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Murray, Robert W.
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The history of English. Volume 5, Varieties of English /
edited by Alexander Bergs, Laurel Brinton.
by
Bergs, Alexander
[editor.]
Brinton, Laurel J
[editor.]
Series:
The History of English
; Volume 5
Material type:
Text
; Format:
available online
; Literary form:
Not fiction
Publisher:
Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017
Copyright date:
©2017
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History, languages, and lexicographers /
edited by Ladislav Zgusta.
by
Zgusta, Ladislav
[editor.]
European Association for Lexicography
Dictionary Society of North America
Material type:
Text
; Format:
available online
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Language:
English
Publisher:
Tübingen : Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1992
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The history of English. Volume 4, Early modern English /
edited by Alexander Bergs and Laurel J. Brinton.
by
Bergs, Alexander
[editor.]
Brinton, Laurel J
[editor.]
Series:
The History of English
; Volume 4
Material type:
Text
; Format:
available online
; Literary form:
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Publisher:
Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017
Copyright date:
©2017
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Multilingual practices in language history : English and beyond /
edited by Paivi Pahta, Janne Skaffari, Laura Wright.
by
Pahta, Päivi
[editor.]
Skaffari, Janne
[editor.]
Wright, Laura
, 1961-
[editor.]
Series:
Language contact and bilingualism
; Volume 15.
Material type:
Text
; Format:
available online
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Publisher:
Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2018
Copyright date:
©2018
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Hermann Paul's Principles of Language history revisited : translations and reflections /
edited by Peter Auer and Robert W. Murray ; with contributions by Peter Auer [and three others].
by
Auer, Peter
, 1954-
[editor.]
Murray, Robert W
[editor.]
Fertig, David
[contributor.]
Series:
Linguae & litterae
; Volume 51.
Material type:
Text
; Format:
available online
; Literary form:
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Publisher:
Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter, 2015
Copyright date:
©2015
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Adverbial subordination : a typology and history of adverbial subordinators based on European languages /
by Bernd Kortmann.
by
Kortmann, Bernd
, 1960-
Series:
Empirical approaches to language typology
; 18
Material type:
Text
; Format:
available online
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Publisher:
Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1997
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The handbook of historical linguistics
[electronic resource] /
edited by Brian D. Joseph and Richard D. Janda.
by
Joseph, Brian D
Janda, Richard D
ProQuest (Firm)
Series:
Blackwell handbooks in linguistics
Material type:
Text
; Format:
electronic available online
; Literary form:
Not fiction
Publication details:
Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2003
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Handbook of comparative and historical Indo-European linguistics /
Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz ; in cooperation with Mark Wenthe.
by
Klein, Jared
[editor.]
Joseph, Brian
[editor.]
Fritz, Matthias
[editor.]
Wenthe, Mark
[contributor.]
Material type:
Text
; Format:
available online
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Publisher:
Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]
Copyright date:
©2018
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Negotiating languages : Urdu, Hindi, and the definition of modern South Asia /
Walter N. Hakala.
by
Hakala, Walter N
[author.]
Series:
South Asia across the disciplines
Material type:
Text
; Format:
available online
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Publisher:
New York : Columbia University Press, 2016
Copyright date:
©2016
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Non-verbal predication in Ancient Egyptian /
Antonio Loprieno, Matthias Muller, Sami Uljas.
by
Loprieno, Antonio
[author.]
Müller, Matthias (Linguist)
[author.]
Uljas, Sami
[author.]
Series:
Mouton Companions to Ancient Egyptian
; Volume 2
Material type:
Text
; Format:
available online
; Literary form:
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Publisher:
Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017
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©2017
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Spheres of action : speech and performance in Romantic culture /
edited by Alexander Dick and Angela Esterhammer.
by
Esterhammer, Angela
[editor.]
Dick, Alexander John
, 1970-
[editor.]
Material type:
Text
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Publisher:
Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Copyright date:
©2009
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Creating states : studies in the performative language of John Milton and William Blake /
Angela Esterhammer.
by
Esterhammer, Angela
[author.]
Material type:
Text
; Format:
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Publisher:
Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1994
Copyright date:
©1994
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Philosophies of language in eighteenth-century France /
by Pierre Juliard.
by
Juliard, Pierre
[author.]
Series:
Janua linguarum
. Series minor ; ; 18.
Material type:
Text
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available online
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Publisher:
The Hague ; Paris : Mouton, 1970
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Applied linguistics and primary school teaching
[electronic resource] /
edited by Sue Ellis, Elspeth McCartney.
by
Ellis, Sue
McCartney, Elspeth
ProQuest (Firm)
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Text
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; Literary form:
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Publication details:
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011
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Critical pragmatics
[electronic resource] :
an inquiry into reference and communication /
Kepa Korta and John Perry.
by
Korta, Kepa
Perry, John
, 1943-
ProQuest (Firm)
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Publication details:
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011
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Performing oaths in classical Greek drama
[electronic resource] /
Judith Fletcher.
by
Fletcher, Judith
ProQuest (Firm)
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Publication details:
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012
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