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• Author(s): Donald Macaulay • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Celtic LanguagesSix modern Celtic languages are described in this volume. Four of these, Modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic, ...

• Author(s): Donald Macaulay • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Celtic LanguagesSix modern Celtic languages are described in this volume. Four of these, Modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic, ...

• Author(s): Asya Pereltsvaig • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeAre you curious to know what all languages have in common and how they differ...

• Author(s): Roland Sussex | Paul Cubberley • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Slavic Languages (Other)Including Bosnian, Russian, Polish and Slovak, the Slavic group of languages is t...

• Author(s): Wayne Harbert • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralGermanic - one of the largest sub-groups of the Indo-European language family - comprises 37 languages with an esti...

• Author(s): Robert D. Borsley | Ian Roberts • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SemanticsThis volume brings together ten chapters on the Celtic languages using the insigh...

• Author(s): Rebecca Posner | S. R. Anderson | J. Bresnan • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Romance Languages (Other)What is a Romance language? How is it related to other Romance lan...

• Author(s): Asya Pereltsvaig • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeAre you curious to know what all languages have in common and how they differ...

• Author(s): Robert D. Borsley | Ian Roberts • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Celtic LanguagesLeading researchers examine the Celtic languages in comparative perspective, making refe...

• Author(s): R. Sussex | Roland Sussex | Paul Cubberley • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralIncluding Bosnian, Russian, Polish and Slovak, the Slavic group of langu...

• Author(s): Wayne Harbert • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralGermanic - one of the largest sub-groups of the Indo-European language family - comprises 37 languages with an esti...

• Author(s): Franz Bopp | H. H. Wilson | Edward B. Eastwick • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralA founding text of comparative philology, Franz Bopp's Vergleichende...

• Author(s): Susan Fox • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralNow in its third edition, this book provides an up-to-date overview of all the major spoken and signed va...

• Author(s): Bernd Heine | Derek Nurse • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: African Languages (see also Swahili)This book is the first general introduction to African languages and lingu...

• Author(s): Tim McNamara • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralUnderstanding the role of language within the formation of a sense of self has been revolutionised by developments i...

• Author(s): Grace Zhang • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SemanticsElastic language carries non-specific and stretchable meaning, as in 'He loves her, kind of'. It is u...

• Author(s): John Walsh | Michael Hornsby | Eva J. Daussà • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis Element aims to deepen our understanding of how the fields of mul...

• Author(s): Bernd Heine | Derek Nurse • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: African Languages (see also Swahili)This book is the first general introduction to African languages and lingu...

• Author(s): Vicky Chondrogianni | Ciara O'Toole | Enlli Thomas • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralIn recent times, there has been a growing interest in how Celtic...

• Author(s): Roger D. Woodard • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Ancient Languages (see also Latin)This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient L...

• Author(s): Maria Polinsky • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis book provides a pioneering introduction to heritage languages and their speakers, written by on...

• Author(s): John Lyons • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis 1981 book is a general introduction to linguistics and the study of language, intended particularly...

• Author(s): Maria Polinsky • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis book provides a pioneering introduction to heritage languages and their speakers, written by on...

• Author(s): Tim McNamara • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralUnderstanding the role of language within the formation of a sense of self has been revolutionised by developments i...

• Author(s): Thomas Grahame Bailey • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: MiscellaneousThomas Grahame Bailey (1872-1942) had the components of this work printed in individual parts in Indi...

• Author(s): Manny Rayner | David Carter | Pierrette Bouillon • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis original volume describes the Spoken Language Translator (SLT...

• Author(s): Pieter Muysken | Loretta O'Connor • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Indigenous Languages of the AmericasIn South America indigenous languages are extremely diverse. There...

• Author(s): Grace Zhang • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SemanticsElastic language carries non-specific and stretchable meaning, as in 'He loves her, kind of'. It is u...

• Author(s): Dániel Z. Kádár • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsWhile ritual is often associated with phenomena such as ceremonies, cursing and etiquette,...

• Author(s): J. N. Adams • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralThis book deals systematically with communication problems in the Roman world where numerous languages apart from Lat...

• Author(s): John Lyons • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralA general introduction to linguistics and the study of language, intended particularly for beginning stu...

• Author(s): W. K. Matthews • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralOriginally published in 1951, this book by W. C. Matthews analyzes the phonology and morphology of the six major l...

• Author(s): Kārumūri V Subbārāo • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralSouth Asian languages are rich in linguistic diversity and number. This book explores the similarities and di...

• Author(s): David Britain • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThe British Isles are home to a vast range of different spoken and signed languages and dialects. Lan...

• Author(s): Silvina Montrul • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsHeritage speakers are native speakers of a minority language they learn at home, but due t...

• Author(s): Umberto Ansaldo • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeWhy do groups of speakers in certain times and places come up with new varieti...