Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
Paperback. Series: Borderlines. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes. BIC Classification: CFF; HPJ; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816626854
- ISBN
- 9780816626854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.77
€ 29.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. Presents an account of the numerous issues that characterize the work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics directly concerned with language change and language states. This title contains an introduction that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context within linguistics and the historical sciences in general. Editor(s): Joseph, Brian D.; Janda, Richard D. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 904 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1522.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 904
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405127479
- ISBN
- 9781405127479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.71
€ 54.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167925
- ISBN
- 9780231167925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.72
€ 45.99
€ 32.72
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language Variation. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349509249
- ISBN
- 9781349509249
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Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349546848
- ISBN
- 9781349546848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.92
€ 121.92
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language Variation. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MTAST; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403904072
- ISBN
- 9781403904072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFF; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403998248
- ISBN
- 9781403998248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.98
€ 122.98
Paperback. Focuses on the radical changes that have taken place in the structure of English over a millennium and a half, detailing the influences of migration, colonialism and many other historical, social and cultural phenomena. This work introduces many key debates relating to the English language, illustrated by specific examples of data in context. Editor(s): Graddol, David; Leith, Dick; Swann, Joan; Rhys, Martin; Gillen, Julia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415376792
- ISBN
- 9780415376792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.30
€ 52.30
Paperback. Simultaneously published in Spanish under title: Breve historia de la lengua espaanola. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 23. .
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226133942
- ISBN
- 9780226133942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Simultaneously published in English under title: A brief history of the Spanish language. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226133775
- ISBN
- 9780226133775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2AHM; CFF; CJ; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801020162
- ISBN
- 9780801020162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.94
€ 23.99
€ 23.94
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- B&H Academic
- Edition
- Third
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805444933
- ISBN
- 9780805444933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.46
€ 40.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Gross, David C. Series: Hippocrene Practical Dictionaries S. Num Pages: 146 pages, 4000 entries. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CBDX; CFFD; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781804394
- ISBN
- 9780781804394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.63
€ 13.99
€ 13.63
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198791096
- ISBN
- 9780198791096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.86
€ 18.99
€ 14.86
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€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Hardback. The early part of the period covered by this volume marked the centrality of the book as a vehicle of communication. The later part of the period witnesses the book's decline as a mass medium, although it retains a high cultural value in contemporary society. Editor(s): Bell, Bill; Finkelstein, David; McCleery, Alistair. Series: The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland. Num Pages: 544 pages, 49 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 252 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618293
- ISBN
- 9780748618293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.85€ 192.73
€ 202.85
€ 192.73
This book offers a new approach to the use of linguistic data to reconstruct prehistory. The author shows how a well-studied language family--in this case Uto-Aztecan--can be used as an instrument for reconstructing prehistory. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2JNN; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826354808
- ISBN
- 9780826354808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.74
€ 83.74
Paperback. How and why do languages change over time? Could the way an individual child develops affect aggregate language change? What do the mechanisms of change tell us about the evolution of language in our species? This book asserts that a child develops a grammar on exposure to some triggering experience. Series: Blackwell/Maryland Lectures in Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFFD; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210603
- ISBN
- 9780631210603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.54
€ 64.54
Hardback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABC; CFFD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631858
- ISBN
- 9780816631858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.04
€ 56.04
Hardcover. In this book, the first written about the globalization of the English language by a professional historian, the exploration of English's global ascendancy receives its proper historical due. This brief, accessible volume breaks new ground in its organization, emphasis on causation, and conclusions. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFB; CFF; HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303059
- ISBN
- 9781137303059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.19
€ 122.19