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  • A Catalogue of Manuscripts Known to Contain Old English Dry-Point Glosses

    by Dieter Studer-Joho ...
    Series Book 142 - Schweizer Anglistische Arbeiten (SAA)
    While quill and ink were the writing implements of choice in the Anglo-Saxon scriptorium, other colouring and non-colouring writing implements were in active use, too. The stylus, among them, was used on an everyday basis both for taking notes in wax tablets and for several vital steps in the creation of manuscripts. Occasionally, the stylus or perhaps even small knives were used for writing short ... Read more

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    A Philosophical Lexicon

    Edited by Barbara Cassin, Emily Apter, Jacques Lezra, Michael Wood ...
    Series series Translation/Transnation
    Characters in some languages, particularly Hebrew and Arabic, may not display properly due to device limitations. Transliterations of terms appear before the representations in foreign characters.This is an encyclopedic dictionary of close to 400 important philosophical, literary, and political terms and concepts that defy easy—or any—translation from one language and culture to another. Drawn ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • Vanishing Voices

    The Extinction of the World's Languages

    by Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine ...
    Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world's languages may die out in the next century. What has happened to these voices? Should we be alarmed about the disappearance of linguistic diversity? The authors of Vanishing Voices assert ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Tarahumara Medicine

    Ethnobotany and Healing among the Rarámuri of Mexico

    by Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascón, Alfonso Paredes ...
    The Tarahumara, one of North America’s oldest surviving aboriginal groups, call themselves Rarámuri, meaning “nimble feet”—and though they live in relative isolation in Chihuahua, Mexico, their agility in long-distance running is famous worldwide. Tarahumara Medicine is the first in-depth look into the culture that sustains the “great runners.” Having spent a decade in Tarahumara communities, ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Chinese Characters Learning & Practice Book, Volume 1

    Learning Chinese Characters with Their Stories in Colour, Volume 1

    by S. W. Well ...
    Series Book 1 - Chinese Characters Learning & Practice Book
    A series of simple books that answers all your questions about the fascinating ancient Chinese characters from their correct Stroke sequences to proper Mandarin pronunciations, all with the help of their most desirable stories told accurately in the first ever colour-coded illustrations that will guarantee to make your learning and memorizing them most effective, fun, and intellectually satisfying ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Semantics

    A Coursebook

    by James R. Hurford, Brendan Heasley, Michael B. Smith ...
    This practical coursebook introduces all the basics of semantics in a simple, step-by-step fashion. Each unit includes short sections of explanation with examples, followed by stimulating practice exercises to complete in the book. Feedback and comment sections follow each exercise to enable students to monitor their progress. No previous background in semantics is assumed, as students begin by ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Historical Spoken Language Research

    Corpus Perspectives

    by Ivor Timmis ...
    Series series Routledge Applied Corpus Linguistics
    Historical Research on Spoken Language: Corpus Perspectives uses historical sources to discuss continuity and change in spoken language. Based on two corpora compiled using data from sociological and anthropological studies of Victorian London and 1930s Bolton, the author shows how historical spoken corpora can illuminate the nature of spoken language as well as the attitudes, values and behaviour ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Afroasiatic Languages

    Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay ...
    Series series Cambridge Language Surveys
    Afroasiatic languages are spoken by some 300 million people in Northern, Central and Eastern Africa and the Middle East. This book is the first typological study of these languages, which are comprised of around 375 living and extinct varieties. They are an important object of study because of their typological diversity in the areas of phonology (some have tone; others do not), morphology (some ... Read more

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  • The Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean

    French and Italian Coastal Cities

    by Stefania Tufi, Robert J. Blackwood ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the Linguistic Landscapes of ten French and Italian Mediterranean coastal cities. The authors address the national languages, the regional languages and dialects, migrant languages, and the English language, as they collectively mark the public space. ... Read more

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  • English as a Contact Language

    Edited by Daniel Schreier, Marianne Hundt ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is on recent ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Russian English

    History, Functions, and Features

    Edited by Zoya G. Proshina, Anna A. Eddy ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    This fascinating book offers a comprehensive exploration of Russian English as a World English variety. The authors introduce readers to the history of language contact between Russian and English, which has resulted in the Russianization of English and Englishization of Russian. They also discuss the functions of English as a lingua franca in the domains of politics, business and tourism, as a ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Story of Be

    A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language

    by David Crystal ...
    It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexible and changing language. He tells the intriguing story in 26 chapters, each linked to a particular usage. We meet circumstantial be ('how are you? ... Read more

    $14.29 USD