Historical and comparative linguistics

The Understanding Language series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics.

The Understanding Language series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics.

Through a detailed examination of proverbs related to money, this book offers a comprehensive critique of the prevailing everyday ideologies and discourses on money and paves the way toward establishing a new set of proverbs more conducive to financial equality and human well-being.

Through a detailed examination of proverbs related to money, this book offers a comprehensive critique of the prevailing everyday ideologies and discourses on money and paves the way toward establishing a new set of proverbs more conducive to financial equality and human well-being.

First published in 1990, this collection investigates grammatical categories associated with the verb as they are used by speakers and writers in real discourses and texts.

First published in 1990, this collection investigates grammatical categories associated with the verb as they are used by speakers and writers in real discourses and texts.

First published in 1979, this book starts from the perspective that dealing with anaphoric language can be decomposed into two complementary tasks: 1.

First published in 1979, this book starts from the perspective that dealing with anaphoric language can be decomposed into two complementary tasks: 1.

First published in 1993, this book provides clear illustrations of discourse analytic work and empirical critiques of the traditional psychological approaches.

First published in 1993, this book provides clear illustrations of discourse analytic work and empirical critiques of the traditional psychological approaches.

Discourse analysis is a wide ranging area of study that examines the features of language beyond the limits of a sentence - including vocal, written and sign language, along with any significant semiotic events.

Historical Research on Spoken Language: Corpus Perspectives uses historical sources to discuss continuity and change in spoken language.

Historical Research on Spoken Language: Corpus Perspectives uses historical sources to discuss continuity and change in spoken language.

In the current context of globalization, relocation of cultures, and rampant technologizing of communication, orality has gained renewed interest across disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences.

In the current context of globalization, relocation of cultures, and rampant technologizing of communication, orality has gained renewed interest across disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences.

This book brings together for the first time a series of previously published papers featuring Ian Roberts' pioneering work on diachronic and comparative syntax over the last thirty years in one comprehensive volume.

This book brings together for the first time a series of previously published papers featuring Ian Roberts' pioneering work on diachronic and comparative syntax over the last thirty years in one comprehensive volume.

First published in 1936, this book is intended to provide an outline of Anglo-Saxon grammar for beginners, focusing on well-selected, succinctly stated rules rather than giving a detailed survey.

First published in 1936, this book is intended to provide an outline of Anglo-Saxon grammar for beginners, focusing on well-selected, succinctly stated rules rather than giving a detailed survey.

The endangered languages crisis is widely acknowledged among scholars who deal with languages and indigenous peoples as one of the most pressing problems facing humanity, posing moral, practical, and scientific issues of enormous proportions.

A little guide to some famous Scottish sayings, proverbs and quotations.

This is a compilation of the most annoying English cliches around today; those expressions that you hear time and time again and that make you cringe with irritation when you do hear them, but which - even more annoyingly!

Karin Oehlmann beschreibt, ausgehend von der heutigen kirchenpolitischen Landschaft in Württemberg, die in Gesprächskreise und Landesvereinigungen gegliedert und vom Gegensatz zwischen Pietismus und moderner Theologie geprägt ist, die großen Konflikte in der Landeskirche sowie die Geschichte der beteiligten Gruppen.

Using increasingly sophisticated databases, this volume explores grammatical usage from the Late Modern period in a broad context.

This book draws on a range of informal letter corpora and outlines the historical sociolinguistic value of letter analysis.

This book presents a more accurate and detailed analysis of Ancient Greek temporal expressions which supersedes all previous studies.

This book draws on a range of informal letter corpora and outlines the historical sociolinguistic value of letter analysis.

Using increasingly sophisticated databases, this volume explores grammatical usage from the Late Modern period in a broad context.

This book presents a more accurate and detailed analysis of Ancient Greek temporal expressions which supersedes all previous studies.

A study of the Chinese language, tracing its history from its beginings in the second millennium BC to the present day.

This textbook teaches Hittite grammar in stages, using genuine material throughout, and is the first to introduce the cuneiform script.

A study of the Chinese language, tracing its history from its beginings in the second millennium BC to the present day.

An in-depth study of English as spoken in two major anglophone Caribbean territories, Jamaica and Trinidad.

An in-depth study of English as spoken in two major anglophone Caribbean territories, Jamaica and Trinidad.

Explores the history and structure of South American languages, combining insights from archaeology and genetics with innovative linguistic analysis.

A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the languages of ancient Sicily by an international team of experts.

The first book-length exploration of ''standard Englishes'' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed.

This volume presents a historical-sociolinguistic description and analysis of Maritime Polynesian Pidgin.

A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the languages of ancient Sicily by an international team of experts.

The first book-length exploration of ''standard Englishes'' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed.

This 2004 book describes the major forms of Afro-Hispanic language contact and how they have affected contemporary Spanish.

This book proposes a new methodological approach to documenting languages spoken in multilingual societies.

Demonstrates that the Oxford English Dictionary is an international product in both its content and its making.

Demonstrates that the Oxford English Dictionary is an international product in both its content and its making.

An exploration of grammatical differences between British English dialects, drawing on authentic speech data collected in over thirty counties.

A groundbreaking account of the linguistic features of four English dialects and their wider implications for English''s development.

How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve?

A thorough examination of the nature and function of absolute constructions in Greek, Latin and Sanskrit.

An exploration of how philology contributed to the study of English language and literature in the nineteenth century.

An exploration of grammatical differences between British English dialects, drawing on authentic speech data collected in over thirty counties.