Language Dispersal, Diversification, and Contact
This book addresses the complex question of how and why languages have spread across the globe....
EAN: 9780198723813
Phonology-Morphology Interface
First published in 1989. The development of morphological and phonological theory within the...
EAN: 9781138604377
Descriptions, Translations and the Caribbean
This book offers a new perspective on the role played by colonial descriptions and translation of...
EAN: 9783319822228
Pidgins and Creoles vol I
This new four volume collection, Pidgins and Creoles, will showcase the major areas of research...
EAN: 9781138841918
How Dead Languages Work
Different languages have different personalities, and there is a lot that can be lost in...
EAN: 9780198852827
Unexpressed Subjects in English
In this corpus-based, variationist study, Amy M. Lindstrom demonstrates that unexpressed subjects...
EAN: 9781793604613
Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between
EAN: 9781642501384
Sociolinguistics
Originally published in 1992. This provocative book calls for a critical analysis of the...
EAN: 9781138352902
Variation and Change in Gallo-Romance Grammar
This volume offers a wide-range of case studies on variation and change in the Gallo-Romance...
EAN: 9780198840176
The Source of Speech
A study of the origins of speech, from Indology to Anthroposophy
EAN: 9781912230372
Developments in English
The history of the English language is a vast and diverse area of research. In this volume, a...
EAN: 9781108810432
Keeping Languages Alive
Around the globe, a large body of linguists are collaborating with members of indigenous...
EAN: 9781108790406
Law in the Time of Oxymora
Law in the Time of Oxymora is dedicated to the apparent rise in recent years in rhetorical...
EAN: 9780367893644
Perspectives on Teaching Language and Content
EAN: 9780300223293
Formulaic Language and Linguistic Change
Using a data-led methodology to study formulaic language and culture, this book makes an...
EAN: 9781108477468
Transforming Early English
This book accounts for later re-workings of early English and Scottish texts, arguing for a new...
EAN: 9781108420389
Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages
This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of the Transeurasian languages. It offers detailed...
EAN: 9780198804628
Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
This dictionary defines a myriad of phrases and sayings that are used daily in the English...
EAN: 9780198845621
Casting a Minimalist Eye on Adjuncts
Offering a comprehensive overview of research on adjuncts and foundational minimalist principles,...
EAN: 9780367421939
History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean
This is the second book in a two-volume comparative history of negation in the languages of...
EAN: 9780199602544
Royal Voices
Through an exploration of the material and linguistic properties of Tudor royal texts, this book...
EAN: 9781107131217
Book of Feckin' Irish Slang that's great craic for cute hoors and bowsies
The almost incomprehensible wit and wonder of Irish slang words. Can you tell your bowsies from...
EAN: 9781788491709
Greek & Latin Roots of English
The sixth edition expands the introduction to each chapter, and contains revised exercises in...
EAN: 9781538128633
