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  • The Method Works

    Studies on Language Change in Honor of Don Ringe

    Edited by Joseph F. Eska, Olav Hackstein, Ronald I. Kim, Jean-François Mondon ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume contains an introductory essay, the bibliography of Professor Ringe, and nineteen articles on various aspects of historical linguistics composed by current and former colleagues and students at the University of Pennsylvania and a select number of leading scholars in the field based at institutions such as Cornell University, Harvard University, Oxford University, Saarland University, ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

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    An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention

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    Susanne K. Langer Award WinnerNamed One of A.S. Byatt’s Favorite Books of the Year in The Guardian“A lively and thought-provoking exploration of why language change appears to be haphazard yet is fundamentally orderly. Exciting, witty, and a masterpiece of contemporary scholarship.”—Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and English, Stanford UniversityBlending the spirit of . ... Read more

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  • Old English

    A Linguistic Introduction

    by Jeremy J. Smith ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to the English Language
    Old English provides a clear linguistic introduction to English between the 5th century and the Norman invasion in 1066. Tailored to suit the needs of individual course modules, it assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and presents the basic facts in a straightforward manner, making it the ideal beginners' text. Students are guided step-by-step through the main characteristics and ... Read more

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  • Course in General Linguistics

    by Ferdinand de Saussure ...
    Translated by Wade Baskin ...
    The founder of modern linguistics, Ferdinand de Saussure inaugurated semiology, structuralism, and deconstruction and made possible the work of Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Lacan, thus enabling the development of French feminism, gender studies, New Historicism, and postcolonialism. Based on Saussure's lectures, Course in General Linguistics (1916) traces the rise ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Understanding Morphology

    by Martin Haspelmath, Andrea Sims ...
    Series series Understanding Language
    This new edition of Understanding Morphology has been fully revised in line with the latest research. It now includes 'big picture' questions to highlight central themes in morphology, as well as research exercises for each chapter.Understanding Morphology presents an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Rhaeto-Romance Languages

    by Paola Beninca, John Haiman ...
    Series series Romance Linguistics
    The Rhaeto-Romance languages have been known as such to the linguistic community since the pioneering studies of Ascoli and Gartner over a century ago. There has never been a community of RR speakers based on a common history or polity and the various dialects are mutually unintelligible, but a unity, based on a number of common features, has been advanced. This book is the first general ... Read more

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  • English Vocabulary Elements

    by Brett Kessler, William R. Leben, Keith Denning ...
    This unique text draws on the tools of modern linguistics to help the student acquire an effective understanding of learned, specialized, and scientific vocabulary. English Vocabulary Elements (EVE) helps develop familiarity with over 350 Latin and Greek word elements in English, and shows how these roots are the building blocks within thousands of different words. Along the way the authors ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Blackwell History of the Latin Language

    by James Clackson, Geoffrey Horrocks ...
    This text makes use of contemporary work in linguistics to provide up-to-date commentary on the development of Latin, from its prehistoric origins in the Indo-European language family, through the earliest texts, to the creation of the Classical Language of Cicero and Vergil, and examines the impact of the spread of spoken Latin through the Roman Empire.The first book in English in more than 50 ... Read more

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  • Latin Pronunciation: A Short Exposition of the Roman Method

    Enriched edition. Mastering the Roman Method of Latin Pronunciation: A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Scholars

    by Harry Thurston Peck, Chloe Fields ...
    In "Latin Pronunciation: A Short Exposition of the Roman Method," Harry Thurston Peck offers a meticulous examination of the nuances and frameworks governing Latin pronunciation, emphasizing the Roman method as the foundational standard. The book is distinguished by its scholarly approach and clarity, making it accessible to both novices and seasoned linguists. By situating Latin within its ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Linguistics

    by R.H. Robins ...
    Series series Longman Linguistics Library
    This complete revision and updating of Professor Robins' classic text offers a comprehensive account of the history of linguistic thought from its European origins some 2500 years ago to the present day. It examines the independent development of linguistic science in China and Medieval Islam, and especially in India, which was to have a profound effect on European and American linguistics from ... Read more

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  • Historical Linguistics

    Toward a Twenty-First Century Reintegration

    by Don Ringe, Joseph F. Eska ...
    Bringing the advances of theoretical linguistics to the study of language change in a systematic way, this innovative textbook demonstrates the mutual relevance of historical linguistics and contemporary linguistics. Numerous case studies throughout the book show both that theoretical linguistics can be used to solve problems where traditional approaches to historical linguistics have failed to ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics

    Edited by Keith Allan ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    In this outstanding book leading scholars from around the world examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore linguistic traditions in east and west, chronicle centuries of explanations for language structures, meanings, and usage, and look at how it has been practically applied. ... Read more

    $158.99 USD