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Historical & comparative linguistics

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.
Format
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

€ 86.69

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
De Gruyter
Condition
New
SKU
V9783110136975
ISBN
9783110136975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 285.53

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

€ 57.59

paperback. Describes the historical emergence and spread of the to-infinitive in English. This book shows that to + infinitive emerged from a reanalysis of the preposition to plus a deverbal nominalization, which spread first to purpose clauses, then to nonfinite environments. It challenges the reasoning that infinitives must have been nouns in Old English. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199208739
ISBN
9780199208739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.34

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.
Format
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

€ 52.99
€ 37.23

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. .
Format
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

€ 188.37

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

€ 64.82

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.
Format
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

€ 117.40

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Condition
New
SKU
9783631502112
ISBN
9783631502112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.49

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

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
New
SKU
9780006546818
ISBN
9780006546818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.90

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

€ 121.91

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

€ 239.23

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.67

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.06

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

€ 66.64

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

€ 245.32

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

€ 245.06

Hardcover. The Atlas and three-volume Survey present by far the most comprehensive source of reference ever published on the distribution and linguistic characteristics of the world's pidgin and creole languages. On sale as combined item at a special prepublication price they comprise a unique resource of outstanding value for linguists. Editor(s): Michaelis, Susanne Maria; Maurer, Philippe; Haspelmath, Martin; Huber, Magnus. Num Pages: 1504 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 282 x 226 x 95. Weight in Grams: 4948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
1504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199677702
ISBN
9780199677702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 1,264.45

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