Historical and comparative linguistics

In their book, the authors describe the usage of and attitudes towards English in Asia since the 19th century, as well as the creative and dynamic ways in which Asians of the 21st century continually reinvent the lexicon of English, and the lexicons of their native tongues.

The Handbook of Language Mapping aims to explore the core methodological and theoretical approaches of linguistic cartography.

Times are good, and 1950s moms are hungry for pastries to serve their baby boomer families.

This volume provides the first-ever comprehensive analysis of a potential variety of English, spoken in the Greek part of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

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We all think we know what a dictionary is for and how to use one, so most of us skip the first pages-the front matter-and go right to the words we wish to look up.

Remade in France: Anglicisms in the Lexicon and Morphology of French chronicles the current status of French Anglicisms, a popular topic in the history of the French language and a compelling example of the influence of global English.

An introduction to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts, including lessons and exercises.

Generations of students have learned Latin with this classic introductory textbook that remains the most highly regarded and bestselling single-volume of its kind.

From the bestselling author of Blood and Money: A haunting true story of three people locked in a fierce struggle against time and the sea—and each other.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "g - glutzen" verfügbar.

Der Band enthält die Beiträge der zwölften Begegnung im bilateralen Theologischen Dialog zwischen der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland und der Rumänischen Orthodoxen Kirche vom März 2010 in Sambata de Sus und der dreizehnten Begegnung vom März 2013 in Drübeck/Sachsen-Anhalt.

This book explores and assesses the multiple levels at which linguistic policies can be challenged, devised and enacted, i.

Die Gemeinschaften innerhalb des Gnadauer Verbandes werden seit den 1970er-Jahren zunehmend "Gemeinden"; sie gehen den Weg zu mehr struktureller Eigenständigkeit, der in diesem Buch in praktisch-theologischer Perspektive analysiert und erörtert wird.

This book explores the syntactic structures of Mainland Scandinavian, a term that covers the Northern Germanic languages spoken in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and parts of Finland.

First published in 1897, "e;A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon and Cant"e; includes definitions for a wide range of contemporary slang-English words, as well as those relating to American, Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, "e;gypsies' jargon"e;, and other interesting contemporary phraseology.

This volume offers a range of synchronic and diachronic case studies in comparative Germanic and Romance morphosyntax.

A comprehensive work which offers a new and provocative approach to Spanish from political and historical perspectives.

Luther's Catechism will engage and equip you with the truths of God's holy Word: the Bible.

The new and updated third edition of this highly successful textbook contains an additional chapter that presents modern empirical research methods in the form of exemplary small-scale studies.

Most of the early twentieth-century Pentecostal denominations were peace churches that encouraged a stance of conscientious objection.

The contributors to this collection address issues of definition and theory of linguistic areas, analyze the process of convergence, and introduce methods to assess the impact of language contact across geographical zones.

The presence of evil in a world said by God to be good is perhaps humanity's most vexing challenge.

In this volume of 29 papers, readers interested in language variation and historical linguistics will find interesting theoretical proposals as well as suggestions concerning ways of approaching previously unsolved empirical problems in the field.

Being a priest is likened to being a shepherd.

This volume presents a collection of articles reporting on new research carried out within the theoretical framework of generative grammar on the comparative syntax of the Germanic languages.

The Earliest English provides a student-friendly introduction to Old English and the earliest periods of the history of the English Language as it evolved before 1215.

Beginning with the anthropological linguistic tradition associated primarily with the names of Franz Boas, Edward Sapir and their students and concluding with the work of Noam Chomsky and William Labov at the end of the century.

The book provides the first comparison of usage preferences across registers in the language pair English-German.

This volume explores several recurring topics in Romance phonetics and phonology, with a special focus on the segment, syllable, word, and phrase levels of analysis.

This book offers an in-depth treatment of a variety of morpho-syntactic issues in Cape Verdean Creole (CVC) both from a descriptive and theoretical perspective.

In 1578, the Anglo-Italian author, translator, and teacher John Florio wrote that English was 'a language that wyl do you good in England, but passe Dover, it is woorth nothing'.

Similar in size and in duration, the Chinese and the Roman empires ruled half the world's population at the time of their co-existence.

This monograph on biblical linguistics is a highly specialized, pragmatic investigation of the controversial question of "e;foregrounding"e;-the deviation from some norm or convention-in Old Testament narratives.