Historical and comparative linguistics

Using corpus-based analyses, the book challenges widely held beliefs about grammatical complexity, academic writing, and linguistic change in written English.

A wide-ranging study of medieval English from 500 to 1500, exploring forms and ideas about language in a literary and cultural context.

Using corpus-based analyses, the book challenges widely held beliefs about grammatical complexity, academic writing, and linguistic change in written English.

This fascinating study of languages in contact introduces new insights from popular culture, the globalised new economy and computer-mediated communication.

This fascinating study of languages in contact introduces new insights from popular culture, the globalised new economy and computer-mediated communication.

This innovative text is the first to map regional grammatical variation in written Standard American English.

This innovative text is the first to map regional grammatical variation in written Standard American English.

A groundbreaking new interpretation of the relationship between Greek and Oscan, two of the most widely spoken languages of pre-Roman Italy.

A groundbreaking new interpretation of the relationship between Greek and Oscan, two of the most widely spoken languages of pre-Roman Italy.

This book makes ancient Latin-learning materials usable by modern students for the first time.

Language, Literacy, and Technology explores how technology matters to language and the ways we use it.

Language, Literacy, and Technology explores how technology matters to language and the ways we use it.

Charts the history of Singapore English and explores the linguistic, historical and social factors that have influenced its variety.

Charts the history of Singapore English and explores the linguistic, historical and social factors that have influenced its variety.

This Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity.

This volume provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of corpus-based linguistic research on English.

This book documents the lesser-known varieties of English which have been overlooked and understudied within the canon of English linguistics.

This new introduction explores all aspects of language change, with an emphasis on the role of cognition and language use.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

This volume provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of corpus-based linguistic research on English.

This book documents the lesser-known varieties of English which have been overlooked and understudied within the canon of English linguistics.

An introduction to genetics aimed at language scientists, with carefully selected concepts, methods and findings exploring language and speech.

This detailed, corpus-based study shows how the placement and usage of the English preposition has changed since the sixteenth century.

A pioneering exploration of form, meaning, theme and function in African American slang, illustrated with thousands of contextual examples.

A pioneering exploration of form, meaning, theme and function in African American slang, illustrated with thousands of contextual examples.

An introduction to genetics aimed at language scientists, with carefully selected concepts, methods and findings exploring language and speech.

This detailed, corpus-based study shows how the placement and usage of the English preposition has changed since the sixteenth century.

The most comprehensive survey of the history of the Romance languages ever published in English.

The most comprehensive survey of the history of the Romance languages ever published in English.

This History presents an up-to-date, diverse and comprehensive account of writing in the early medieval period in the British Isles.

This History presents an up-to-date, diverse and comprehensive account of writing in the early medieval period in the British Isles.

A thorough review of the worldwide problem of language endangerment and death.

A thorough review of the worldwide problem of language endangerment and death.

This book explores how new technologies have the potential to revolutionise the documentation, analysis and revitalisation of endangered languages.

This book explores how new technologies have the potential to revolutionise the documentation, analysis and revitalisation of endangered languages.

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

Addresses current issues in corpus linguistics – methodological, theoretical and applied – with special reference to Englishes past and present.

Addresses current issues in corpus linguistics – methodological, theoretical and applied – with special reference to Englishes past and present.

This book offers a distinct approach to the analysis of the multiple meanings of English modals, conjunctions, conditionals and perception verbs.

An accessible linguistic companion to Old English and its Indo-European and Germanic background.

This book is a comprehensive description of Hebrew from its Semitic origins and the earliest settlement of the Israelite tribes in Canaan to the present day.

What is the origin of the Romance languages?

What is the origin of the Romance languages?

This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar.

This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar.

This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.

This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.

Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England is the seminal text in the field of historical sociolinguistics.

Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England is the seminal text in the field of historical sociolinguistics.