Historical and comparative linguistics Books
Cambridge University Press American English
Book SynopsisThis lively introduction to the study of language explores American English and its place within contemporary society. Imaginatively organised and fun to use, it is the ideal guide to language study for students taking the subject as a general education requirement, beginning undergraduates in linguistics, and future teachers of English.Trade Review'A very user-friendly textbook: the chapters and examples will appeal to a wide range of students of American English, and they will find support in the excellent glossary, tables, thought-provoking exercises, and online links. I will certainly use it.' Kathy Lyday-Lee, Professor of Literature and Linguistics, Elon University'This all-in-one textbook features a friendly style, informative text boxes, and exercises that will be very attractive to students in an introductory English language course.' Bill Kretzschmar, University of GeorgiaTable of Contents1. Introduction: what is language?; 2. Defining American English; 3. American English morphology; 4. The historical roots of American English; 5. American English grammar and syntax; 6. American English sounds and spelling; 7. Meaning and usage in American English; 8. Variations in American English; 9. Language, community and American policy; 10. Conclusion: language policy and English language learners.
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Cambridge University Press German A Linguistic Introduction
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Cambridge University Press Functional Categories Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 117
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Cambridge University Press A History of the Japanese Language
Book SynopsisBjarke Frellesvig describes the development of the Japanese language from its recorded beginnings until the present day as reflected by the written sources and historical record. He provides a comprehensive study of how the Japanese language developed and adapted, providing a much needed resource for scholars.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'This book provides a ready resource on pre-modern Japanese for linguists throughout the world.' Satoshi Kinsui, Osaka UniversityReview of the hardback: '… monumental … it is likely to have an impact for decades to come …' John Whitman, Cornell University'The field … owes a great debt of gratitude to Bjarke Frellesvig for producing this comprehensive, well-organized, and eminently useful monograph. It not only does the job splendidly but also sweeps away cobwebs and introduces some fresh perspectives on the premodern language … His history will, I think, be the standard textbook for the next generation of students, a stimulus to researchers, and the first place for linguists not specializing in Japanese to check when they have diachronic queries about Japanese. It is a solid contribution to the field.' LanguageTable of ContentsList of tables, maps and figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Old Japanese: 1. Early writing in Japan and Old Japanese sources; 2. Phonology; 3. Grammar; 4. Loanwords; 5. Eastern Old Japanese; Part II. Early Middle Japanese: 6. Writing and sources; 7. Phonology; 8. Grammar; 9. The sinification of Japanese; Part III. Late Middle Japanese: 10. Sources; 11. Phonology; 12. Grammar; Part IV. Modern Japanese: 13. Varieties of Modern Japanese; 14. Phonology; 15. Grammar; 16. Eastern dialect features of the standard language; 17. The westernization of Japanese: loanwords and other borrowings; Appendix. Summary of the main regular phonemic changes between Old Japanese and conservative Modern Japanese; References; Index of main grammatical forms; General index.
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Cambridge University Press A History of the Korean Language
Book SynopsisA History of the Korean Language is the first book on the subject ever published in English. It traces the origin, formation, and various historical stages through which the language has passed, from Old Korean through to the present day.Trade Review'A thrilling, succinct book on the genetic origin, formation and development of Korean - a must-read.' Chungmin Lee, Seoul National University'… a comprehensive yet concise overview of the history of the Korean language … the authors synthesize lucidly the results of decades of Korean and Western scholarship.' Ross King, University of British ColumbiaTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Origins; 2. The formation of Korean; 3. Old Korean; 4. Early middle Korean; 5. Late middle Korean; 6. Early modern Korean; 7. Contemporary Korean.
£111.00
Cambridge University Press Intonational Phonology 119 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Clitics An Introduction Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Word Order Research Surveys in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Cartesian Linguistics A Chapter in the History of
Book SynopsisTracing the development of linguistic theory from Descartes to Wilhelm von Humboldt, Chomsky's book is one of the most original and profound studies of language and mind ever written. This third edition includes a new and specially written introduction by James McGilvray, contextualising the work for the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsIntroduction James McGilvray; 1. Introduction; 2. Creative aspect of language use; 3. Deep and surface structure; 4. Description and explanation in linguistics; 5. Acquisition and use of language; 6. Summary.
