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Cambridge University Press A Grammar of DiolaFogny
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Cambridge University Press The Contrastive Hierarchy in Phonology 121 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 121
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Cambridge University Press Syntactic Anchors On Semantic Structuring 118 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 118
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Cambridge University Press Studies in Yue Dialects 1
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature
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Cambridge University Press interactionsacrossenglisheslinguisticchoicesinlocalandinternationalcontactsituations
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Cambridge University Press Quoting Speech in Early English Studies in English Language
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Cambridge University Press The Threshold of AngloSaxon
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Cambridge University Press The Slavic Languages
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Cambridge University Press The Celtic Languages
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the English Language Volume 1
Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of the English Language is the first multi-volume work to provide a full account of the history of English. Its authoritative coverage extends from areas of central linguistic interest and concern to more specialised topics such as personal and place names. The volumes dealing with earlier periods are chronologically based, whilst those dealing with more recent periods are geographically based, thus reflecting the spread of English over the last 300 years. Volume 1 deals with the history of English up to the Norman Conquest, and contains chapters on Indo-European and Germanic, phonology and morphology, syntax, semantics and vocabulary, dialectology, onomastics, and literary language. Each chapter, as well as giving a chronologically-oriented presentation of the data, surveys scholarship in the area and takes full account of the impact of developing and current linguistic theory on the interpretation of the data. The chapters have been written with both specialistsTrade Review'... far and away the biggest and most ambitious history of the language ever published, and to judge from the quality of the two volumes that have appeared, it will be an achievement of which all concerned can be thoroughly proud.' Randolph Quirk, London Review of Books Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Stanford UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction Richard M. Hogg; 2. The place of English in Germanic and Indo-European Alfred Bammesberger; 3. Phonology and morphology Richard M. Hogg; 4. Syntax Elizabeth Closs Traugott; 5. Semantics and vocabulary Dieter Kastovsky; 6. Old English dialects Thomas E. Toon; 7. Onomastics Cecily Clark; 8. Literary language Malcolm R. Godden.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the English Language 10661476 Volume 2
Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of the English Language is the first multi-volume work to provide a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history of English from its beginnings to its present-day worldwide use. Volume 2 deals with the Middle English period, approximately 1066â1476, and describes and analyses developments in the language from the Norman Conquest to the introduction of printing. This period witnessed important features like the assimilation of French and the emergence of a standard variety of English. There are chapters on phonology and morphology, syntax, dialectology, lexis and semantics, literary language, and onomastics. Each chapter concludes with a section on further reading; and the volume as a whole is supported by an extensive glossary of linguistic terms and a comprehensive bibliography. The chapters are written by specialists who are familiar with modern approaches to the study of historical linguistics.Trade Review"For its range of coverage, its lucid exposition, and its concern with methodological principles, this second volume of the Cambridge History of the English Language will be read. reread, and consulted for a good long time to come. It will need the strong binding Cambridge University Press has given it." Speculum-A Journal of Medieval Studies"Like Volume I, this is certain to become a classic in the history of the English language....Written in a scholarly style that is useful for the expert anad lucid for the interested educated reader, this well-bound book has a comprehensive index, and excellent bibliography, and a useful glossary of linguistic terms. Highly recommended for public libraries and essential for academic libraries." Choice"[T]he Cambridge History of the English Language is a notable project; anyone who teaches courses in the literature of the period will find it useful and anyone who teaches the history of the language will find it invaluable." Kathleen M. Ward, Sixteenth-Century JournalTable of ContentsList of maps; General Editor's preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction Norman Blake; 2. Phonology and morphology Roger Lass; 3. Middle english dictionary James Milroy; 4. Syntax Olga Fischer; 5. Lexis and semantics David Burnley; 6. The literary language Norman Blake; 7. Onomastics Cecily Clark; Glossary of linguistic terms; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the English Language Volume 3
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the English Language Volume 4
