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  • Christus Solus
    Agustin V. Startari
    Was geschieht mit der Sprache, wenn ein Name nicht ersetzt werden kann?Christus Solus ist kein Buch über Glauben. Es ist eine Untersuchung darüber, wie ein Name die Grammatik jedes Satzes verändert, der es wagt, ihn zu enthalten. Vom Koine-Griechischen bis zum Kirchenlatein, von Glaubensbekenntnissen bis zu Bekenntnisformeln, von Verben bis zu Artikeln verhält sich der Name Chr...
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    16,45 €

  • Word Origins
    I.P. Werthausen
    Etymology explains why muscle comes from the Latin word for little mouse, why salary traces back to salt, and why disaster breaks down into bad star. This guide teaches you to read that buried history in the words you already use every day. The book follows English backward through time, starting with the written record and ending at a grassland language nobody ever wrote down....
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    17,23 €

  • THE EVOLUTION OF ORIYA LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT
    Kunja Bihari Tripathi
    In The Evolution of Oriya Language and Script, Dr. Kunja Bihari Tripathi delivers a seminal, authoritative study on the historical and structural development of one of India’s classical tongues. Combining rigorous comparative philology with extensive epigraphical research, the text carefully charts the linguistic journey of Odia from its ancient roots through its distinct phono...
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    26,21 €

  • Gramáticas del Poder
    Agustin V. Startari
    En un mundo donde el poder se ejerce tanto mediante las armas como mediante las palabras, Gramáticas del poder: Cómo las estructuras sintácticas configuran la autoridad ofrece una investigación sin precedentes sobre la relación entre la forma del lenguaje y el ejercicio de la dominación. Al abarcar los discursos eclesiástico, político, jurídico y totalitario, esta obra demuestr...
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    17,78 €

  • Grammars of Power
    Agustin V. Startari
    In a world where power is exercised through both weapons and words, Grammars of Power: How Syntactic Structures Shape Authority offers an unprecedented investigation into the relationship between the form of language and the exercise of domination. Spanning ecclesiastical, political, legal, and totalitarian discourse, this work demonstrates how grammatical choices-such as the u...
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    17,80 €

  • King Arthur and the Languages of Britain
    Bernard Mees
    Medievalists have denied the historical existence of King Arthur for over 50 years. Arthur and the Languages of Britain demonstrates how linguistic evidence can be employed to see if the earliest historical records that mention Arthur are reliable.The book begins with an analysis of the evidence for the Anglo-Saxon invasions and the response of the Britons, and introduces the m...
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    51,22 €

  • Volume 3. Comprehensive Botanical Dictionary
    Susan Loy
    Volume 3 presents a comprehensive botanical dictionary drawn from 38 language of flowers books from the earliest nineteenth-century French dictionaries and those published in England and North America. This dictionary addresses the ambiguity of common flower names by grouping flowers under their prevailing common name, identifying alternate names, providing cross-references, an...
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    54,38 €

  • May I Have Another Word With You?
    David Tickner
    Bet you didn’t know that in the 13th century you might have scratched your nose with your teacher? What?! It all makes sense when you learn in May I Have Another Word with You? Exploring words of teaching and learning, that 'teacher' was the word for 'index finger' back then. This is one of many, many unusual and interesting facts, revelations, and reflections offered by autho...
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    27,12 €

  • 67
    J. von Braun
    Your teenager is speaking a language you helped pay for and cannot understand. This book fixes that.Inside are sixty-seven words your kid is actually saying - in the group chat, in the hallway, in the passenger seat of a car you are still making payments on. For each one:The plain meaning, in one sentence a grown-up can useA real example, heard in the wildWhere it came fromA no...
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    16,36 €

  • Bloody Hell! Where Our Swear Words Come From
    Michał Witosz
    Before We Open the Door:The Archaeology of the Linguistic Gutter, the Psychology of Anger, and Maintaining a Safe DistanceBefore we set our linguistic machinery into motion and venture into the stifling back-alleys of the English language-shrouded in London smog and illuminated by the harsh glare of American neon-we must pause. You hold in your hands a volume that is as extraor...
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    21,65 €

  • Verbal Multi-Word Expressions in Corpus Languages
    Victoria Beatrix Fendel
    This volume brings together a diverse, interdisciplinary cohort of scholars to shed new light on verbal multi-word expressions in corpus languages such as Greek, Latin, and Egyptian. Addressing in particular corpora related to in-groups, which are often overlooked due to entrenched research traditions or limited accessibility, the volume makes these corpora newly visible and me...
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    73,23 €

