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Paperback. Traces the importance of the Spanish language in the United States and presents an overview of the major varieties of Spanish that are spoken there. This work provides descriptions of the distinguishing characteristics of the major varieties, from Cuban and Puerto Rican, to the varieties dating back to the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Series: Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; CFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589012134
- ISBN
- 9781589012134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Paperback. Presents an account of the Ocracoke brogue - the vibrant dialect of the maritime community on Ocracoke island. The text traces its development, identifies the elements of pronunciation, vocabulary and syntax, and provide a glossary and quiz to enhance the reader's knowledge of "Ocracokisms". Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 illustrations, 3 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 2ZP; CFFD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846261
- ISBN
- 9780807846261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.06
€ 27.99
€ 24.06
The Spanish Language of New Mexico and Southern Colorado. A Linguistic...
Bills, G.d.; Vigil, Neddy A.
Details the effects of inevitable encroachment that intensified during the twentieth century and seriously threaten the viability of the New Mexican Spanish language. Num Pages: 448 pages, 149 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 1KBBWX; 2ADS; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826345493
- ISBN
- 9780826345493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.64
€ 110.64
Paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AC; 2G; 2ZX; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048153442
- ISBN
- 9789048153442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.98
€ 185.98
Paperback. Runes employ many techniques from informal scratchings to sophisticated inlaid designs on weapons, or the exquisite relief carvings of the Franks Casket. This book tells the story of runes from their mysterious origins, their development as a script, to their use and meaning in the modern world. Num Pages: 112 pages, 38 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AC; CBX; CFF; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780714180298
- ISBN
- 9780714180298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Hardback. Editor(s): Borodo, Michal; House, Juliane. Series: New Frontiers in Translation Studies. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811037993
- ISBN
- 9789811037993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.63
€ 111.63
Paperback. This Companion, now available in a paperback format, brings together more than 60 distinguished contributors to offer a wide-ranging survey of the history of the English language. Many of the essays investigate regional and ethnic varieties and take up issues of and gender. Editor(s): Momma, Haruko; Matto, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 724 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657935
- ISBN
- 9780470657935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.61
€ 53.61
Paperback. The Language of Queen Elizabeth I presents one of the first diachronic accounts of the language - the idiolect - of the Tudor monarch who ruled England and Ireland from 1558-1603. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 266 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118672877
- ISBN
- 9781118672877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.41
€ 31.41
Paperback. The Handbook of the History of English is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that focus on the theoretical issues behind the facts of the changing English language. Editor(s): Kemenade, Ans van; Los, Bettelou. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187862
- ISBN
- 9781405187862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.62
€ 59.62
hardcover. Arguing that the prevailing conception of historical linguistics is flawed, the author presents a series of linguistic studies which demonstrate that all extant human languages share a common origin. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804723213
- ISBN
- 9780804723213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.26
€ 168.26
Paperback. Series: Hippocrene Concise Dictionaries S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8000 entries. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CBDX; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 107 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781804554
- ISBN
- 9780781804554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.32
€ 15.99
€ 14.32
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772880013
- ISBN
- 9788772880013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.87
€ 12.87
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- D.S.Brewer
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859915632
- ISBN
- 9780859915632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.35
€ 137.35
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
€ 69.48
€ 69.48
Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature i...
. Ed(S): Baker, Peter S.; Howe, Nicholas
hardcover. With contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field, this book is a distinguished collection of essays on Old and Middle English literature and textual analysis. Editor(s): Baker, Peter S.; Howe, Nicholas. Series: Toronto Old English Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; CFFD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated.........
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802041531
- ISBN
- 9780802041531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.55
€ 88.55
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€ 31.13
€ 34.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Booij, Geert E.; Marle, Jaap van. Series: Yearbook of Morphology. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; CFH; CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048167449
- ISBN
- 9789048167449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 239.16
€ 239.16
hardcover. This third edition includes a new and specially written introduction by James McGilvray, contextualising the work for the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521881760
- ISBN
- 9780521881760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.53
€ 95.53
Paperback. Ranging from the writings of Augustine, Dante, Descartes and Rousseau, arcane treatises on cabbalism and magic, to the history of the study of language and its origins, this book shows how the late eighteenth-century discovery of a proto-language (Indo-European) for the Aryan peoples was perverted to support notions of racial superiority. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205104
- ISBN
- 9780631205104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.19
€ 41.19
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
€ 106.02
€ 106.02
Paperback. This book is the first to present a comprehensive linguistic study of Jersey Norman French. Drawing on a corpus of original data, it offers historical and dialectological sketches, an assessment of language planning on Jersey, and an account of language change in progress. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231691
- ISBN
- 9780631231691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.37
€ 31.37
Paperback. This is a history of Europe unlike any other: a theory-informed history of its language use. The 'rise' and 'fall' of languages are recounted, along with an analysis of why periods of linguistic diversity are followed by hegemony. How did the sociolinguistic past differ from the sociolinguistic present? Num Pages: 255 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; DSB; HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349312894
- ISBN
- 9781349312894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardback. Discusses many optimization and linguistic issues. This title treats the history of a variety of languages, including English, French, Germanic, Galician/Portuguese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish and shows that the application of Optimality Theory allows for innovative and improved analyses. Editor(s): Holt, D. Eric (University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA). Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 463 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 899.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014697
- ISBN
- 9781402014697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.02
€ 242.02