Historical & comparative linguistics
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Historical & comparative linguistics
paperback. A guide to effective writing suitable for the Americans. It answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of concise entries. It presents a systematic view of language as determined by context. It provides a chart of contexts and explains in which contexts a particular usage is appropriate. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CBG; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069892
- ISBN
- 9780231069892
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Condition: New
€ 48.09
€ 48.09
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
€ 15.99€ 13.08
€ 15.99
€ 13.08
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268021917
- ISBN
- 9780268021917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
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
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Condition: New
€ 112.10
€ 112.10
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415498548
- ISBN
- 9780415498548
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Condition: New
€ 64.39
€ 64.39
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 74.36
€ 74.36
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 64.54
€ 64.54
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
€ 41.19
€ 41.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167925
- ISBN
- 9780231167925
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.29
€ 45.99
€ 32.29
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
€ 40.99€ 36.63
€ 40.99
€ 36.63
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
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Condition: New
€ 200.76€ 192.10
€ 200.76
€ 192.10
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
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Condition: New
€ 68.23
€ 68.23
paperback. This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 318 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452. Series: Canto Classics. 320 pages, 1 map. This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight: 456.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107693937
- ISBN
- 9781107693937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.37
€ 21.99
€ 19.37
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
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Condition: New
€ 149.32
€ 149.32
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
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
€ 23.99€ 23.83
€ 23.99
€ 23.83
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€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Hardcover. 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, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBX; CFFD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 380. Fine copy in dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KKD0008974
- ISBN
- 9781851243488
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Essays on the complexity of multilingualism in medieval England. Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; CFF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844594
- ISBN
- 9781843844594
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Condition: New
€ 93.54
€ 93.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2CSJ; CFF; HRCG; HRQC1; VXQ; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578631100
- ISBN
- 9781578631100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.65
€ 26.99
€ 23.65
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
€ 210.95
€ 210.95
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. The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics features 35 newly-written essays that explore how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be applied to the process of reconstruction of a language's past in order to account for diachronic linguistic changes and developments. Editor(s): Hernandez Campoy, Juan Manuel; Conde Silvestre, Juan Camilo. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 255 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190688
- ISBN
- 9781405190688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.62
€ 201.62
Paperback. Explanations and accounts of our own origins have become one of the popular of various areas in science. The discovery of fossils and artefact's has its own intrinsic interest. This volume is a reference work that sets out and evaluates the basic knowledge and theory relevant to these origins of these abilities. Editor(s): Lock, Andrew; Peters, Charles R. Num Pages: 912 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFF; JHM; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 251 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1658.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216902
- ISBN
- 9780631216902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.33
€ 111.33