Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
Paperback. Focusing on the literary representation of performance practices in anglophone, francophone, and hispanophone Caribbean literature, Jeannine Murray-Roman shows how a shared regional aesthetic emerges from the descriptions of music, dance, and oral storytelling events. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; CFFD; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938486
- ISBN
- 9780813938486
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Condition: New
€ 46.84
€ 46.84
Hardcover. Modern English is rich in words derived from sources as diverse as classical Latin and Greek, Indonesian and other Asian languages, European mythology and religion, This title explores the ways our language has been shaped by successive conquests of Britain and by borrowings from Greek and Arabic. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 299.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874173673
- ISBN
- 9780874173673
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Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. Editor(s): McConvell, Senior Lecturer Department of Anthropology Patrick (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra Northern Territory University Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra Northern Territory University); Keen, Lecturer and Visiting Fellow School of Archaeology and Anthropology Ian (Australian National University); Henderey, Rachel. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 885.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607812449
- ISBN
- 9781607812449
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Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ACS; 2FCL; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575864129
- ISBN
- 9781575864129
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.75
€ 37.99
€ 29.75
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
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Condition: New
€ 86.74
€ 86.74
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
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Condition: New
€ 301.63
€ 301.63
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.05
€ 52.99
€ 37.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Morton, Lindsey. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BG; CFF; DQ; GBA; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Unisa Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868886647
- ISBN
- 9781868886647
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.75
€ 46.99
€ 46.75
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
€ 118.41
€ 118.41
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
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
- Format
- 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. 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
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 101.91
€ 101.91
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265635
- ISBN
- 9780197265635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.25
€ 128.25
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
€ 251.86
€ 251.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 191 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195373363
- ISBN
- 9780195373363
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Condition: New
€ 100.61
€ 100.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, halftones, figures, tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195372069
- ISBN
- 9780195372069
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Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Paperback. This book explores the expression of information source, inferences, assumptions, probability and possibility, and gradations of doubt and beliefs across a wide range of languages in different cultural settings. Like others in the series it will interest both linguists and linguistically-minded anthropologists. Editor(s): Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.; Dixon, R. M. W. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 line drawings; 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFF; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198736707
- ISBN
- 9780198736707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.03
€ 70.03
Hardback. This critical overview examines every aspect of the field including its history, key current research questions and methods, theoretical perspectives, and sociolinguistic factors. The authors represent leading proponents of every theoretical perspective. The book is a valuable resource for phonologists and a stimulating guide for their students. Editor(s): Honeybone, Patrick; Salmons, Joseph. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; CFH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 812
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199232819
- ISBN
- 9780199232819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.27
€ 258.27
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