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    This second edition of The History of the English Language- A Sourcebook provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the origins and development of the English language. First published in 1992, the book contains over fifty illustrative passages, drawn from the oldest English to the twentieth century. The passages are contextualised by individual introductions and grouped into the traditional ... Leer más

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  • The Colourful Biography of Chinese Characters, Volume 1

    The Complete Book of Chinese Characters with Their Stories in Colour, Volume 1

    de S. W. Well ...
    Series Libro 1 - The Colourful Biography of Chinese Characters
    The complete book of Chinese characters that covers every aspect of, and therefore answers all the questions one might have for, these fascinating ancient language symbols from script evolution to colour-illustrated biographies including proper Stroke sequences and from the complete Compound anatomy to the trinity of Sounds, Semantics, and Synopses. This series of books is the ultimate guide and ... Leer más

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  • Slang

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and today's vocabulary, taken from every major English-speaking country, runs to over 125,000 slang words and phrases. This Very ... Leer más

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  • The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris

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  • Intonational Phonology

    Series series Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
    This second edition presents a completely revised overview of research on intonational phonology since the 1970s, including new material on research developments since the mid 1990s. It contains a new section discussing the research on the alignment of pitch features that has developed since the first edition was published, a substantially rewritten section on ToBI transcription that takes account ... Leer más

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  • Varieties of Spanish in the United States

    Series series Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics series
    Thirty-three million people in the United States speak some variety of Spanish, making it the second most used language in the country. Some of these people are recent immigrants from many different countries who have brought with them the linguistic traits of their homelands, while others come from families who have lived in this country for hundreds of years. John M. Lipski traces the importance ... Leer más

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  • A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus

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  • One Language, Two Grammars?

    Differences between British and American English

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    It is well known that British and American English differ substantially in their pronunciation and vocabulary - but differences in their grammar have largely been underestimated. This volume focuses on British–American differences in the structure of words and sentences and supports them with computer-aided studies of large text collections. Present-day as well as earlier forms of the two ... Leer más

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  • More Heat Than Light?

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