Historical & Comparative Linguistics

This textbook introduces and explains the fundamental issues, major research questions, and current approaches in the study of grammaticalization -...

Containing thousands of examples of hipster slang drawn from pulp novels, classic noir and exploitation films, blues, country and rock''n''roll lyr...

The colour coded verb table allows the reader to focus all of their attention on one colour tense at a time enabling them to make immediate connect...

Project Success is a new six-level, four-skills series with a strong focus on workplace skills and 21st-century challenges. Geared toward adults an...

At the time of its publication, How Language Began received high acclaim for capturing the fascinating history of mankind''s most incredible creati...

Origins of Language: A Slim Guide offers a concise and accessible overview of what is known about the evolution of the human capacity for language....

Classica et Mediaevalia encourages scholarly contributions within the fields of Greek and Latin languages and literature up to, and including, the ...

There are no men so dull and stupid, not even idiots, as to be incapable of joining together different words, and thereby constructing a declaratio...

There are no men so dull and stupid, not even idiots, as to be incapable of joining together different words, and thereby constructing a declaratio...

An exploration of secret languages, moving among hermetic artificial tongues as diverse as criminal jargons and divine speech. Dark Tongues cons...

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Proto-Indo-European, Balto-Slavic and Proto-Slavic accentology; a branch of diachronic linguistics...

This volume brings together eleven studies on the history of language and writing in the North Sea area, with focus on contacts and interchanges th...

Most of us are aware that words such as geometry, mathematics, phobia and hypochondria derive from ancient Greek, but did you know that marmalade, ...

Know someone with an antwacky stem-winder? Heard the Band of Hope Street? Ever been on a vinegar trip? Do you jangle? Ever met a Cunard yank in the...