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A leading expert draws on a lifetime of fieldwork to reveal the mysteries and magic of language.
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A unique history of the Hebrew language from biblical times to the modern Jewish state This book explores the extraordinary hold that Hebrew has had on Jews and Christians, who have... Læs mere
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A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English... Læs mere
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In The Early Modern Travels of Manchu, Marten Soederblom Saarela shows how-through observation, inference, and reference... Læs mere
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World Authorship brings together the real-world contexts of authorship and the literary worlds of fiction, and updates Michael Foucault's 'author function' by significantly expanding the... Læs mere
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Latin continued to be used across Europe long after the end of the Roman Empire. While not the native language of its users, it was nevertheless used for a wide variety of... Læs mere
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You Talkin' to Me? explores the hidden history of English in New York City -- a history that encompasses social class, immigration, culture,... Læs mere
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It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any... Læs mere
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Selfie, slacker, groovy, teenager--these are some of the words that have emerged from the different generations in American history. This book tells the... Læs mere
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A profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia.
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Are we facing an immense wave of language death or a period of remarkable new linguistic variation? Or both? This book answers the question by analysing studies of language endangerment and loss along with those of language change, revitalization and diversity.
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In this major new text, Joshua Fishman charts the rise of vernacular literacy in Europe, and the major social and economic... Læs mere