Introduction to International Varieties of English
This book looks at native speaker varieties of English, considering how and why they differ in...
EAN: 9780748613380
Seeds of Speech
Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the...
EAN: 9780521785716
Experiencing Narrative Worlds
What does it mean to be transported by a narrative--to create a world inside one's head? How do...
EAN: 9780813336206
Taming the Vernacular
This text examines the differences between "standard" and "nonstandard" (or colloquial) varieties...
EAN: 9780582298095
Historical Linguistics and Language Change
Roger Lass offers a critical survey of the foundations of the art of historical linguistics, and...
EAN: 9780521459242
Dialects
Dialects introduces the many dialects of English spoken in the United Kingdom and reveals the key...
EAN: 9780415342636
French Language Today
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the French language from the perspective of...
EAN: 9780415198387
Death of the Irish Language
Using a blend of statistical analysis with field survery among native Irish speakers, Reg Hindley...
EAN: 9780415064811
Old English
Old English is a companion to Old English studies and to historical studies of early English in...
EAN: 9780521458481
Missing Spanish Creoles
Challenging an enduring paradigm among linguists, this text explores the origins of plantation...
EAN: 9780520219991
Words, Words, Words
Words, Words, Words probes lexicography, dialect, sexual practices, sport and social history to...
EAN: 9781843510598
LMH Official Dictionary Of Jamaican Words And Proverbs
EAN: 9789768184306
Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3
Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume...
EAN: 9781405112147
Les Parlers Judeo-Romans et la Vetus Latina
In this 1925 work, philologist D. S. Blondheim (1884–1934) proves that from antiquity to the...
EAN: 9781108053815
Spanish-Speaking World
Combining text with practical exercises and discussion questions to stimulate readers, this...
EAN: 9780415129831
German Language Today
Covers the linguistic variety within German speech community and the main systematic linguistic...
EAN: 9780415104395
Oxford History of English
Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is republished in a reset and...
EAN: 9780199660162
Concise English-Scots Dictionary
This comprehensive dictionary of words and phrases is for all who want to use the Scots language.
EAN: 9781902930046
Language and History in the Early Germanic World
This book uses linguistic evidence to provide a distinctive and accessible approach to the...
EAN: 9780521471343
Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 1
This book develops the general principles of linguistic change that form the foundations of...
EAN: 9780631179146
Evolutionary Emergence of Language
This book covers the origins and early evolution of language. Its main purpose is to synthesize...
EAN: 9780521786966
Companion to Baugh and Cable's A History of the English Language
This comprehensive and accessible student workbook accompanies the fifth edition of Albert C....
EAN: 9780415298940
Linguistics of Speech
This book proposes a unified theory of speech through which conflicting ideas about language...
EAN: 9780521715072
French Inside Out
In this comprehensive introduction, Henriette Walter provides the reader with a panoramic view of...
EAN: 9780415076708
