Historical and comparative linguistics

The first full-length treatment of the history of comment clauses in English, providing a complex conception of their development.

This book describes the changes which led from colloquial Latin to the five major Romance languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian.

A broad coverage of German syntax, providing an in-depth look at object-verb sentence formation in comparison with other languages.

Joseph Solodow tells the story of how Latin developed into modern French, Spanish, and Italian, and also deeply affected English.

Presents new models for describing and analysing language in degenerative (Alzheimer''s) and developmental (autism spectrum) disorders.

Documents the linguistic properties of lesser-known varieties of English, showing their relevance for language spread and change.

This book brings together the most important insights from the vast amount of literature on the origin of language.

Joseph Solodow tells the story of how Latin developed into modern French, Spanish, and Italian, and also deeply affected English.

This book explores the social and structural dynamics that underlie the creation of new, or restructured, grammars.

A fascinating account of both the logic and history of contrast in phonology.

This book considers how languages, peoples and cultures in the Near East interacted over the millennium between Alexander and Muhammad.

Discusses the relationship between Chomskyan syntactic theory and the evolution of language.

An introduction to the structure and sociolinguistics of the German language for students of German and linguistics.

Discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on research carried out in Polynesia.

This Handbook brings together the world''s foremost researchers to provide a one-stop resource for the study of language acquisition and development.

An insightful study that proposes a unified theory of speech through which conflicting ideas about language might be understood.

A new edition of this textbook discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages.

This book argues that, contrary to popular opinion, dialects do have a grammar, and that ''non standard'' language often makes more sense.

A clear introduction to English between the 5th century and 1066, specifically designed for use on one-term course modules.

Analyses the development of Portuguese and Spanish from Latin and their subsequent transformation into several non-standard varieties.

This third edition includes a new and specially written introduction by James McGilvray, contextualising the work for the twenty-first century.

This second edition of this overview of research on intonational phonology includes material on research developments since the mid 1990s.

A comprehensive 2007 survey of the development and present-day features of English in Northern and the Republic of Ireland.

An original volume focusing on British–American differences in the structure of words and sentences.

The first full-length treatment of the history of comment clauses in English, providing a complex conception of their development.

The first book to offer a universal linguistic theory of poetic meter.

This book discusses language classification and how and why languages diversify and spread.

An analysis of the grammatical elements (''functional categories'') in language.

This book discusses the spread of English around the world from a social and linguistic perspective.

An examination of the relationship between structure and meaning in words.

This book is a convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World''s Ancient Languages.

This book, first published in 2007, is a comprehensive examination of regional diversification in Latin from the earliest beginnings to late antiquity.

An edited collection of essays discussing the linguistic relationships between African languages.

This 2007 book outlines the major syntactic characteristics of Welsh, including word order, agreement, tense and clause structure.

A clear introductory textbook on the study of Indo-European languages, with glossary, discussion points, and exercises.

This 2007 book explains the concept of style in speech and examines ways of studying accents and dialects.

This book documents changes to the vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation of Standard English over the past century.

Concise, accessible guide to the syntax of Modern French, showing its contribution to syntactic theory.

This book provides an account of the spread and diversification of postcolonial English worldwide.

This practical coursebook introduces all the basics of semantics in a simple, step-by-step fashion.

A comprehensive overview of all linguistic aspects of Mäori, the indigenous language of New Zealand.

This 2006 book presents a survey of all aspects of the linguistic structure of the Slavic languages.

An account of English in the north of England, discussing its history, culture and diversity.

A complete English translation of the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville.

Examines the origins and development of New Zealand English on the basis of extensive audio-recordings.

This book examines the interlinked history of Parisian speech and the Parisian population.

A discussion of some important questions in linguistic anthropology, the study of language in relation to culture and social interaction.

A complete history of English, from the earliest known writings to its status today as a dominant world language.

An insightful overview of how syntactic theory was influenced by developments in the formal sciences during the twentieth Century.

An engaging account of how new languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force.