The Christian Brothers

Aids to Irish Composition

M. H. Gill and Son Ltd. Dublin, Ireland, 1952. Edition Unstated, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Text in English & Irish Gaelic; preface & contents to front; a little book that aims to provide a course in Irish Gaelic based on the 'Direct Method' and embracing the salient points in grammar and construction. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 164 pages. Text is in English & Irish. Pages browned with age. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles spine & front (with decorative borders to front). Light bumping to outer corners. blue cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Language & Linguistics; Gaelic Languages; Irish Gaelic; Irish Language; Ireland; English & Irish Language; Reference. Inventory No: 4605.

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The Christian Brothers

First Irish Grammar. Revised and Enlarged

M. H. Gill and Son Ltd. Dublin, Ireland, undated. Edition Unstated, Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Text in English & Irish Gaelic; contents list to front; a small but thorough introduction to the grammar of the Irish Gaelic language. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 84 pages. Text is in English & Irish. Pages browned with age. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles front (with decorative borders). grey card covers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Language & Linguistics; Gaelic Languages; Irish Gaelic; Irish Language; Ireland; English & Irish Language; Reference. Inventory No: 4607.

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Carter, Ronald

Vocabulary: Applied Linguistic Perspectives

Routledge, London, 1996. Reprint, Paperback. Near Fine/N/A.. 9780415090896 this book by the Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Nottingham provides a basis for the further study of modern English vocabulary with particular reference to linguistic descriptive frameworks & to educational contexts; an unread copy with slight mark to front cover; incld. index -249 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Language & Linguistics; English Language; Vocabulary; England; Language & Linguistics. ISBN: 041509089X. ISBN/EAN: 9780415090896. Inventory No: LNG00001.

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Keywords: BZDB227 English Language; Linguistics; Vocabulary Language & Linguistics; English Language; Vocabulary; England; Language & Linguistics. Unbranded ISBN: 041509089X EAN: 9780415090896 Carter, Ronald Vocabulary: Applied Linguistic Perspectives English Lan

Cregeen, Archibald

A Dictionary of the Manks Language, with the Corresponding Words or Explanations in English; Interspersed with Many Gaelic Proverbs: the Parts of Speech. the Genders, & the Accents of the Manks Words are Carefully Marked; with some Etymological Observations never before published.

Scolar Press Ltd. Menston, 1969. Reprint (Facsimile Edition), Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. The 1969 facsimile reprint of the 1835 first edition originally printed & published for the author by J. Quiggan of North Quay, Douglas, Isle of Man; The following Vocabulary of the Manks language has been compiled with considerable labour and assiduity. It is designed to facilitate the attainment of that ancient language, and to furnish the reader not only with a Variety of vocables, idiomatic phrases, and proverbial expressions, but also the outlines of a Manks Grammar. That a language so venerable for its antiquity and so estimable on many accounts should be so generally neglected, is much to be lamented. The consequence of this neglect has been, that numerous corruptions have crept into the dialect in general use, and so many anglicisms been adopted, that the Manks is now seldom spoken or written in its original purity. Despised and neglected, however, as the language appears to be at present, it is susceptible of high improvement, and justly entitled to the attention of the scholar. The sublime strains of Ossian mark the capabilities of the language, and commend it to the regard of the philologist as a subject of curious enquiry, and deserving accurate investigation. The following Manks Dictionary, with the corresponding words in English, may, it is hoped by the Compiler, contribute in some degree to facilitate the acquisition of both the Manks and English languages Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 187 + 1 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in archive acetate film protection. Gilt titles spine with gilt Isle of Man emblem to front cover. green cloth. last page includes appendix & errata. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Language & Linguistics; Gaelic Languages; Manx Language; Isle of Man; Britain/UK; Reference. Inventory No: 4967.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Language/Linguistics/Reference/Isle of Man/Manx Language/Manks Language/Manx Dictionary/Manks Dictionary/Gaelic Languages/Etymology/Gaelic Proverbs/Ellan Vannin/Mannin/Mann Language & Linguistics; Gaelic Languages; Manx Language; Isle of Man; Bri

Forster, Leonard Wilson

The Poets Tongues: Multilingualism in Literature (The de Carle Lectures at the University of Otago, 1968)

