New International Encyclopedia of Bible Words
An encyclopedia based on the NIV and the NASB, this volume explores the Hebrew and Greek words...
EAN: 9780310523352
Oxford Handbook of Inflection
This handbook provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of work on inflection - the...
EAN: 9780199591428
From Latin to Romance
This book examines grammatical changes during the transition from Latin to the Romance languages...
EAN: 9780198736691
Evolutionary Syntax
Ljiljana Progovac proposes a gradualist, adaptationist approach to the evolution of syntax,...
EAN: 9780198736554
Borrowed Words
This book shows how, when, and why English took words from other languages and explains how to...
EAN: 9780198736493
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
This unique and thoroughly revised collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely used...
EAN: 9780198734901
History of the Irish Language
This book traces the history of the Irish language from the time of the Norman invasion to...
EAN: 9780198724766
Speaking American
Speaking American shows what the English language looked like from various points on the American...
EAN: 9780190232603
Hobson-Jobson
Hobson-Jobson is a unique lexicon of British India. Part dictionary, part encyclopedia it shows...
EAN: 9780198718000
Etymologies of Isidore of Seville
This book provides a complete English translation - together with introduction and notes - of the...
EAN: 9780521837491
Auxiliary Verb Constructions
Presents a comprehensive survey of the auxiliary verb construction. Drawing on a database of over...
EAN: 9780199280315
Glossary of Historical Linguistics
This Glossary provides accessible and widely representative definitions, discussion, and examples...
EAN: 9780748623792
Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3
Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume...
EAN: 9781405112154
Changing Languages of Europe
Look for the causes of linguistic change in cultural and economic exchanges across national and...
EAN: 9780199297344
English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
EAN: 9781403947239
Language, Culture, and Society
How does language influence our perception of the world? How do children learn to use language...
EAN: 9780521849418
American Slang Dictionary, Fourth Edition
Helps to learn the lingo of American English. This dictionary offers you the definitions of more...
EAN: 9780071461085
Empires of the Word
An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one...
EAN: 9780007118717
English Historical Metrics
This volume identifies historical metrics as an important discipline within English studies and...
EAN: 9780521026284
American Spanish Pronunciation
Offers views of phonological research on American Spanish.
EAN: 9780878400997
How New Languages Emerge
This book explains how languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force....
EAN: 9780521859134
Linguistics and the Formal Sciences
An insightful overview of how syntactic theory was influenced by developments in the formal...
EAN: 9780521854818
Swearing in English
Swearing is an everyday part of the language of most speakers of modern English. This...
EAN: 9780415544047
