Catálogo de libros: Lingüística histórica y comparada

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  • Accent, Rhythm and Meaning in French Verse
    Roger Pensom
    This book frames and tests a theory of the nature and role of accent and rhythm in French verse, and of their relationship with meaning. A clear and continuing tradition emerges, spanning a thousand years in the writing of poetry in French. Far from accent being irrelevant to metre, as is widely assumed, patterns of alternating accent prove indispensable for the perception of m...
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    17,64 €

  • The Evolution of Human Consciousness and Linguistic Behavior
    Karen A. Haworth / Karen A. Haworth / Karen AHaworth / Terry J. Prewitt / Terry JPrewitt
    In this book the authors draw together work from cognitive science, linguistics, Paleolithic anthropology, art history, and semiotics, the authors offer commentary on their own process of discovery and bases for communicating the key ideas across disciplinary boundaries. ...
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    83,65 €

  • Researching Language in Superdiverse Urban Contexts
    Clare Mar-Molinero
    This book analyses research methods and theoretical concepts for exploring multilingualism in the context of contemporary superdiversity, in environments dramatically transformed by transnational migration and movement of peoples. It examines language in urban contexts: the city as a site for experimentation and creativity in language practices. ...
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    60,35 €

  • Researching Language in Superdiverse Urban Contexts
    Clare Mar-Molinero
    This book analyses research methods and theoretical concepts for exploring multilingualism in the context of contemporary superdiversity, in environments dramatically transformed by transnational migration and movement of peoples. It examines language in urban contexts: the city as a site for experimentation and creativity in language practices. ...
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    181,96 €

  • Language Prescription
    This book is a detailed examination of social connections to language evaluation with a specific focus on the values associated with both prescriptivism and descriptivism. The chapters, written by authors from many different linguistic and national backgrounds, use a variety of approaches and methods to discuss values in linguistic prescriptivism. ...
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    193,82 €

  • The Greek & Latin Roots of English
    Tamara M. Green / Tamara MGreen
    The sixth edition expands the introduction to each chapter, and contains revised exercises in each chapter that reinforce and expand both vocabulary and analytical skills developed in previous chapters. The sixth edition also features expanded Latin and Greek alphabetical vocabulary lists, analytic exercises and other reader-friendly updates. ...
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    62,68 €

  • Strange Bedfellows Vol. C
    Anil
    As in the first volume of Strange Bedfellows, etymologically related words, most surprisingly so (strange bedfellows), are used to construct amusing and/or amazing pairs, phrases, whole sentences, essays and nonsense stories.  Most are accompanied by silly comments, tall tales with recurring characters, poems, fake news and ads.  A larger dose of satire than in vol.1 is also in...
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    8,23 €

  • A Latin Dictionary
    Charles Short / Charlton T Lewis
    141 years after its first publication, the new edition of this world-famous bestseller gives a comprehensive picture of the Latin language. The original 1879 edition, revolutionary at the time for its breadth, depth and its use of illustrative examples, combined a succinct yet approachable style with coverage of everyday as well as specialist terms. This 21st-century edition co...
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    81,81 €

  • FROM CAVEMEN TO COUNTRYMEN
    Sherry Sufi
    What does language have to do with nationalism? Why do some countries succeed in uniting their citizens under a common identity while others struggle? This book, based on an award-winning PhD thesis, makes a modest attempt at answering these questions. Its central argument is that the rise of modern nationalism has created a political landscape that necessitates the mobilisatio...
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    35,70 €

  • May I Have a Word With You?
    David Tickner
    Words are the foundation of all communication―the foundation upon which we build our understanding of the world around us ... of nature, philosophy, faith, and of ourselves. But where do those words come from?Using humor and insight paired with in-depth etymological knowledge, the author explores the origins of over two hundred words commonly found within the sphere of religion...
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    30,91 €

  • May I Have a Word With You?
    David Tickner
    Words are the foundation of all communication―the foundation upon which we build our understanding of the world around us ... of nature, philosophy, faith, and of ourselves. But where do those words come from?Using humor and insight paired with in-depth etymological knowledge, the author explores the origins of over two hundred words commonly found within the sphere of religion...
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    23,11 €

  • Spontaneous Spoken English
    Alexander Haselow
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    38,99 €

  • Language, Mind and Body
    John E. Joseph / John EJoseph
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    37,99 €

  • Hacia una sociolingüística crítica
    Virginia Zavala
    Desde su inicio como campo de estudio en las décadas de 1960 y 1970, la sociolingüística ha sido parte de un debate por los significados del término y lo que abarca la propia disciplina. A partir del surgimiento de una serie de corrientes como el variacionismo, la etnografía de la comunicación, la sociología del lenguaje o los estudios críticos del discurso en el último tercio ...
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    29,12 €

  • The Language of Backgammon
    Robert H Wachtel
    Once a favorite pastime of thrill-seeking gamblers, backgammon has evolved over the last half century into a true statistical science, with its top players rigorously training with artificial-intelligence programs in their quest to master the game’s secrets.The vocabulary of backgammon has evolved as well. While much of it remains that of a craps player out of a Damon Runyon st...
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    19,48 €