Cambridge University Press, London, 1971. First Edition, Black Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9780521077668 gilt titles spine; beige endpapers; "In medieval literature there was a convention which laid down that the choice of language was determined by the literary genre in question, not by the nationality of the author. The North Italian troubadours from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries wrote lyric poetry in Provencal and narrative poetry in French; Italian tended to be restricted to legal prose. Ramon Vidal de Besalu at the end of the twelfth century declared that French was best suited to certain poetic genres - romanz, retronsas and pasturellas -, while Provencal was more appropriate to others - vers, cansos and sirventes. He does not consider his own native language, Catalan, at all in this connexion."; a study of polyglot & bilingual literature from the medieval period to the present day; a clean copy; including index - 101 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Language & Linguistics; Poetry; Polyglot Poets/Polyglot Poetry; Medieval Literature/Renaissance Literature/Baroque Literature; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0521077664. ISBN/EAN: 9780521077668. Inventory No: LIT00020.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Literature/Multilingualism/Poetry/Polyglot Poets/Polyglot Poetry/Linguistics/Medieval Literature/Renaissance Literature/Baroque Literature/Stefan George/R. M. Rilke/James Joyce/Dadaism/Surrealism Language & Linguistics; Poetry; Polyglot Poets/Pol

Gilbertson, Major George Waters & Ghano Khan Haddiani

The Balochi Language A Grammar and Manual

privately published, Hertford, Hertfordshire, 1923. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. to front & rear covers are blind-stamped outer borders with decorative inner corners; foreword by the authors, contents list & a thorough study of this language of the Baloch People who are an Iranian ethnic group who live mainly in the Balochistan region of the southeastern-most edge of the Iranian plateau in Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, as well as in the Arabian Peninsula. The author studied several local languages during his Indian Service &, in his foreword, recommends dropping ones 'Oxford intonation' when seeking to speak Balochi - "for the time being, not for good" Size: Octavo (standard book size). 312 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Gilt titles spine. Light bumping to corners with slight wear to front outer corner, some browning of spine. Includes bibliography. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Iran; Reference. Inventory No: 3804.

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Hawkes, Terence

Structuralism & Semiotics

Methuen, London, 1982. Reprint, Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. 9780416796308 green titles spine; "this book discusses the nature and development of structuralism and semiotics, and the principles and issues at stake. It is intended for those with no prior knowledge of the field. It begins with a historically-based description of the growth of structuralist thinking out of the related disciplines of linguistics and anthropology, making special reference to the work of Saussure, l.evi-Strauss, and the American structural linguists. It moves on, through a discussion of Russian Formalism, to an exposition of the chief 'structuralist' ideas current in the study of literature. The work of Roman Jakobson, Roland Barthes and others is closely looked at. It then takes up the questions raised by the whole 'science of signs', considering such matters as the nature and status of 'literariness', what 'reading' really involves, and the ultimate function of 'writing' in its various modes."; previous owner's name on pre-title page; including index - 192 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; Literature; Anthropology. ISBN: 0416796303. ISBN/EAN: 9780416796308. Inventory No: LNG00006.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Linguistics/Structuralism/Semiotics/Anthropology/Formalism/Literature/English/Language Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; Literature; Anthropology. Unbranded ISBN: 0416796303 EAN: 9780416796308 Hawkes, Terence Structuralism & Semiotics Linguis

Societe Jersiaise

Glossaire du Patois Jersiais: recueil de mots particuliers au dialecte de Jersey

The Beresford Library Ltd. Jersey, Channel Islands, 1924. First Edition, Hardcover (Grey Boards with Blue Cloth Spine). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Jèrriais has been the language of the Jersey people over a period spanning more than a thousand years. Although perhaps still relatively unknown outside the Channel Islands, Jèrriais, together with its offshoot in Sark and its nearest other relative in Guernsey are, like the Celtic languages, part of the living linguistic heritage of the British Isles. It is therefore a Romance language and one of the many varieties of the langue d'oïl which have survived to the present day alongside standardized French. But although modern Jèrriais echoes many of the features of the earlier Norman Language, it has of course like all languages evolved over the centuries and today presents us a distinctive form of speech which can be said to belong to Jersey alone. Ancient Norman French continued in use in Jersey until at least the 1800's. Although the official written language was French, Jèrriais was spoken. La Société Jersiaise was formed in 1873 - their resolution was to study the history of the language and the island - and in 1924 they published the Glossaire du Patois Jersiais. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xvi + 182. Text is in Jèrriais/French. Light wear to spine ends & edges. Deckled outer & lower edges (rough cut). Gilt titles spine. Bumping & wear to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Channel Islands; Jersey; Jèrriais; Britain/UK; Jèrriais/French Language; Reference. Inventory No: 4964.