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the English Language Volume 5
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the English Language Volume 6
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Cambridge University Press The Romance Languages
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Cambridge University Press Historical Linguistics
Book SynopsisDesigned primarily as a textbook for linguistics and philology students, this book will also be of interest to those studying English language, classics and modern languages.Table of ContentsKey to symbols used; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Models of Language Development: 1. The neogrammarian model; 2. The structuralist model of language evolution; 3. The transformational-generative model of language evolution; Part II. Language Contact: 4. The neogrammarian postulates and dialect geography; 5. The social motivation of language change; 6. Contact between languages; 7. Language and prehistory; Further reading; References; Additional bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Slavic Languages
Book SynopsisThe Slavic group of languages - which includes Bosnian, Russian, Polish and Slovak - is one of the major language families of the modern world. This 2006 book presents a survey of all aspects of the linguistic structure of the Slavic languages, including phonology, morphology, syntax, sociolinguistics, dialectology, and socio-historical issues.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… this is a thoroughly researched work of considerable value.' Slavonic and East European Review (SEER)Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Socio-historical evolution; 3. Phonology; 4. Morphophonology; 5. Morphology: inflexion; 6. Syntactic categories and morphosyntax; 7. Syntax: sentence structure; 8. Word-formation; 9. Lexis; 10. Dialects; 11. Sociolinguistic issues.
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Cambridge University Press The Languages of Native North America
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Cambridge University Press Introduction Early Modern English
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Cambridge University Press The Languages of Japan
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Cambridge University Press The Korean Language
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Cambridge University Press Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking 08 Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language Series Number 8
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Cambridge University Press Semantic Interpretation Resolution Studies in Natural Language Processing
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Cambridge University Press Understanding Language Change
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Cambridge University Press Ergativity 69 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 69
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Cambridge University Press Old English
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Cambridge University Press English in NineteenthCentury England
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Cambridge University Press Language and History in the Early Germanic World
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Cambridge University Press Lexical Phonology and the History of English
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Cambridge University Press Australian Languages Their Nature and Development Cambridge Language Surveys
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Cambridge University Press English in NineteenthCentury England
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Cambridge University Press Colloquial and Literary Latin
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Cambridge University Press Language Contact in Europe
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Cambridge University Press Latin Alive
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Cambridge University Press Ocean of Letters
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Cambridge University Press World Englishes and Culture Wars
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Cambridge University Press The Linguistic Legacy of Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Expansion and Language Change Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
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Cambridge University Press English Historical Metrics
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Cambridge University Press History of the Hebrew Language
Book SynopsisA History of the Hebrew language is a comprehensive description of Hebrew from its Semitic origins and the earliest settlement of the Israelite tribes in Canaan to the present day. Although Hebrew is an 'oriental' language, it is nonetheless closely associated with Western culture as the language of the Bible and was used in writing by the Jews of Europe throughout the Middle Ages. It has also been newly revived in modern times as the language of the State of Israel. Professor Angel Saenz-Badillos sets Hebrew in the context of the Northwest Semitic languages and examines the origins of Hebrew and its earliest manifestations in ancient biblical poetry, inscriptions, and prose written before the Babylonian exile. He looks at the different mediaeval traditions of printing classical biblical Hebrew texts and the characteristic features of the post-exilic language, including the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He gives particular