  • Developments in English
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    39,09 €

  • Language, Identity and Symbolic Culture
    David Evans
    Language is integral to the construction of personal, socio-cultural and socio-political identities. Language, Identity and Symbolic Culture closely investigates the relationship between language and identities, offering a comprehensive yet progressive view of how linguistics relates to development and education, both in theoretical and real world applications. Progressing from...
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    57,40 €

  • In Between
    The essays in this anthology probe and comment on the "space/time/issue between" in aesthetic or linguistic productions in a variety of cultures. For over three decades the Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Film (SCFLLF), which convenes biennially, has been and continues to be a showcase for scholarship in the Humanities with a special emphasis on non-...
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    44,54 €

  • Creating Canadian English
    Stefan Dollinger
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    120,21 €

  • The Language of Russian Peasants in the Twentieth Century
    Alexander D. Nakhimovsky / Alexander DNakhimovsky
    This book analyzes the social dialect of Russian peasants in the twentieth century through their letters and stories. It constitutes an oral history of peasants’ tragic Soviet past, and argues that for all their variability, local peasant dialects maintained an underlying unity throughout the century. ...
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    129,19 €

  • Norse in the North Atlantic
    Ryan Sines
    The North Atlantic was a hostile environment, but somehow the Viking settlers on Iceland survived while the settlers on Greenland failed. Sagas, historical sources, and archaeology are combined to answer the five hundred year old question—why? ...
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    45,20 €

  • Categories, Constructions, and Change in English Syntax
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    150,40 €

  • The Article in Post-Classical Greek
    Daniel King
    For New Testament biblical scholars, this book constitutes a vital summary of contemporary, theoretically-sound interpretations of the linguistic functions of the Post-Classical (Koine) Greek article in a way that will inform exegesis of the text, especially in the fi eld of larger discourse units. There is also signifi cant payoff  for the as-yet signifi cantly under-researche...
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    29,41 €

  • Reading the Country
    Steeped in story-telling and endlessly curious, Reading the Country: An Introduction to Nomadology (1984) was the product of Paddy Roe, Stephen Muecke and Krim Benterrak, experimenting with what it might be like to think together about country. In the process a senior traditional owner, a cultural theorist and a painter produced a text unlike any other. Reading the Country: 30 ...
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    28,76 €

  • Das kleine Buch der Weisheiten des Keltischen Reiki
    Martyn Pentecost / Sabine Baumgartner
    Mighty oaks grow from tiny acorns.This Little Book of Celtic Reiki Wisdom can bring you inspiration well beyond its size.Written by the originator of Celtic Reiki, Martyn Pentecost, the original version brought joy to many. This first German-language edition has been revised with full-colour illustrations that will further enchant and delight.Step into the Realms of Celtic Reik...
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    14,07 €

  • The Birth of the Academic Article
    David Banks
    This study is a linguistic analysis of the first two academic periodicals from their creation in 1665 until the end of the seventeenth century. These were the Journal des Sçavans in France and the Philosophical Transactions in England. The analysis is carried out within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The linguistic features and aspects of the theory necessary...
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    44,75 €

  • Grammatical Profiles
    This collection brings together language profiles of the Language Assessment Remediation and Screening Procedure (LARSP) from 12 languages around the world. It will be an invaluable resource for speech-language pathologists in many countries and for those wishing to analyse the grammatical abilities of clients of many linguistic backgrounds. ...
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    193,82 €

  • Eastern Cherokee Stories
    Sandra Muse Isaacs
    “Throughout our Cherokee history,” writes Joyce Dugan, former principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, “our ancient stories have been the essence of who we are.”These traditional stories embody the Cherokee concepts of Gadugi, working together for the good of all, and Duyvkta, walking the right path, and teach listeners how to understand and live in the world wi...
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    55,73 €

  • Language in Louisiana
    Shana Walton
    Contributions by Lisa Abney, Patricia Anderson, Albert Camp, Katie Carmichael, Christina Schoux Casey, Nathalie Dajko, Jeffery U. Darensbourg, Dorian Dorado, Connie Eble, Daniel W. Hieber, David Kaufman, Geoffrey Kimball, Thomas A. Klingler, Bertney Langley, Linda Langley, Shane Lief, Tamara Lindner, Judith M. Maxwell, Rafael Orozco, Allison Truitt, Shana Walton, and Robin Whit...
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    158,06 €

  • Language in Louisiana
    Shana Walton
    Contributions by Lisa Abney, Patricia Anderson, Albert Camp, Katie Carmichael, Christina Schoux Casey, Nathalie Dajko, Jeffery U. Darensbourg, Dorian Dorado, Connie Eble, Daniel W. Hieber, David Kaufman, Geoffrey Kimball, Thomas A. Klingler, Bertney Langley, Linda Langley, Shane Lief, Tamara Lindner, Judith M. Maxwell, Rafael Orozco, Allison Truitt, Shana Walton, and Robin Whit...
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    42,60 €


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