Cambridge History of the English Language
This volume traces the history of English in North America during the past 400 years. It...
EAN: 9780521264792
Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slang
Rhyming slang is a subject of perennial interest to the general language-conscious public....
EAN: 9780198607519
Pocket Scots Dictionary
Provides information on Scots language for the general public and for schools in a compact and...
EAN: 9781902930022
Introduction to Early Modern English
A study of the English language during the period 1500-1700.
EAN: 9780748615247
Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics
With nearly 2400 entries, this dictionary covers every aspect of the subject, from the most...
EAN: 9780748610013
Chomskyan Turn
Noam Chomskya s work has had a decisive influence on the development of linguistics and more...
EAN: 9780631187349
Understanding Language Change
This new textbook will be accessible to all students with only an elementary knowledge of...
EAN: 9780521446655
From Etymology to Pragmatics
A new approach to the analysis of the multiple meanings of English modals, conjunctions,...
EAN: 9780521424424
Languages of Japan
This book is a detailed survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan, Japanese and Ainu....
EAN: 9780521369183
Dynamical Grammar
This text explores the consequences for language acquisition, evolution and theory of taking the...
EAN: 9780198700265
Dynamical Grammar
Explores the consequences for language acquisition, language evolution, and linguistic theory of...
EAN: 9780198700258
Language Contact
Language contact is everywhere: many nations have more than one official language, and quite...
EAN: 9780748607198
From Hand to Mouth
Marshaling far-flung evidence from anthropology, animal behavior, neurology, molecular biology,...
EAN: 9780691116730
Handbook of Historical Linguistics
* Provides a comprehensive and current account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that...
EAN: 9780631195719
English in Nineteenth-Century England
This introduction to nineteenth-century English in England surveys the distinctive features of...
EAN: 9780521476843
Spanish Language Today
Describes the varied and changing Spanish language at the end of the twentieth century. By...
EAN: 9780415142595
Dictionary of Rhyming Slang
This well-known, authoritative dictionary is wittily illustrated and provides a dependable guide...
EAN: 9780415046022
Shahnama
During the course of the centuries hundreds of illustrated Shahnama manuscripts were created....
EAN: 9780754633679
Varieties of Modern English
'Varieties of Modern English' gives readers the tools needed to understand the diversity of the...
EAN: 9780582369962
Romance Languages
This comprehensive survey examines the Romance languages from a wide variety of perspectives....
EAN: 9780521281393
History of English Words
This book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexis has undergone in the past...
EAN: 9780631188551
Cambridge History of the English Language
This volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to 1997. Separate chapters...
EAN: 9780521264778
Ancient Egyptian Language
This book, the first of its kind, examines how the phonology and grammar of the ancient Egyptian...
EAN: 9781107664678
Morphology of English Dialects
Why do we insist on using words that are 'wrong'? In this engaging study, Lieselotte Anderwald...
EAN: 9781107407695
