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Hardcover. Al-Khalil was distinguished in his own time as a lexicographer, phonologist, grammarian, educator and musicologist. This is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the contributions to Arabic intellectual history of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad, (d AH 175/AD 791). Editor(s): Ryding, Karin C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BG; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406630
- ISBN
- 9780878406630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.95
€ 46.95
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€ 28.08
€ 40.99
€ 28.08
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
€ 62.47
€ 62.47
Hardback. Challenging an enduring paradigm among linguists, this text explores the origins of plantation creole. It proposes that the "limited access model" of creole genesis is seriously flawed. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; 2ZP; CFFD; GTB; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219991
- ISBN
- 9780520219991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.88€ 47.20
€ 60.88
€ 47.20
Paperback. The Syntax and Semantics of the Perfect Active in Literary Koine Greek incorporates linguistic insights from both neo-Davidsonian and Chomskyan traditions to present a unified semantic description of the perfect and pluperfect in literary Koine Greek. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119243540
- ISBN
- 9781119243540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.94
€ 30.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. Central Hill Nisenan was spoken in the hills northeast of Sacramento, California, but like many other California languages, it is no longer spoken. This monograph includes texts recorded by the late Richard Smith, a brief description of the language and a short word list. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 135 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2JN; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 8. Weight in Grams: 262.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520098060
- ISBN
- 9780520098060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
Paperback. Presents a strictly descriptive - or synchronic - approach to romance linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878400881
- ISBN
- 9780878400881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.34
€ 44.34
paperback. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 2FMZ; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ibex Publishers, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936347318
- ISBN
- 9780936347318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.20
€ 30.99
€ 22.20
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€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
hardcover. Discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on research carried out in Polynesia. Series: Language, Culture and Cognition. Num Pages: 396 pages, 3 b/w illus. 45 tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521883122
- ISBN
- 9780521883122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.72
€ 103.72
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
€ 62.32
€ 62.32
Paperback. * Includes a wealth of information and data on English spelling not available anywhere else * Features a complementary website with additional material at www. historyofenglishspelling. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190237
- ISBN
- 9781405190237
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Condition: New
€ 38.16
€ 38.16
Paperback. This study is the story of writing from its beginnings to its recent transformations through technology. The author shows how the written word originated, how it spread and how it figured in the evolution of civilization. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 608 pages, 10 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFF; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 45. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226508368
- ISBN
- 9780226508368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.35
€ 38.99
€ 30.35
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
€ 30.99€ 30.98
€ 30.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; CFF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772896625
- ISBN
- 9788772896625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.58€ 50.38
€ 65.58
€ 50.38
Paperback. A humorous and informative guide to some of the bizarre word origins and connections of the English language Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510598
- ISBN
- 9781843510598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.30
€ 10.30
Paperback. Originally published in 1927, this book contains the syntactical rules for understanding the Latin used by the Fathers of the Western Church. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CFF; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Blg Rei
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107668843
- ISBN
- 9781107668843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.60
€ 32.60
Hardcover. The comparatively recent origins of pidgins and creoles provide them with a special place in linguistic theory. Debates about the origin and character of these languages have informed broader discussions within grammatical theory, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Editor(s): Kouwenberg, Silvia; Singler, John Victor. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 704 pages, 20ill. BIC Classification: 2ZP; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 184 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229025
- ISBN
- 9780631229025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.70
€ 58.70
Hardback. A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (aka Wawa) arose at the interface of "Indian" and "White" societies in the Pacific Northwest. Wawa's sources lie first in the language of the Chinookans who lived along the lower Columbia River .. Series: First Nations Language Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2JN; CFF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6147 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780774815260
- ISBN
- 9780774815260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
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
€ 16.99€ 14.13
€ 16.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. Offers a description of the Old English dialect on systemic functional principles. This book covers structures and functions within nominal, verbal and adverbial groups; relationships among clauses; embedding; and cohesion. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; CFF; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533649
- ISBN
- 9781845533649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.58
€ 62.58
Hardcover. This book presents a radically different view of language from that found in most modern Western philosophy. Human language is seen as having an innate capacity to reflect the light of consciousness, the primary element of the universe, and evidence is provided to show the extraordinary reflective capacity of the Sanskrit language. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; CFA; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856832710
- ISBN
- 9780856832710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.09
€ 21.99
€ 20.09
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€ 32.29
€ 45.99
€ 32.29
Paperback. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867842
- ISBN
- 9780801867842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.61
€ 44.99
€ 36.61