Historical and comparative linguistics Books

The new science of Linguistics has been recognized less than fifteen years. Before, Linguistics was dominated by Professor Chomsky's "Transformational Grammar" a philosophical development. Scientific Linguistics studies the etymology of...

In 1951, the secluded Neo-Aramaic-speaking Jewish community of Zakho migrated collectively to Israel. It carried with it its unique language, culture and customs, many of which bore resemblance to those found in classical rabbinic literature. Like others...

A Grammatical Parallel of the Ancient and Modern Greek Languages is a book written by Jules David and first published in 1824. The book aims to provide a comprehensive comparison of the grammatical structures of the ancient and modern Greek languages. It...

A Grammar of Latin Poetry is a comprehensive guide to the rules of Latin poetry written by Edward Walford and published in 1854. The book covers the basics of Latin prosody, including meter, rhythm, and rhyme, as well as more advanced topics such as the...

The book ""Supplement To The Etymological Dictionary Of The Scottish Language V2: Illustrating The Words In Their Different Significations, By Examples From Ancient And Modern Writers (1825)"" by John Jamieson is a comprehensive guide to the Scottish...

""A Dictionary Of Sanscrit Roots: In Sanskrit And Marathi, With A List Of Common Roots And An Appendix"" is a comprehensive reference book written by Pandit Vishu Parashuram Shastri in 1865. The book is a compilation of Sanskrit roots and their meanings,...

The Ideal Speller, Revised, For Grammar Grades is a book written by Edgar Lincoln Willard and first published in 1917. The book is designed to help students in grammar grades improve their spelling skills. It contains a comprehensive list of commonly...

Murray's Compendium of Logic is a book written by Richard Murray and published in 1847. The book contains a corrected Latin text, an accurate translation, and a familiar commentary on the subject of logic. The author provides a comprehensive guide to the...

""Seeing and Thinking: Elementary Lessons and Exercises, Introductory to Grammar, Composition, and Logical Analysis"" is a book written by Charles Henry Schaible and originally published in 1883. The book aims to provide a comprehensive guide to grammar,...

This volume sets out to investigate the linguistic ecologies of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai, with chapters that combine empirical and theoretical approaches to the sociolinguistics of multilingualism. One important feature of this publication is that...

The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in Syriac is a book written by Eusebius, a Christian historian who lived in the 4th century AD. The book was originally written in Greek, but this particular edition was translated into Syriac in 1898. The book...

""A Vocabulary Of The Nukahiwa Language"" is a book written by Charles Hale in 1848. It is a comprehensive collection of words and phrases from the Nukahiwa language, spoken by the people of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. The book is...

A Manual of the German Language is a comprehensive guide to learning the German language, written by Augustin Knoflach and first published in 1879. The book is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the German language, covering all aspects of...

A Lexicon Of The Hebrew Roots (1843) is a comprehensive reference book written by Christoph Heinrich Bialloblotzky. The book contains an extensive list of Hebrew roots and their meanings, organized alphabetically. Each entry includes the root word in...

""A Dictionary of Etymology of the English Language: And of English Synonyms and Paronymes"" is a comprehensive reference book written by John Oswald and originally published in 1866. The book is divided into two parts: the first part contains an...

""A Collation Of The Hebrew And Greek Texts Of The Psalms"" is a book by John Reeves, first published in 1800. The book is a comprehensive collection of the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Psalms, which are two of the most important books in the Old...

Le livre ""Pour Apprendre A Bien Lire En Francois, Et Pour Apprendre En Meme Tems"" (1740) publi����� par Chez Lambert And Durand Publisher est un guide complet pour apprendre ������ lire correctement en fran�����ais. Il contient des le�����ons sur la...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Ältere Deutsche Literatur, Mediävistik, Note: 2,7, Universität des Saarlandes, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der sogenannte Meistergesang war eine Kunstform, die überwiegend vom städtischen und...

A lot of what we know about "exotic languages" is owed to the linguistic activities of missionaries. They had the languages put into writing, described their grammar and lexicon, and worked towards a standardization, which often came with Eurocentric...

Andalusi Arabic is not only the Arabic dialect of which we have the earliest relatively extensive records providing basic information for the study of mainly, though not exclusively, Western Neo-Arabic, but also the spoken language of the Southern and...

The book investigates the diachronic dimension of contact-induced language change based on empirical data from Pennsylvania German (PG), a variety of German in long-term contact with English. Written data published in local print media from Pennsylvania...

This book examines word pairs with similar meanings from two closely related languages-Russian and Bulgarian. Specifically, this book offers a historical overview of research on Russian and Bulgarian vocabularies. It further outlines the key principles...

In the first few centuries of Islam, Middle Eastern Christians, Muslims, and Jews alike all faced the challenges of preserving their holy texts in the midst of a changing religious landscape. This situation led Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew scholars to...

