Historical & Comparative Linguistics

Given the limited durability of most textual supports, texts must be reproduced if they are to survive. And given the proliferation over time of u...

The study of language contact in the new English varieties is frequently influenced by sociolinguistic approaches and reference to substrate langua...

For nearly forty years, Understanding and Using English Grammar has been the go-to grammar resource for students and teachers alike. Its time-teste...

For nearly forty years, Understanding and Using English Grammar has been the go-to grammar resource for students and teachers alike. Its time-teste...

This volume brings together two particularly dynamic areas of contemporary research on the French language. The chapters showcase the most innovati...

This book explores first-hand Dunhuang manuscripts from a period of over 700 years, from 220 to 960, and as such makes a major contribution to pass...

An engaging look at the aphorism, the shortest literary form, across time, languages, and culturesAphorismsor short philosophical sayingsappear eve...

A gorgeously illustrated collection of all sorts of seashells, complete with interesting facts, history, and more.With a calming, coastal, oceansid...

This volume gathers a series of papers that bring the study of grammatical and syntactic constructions in Greek and Latin under the perspective of ...

Retool your whole school for EL achievement  For any student, middle and high school can be challenging. But for an English learner or striving ...

This studyargues that female networks of conversation, correspondenceand patronage formed the foundation for women's work in the 'higher' realms of...

Spitzer discusses the method he evolved for bringing together the two disciplines, linguistics and literary history, and examines the work of Cerva...