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O'Keefe, Katherine O'Brien

Reading Old English Texts

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997. First Edition, Softcover. Near Fine Condition. 9780521469708 to front: titles; contents; contributors; abbreviations; notes on the text & introduction. Reading Old English Texts, first published in 1997, focuses on the critical methods being used and developed for reading and analysing writings in Old English. The collection is timely, given the explosion of interest in the theory, method, and practice of critical reading. Each chapter engages with work on Old English texts from a particular methodological stance. The authors are all experts in the field, but are also concerned to explain their method and its application to a broad undergraduate and graduate readership. The chapters include a brief historical background to the approach; a definition of the field or method under consideration; a discussion of some exemplary criticism (with a balance of prose and verse passages); an illustration of the ways in which texts are read through this approach, and some suggestions for future work. Chapters include: 'The Comparative Approach'; 'Source Study'; 'Language Matters'; 'Historicist Approach'; 'Oral Tradition'; 'The Recovery of Texts'; 'Old English & Feminist Criticism'; Post-structuralist Theories' and 'Old English & Computing'. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi + 231. No Dust Jacket as published. library 'withdrawn' stamp to pre-title page. Includes index & suggestions for further reading. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Language & Linguistics; Old English Language; Anglo-Saxon English; Women & Feminism; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0521469708. ISBN/EAN: 9780521469708. Inventory No: 4991.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Language & Linguistics/Anglo-Saxon English/Old English Language/Literature & Literary/Women & Feminism Language & Linguistics; Old English Language; Anglo-Saxon English; Women & Feminism; Literature & Literary. Unbranded ISBN: 0521469708 EAN: 97

Klatt, Professor Edmund (Revised by)

Langenscheidt's Pocket-Dictionary of the English and German Languages

Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd. London, 1941. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. two parts in one volume being English-German & German-English, giving the pronunciation according to the phonetic system of Toussaint Langenscheidt; to front is 16-page foreword & introductory notes (in German text); Title pages of both parts printed in red & black; outer corners of pages rounded. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 562 & 476 + 9 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges red. Gilt titles spine. red cloth with rounded outer corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Dictionaries; Language Dictionaries; Germany; Reference. Inventory No: 3822.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Language/Linguistics/Reference/Dictionaries/Language Dictionaries/German-English Dictionary Language & Linguistics; Dictionaries; Language Dictionaries; Germany; Reference. Unbranded Professor Edmund (Revised by) Klatt Langenscheidt's Pocket-Dic

Lesser, Ruth & Lesley Milroy

Linguistics and Aphasia (Language in Social Life series)

Longman Group UK Ltd. Harlow, Essex, 1993. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780582022218 Linguistics and Aphasia is a major study of recent developments in applying psycholinguistics and pragmatics to the study of acquired language disorders (aphasia) and their remediation. Psycholinguistic analyses of aphasia interpret disorders in terms of damaged modules and processes within what was once a normal language system. These analyses have progressed to the point that they now routinely provide a model-based rationale for planning patient therapy. Through a series of case studies, the authors show how the psycholinguistic analysis of aphasia can be assessed for its effectiveness in clinical practice.Pragmatic approaches to the study of aphasia are of more recent origin. Ruth Lesser and Lesley Milroy evaluate their considerable significance to the study of aphasia and their relevance to practical issues of diagnosis and treatment. Controversial analysis, in particular, offers a fruitful and productive framework within which to assess the functional adequacy of the language used by aphasic speakers in everyday contexts. This book will be widely welcomed by students of applied linguistics and of speech and language pathology and therapy. The discussion of psycholinguistic and pragmatic analyses of disordered language make the book important reading not only for practising speech and language therapists. but for other professionals with a particular interest in their clients' or patients' language. These include clinical psychologists and medical specialists such as neurologists and psychiatrists. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 377 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner'sname in ink on pre-title page. Black titles spine. Very light bumping to corners. illustrated by b/w. diagrams. Includes index & references. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Medicine & Health; Acquired Language Disorders; Sociology & Culture; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0582022215. ISBN/EAN: 9780582022218. Inventory No: 2755.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Language/Linguistics/Psychology/Psychiatry/Acquired Language Disorders/Health/Sociology/Language in Social Life Series/Aphasia Language & Linguistics; Medicine & Health; Acquired Language Disorders; Sociology & Culture; Psychology & Psychiatry.