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Cambridge University Press MiddleClass African American English
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Cambridge University Press Applied Critical Leadership in Education Choosing Change
Book SynopsisOcean of Letters is a remarkable history of imperialism, language, and creolization in the largest African diaspora of the Indian Ocean in the early modern period. Ranging from Madagascar to the Mascarenes, the Comores, and South Africa, Pier M. Larson sheds new light on the roles of slavery, emancipation, oceanic travel, Christian missions, and colonial linguistics in the making of Malagasy-language literacy in the islands of the western Indian Ocean. He shows how enslaved and free Malagasy together with certain European colonists and missionaries promoted the Malagasy language, literacy projects and letter writing in the multilingual colonial societies of the region between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Addressing current debates in the history of Africa and the African diaspora, slavery, abolition, creolization and the making of modern African literatures, the book crosses thematic as well as geo-imperial boundaries and brings fresh perspectives to Indian Ocean histoTrade Review'Larson summarizes the approaches of current scholarship to the African diaspora in the Indian Ocean. He brings to the fore the complexities of cross-cultural interactions in asymmetric power relationships in the western Indian Ocean during the early modern period.' The American Historical Review'Ocean of Letters is an ambitious book, both in the scale of its archival task - covering French, British and Dutch imperialisms in the Indian Ocean region - and in the sophistication of its argument … With its combination of compelling detail and supple theory, Ocean of Letters is an excellent study about language, diaspora, and archive in the Indian Ocean from the Cambridge Critical Perspectives on Empire series.' Research in African Literatures'… this is an important and well-written book on a vibrant and ongoing academic debate about creolisation within the Indian Ocean.' Itinerario'… a fascinating historical account of the Malagasy people from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century, focusing on how their vernacular languages survived in a context of slavery or forced dispersion, colonization by successive European powers, and Christian mission.' International Bulletin of Missionary Research'Ocean of Letters makes the history of this part of the Indian Ocean [the Comoro and Mascarene islands] much more accessible to an English-speaking audience.' Kate Kingsford, African AffairsTable of Contents1. Departures; 2. Conversation and the catechism; 3. The work of the word; 4. The colonial study; 5. The multilingual street; 6. Renaissance: reading and affiliation; 7. Ocean of letters; 8. Pathways of language and Créolité.
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Cambridge University Press The Dravidian Languages
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Cambridge University Press Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature
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Cambridge University Press Language and Conquest in Early Modern Ireland
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Cambridge University Press Lang History Early Germanic World
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Cambridge University Press Conrad Language and Narrative
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Cambridge University Press Evolutionary Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press World Englishes and Culture Wars Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
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Cambridge University Press TwentiethCentury English
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Cambridge University Press Early Modern English Dialogues
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Cambridge University Press The Syntax of Welsh
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Cambridge University Press The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville
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Cambridge University Press The First Writing
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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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Cambridge University Press German A Linguistic Introduction Linguistic Introductions
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Cambridge University Press Functional Categories Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 117
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Cambridge University Press Lexical Meaning
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Cambridge University Press Intonational Phonology
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Cambridge University Press Frege
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Cambridge University Press Clitics An Introduction Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Syntactic Anchors On Semantic Structuring Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 118
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Cambridge University Press Word Order
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Cambridge University Press Language Mind and Nature Artificial Languages in England from Bacon to Locke 80 Ideas in Context Series Number 80
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Cambridge University Press From Hellenism to Islam
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Cambridge University Press A Linguistic Geography of Africa
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Cambridge University Press The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC AD 600
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Cambridge University Press The Comment Clause in English
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Cambridge University Press Parametric Variation
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Cambridge University Press EighteenthCentury English Ideology and Change Studies in English Language
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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 Evolutionary Linguistics Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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Cambridge University Press Language Evolution and Syntactic Theory Approaches to the Evolution of Language
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Cambridge University Press MiddleClass African American English
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Cambridge University Press Analysing Variation in English
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Cambridge University Press A Historical Phonology of Central Chadic
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Cambridge University Press Translation as CreativeCritical Practice
Book SynopsisThis Element explores examples of translation as both a norm-breaking and world-making activity in the works of Kate Briggs, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, Noémie Grunenwald, Anne Carson, Charles Bernstein, Chantal Wright or Slavs and Tatars and prompts us to reconsider the current place of translation practice in translation studies.Table of ContentsIntroduction: 1. The translation memoir as autotheory; 2. Performative translations; 3. Transtopias; Conclusion; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Standardising English Spelling
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact
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