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Boken følger dialekten og språkforholdene i Bodø fra byen ble grunnlagt i 1816 og frem til i dag. Forfatteren beskriver utviklingen av talemålet og analyserer grammatikalske trekk …

This book provides the reader with a description of the semantic change that took place over two periods of the history of English language: Middle English and Early Modern …

This book explores the diachronic emergence of the verb have in English in its various grammatical uses. The development of grammatical functions of have is analysed from …

This is a collection of papers presented at the conference «Anglo-German Linguistic Relations», held at Queen Mary, University of London in November 2007. The papers cover a wide …

This book develops the general principles of linguistic change that form the foundations of historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics.  Demonstrates the social as …

Attitudes to Language is an introduction to the facts and fallacies behind our beliefs about 'good English'. It is suitable for advanced level students and beyond. Written with …

Social scientists have used the term "e;Creolization"e; to evoke cultural fusion and the emergence of new cultures across the globe. However, the term has been …

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from …

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This book is a statistical study of Middle English prepositions. A detailed account of the occurrences of all prepositions in prose and poetry is given, including their dialectal …

Dread Talk examines the effects of Rastafarian language on Creole in other parts of the Carribean, its influence in Jamaican poetry, and its effects on standard Jamaican English. …