attention to Rabbinic and mediaeval Hebrew, especially as eviTrade Review'This book is without any doubt the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of the Hebrew language ever written. Beginning with the earliest traceable layers of the language, Professor Saénz-Badillos traces successfully the period of the bible, the rabbinic writings, the remarkably rich medieval literature, and the astonishing revival of the spoken language in recent times, setting the linguistic developments against the corresponding developments in the historical experience of the Jewish people. The author and translator have worked together to introduce improvements and to bring the book right up to date. Amazingly readable despite the technical data it contains, this book will be indispensable both for professional Hebraists and for those with an amateur enthusiasm for the Hebrew language.' Nicholas de Lange'For students of Hebrew, this is an invaluable book, at once providing a large historical conspectus and a detailed analysis of the evolution of the language.' London Review of BooksTable of ContentsForeword Shelomo Morag; Acknowledgements; Part I. Hebrew in the Context of the Semitic Languages: 1. Hebrew, a Semitic language; 2. The Semitic languages; 3. Common or Proto-Semitic; 4. The Hamito-Semitic or Afro-Asiatic group; 5. Hamito-Semitic and Indo-European; Part II. Hebrew, a Northwest Semitic Language: 6. The northwest Semitic languages; 7. Dialect development and its consequences; Part III. Pre-exilic Hebrew: 8. The historical unity and development of Hebrew; 9. The origins of Hebrew; 10. The language of archaic biblical poetry; 11. The language of the inscriptions; 12. Pre-exilic Hebrew prose; Part IV. Biblical Hebrew in its Various Traditions: 13. The transmission of Biblical Hebrew; 14. The testimony of the Greek and Latin inscriptions; 15. Biblical Hebrew according to the Palestinian tradition; 16. Biblical Hebrew according to the Babylonian tradition; 17. Biblical Hebrew according to the Tiberian tradition; Part V. Hebrew in the Period of the Second Temple: 18. Post-exilic Biblical Hebrew; 19. The language of the Dead Sea Scrolls; 20. Samaritan Hebrew; Part VI. Rabbinic Hebrew: 21. Early studies; 22. Origins and classification of Rabbinic Hebrew; 23. New approaches to the study of Rabbinic Hebrew; 24. Orthography, phonetics, and phonology of Rabbinic Hebrew; 25. Morphology of Rabbinic Hebrew; 26. Grammar and vocabulary of Rabbinic Hebrew; Part VII. Mediaeval Hebrew; 27. Historical and geographical background; 28. The language of the paytanim; 29. The language of Saadiah Gaon; 30. The language of the Hebrew poetry of Spain; 31. The language of the Hebrew prose of Spain; 32. Mediaeval Hebrew in Italy and central Europe; Part VIII. Modern Hebrew: 33. The period of transition; 34. The revival of Hebrew; 35. Israeli Hebrew; 36. Studies in Israeli Hebrew 37. Phonology, morphology, and syntax of Israeli Hebrew; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Amazonian Languages
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Cambridge University Press The Amazonian Languages
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Cambridge University Press Parameters Morphosyntactic Change
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Cambridge University Press Parameters of Morphosyntactic Change
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Cambridge University Press Describing Morphosyntax A Guide for Field Linguists
Book SynopsisCurrent estimates are that around 3,000 of the 6,000 languages now spoken may become extinct during the next century. Some 4,000 of these existing languages have never been described, or described only inadequately. This book is a guide for linguistic fieldworkers who wish to write a description of the morphology and syntax of one of these many under-documented languages. It uses examples from many languages both well known and virtually unknown; it offers readers one possible outline for a grammatical description, with many questions designed to help them address the key topics. The appendices offer guidance on text and elicited data, and on sample reference grammars which readers might wish to consult.Trade Review"...a comprehensive field researcher's guide to the description of undocumented & near extinct languages." T. Rosenberg, LLBA"I would rate this book highly as an important part of a practical strategy for writing the description of the morphosyntax of a field language." Austin Hale, Notes on Linguistics"...Describing Morphosyntax is an excellent guide not only for field linguists but also for all linguists who are interested in fascinating aspects of grammar." WordTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Demographic and ethnographic information; 2. Morphological typology; 3. Grammatical categories; 4. Constituent order typology; 5. Noun and noun-phrase operations; 6. Predicate nominals and related constructions; 7. Grammatical relations; 8. Voice and valence adjusting operations; 9. Other verb and veb-phrase operations; 10. Pragmatically marked structures; 11. Clause combinations; 12. Conclusions: the language in use; Appendices; References; Index of languages, language families, and language areas; Subject index.
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Cambridge University Press Variation and Change in Spanish
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Cambridge University Press Language Culture and Society Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology 23 Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language Series Number 23
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