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Historical & comparative linguistics

Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive examination of a frequently discussed yet much misunderstood aspect of the Japanese language, this book looks at Keigo, or "polite language". It argues that modern keigo consciousness and keigo grammar merged out of Japan's encounter with Western trends. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JH; 3JJ; CFA; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824826024
ISBN
9780824826024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.77
€ 50.86

Paperback. Provides data from 1,159 common cognates found in 19 dialects from the Tai language family. This volume focuses on the consonants, vowels, and tones that are found in various cognates allows for further dialect studies, and for the investigation of questions concerning the tripartite division of the Tai language family. Series: Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 2GRS; CFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824831905
ISBN
9780824831905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.62

Hardcover. Looks at the history and ideology behind the construction of kokugo (national language). This book discusses the contributions of Ueda Kazutoshi (1867-1937) and Hoshina Koichi (1872-1955) in the creation of kokugo and moves us one step closer to understanding how the ideology of kokugo cast a spell over linguistic identity in modern Japan. Translator(s): Hubbard, Maki Hirano. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824833053
ISBN
9780824833053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.66
€ 62.08

Hardcover. Explores the history and etymology of newspapers' names - names that, by their very peculiarity, cry out for explanation. This book explains why there are more Heralds, Journals, Posts, and Tribunes than you can shake a typestick at. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFF; GBC; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826217486
ISBN
9780826217486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.10
€ 46.80

Paperback. The Arabic alphabet has a fascinating history, one that is entwined with the development of culture and society in the Middle East. This book traces the origins of the Arabic alphabet back to Aramaic, a descendant of Phoenecian, which itself gave rise to the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 5AN; CFF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 200 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Saqi Books
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863564314
ISBN
9780863564314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. Provides many practical ideas for building children's decoding skills by teaching lettersound relationships, blending, word building and multi-syllable words. This title presents the strategies for explicit, systematic phonics instruction that are suitable for use in primary-grade classrooms or with older students who are having difficulties. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
ACER Press
Edition
Australian ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864316851
ISBN
9780864316851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.77
€ 50.86

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Unisa Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868886647
ISBN
9781868886647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.66

Paperback. In this text, Aharon Dolgopolsky's "The Nostratic Family and Linguistic Palaeontology" is dicussed, as well as the internal and external relationships of Nostratic languages. Editor(s): Renfrew, Lord Colin; Nettle, Daniel. Series: Papers in the Prehistory of Languages. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902937007
ISBN
9781902937007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 33.64

Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939578204
ISBN
9781939578204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.70

Paperback. This publication is a large-scale application of Henning Andersen's theory of language and language change; a theory built on both C.S. Pierce's semiotic conceptual apparatus and the structural lingustics of Roman Jakobson, including his particular theory of distinctive features. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; CFF; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772884899
ISBN
9788772884899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Hardcover. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807751497
ISBN
9780807751497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.66
€ 74.28

Paperback. Translates Meillet's philological study from the 1908 French edition and the author's 1922 introduction to printing. This book covers indexes and bibliographical references to salient works from the half-century after original composition. Translator(s): Rosenberg, Samuel N. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2B; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817353193
ISBN
9780817353193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.49

Hardcover. This reference documents linguistic variations in Pennsylvania German (also known as Pennsylvania Dutch), the dialect now spoken primarily by Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities in the US. More than 160 maps show regional variants for a word or grammatical form. Num Pages: 260 pages, 160 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; CFFD; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Max Kade Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780924119026
ISBN
9780924119026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.43

Paperback. A history of Latin between the 16th and 20th centuries, exploring the institutional contexts in which the language was adopted and transmitted, as well as the privilege it came to confer on those that studied it. This is a work of reference, but it is also a cultural history. Translator(s): Howe, John. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADL; CFF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859844021
ISBN
9781859844021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.16

Hardcover. Brings together interrelated essays on aspects of oral production and reception in Western European medieval contexts from modern and post-structuralist perspectives. The contributors discusss the physical, social and semiotic qualities of medieval oralism, exploring a range of issues. Editor(s): Doane, A.N.; Pasternack, Carol Braun. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3H; 3JB; CFF; CFH; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299130909
ISBN
9780299130909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.44
€ 48.83

Paperback. Looking at the sexual metaphors that are so pervasive in American culture, such as: "jock"; "tool"; "shooting blanks"; and "gang bang", this work argues that men are trapped and damaged by language that constantly intertwines sexuality and friendship with images of war, machinery, sports and work. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFFD; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299171346
ISBN
9780299171346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809319077
ISBN
9780809319077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.46

Paperback. A first in multimodal/multisemiotic discourse studies this collection of original articles by international scholars focuses primarily on texts from non-English speaking contexts. The illuminating insights enhance our understanding of how language and other semiotic resources construe specific cultural and social concerns. Editor(s): Bowcher, Wendy L. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; DSA; GTC; GTE; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321407
ISBN
9781349321407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.04

Hardback. Editor(s): Fan, Si; Le, Thao; Le, Quynh. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFD; CFF; CFG; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
508
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634828000
ISBN
9781634828000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 429.29
€ 318.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, B&W Illus.: 11,. BIC Classification: CFF; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 256 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176866
ISBN
9780231176866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.16
€ 50.02

Hardcover. The Handbook of Dialectology provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area. Editor(s): Boberg, Charles; Nerbonne, John; Watt, Dr. Dominic. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118827550
ISBN
9781118827550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 212.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442606203
ISBN
9781442606203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.40

Hardback. Series: Education Dialogues with/in the Global South. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; CFA; CFF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811020643
ISBN
9789811020643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.59

Paperback. This book examines the cross-linguistic expression of changes of location or state. It is based on the idea that languages encode information either on the verb or on a non-verbal element such as an affix or preposition. It focuses principally on Latin, with important comparisons drawn with other language families, particularly Slavic. Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CFF; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198733294
ISBN
9780198733294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.31

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