Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Analysing older English Analysing older English David Denison "Is historical linguistics different in principle from other linguistic research? This book addresses problems encountered in gathering and analysing data from early English, including the incomplete… OL15936482W
Democratic policies for language revitalisation Democratic policies for language revitalisation Emili Boix,Miquel Strubell i Trueta "A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia … OL16151581W
Quoting Speech in Early English Quoting Speech in Early English Colette Moore "Before quotation marks became widespread convention, English texts were organized more fluidly, employing varying lexical and textual strategies for marking represented discourse. When we add our pr… OL16516845W
The language of light The language of light Gerald Shea "Partially deaf due to a childhood illness, Gerald Shea is no stranger to the search for communicative grace and clarity. In this eloquent and thoroughly researched book, he uncovers the centuries-lo… OL19722855W
Authorisms Authorisms Paul Dickson "William Shakespeare's written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds that were coined or popularized by him. Some of the words never went further than their appearance in his plays… OL20907962W