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Proceedings of Methods XIII
This volume of papers from the 13th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, held at the University of Leeds in 2008, collects together current research and recent …
The Anonymous Text
One of the most intriguing features of The Assembly of Ladies, an anonymous fifteenth-century Middle English poem, is that it has remained in print in anthologies for over 500 …
Wörterbuch des Münsterländer Platt
Die plattdeutsche Sprache zeichnet sich durch eine unvergleichliche Ausdruckskraft aus. Der Autor hat sich seit langer Zeit der Aufgabe verschrieben, dieses Kulturgut zu pflegen …
Sociocultural Aspects of Greek-Turkish Language Contact(s)
Concise English-Scots Dictionary
What do you call a paper bag in Scots? How would you describe a dull day in Scots?This comprehensive dictionary of words and phrases is for all who want to use the Scots …
Das kleine Glück
"''s Glück is wiara Bruin: Ma suacht s und hat s auf der Nasn." Darauf will Helmut Zöpfl mit seinen Gedichten hinweisen; sie zeigen, dass unser Leben zwar nicht immer so verläuft, …
The Metaphor Zoo
Ever wondered why it rains cats and dogs? Why some are early birds and others night owls? Or why on earth a cat would wear pyjamas? English is home to a veritable menagerie of …
Winning Dialect
Why did a rural dialect from the heart of Norwegian farm country win a national dialect popularity contest? What were the effects of this win, and what has happened to the winning …
Alle Jahre zwider
Language in the Inner City
With the recent controversy in the Oakland, California school district about Ebonics-or as it is referred to in sociolinguistic circles, African American Vernacular English or …
Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
One of the most distinctive characteristics of English is the number of words and phrases it has borrowed - and continues to borrow - from other languages, originally and most …
