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  • The World's Major Languages

    Edited by Bernard Comrie ...
    The World's Major Languages features over 50 of the world's languages and language families.This revised edition includes updated bibliographies for each chapter and up-to-date census figures. The featured languages have been chosen based on the number of speakers, their role as official languages and their cultural and historical importance. Each language is looked at in depth, and the chapters ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • The Major Languages of Western Europe

    Edited by Bernard Comrie ...
    Based on Bernard Comrie's The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to one of the major language families. The areas covered include Germanic languages, English, and Romance languages. ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

  • The Major Languages of East and South-East Asia

    Edited by Bernard Comrie ...
    Based on Bernard Comrie's much praised The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to an important language family. The areas covered include Chinese, Japanese and Sino-Tibetan languages. ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • The Slavonic Languages

    by Professor Greville Corbett, Professor Bernard Comrie ...
    Series series Routledge Language Family Series
    In this scholarly volume, each of the living Slavonic languages are analysed and described in depth, together with the two extinct languages - Old Church Slavonic and Polabian. In addition, the various alphabets of the Slavonic languages - particularly Roman, Cyrillic and Glagolitic - are discussed, and the relationships of the Slavonic languages to other Indo-European languages and to one another ... Read more

    $145.99 USD

  • The Major Languages of South Asia, the Middle East and Africa

    Edited by Bernard Comrie ...
    Based on the much-praised The World's Major Languages, this is the first comprehensive guide in paperback to describe the development, grammar sound and writing system, and sociological factors of the major language families in these areas. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Major Languages of Eastern Europe

    Edited by Bernard Comrie ...
    Based on Comrie's much-praised The World's Major Languages , this is the first comprehensive guide in paperback to descibe in detail the language families of Eastern Europe, and includes an introduction which surveys the field. ... Read more

    $132.99 USD

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    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

  • A Student's Dictionary of Language and Linguistics

    by Larry Trask ...
    Series series Arnold Student Reference
    The terminology used in linguistics can be confusing for those encountering the subject for the first time. This dictionary provides accessible and authoritative explanations of the terms and concepts currently in use in all the major areas of language and linguistics, (pronunciation, word structure, sentence structure, meaning) as well as in the study of the social, anthropological, psychological ... Read more

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  • Compendium of the World's Languages

    by George L. Campbell, Gareth King ...
    This third edition of Compendium of the World’s Languages has been thoroughly revised to provide up-to-date and accurate descriptions of a wide selection of natural language systems. All cultural and historical notes as well as statistical data have been checked, updated and in many cases expanded.Presenting an even broader range of languages and language families, including new coverage of ... Read more

    $124.99 USD

  • Korean: An Essential Grammar

    by Young-Key Kim-Renaud ...
    Series series Routledge Essential Grammars
    Korean: An Essential Grammar is a concise and convenient guide to the basic grammatical structure of standard Korean. Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language, this engaging Grammar uses clear, jargon-free explanations and sets out the complexities of Korean in short, readable sections.Key features include:clear explanations of grammatical termsfrequent use of authentic ... Read more

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  • All About Language

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    by Barry J. Blake ...
    In clear, congenial style Barry Blake explains how language works. He describes the make-up of words and how they're built from sounds and signs and put together in phrases and sentences. He examines the dynamics of conversation and the relations between the sound and meaning. He shows how languages help their users connect to each other and to the world, how they vary around the world, why they ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Unfolding of Language

    An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention

    by Guy Deutscher ...
    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

    $12.99 USD