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Language and Linguistics

The Key Concepts

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

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Language and Linguistics

The Key Concepts

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

The new edition of this A-Z guide explores the main concepts and terms used in the study of language and linguistics. Containing over 300 entries, thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, this book includes entires in: cognitive linguistics; discourse analysis; phonology and phonetics; psycholinguistics; sociolinguistics; and syntax and semantics." "Beginning with brief definition, each entry is followed by a comprehensive explanation of the origin and usage of the term. The book is cross-referenced throughout and includes further reading for academics and students alike."--BOOK JACKET.

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0415413591

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Language

The Basics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask,TRASK

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Language

The Basics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask,TRASK

Language: The Basics', gently introduces beginning students and general readers to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining style, this book provides a clear overview of the key topics and an explanation of the basic terms and ideas.

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Psychology Press

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041520089X

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Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

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Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

A comprehensive critical work, Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics is a highly readable A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics.

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Psychology Press

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0415157412

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Trask's Historical Linguistics

By: Robert McColl Millar,R L Trask

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Trask's Historical Linguistics

By: Robert McColl Millar,R L Trask

Trask’s Historical Linguistics, Third Edition, is an accessible introduction to historical linguistics – the study of language change over time. This engaging book is illustrated with language examples from all six continents, and covers the fundamental concepts of language change, methods for historical linguistics, linguistic reconstruction, sociolinguistic aspects of language change, language contact, the birth and death of languages, language and prehistory and the issue of very remote relations. This third edition of the renowned Trask’s Historical Linguistics is fully revised and updated and covers the most recent developments in historical linguistics, including: more detail on morphological change including cutting-edge discussions of iconization coverage of recent developments in sociolinguistic explanations of variation and change new case studies focusing on Germanic languages and American and New Zealand English, and updated exercises covering each of the topics within the book a brand new companion website featuring material for both professors and students, including discussion questions and further exercises as well as commentaries on the exercises within the book. Trask’s Historical Linguistics is essential reading for all students of language, linguistics and related disciplines. The accompanying website can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/trask

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Routledge

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1317541774

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The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

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The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

Historical and comparative linguistics has been a major scholarly discipline for 200 years, and yet this is the first dictionary ever devoted to it. With nearly 2,400 entries, Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics covers every aspect of the subject, from the most venerable work to the exciting advances of the last few years -- many of which have not yet even made it into textbooks.All of the traditional terms are here, but so are the terms introduced only recently, in connection with such varied subjects as pidgin and creole languages, the sociolinguistic study of language change, mathematical and computational methods, the novel approaches to linguistic geography, the controversial proposals of new and vast language families, and the attempts at relating the theories of historical linguists to those of archaeologists, the anthropologists, and geneticists.More than just a dictionary, this book provides genuine linguistic examples of most of the terms entered, detailed explanations of fundamental concepts, critical assessments of controversial ideas, cross-references to related terms, and an abundance of references to the original literature.

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Psychology Press

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1579582184

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Language

The Basics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask,TRASK

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The Basics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask,TRASK

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Say what You Mean!

A Troubleshooter's Guide to English Style and Usage

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

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Say what You Mean!

A Troubleshooter's Guide to English Style and Usage

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

Say What You Mean! lays down the laws for writing simple, effective, and unambiguous sentences, the kind that deliver the facts, influence opinion, and make things work throughout the English-speaking world - and that you and every other American grown-up must know how to write if you want to be understood by others." "Since it was published in England in 2001, Say What You Mean! has become a must-read among journalists, writers, educators, and language-mavens - everyone who needs to know the difference between lesser and fewer, disinterested and uninterested, and hire, rent, and charter."--BOOK JACKET.

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David R. Godine Publisher

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1567922635

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9781567922639

The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

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Why Do Languages Change?

By: Robert Lawrence Trask,Robert McColl Millar

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Why Do Languages Change?

By: Robert Lawrence Trask,Robert McColl Millar

Packed with fascinating examples, this entertaining book explores changes in the English language over time.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521838029

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9780521838023

Language Change

By: R. L. Trask,Robert Lawrence Trask

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Language Change

By: R. L. Trask,Robert Lawrence Trask

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics

By: R. L. Trask,Robert Lawrence Trask

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Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics

By: R. L. Trask,Robert Lawrence Trask

A comprehensive critical work, Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics is a highly readable A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics.

