Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 100 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFFD; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 184 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Gibbs M. Smith Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423607496
- ISBN
- 9781423607496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Hardcover. Reading Biblical Greek is designed around three core elements: grammar, vocabulary, and reading and translation. It introduces first-year students to the essential information needed to optimize their grasp of the fundamentals of biblical Greek---no more and no less---enabling them to read and translate the Greek of the New Testament as soon as Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHB; CFF; CJB; CJBG; CJCR; HRCG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310527992
- ISBN
- 9780310527992
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.34
€ 36.99
€ 31.34
Paperback. An overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers. Series: Dialects of English. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252. Series: Dialects of English. 192 pages, illustrations. An overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 2AB; CFFD. Dimension: 138 x 214 x 11. Weight: 250.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748635962
- ISBN
- 9780748635962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.77
€ 37.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446257388
- ISBN
- 9781446257388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.61
€ 53.61
Hardcover. The English language is a subject of fascination for many people and is frequently the subject of lively debate in the media. In this book, Simon Horobin considers the rich history of the English language, before moving to discuss its role, status, and future. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198754275
- ISBN
- 9780198754275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.84
€ 19.99
€ 18.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415862639
- ISBN
- 9780415862639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
Hardback. A comprehensive history of deafness, signed languages, and the unresolved struggles of the Deaf to be taught in their unspoken tongue Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFF; CFZ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300215434
- ISBN
- 9780300215434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.01
€ 20.99
€ 17.01
Paperback. The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries afterward, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. Jurgen Leonhardt offers the story of the first "world language", from antiquity to the present. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659964
- ISBN
- 9780674659964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.42
€ 26.99
€ 23.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CBX; CFA; CFF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 279 x 60. Weight in Grams: 2070.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691174570
- ISBN
- 9780691174570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.45€ 74.86
€ 92.45
€ 74.86
Paperback. Provides a brief account of the origins, history, and sense-development of a large part of the vocabulary of modern English, including both basic words and a wide selection of derivative forms. Editor(s): Hoad, T. F. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192830982
- ISBN
- 9780192830982
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
€ 17.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. This work explains American English in the context of American life, history, and institutions, while also making comparisons with British English. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197928
- ISBN
- 9780631197928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.92
€ 49.92
Paperback. Originally published in English: London; New Brunswick, N.J.: Athlone Press, 2000. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; CFF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472507211
- ISBN
- 9781472507211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.96
€ 34.96
Paperback. Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is republished in a reset and revised edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English. With impeccable and approachable scholarship, it describes the changing sounds, words, and meanings of English. A book for everyone interested in the language. Editor(s): Mugglestone, Lynda. Num Pages: 624 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199660162
- ISBN
- 9780199660162
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Condition: New
€ 20.07
€ 20.07
Paperback. Explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language, and sets out to analyse how and why the language has become so dominant. This book looks at the spread of English historically, at the role it plays in Third World countries, and at the ideologies transmitted through the English language. Series: Oxford Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 374 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; EBAL; EBAR. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780194371469
- ISBN
- 9780194371469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.15
€ 78.15
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- LMH Publishing Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789768184306
- ISBN
- 9789768184306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.26
€ 8.99
€ 8.26
Paperback. A compilation that includes prose, metrical prose, and poetry, that represents a variety of genres (saints' lives and metrical charms as well as heroic verse). A companion website includes texts with clickable glossing, as well as additional texts for study. Editor(s): McGillivray, Murray. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118420
- ISBN
- 9781551118420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.68
€ 60.68
Paperback. This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141015934
- ISBN
- 9780141015934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Hardcover. Death and Tenses explores the question of what tense we should use to refer to the dead. Focusing on sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century texts in French and Latin, it compares early modern examples with modern French and English, asking whether changes in more recent beliefs in posthumous survival have led to different tense usage. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JB; 3JD; CFF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198754039
- ISBN
- 9780198754039
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Condition: New
€ 165.87
€ 165.87
Paperback. This book traces the history of the Irish language from the time of the Norman invasion to independence. Aidan Doyle addresses both the shifting position of Irish in society and the important internal linguistic changes that have taken place, and combines political, cultural, and linguistic history. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFR; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724766
- ISBN
- 9780198724766
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Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Paperback. In Words Onscreen, Naomi Baron offers a fascinating and timely look at how technology affects the way we read. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: CB; CFC; CFF; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 351 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190624163
- ISBN
- 9780190624163
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.96
€ 26.99
€ 26.96
Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2HCBZ; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167565
- ISBN
- 9780691167565
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Condition: New
€ 53.34€ 42.00
€ 53.34
€ 42.00
Paperback. A classic historical excursion through the English language. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- SteinerBooks, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940262119
- ISBN
- 9780940262119
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Using the resources of contemporary linguistic theory, McQuillan sets out to analyse key words in the Irish language and their relationship to historical and cultural texts. The main thrust of the argument is that ideology has been shaped by these words. Series: Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays & Monographs S. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AFR; 2AGP; CFB; CFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160. .
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 283
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183649
- ISBN
- 9781859183649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Paperback. The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBD; CBX; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243877
- ISBN
- 9781851243877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.93
€ 11.99
€ 10.93