Historical & Comparative Linguistics
"1000 English Idioms Explained"
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Home Grown and From Across the Pond. We are blessed with the greatest language on the planet; it has evolved through centuries and today we use the richest stream of idioms and sayings without thought. And half the time we don't know what they really mean or from whence they came. This little book introduces readers to the colourful origins of modern language. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 300g.
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Publisher: Foulsham
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas"
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A convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. With 1 map 16 tables. Paperback, 296 pages. Size: 248 x 189 mm. Weight: 650g.
Author: (Woodard, Roger D., ed.)
ISBN: 0521684943
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"The Ancient Languages of Europe"
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A convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. With 2 maps 34 tables. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 245 x 187 mm. Weight: 646g.
Author: (Woodard, Roger D., ed.)
ISBN: 0521684951
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages"
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This encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity. With 5 maps 98 tables. Hardback, 1182 pages. Size: 255 x 196 mm. Weight: 2763g.
Author: (Woodard, Roger D., ed.)
ISBN: 0521562562
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"Changing English"
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Focuses on the radical changes that have taken place in the structure of English over a millennium and a half, detailing the influences of migration, colonialism and many other historical, social and cultural phenomena. This work introduces many key debates relating to the English language, illustrated by specific examples of data in context. With 42 colour illustrations. N.e of 2r.e. Paperback, 328 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Graddol, David, ed.)
ISBN: 0415376793
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"Classical Roots for Medics"
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Suitable for students of medicine and subjects allied to medicine, this work offers a fresh approach to understanding medical terms by listing their common constituent parts together with their meanings and examples, allowing complex words to be broken down. It also highlights plural forms, opposites and Greek and Latin equivalents. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 197 x 129 mm. Weight: 248g.
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ISBN: 055010349X
Publisher: Hodder Education
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"The Concise Etymological English Dictionary of the English Language"
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"Wordsworth Reference" series; A detective work into the origins and development of the world's most widely used language. It provide a guide to its flexibility and richness. New ed. Paperback, 656 pages. Size: 198 x 126 mm. Weight: 404g.
Author: (Skeat, Walter W., ed.)
ISBN: 1853263117
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date: 1993 (United Kingdom)
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"The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology"
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"Oxford Paperback Reference" series; Provides a brief account of the origins, history, and sense-development of a large part of the vocabulary of modern English, including both basic words and a wide selection of derivative forms. New ed. Paperback, 576 pages. Size: 196 x 129 mm. Weight: 386g.
Author: (Hoad, T.F., ed.)
ISBN: 0192830988
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 1993 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland Professionalism and Diversity 1880-2000"
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"The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland" series; The early part of the period covered by this volume marked the centrality of the book as a vehicle of communication. The later part of the period witnesses the book's decline as a mass medium, although it retains a high cultural value in contemporary society. With 49 black & white illustrations. Hardback, 544 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 1261g.
Author: (Bell, Bill, ed.)
ISBN: 0748618295
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Historical & Comparative Linguistics (V. 4)
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"French Slang Dictionary"English-French, Francais-Anglais
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A bilingual guide to French slang. It contains over 50,000 references that cover the colloquial and idiomatic as well as the truly outrageous. Featuring interesting French and English thesaurus sections, it is suitable for students of French. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 720 pages. Size: 199 x 131 mm. Weight: 486g.
Author: (Marks, Georgette A., ed.)
ISBN: 0245604952
Publisher: Hodder Education
Date: 1993 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"The Handbook of Historical Linguistics"
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"Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics" series; Presents a comprehensive account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize historical linguistics. This work contains an introduction that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context within linguistics and the historical sciences in general. With 21. New ed. Paperback, 904 pages. Size: 246 x 176 mm. Weight: 1542g.
Author: (Joseph, Brian D., ed.)
ISBN: 1405127473
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"A History of the English Language"
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Complete history of English, from the earliest known writings to its status today as a dominant world language. With 12 tables. Paperback, 520 pages. Size: 247 x 174 mm. Weight: 1002g.
Author: (Hogg, Richard M., ed.)
ISBN: 052171799X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
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"A History of Writing"From Hieroglyph to Multimedia
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From hieroglyph to multimedia. With 400 colour and b&w illustrations. Hardback, 408 pages. Size: 300 x 240 mm. Weight: 2448g.
Author: (Christin, Anne-Marie, ed.)
ISBN: 2080108875
Publisher: Editions Flammarion
Date: 2002 (France)
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"Language Origins"Perspectives on Evolution
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"Studies in the Evolution of Language" series; Addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified. This book deploys the methods and theories to probe into the origins and subsequent development of the only species that has languages. With figures. Paperback, 448 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 674g.
Author: (Tallerman, Maggie, ed.)
ISBN: 0199279047
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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"Lmh Official Dictionary of Popular Jamaican Phrases"
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Full title: 'Official Dictionary of Jamaican Phrases'. With ill.. Hardback, 72 pages. Size: 155 x 105 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: (Henry, L.Mike, ed.)
ISBN: 9768184299
Publisher: Lmh Publishing
Date: 2002 (Jamaica)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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