""Lessons in Elementary Grammar"" is a book written by George Alonzo Mirick and published in 1901. The book is designed to provide a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of English grammar, with a focus on the rules and principles that underlie the...

Marks������� First Lessons In Geometry is a comprehensive textbook designed for primary classes in grammar schools, academies, and other educational institutions. Written by Bernhard Marks and first published in 1869, this book presents the fundamentals...

Das Buch ""Lexikon Der Neuen Ungarischen Worter"" wurde 1846 von Andreas V. Kiralyfoldy ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um ein umfassendes Lexikon, das neue ungarische W������rter und ihre Bedeutungen enth�����lt. Das Buch wurde zu einer Zeit...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Il libro ""Come Devo Scrivere Le Mie Lettere? Esempi Di Lettere E Di Scritture Private Per Tuttle Le Occasioni Della Vita"" scritto da Jacopo Gelli nel 1898 ����� una guida pratica per scrivere correttamente lettere e scritture private in tutte le...

Southern Mǐn refers to a group of Chinese dialects spoken mainly in Southeast China and Taiwan. This group occupies a special position in the study of Chinese dialects, not only because of its large population of speakers (around 48 million) but also...

Historical Research on Spoken Language: Corpus Perspectives uses historical sources to discuss continuity and change in spoken language. Based on two corpora compiled using data from sociological and anthropological studies of Victorian London and 1930s...

""Records of the Town of Plymouth V3: 1743 to 1783"" is a historical book published in 1903 by William T. Davis. This volume is the third in a series of records that document the history of the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, from its earliest days to...

""Records of the English Bible: The Documents Relating to the Translation and Publication of the Bible in English, 1525-1611"" is a historical book written by Alfred William Pollard in 1911. The book provides a comprehensive account of the translation...

Encyclopedia Philologica est opus magnum Georgii Gustavi Fullebornii, quod anno MDCCXCVIII editum est. Isagogen primarum lineis continet in antiquarum literarum studia, ad usum lectionum. In hoc libro, Fullebornius multas res de grammatica, lexicis,...

""Grundriss Der Neupersischen Etymologie"" ist ein Buch, das im Jahr 1893 von Paul Horn ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es ist ein umfassendes Werk �����ber die Etymologie der neupersischen Sprache, das sich auf die Herkunft und Entwicklung von W������rtern...

Le livre intitul����� ""Cl����� du Tr�����sor de l'�����colier Fran�����ais et Annotations Grammaticales Fran�����aises"" (1828) de De Porquet, Louis Fenwick est un manuel d'apprentissage de la grammaire fran�����aise. Ce livre est destin����� aux...

Thesaurus Graecae Poeseos, Sive Lexicon Graeco-Prosodiacum (1762) est opus magnum auctore Morell, Thoma, qui Graecae poeseos thesaurum et lexicon Graeco-prosodiacum collegit. In hoc libro, Morell omnes verba Graecae poeseos, quae sunt in usu, descripsit...

Synonymes Latins, Et Leurs Diff�����rentes Significations (1777) par Dumesnil, Gardin est un livre qui traite des synonymes latins et de leurs diff�����rentes significations. L'auteur, Dumesnil, �����tait un �����rudit fran�����ais du XVIIIe si�����cle...

Rudimenta Linguae Coptae Sive Aegyptiacae est liber auctore Tuki Raphael, qui anno 1778 editus est. Hic liber est ad usum Collegii Urbani De Propaganda Fide destinatus. In hoc libro, Tuki linguam Coptam sive Aegyptiacam explicat, et rudimenta eius ad...

This book facilitates constructive interdisciplinary dialogue among linguistics and philology specialists concerning various languages in Vietnam, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The book's principal objective is to investigate the interdisciplinary...

Das seit 1990 erscheinende und jetzt in 6. Auflage 2022 vorliegende Sanskrit-Kompendium ist ein Sanskrit-Lehrbuch, das alle Möglichkeiten moderner Sprachdidaktik ausschöpft.Gegliedert in dreißig Lektionen mit Wort-für-Wort-Übersetzungen und...

Die tun-Periphrase gilt als optionale und polyfunktionale Variante in vielen deutschen (und anderen westgermanischen) Varietäten. Diese Studie rückt die Formen und Funktionen der tun-Periphrase in deutschen Minderheitenvarietäten außerhalb des...

This book deals with the category of converbs, whose denomination refers to a set of structures which cross-linguistically are not comparable. Specifically, we tackle the following topics: (1) converbs and related constructions as areal features,...

In a world where Gen-A speaks in words that sound like the inanities uttered by a stroke victim, Brainrot is your ultimate skibidi guide to decoding the chaos of meme culture, post-Covid slang, and TikTok virality. This is more than a book with...