  • Toward Rethinking the Future Tense in the Greek New Testament
    Philip La G. Du Toit
    By building on the theory that the Greek future tense indicates relative time rather than absolute time, and that it points to an occurrence subsequent to some reference point, this study is aimed at rethinking the way in which the future tense is used in the Greek New Testament. One of the central questions that is asked is if the gnomic and logical future uses of the future a...
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    33,07 €

  • The Truth Behind Everyday Sayings
    Lucas Mullen
    Where did our everyday sayings really come from?Every day, we use phrases that are far older than we realise. We tell someone not to let the cat out of the bag, describe a calm person as cool as a cucumber, warn a friend they are barking up the wrong tree, or admit that an idea was only half baked.But behind these familiar sayings are centuries of ships, farms, courtrooms, kitc...
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    16,73 €

  • تجليات الأسلوب اللغوي العربي
    أ. د. قاسم بن الطيب
    ليس هذا الكتاب مجرد دراسة في المعاجم أو تنقيب في أوراق القدامى، بل هو رحلة استكشافية عميقة تشبر أسرار اللسان العربي. إنه يسبر الغور في المنطقة الدافئة الفاصلة بين الحقيقة والمجاز، ذلك الخيط الرفيع الذي يمنح العربية طاقاتها التعبيرية وتوهجها الأسلوبي. يضعك المؤلف في قلب مقارنة استثنائية وبكر؛ حيث يقف على أعتاب مرصادين لغويين شاهقين: الأول هو معجم 'أساس البلاغة' للزمخشري، بشرائحه...
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    16,74 €

  • Kiruthavamum Tamizhum
    Mayilai Seeni. Venkatasami
    தமிழ்மொழி வளர்ச்சிபெற்ற முழு வரலாற்றையும் அறிய வேண்டும் என்னும் ஆர்வம் எனக்கு நெடுநாளாக உண்டு. ஆகையால், சமயம் வாய்த்தபோதெல்லாம் அத்துறையில் ஆராய்ச்சி செய்துவந்தேன். இவ்வாறிருக்குங்கால், 1934 -ஆம் ஆண்டின் கடைசியில், வித்துவான் திரு. தெ.பொ. மீனாட்சிசுந்தரனார் அவர்கள், M.A., B.L., சென்னையிற் கூட்டிய தமிழ் மாநாட்டில், சென்னைக் கிறித்தவக் கல்லூரித் தமிழ்ப்பேராசிரியராகிய திரு. ச.த. ச...
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    11,22 €

  • Stories That Words Tell Us (Cram Edition)
    Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman) O’Neill
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Stories That Words Tell Us pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the captivating history of the English language in Elizabeth O’Neill’s 'Stories That Words Tell Us.' Delve into the fascinating world of etymology and uncover the hidden narratives embedded ...
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    23,13 €

  • Arabic Authors
    F. F. Arbuthnot
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Arabic Authors pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Delve into the rich tapestry of Arabian history and literature with F. F. Arbuthnot’s 'Arabic Authors: A Manual of Arabian History and Literature.' This meticulously researched work offers a comprehensive explo...
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    27,01 €

  • The Romance of Words (Cram Edition)
    Ernest Weekley
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Romance of Words pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Discover the fascinating history of the English language in Ernest Weekley’s 'The Romance of Words.' This meticulously prepared edition explores the captivating world of etymology and word origins, tracin...
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    25,21 €

  • Introduction to the Science of Language
    A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Introduction to the science of language pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the fascinating world of language with 'Introduction to the Science of Language,' Volume 1 of 2, by Archibald Henry Sayce. This foundational text delves into the core principles...
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    28,90 €

  • Senthamizh Maalai
    R. P. Sethu Pillai
    அமிழ்தினும் இனிய தமிழ் மணம் கமழும் இத் திரு நாட்டில், தாய் மொழி அன்புதழைக்க வேண்டுமாயின் இளம்பருவத்தில் கல்வி கற்கும் மாணவர்க்கு இன் தமிழ்ச் சுவையை ஊட்டுதல் இன்றியமையாததாகும்.இந்நோக்கத்தோடு செந்தமிழ்த்தேன் சொரியும் சிலப்பதிகாரம், மீனாட்சியம்மை குறம், குற்றாலக் குறவஞ்சி, முக்கூடற் பள், கலிங்கத்துப்பரணி, இராமலிங்க அடிகள் அருட்பா, முதலிய நூல்களினின்றும் சிந்தைக்கும் செவிக்கும் இனி...
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    8,24 €

