Historical and comparative linguistics

The first comprehensive overview of the development of literacy, script usage, and literature in Hittite Anatolia (1650–1200 BC).

Ground-breaking analysis of the Linear B undeciphered signs shedding light on the writing system and the activities of its writers.

The first comprehensive overview of the development of literacy, script usage, and literature in Hittite Anatolia (1650–1200 BC).

Drawing on innovative research, the book reveals the wealth and breadth of the study of word-formation, both theoretically and empirically.

Written entirely in Spanish, this is the ideal introduction to Spanish linguistics for students.

Requiring no background in linguistics, this book introduces readers to the rich diversity of human languages.

Written entirely in Spanish, this is the ideal introduction to Spanish linguistics for students.

Interdisciplinary examination of the transmission process of Linear A to Linear B script.

The Grand Tour provides a unique case study of population movement, language change and education in early modern Europe.

Using rigorous data-led methods, the book analyses formulaic language from the angle of historical linguistics, revealing key new insights.

Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, this is a state-of-the-art, comprehensive view of the emerging area of heritage language study.

Analyzes how fangyan (local Chinese languages or dialects) were central to the creation of modern Chinese nationalism.

Using rigorous data-led methods, the book analyses formulaic language from the angle of historical linguistics, revealing key new insights.

The Grand Tour provides a unique case study of population movement, language change and education in early modern Europe.

Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, this is a state-of-the-art, comprehensive view of the emerging area of heritage language study.

Analyzes how fangyan (local Chinese languages or dialects) were central to the creation of modern Chinese nationalism.

Requiring no background in linguistics, this book introduces readers to the rich diversity of human languages.

Drawing on innovative research, the book reveals the wealth and breadth of the study of word-formation, both theoretically and empirically.

A collection of studies on the role of English in German-speaking countries, covering a broad range of topics.

A collection of studies on the role of English in German-speaking countries, covering a broad range of topics.

A one-stop, comprehensive account of the key developments in the phonological history of Chinese.

An introduction to the key questions that drive the field of L2 acquisition research, including its historical foundations.

An introduction to the key questions that drive the field of L2 acquisition research, including its historical foundations.

A one-stop, comprehensive account of the key developments in the phonological history of Chinese.

Explores how comparative correlative constructions behave in English and how these change over time and space.

Explores how comparative correlative constructions behave in English and how these change over time and space.

Traces the making of Canadian English, both as concept and global variety, throughout the twentieth century to the present.

Presents a beginner''s introduction to the history of the English language, incorporating complex systems, the scientific model behind human speech.

An inventory of present-day English dialect, slang and colloquialisms drawn from a prestigious nationwide survey.

Presents a beginner''s introduction to the history of the English language, incorporating complex systems, the scientific model behind human speech.

With contributions from renowned scholars, this book explores what we can learn about linguistics from the study of Romance languages.

Studies the different conceptions of dialectic (art of argumentation, logic) during the Hellenistic and early Imperial periods.

Traces the making of Canadian English, both as concept and global variety, throughout the twentieth century to the present.

With a focus on empirical methods, this book traces the development of European orthographies in the early modern period.

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to statistics in corpus linguistics, covering multiple techniques of quantitative language analysis and data visualisation.

Taking a comparative and language-contact approach, this book traces the rise of two world languages, English and Spanish.

An overview of language rights issues and language conflicts with detailed examination of many cases past and present around the world.

Using a unified methodological and theoretical framework, this book compares interpersonal grammar systems across different languages.

Using a unified methodological and theoretical framework, this book compares interpersonal grammar systems across different languages.

Taking a comparative and language-contact approach, this book traces the rise of two world languages, English and Spanish.

Provides a systematic approach to lexical indicators of cultural identity using the material of Slavic languages.

An overview of language rights issues and language conflicts with detailed examination of many cases past and present around the world.

A brilliant analysis of colloquial English, both its syntax and its variations, using novel data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts and the internet.

The sound shape of words carries meaning for its users and also bears a range of social and interactional functions.

How did the Homeric narrator use metaphors of time, speech, and thought to compose and structure the Iliad and Odyssey?

Provides students with an engaging and thorough overview of the history of Spanish and its development from Latin.

With a focus on empirical methods, this book traces the development of European orthographies in the early modern period.

An interdisciplinary examination of recent research into how children''s language develops over time.

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to statistics in corpus linguistics, covering multiple techniques of quantitative language analysis and data visualisation.

This book provides a fresh perspective on language change in Late Modern English, and is illustrated with corpus-linguistic case studies.