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Historical & comparative linguistics

Paperback. A comprehensive study of the Etruscan language in English, this work provides a collection of Etruscan inscriptions and texts currently in print. A substantial archeological introduction sets language and inscriptions in their historical, geographical and cultural context. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2Z; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719055409
ISBN
9780719055409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. The Ethnography of Communication presents the terms and concepts which are essential for discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures. aeo Presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; GTC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228424
ISBN
9780631228424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.32

Hardcover. This text is concerned with how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures. This introduction presents the essential terms and concepts introduced and developed by Dell Hymes and others, and surveys the most important findings and applications of their work. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; GTC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228417
ISBN
9780631228417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.50

Paperback. Much scholarly work assumes that African American Vernacular English (AAVE) derives from an earlier plantation creole. This volume explores an alternative hypothesis: that the characteristic features were acquired from the varieties of English to which early speakers were exposed. Editor(s): Poplack, Shana. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 2ZP; CFFD; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212621
ISBN
9780631212621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.63

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

€ 207.05
€ 197.27

Paperback. This is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language. Editor(s): Corbett, J.; McClure, J. Derrick; Stuart-Smith, Jane. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; CFB; CFFD; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615964
ISBN
9780748615964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

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

€ 46.99
€ 33.57

paperback. First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Russ, Charles. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415861809
ISBN
9780415861809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.21

Paperback. * Phonetic symbols are included with orthographic representations of speech sounds* Includes many detailed maps which illustrate the origins of various dialects* Celebrates the diversity of English dialects. . Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631218159
ISBN
9780631218159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.47

Paperback. This book, the second volume in A Linguistic History of English, describes the development of Old English from Proto-Germanic. It is an internal history of the structure of English that combines traditional historical linguistics, modern syntactic theory, the study of languages in contact, and the variationist approach to language change. Series: A Linguistic History of English. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFH; CFK; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 43. Weight in Grams: 930.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198787198
ISBN
9780198787198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

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

€ 65.86

Paperback. This volume focuses on the past and present development of African American vernacular English, particularly its development during the antebellum period and its trajectory of change in 20th-century. It studies an isolated bi-racial community situated in a distinctive dialect region. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 2ABM; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230878
ISBN
9780631230878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.89

Paperback. Intends to illuminate old creole societies and emerging cultures and identities in many parts of the world. This book covers areas that include Latin America, the South Atlantic/Indian oceans, the Caribbean, West and East Africa, the Pacific and the US. It provides a reader-friendly and informative overview of creolization. Editor(s): Cohen, Robin; Toninato, Paola. Series: Routledge Student Readers. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFFD; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415498548
ISBN
9780415498548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 54.07

Hardcover. These essays, written by scholars from diverse disciplines and perspectives, consider various present-day and historical efforts to make a language dominant through textual and literary means. Contributors examine pressures to elevate one language at the expense of another and the cultural and intellectual consequences of that elevation. Editor(s): Bloomer, W. Martin. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268021900
ISBN
9780268021900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.31

Paperback. These essays, written by scholars from diverse disciplines and perspectives, consider various present-day and historical efforts to make a language dominant through textual and literary means. Contributors examine pressures to elevate one language at the expense of another and the cultural and intellectual consequences of that elevation. Editor(s): Bloomer, W. Martin. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268021917
ISBN
9780268021917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Noam Chomskya s work has had a decisive influence on the development of linguistics and more broadly on the study of mind and language. This book, which contains two new papers by Chomsky, assesses that a Chomskyan Turna in linguistics and the cognitive sciences. Editor(s): Kasher, Asa. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 figures, indexes. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631187349
ISBN
9780631187349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Critical
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228690
ISBN
9780823228690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.90

Paperback. * First comprehensive study for 50 years of the stones from western Britain and Brittany, inscribed in the Roman and Irish Ogam alphabets. * Provides a linguistic analysis of the 370 Brittonic and Irish inscriptions. * Presents new phonological evidence for the dating of the inscriptions. . Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 364 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AF; CFF; CFH; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405109031
ISBN
9781405109031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.02

Hardback. The definitive guide to historical linguistics, covering all the most important issues in the field. > Editor(s): Luraghi, Silvia; Bubenik, Vit. Series: Continuum Companions. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441144652
ISBN
9781441144652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.71
€ 204.00

Hardback. The Blackwell History of the Latin Language charts the development of Latin from its prehistoric origins in the Indo-European language family, through the earliest texts, to the creation of the Classical Language of Cicero and Vergil, and examines the impact of the spread of spoken Latin through the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405162098
ISBN
9781405162098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.92

Hardback. A spirited account of the life and times of one of the seminal figures in history of English grammar which dispels the myth of Lowth as the icon of prescriptivism, and establishes him as a key figure in the history of English grammar. It will appeal to everyone interested in the history of English the long-running debate on linguistic correctness. Num Pages: 360 pages, Figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780199579273
ISBN
9780199579273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.90

Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 636 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947655
ISBN
9781933947655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.61

Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 612 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 218 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947648
ISBN
9781933947648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.72
€ 73.75

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