  • Tamil Vaiyai
    Ki. Va. Jagannathan
    தமிழில் உள்ள பாக்கள் நான்கு வகைப்படும். வெண்பா, ஆசிரியப்பா, கலிப்பா, வஞ்சிப்பா என்ற பெயருடையன அவை. இவற்றிற் பல வகையும், இவற்றிற்கு இனமான செய்யுட்களும் உண்டு. இவற்றையன்றி வெண்பாவும் ஆசிரியப்பாவும் இணைந்து வந்த மருட்பா என்று ஒருவகைப் பா உண்டு. அது குறிப்பிட்ட சில பொருள்களைப் பாடுவதற்காக மட்டும் பயன்படுவது; ஆகையால் மிகவும் அருமையாகவே காணப்படும். மேலே சொன்ன நான்கு வகைப் பாக்களும் ப...
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    10,47 €

  • English As We Speak It in Ireland (Cram Edition)
    P. W. (Patrick Weston) Joyce
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of English As We Speak It in Ireland pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the rich tapestry of 'English As We Speak It in Ireland,' a fascinating exploration of Hiberno-English by P. W. Joyce. This meticulously prepared edition delves into the unique charac...
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    28,05 €

  • Sayings We Forgot Were Strange
    Arthur Bellamy
    Why do we say someone has 'let the cat out of the bag'? Why is a false clue called a 'red herring'? What does it mean to be 'caught red-handed,' 'beyond the pale,' or 'worth your salt'?Most people use these phrases every day without giving them a second thought. Hidden inside them are forgotten worlds. Ancient rituals. Medieval markets. Public punishments. Sailing ships. Tavern...
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    18,83 €

  • A Field Guide to the Missing Words of North America
    Natureza Gabriel
    What would you say if only you could find the words? Inuit peoples have 50 words for snow because their survival requires this. Language provides texture, clarity, and differentiation of our experiences. It maps the knowable, and provides containers for our experience. The origin of words also deeply reveals how we see ourselves, our world, and our place in it. But how can you ...
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    46,62 €

  • Ludus Coventriæ
    J. O. (James Orc... Halliwell-Phillipps
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Ludus Coventriæ pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Ludus Coventriæ: A collection of mysteries, formerly represented at Coventry on the feast of Corpus Christi' offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of medieval religious drama. This meticulously prepared...
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    28,95 €

  • A Multipolar Approach to Early Christian Arabic
    Phillip W. Stokes
    This volume offers the most comprehensive linguistic analysis to date of Vatican Arabic MS 13, a late 9th/early 10th-century Arabic Gospel manuscript. Combining meticulous quantitative study with wide-ranging comparative evidence, this book provides an in-depth examination of the manuscript’s orthography, phonology, morphology, morpho-syntax, and syntax. Through extensive chart...
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    58,04 €

  • Multilingualism on the Web
    Marie Lebert
    A world map flickers on a computer screen, its borders blurred by millions of voices weaving through the digital ether. In this vibrant, ever-shifting landscape, language becomes both bridge and barrier, shaping how we connect, learn, and share across continents. The book explores the intricate tapestry of multilingual internet culture, tracing the evolution of digital communic...
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    16,34 €

  • Benjamin Franklin, Orthoepist and Phonetician
    Gary D. German
    Benjamin Franklin has been hailed as an inventor, scientist, printer, author, philosopher, diplomat, philanthropist and political activist and, especially, a founding father of the United States, but few are aware he was also a phonetician. This volume offers a groundbreaking exploration of Franklin’s little-studied linguistic legacy-his Reformed Mode of Spelling (1768/1779). I...
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    54,41 €

  • Benjamin Franklin, Orthoepist and Phonetician
    Gary D. German
    Benjamin Franklin has been hailed as an inventor, scientist, printer, author, philosopher, diplomat, philanthropist and political activist and, especially, a founding father of the United States, but few are aware he was also a phonetician. This volume offers a groundbreaking exploration of Franklin’s little-studied linguistic legacy-his Reformed Mode of Spelling (1768/1779). I...
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    69,18 €

  • What Did Jesus Say When They Asked Him How to Pray?
    John Ohst
    The first section of the book is a word study: to examine the lexical definitions of the terms that Jesus used in the Lord’s Prayer; to search for synonyms to expand the understanding of the words; to explore the words’ denotations and connotations.The second section goes into the history of the prayer’s linguistic development. The Lord’s Prayer changed: from one Gospel writer ...
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    9,05 €