Historical & comparative linguistics books

Like its prequel, this book examines the 'nature/nurture' debate in language, while also asking how language came...  Read More >>

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Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 3 presents 232 new or re-edited texts from the excavations conducted at the site...  Read More >>

Children’s literature shapes what children learn about the world. It reflects social values, norms, and stereotypes....  Read More >>

This collection, the third in a series of three volumes, engages with key questions in panel study research by exploring...  Read More >>

""Traces the preservation and influence of Aramaic-language traditions in New Testament texts to offer new insights...  Read More >>

Though most recognize the term Aryan, few understand its extensive and complex history. Scholars continue to debate...  Read More >>

An essential collection for every sailor's library, this fun dictionary of phrases and terms is anchored in nautical...  Read More >>

This volume investigates the Indo-European and Germanic background to the English language and then considers various...  Read More >>

In Systems of Social Action, author Giovanni Rossi argues that everyday cooperation relies on a system of social...  Read More >>

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This volume examines change in the English language by considering the transmission of English through dictionaries...  Read More >>

This book examines how written Scots indexed political affiliations in the correspondence of Scottish politicians...  Read More >>

Bringing together a collection of conversations with leading lexicographers from around the world, this innovative...  Read More >>

Bringing together a collection of conversations with leading lexicographers from around the world, this innovative...  Read More >>

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A dazzling illumination of the astonishing kaleidoscope that is the English language, Useless Etymology explores...  Read More >>

In 1799, a fragment of dark stone pulled from the rubble of Fort Julien near the town of Rosetta unlocked one of...  Read More >>

A complete, example-rich guide for students on developing their own full, working constructed language. Containing...  Read More >>

The dominant view in linguistics nowadays is that impoliteness is purely a matter of situational assessments by...  Read More >>

A complete, example-rich guide for students on developing their own full, working constructed language. Containing...  Read More >>

This book provides an in-depth examination of alignment and subject assignment in Latin. Claudia Fabrizio challenges...  Read More >>