Montgomerie-Fleming, J. B.

Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary

William Hodge & Co. Glasgow & Edinburgh, 1899. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. These notes on Jamieson's dictionary of the Scottish language were first published in the Glasgow Herald & are collected & amplified here by their author to be published in book form for the first time. Described by their writer as 'fragmentary, very incomplete & nothing like a revision or correction of Jamieson's work' they nonetheless provide interesting cross-references to the meanings & origins of the words alphabetically listed in this volume. To the front is a six-page prefatory note by the author & a copy of his letter to the editor of the Glasgow Herald. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 7 + 186 pages. Text is in Scots. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Top edge gilt in good condition. Gilt titles spine. vertical wrinkle to cloth of rear cover, minor dents to cover edges & light wear to spine ends & corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Scots Language; Dictionaries; Philology; Scotland; Scots Language; Reference. Inventory No: 3911.

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Salmond J B

My Man Sandy

Sands & Co. Edinburgh, 1919. Sixth Edition, Red Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. black titles spine & front with decoration front; printed on grey paper; twenty sketches in the Angus dialect of Scotland originally written for newspaper publication; previous owner's name on front endpaper; a neat copy with slight bumping to corners; 145 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Language & Linguistics; Scottish Stories; Angus Dialect; Short Storie; Scotland; Genealogy & Local History. Inventory No: SST00008.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Novels/Short Stories/Scottish Stories/Angus Dialect/Scotland Language & Linguistics; Scottish Stories; Angus Dialect; Short Storie; Scotland; Genealogy & Local History. Unbranded Salmond J B My Man Sandy Scottish Stories Angus Dialect Short Stor

Sweet, Henry

Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer

Oxford, New York, 1980. First Paperback Edition, Softcover. As New. 9780198111788 revised in 1953 (with corrections to 1978) by Norman Davis who writes in his preface: "Sweet's Primer first appeared in 1882, and was last revised for the eighth edition of 1905. It is not surprising that in the interval methods of presentation should have changed. The Primer, though designed as an introduction to Sweet's Reader, has tended to fall out of use, but nothing has replaced it; and the Reader itself has often been used as a beginner's book, for which it was never intended. In the belief that an elementary introduction on the lines of the Primer is essential, I have tried in the present revision to preserve the policy and the scale of Sweet's work, while re­arranging it very considerably in detail. In the grammar ­ especially in treating the verb, where Sweet's classification has failed to find acceptance - I have sought to present the facts, with as few technical terms as possible, in the same groups as students will find when they come to more advanced books." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 129 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. White titles spine. Includes index, Notes & Glossary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Language & Linguistics; Anglo-Saxon; Reference. ISBN: 0198111789. ISBN/EAN: 9780198111788. Inventory No: 2520.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Language/Linguistics/Anglo-Saxon/Reference Language & Linguistics; Anglo-Saxon; Reference. Unbranded ISBN: 0198111789 EAN: 9780198111788 Henry Sweet Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer Anglo-Saxon Reference

Whitney, Arthur H.

Colloquial Hungarian

Routledge, London, 1953. Reprint, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Poor. Written expressly to enable adults to acquire rapidly a sound colloquial knowledge of the Hungarian language. It is limited to a vocabulary of about 1,000 words & a full knowledge of the structure of everyday Hungarian. There are 40 lessons preceded by an introductory sketch of the characteristics of the language & included are notes on the pronunciation. English-Hungarian word list to rear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii + 264. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears, & with piece missing from spine. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Bookseller's small label inside rear cover. Black titles spine & front. beige cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Language & Linguistics; Hungarian Language; Magyar; Uralic Language; Reference. Inventory No: 4609.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Language & Linguistics/Reference/Hungarian Language/Magyar Language/Uralic Language Language & Linguistics; Hungarian Language; Magyar; Uralic Language; Reference. Unbranded Arthur H. Whitney Colloquial Hungarian Hungarian Language Magyar Uralic