Origin and Diversification of Language
Morris Swadesh, one of this century's foremost scientific investigators of language, dedicated...
EAN: 9781138537248
Amazonian Linguistics
Lowland South American languages have been among the least studied in the world. This title...
EAN: 9780292723641
Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb
This book explores Arabic derivational morphology, focusing on the relationship between verb...
EAN: 9780198792741
Lexical Semantics of the Arabic Verb
This book explores Arabic derivational morphology, focusing on the relationship between verb...
EAN: 9780198792734
Are Some Languages Better than Others?
This book sets out to answer a question that many linguists have been hesitant to ask: are some...
EAN: 9780198817833
Cambridge Topics in English Language Attitudes to Language
Essential study guides for the future linguist.
EAN: 9781108402149
Indo-European Controversy
The global media recently announced that the mysteries surrounding the Indo-European languages...
EAN: 9781107665385
Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus
A pioneering interdisciplinary study of the languages and writing systems of ancient Cyprus,...
EAN: 9781107617414
Singlish Controversy
This book is for students and researchers who are interested in language policy and New...
EAN: 9781107181717
Comparative Literature
Considering literature comparatively can help readers realize how much can be learned by looking...
EAN: 9780198807278
Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork
Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork offers a diverse and practical introduction to research...
EAN: 9780415786133
Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork
Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork offers a diverse and practical introduction to research...
EAN: 9780415786126
English Language
This text adopts a stylistic approach, but in taking an historical viewpoint in its explanations...
EAN: 9781138412835
Pidgin and Creole Languages
Suzanne Romaine defines and describes the linguistic features of Pidgin and Creole languages....
EAN: 9781138412828
History of American English
Part of the "Longman Linguistics Library", this text examines the history and development of...
EAN: 9781138412811
Dialects of English
This is a study of the grammatical variations to be found in English dialects. It looks at...
EAN: 9781138417434
Standardising English
This path-breaking study of the standardisation of English written by leading researchers goes...
EAN: 9781107191051
English Politeness and Class
Politeness plays a vital role in maintaining class differences. This book analyses the...
EAN: 9781107116061
Romance Verb
This book is the first comprehensive comparative-historical survey of patterns of alternation in...
EAN: 9780199660216
Bits of Mountain Speech
A dictionary of ˘€folk speech.˘€ In this work Paul Fink has provided a glossary of terms that are...
EAN: 9781469638195
Voice and Discourse in the Irish Context
This book examines the intersection of culture and language in Ireland and Irish contexts. Over...
EAN: 9783319660288
Linguistics of Spoken Communication in Early Modern English Writing
This book uses a corpus of manuscript letters from Bess of Hardwick to investigate how linguistic...
EAN: 9783319660073
Yooper Talk
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan - known as ""the UP"" - is historically, geographically, and...
EAN: 9780299312503
