baker, Peter S.; Howe, Nicholas
hardcover. With contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field, this book is a distinguished collection of essays on Old and Middle English literature and textual analysis. Editor(s): Baker, Peter S.; Howe, Nicholas. Series: Toronto Old English Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; CFFD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated.........
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802041531
- ISBN
- 9780802041531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403943675
- ISBN
- 9781403943675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.03
€ 129.03
Hardcover. This book proposes, examines and unpacks the notion of unequal Englishes as a way to understand English today. Unlike many studies on the pluralization of English, the volume assumes that inequalities and Englishes are inextricably linked and must be understood and theorized together. Editor(s): Tupas, Ruanni. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137461216
- ISBN
- 9781137461216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.99
€ 117.99
Hardcover. This book explores the dynamics of the linguistic landscape as a site of conflict, exclusion, and dissent. It focuses on socio-historical, economic, political and ideological issues, such as reflected in mass protest demonstrations, to forge links between landscape, identity, social justice and power. Editor(s): Rubdy, Rani; Ben Said, Selim. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 352 pages, 78 figures, 12 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426277
- ISBN
- 9781137426277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.71
€ 151.71
Hardcover. How do translators manage relations with parties in a position of authority and power? The book investigates the intellectual, social and professional identity of translators and interpreters across different time periods and locations when their role involves a negotiation with political powers and cultural authorities. Editor(s): Federici, Federico M.; Tessicini, Dario. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137400031
- ISBN
- 9781137400031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Hardcover. This book analyzes the creation of languages across the Slavophone areas of the world and their deployment for political projects and identity building, mainly after 1989. It offers perspectives from a number of disciplines such as sociolinguistics, socio-political history and language policy. Editor(s): Kamusella, Tomasz; Nomachi, Motoki; Gibson, Catherine. Num Pages: 592 pages, 17 maps, 2 figures, 12 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AG; CFB; CFF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 187 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348388
- ISBN
- 9781137348388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 320.63
€ 320.63
Paperback. This volume considers the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently dominant in contact with other languages. But how contested is its hegemony and how far does it threaten other languages? How are these other minoritized languages faring in a world of few strong, global languages? Editor(s): Mar-Molinero, Clare; Stewart, Miranda. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 2ADSL; CFB; CFF; JFFS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580091
- ISBN
- 9780230580091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
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
€ 68.12
Hardcover. This book gathers ground-breaking, explicitly inter-disciplinary essays examining the Andean past, including history, languages, anthropology, and ethnohistory. Editor(s): Heggarty, Paul; Pearce, Adrian J. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; CFF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100145
- ISBN
- 9780230100145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81