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0415157420

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Language and Linguistics

The Key Concepts

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

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The Key Concepts

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Two Colorado Odysseys

Chief Ouray Porter Nelson

By: Robert B. Houston

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Two Colorado Odysseys

Chief Ouray Porter Nelson

By: Robert B. Houston

Ute Chief Ouray was important in early Colorado history, working to moderate the inevitable conflicts between the Utes, original "owners" of much of Colorado, and the flood of incoming white miners, ranchers and settlers. The Colorado Historical Society appropriately has a museum honoring Ouray; the county, city and mountain in Colorado named for Ouray further demonstrate his importance. This book depicts the Chief as seen by the Indian agents, Territorial Governors, and others who actually knew and wrote about him. The activities of Porter Nelson in Colorado, particularly of a business nature, are spelled out here more fully than in Houston's bare-bones chronology, The Battle Over Silver: Porter Nelson in Aspen, published by the Professional Press in 1997. Porter Nelson came to Colorado only after Ouray's death, but Nelson's activities were constrained by what had happened to Ouray and his Utes. Linking, as this book does, the story of a Colorado Indian leader with that of a not atypical white settler arguably results in a broader, double-barreled portrayal of Colorado in the late 1800's and early 1900's. This book is the result of years of Houston research into primary sources, at the National Archives in Washington and at local courthouses.

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iUniverse

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0595358608

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9780595358601

Marvel Graphic Novels and Related Publications

An Annotated Guide to Comics, Prose Novels, Children's Books, Articles, Criticism and Reference Works, 1965-2005

By: Robert G. Weiner

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Marvel Graphic Novels and Related Publications

An Annotated Guide to Comics, Prose Novels, Children's Books, Articles, Criticism and Reference Works, 1965-2005

By: Robert G. Weiner

This work provides an extensive guide for students, fans, and collectors of Marvel Comics. Focusing on Marvel's mainstream comics, the author provides a detailed description of each comic along with a bibliographic citation listing the publication's title, writers/artists, publisher, ISBN (if available), and a plot synopsis. One appendix provides a comprehensive alphabetical index of Marvel and Marvel-related publications to 2005, while two other appendices provide selected lists of Marvel-related game books and unpublished Marvel titles.

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McFarland

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0786451157

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The United States Army and the Making of America

From Confederation to Empire, 1775–1903

By: Robert Wooster

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The United States Army and the Making of America

From Confederation to Empire, 1775–1903

By: Robert Wooster

The United States Army and the Making of America: From Confederation to Empire, 1775–1903 is the story of how the American military—and more particularly the regular army—has played a vital role in the late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century United States that extended beyond the battlefield. Repeatedly, Americans used the army not only to secure their expanding empire and fight their enemies, but to shape their nation and their vision of who they were, often in ways not directly associated with shooting wars or combat. That the regular army served as nation-builders is ironic, given the officer corps’ obsession with a warrior ethic and the deep-seated disdain for a standing army that includes Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, the writings of Henry David Thoreau, and debates regarding congressional appropriations. Whether the issue concerned Indian policy, the appropriate division of power between state and federal authorities, technology, transportation, communications, or business innovations, the public demanded that the military remain small even as it expected those forces to promote civilian development. Robert Wooster’s exhaustive research in manuscript collections, government documents, and newspapers builds upon previous scholarship to provide a coherent and comprehensive history of the U.S. Army from its inception during the American Revolution to the Philippine-American War. Wooster integrates its institutional history with larger trends in American history during that period, with a special focus on state-building and civil-military relations. The United States Army and the Making of America will be the definitive book on the army’s relationship with the nation from its founding to the dawn of the twentieth century and will be a valuable resource for a generation of undergraduates, graduate students, and virtually any scholar with an interest in the U.S. Army, American frontiers and borderlands, the American West, or eighteenth- and nineteenth-century nation-building.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700630643

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9780700630646

Evolutionary Linguistics

By: April McMahon,Robert McMahon

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Evolutionary Linguistics

By: April McMahon,Robert McMahon

How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? This is an introduction to the interdisciplinary debates.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521814502

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9780521814508

A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

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A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

Covers both current and traditional terminology in syntax and morphology. It includes descriptive terms, the major theoretical concepts, and the chief terms from mathematical and computational linguistics in over 1,500 entries.

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Psychology Press

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0415086280

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9780415086288

A Student's Dictionary of Language and Linguistics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

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A Student's Dictionary of Language and Linguistics

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

This helpful dictionary provides accessible and authoritative explanations of the terms and concepts currently in use in all the major areas of language and linguistics, as well as in the study of the social, anthropological, psychological, and neurological aspects of language. Entries are clearly defined and accompanied by clarifying examples where appropriate. Cross-referenced.

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Hodder Education

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0340652675

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9780340652671

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