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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1946. xiv, 347 pp. Reprint edition (originally published in 1928). Bibliographical footnotes, index. Japanese texts romanized. Despite its age, this work remains an important and useful study of historical Japanese grammar. CONDITION: Light shelving wear (no fraying to cloth); binding tight; text clean and free of all marks; small bumps to upper corners of boards. Former owner's name and date written on first free endpaper.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 23 x 15 c... more information

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003 New in publisher's shrink-wrap. 896 pp. This is the most comprehensive Kurdish (Kurmanji dialect) to English dictionary available. Entries include etymologies, definitions, variant forms, sample sentences, synonyms, and inflections. OVERSIZED.. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/No Jacket (as issued). 29 x 22 cm. ... more information

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Lomé: Institut national de la recherche scientifique, 1976. Scarce; only published in paperback. xxxi, 465 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index, appendix (reprinted article entitled: "Le Kaure de la Polyglotta Africana et le kabrè d'aujourd'hui," originally published 1968). Text primarily in French. A pioneering and landmark scholarly study of Kabiyé, a Central Gur language spoken primarily in Togo, but also in Ghana and Benin. CONDITION: Sewn binding (no creasing). Text cle... more information

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Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998 173 pp. Text clean and free of all marks. Minor handling wear to covers (virtually like new).. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 28 x 22 cm. ... more information

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London, UK: Ruposhi Bangla Ltd., 1990 xiv, 390 pp. New (but publication quality does not meet Western standards--includes normal, light overall shelfwear). Sewn-in linen bookmark. Ships immediately.. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/No Jacket (as issued). 22 x 15 cm. ... more information

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Antananarivo: Trano Printy Fiangonana Loterana Malagasy 359 p. ; 21 cm. Edition: Natonta 5, voahitsy.. Aug. 2006 Printing. Soft Cover. ... more information

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Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987 x, 364 p. ; 24 cm. Series: Studies in interactional sociolinguistics 5. Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. 342-355. VG condition (previous owner's name and a short notation to front free endpaper) in NF dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Like New. ... more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1996 viii, 187 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Turner argues that "narrativization" is fundamental to rationality itself, indeed that it precedes and shapes (rather than, as linguists such as Chomsky argue, being shaped by) grammar and the impulse to language. NF condition in like dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Like New/Like New. ... more information

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Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1999 437, 204 p. 25 cm. Translation of Grammatik der Prakrit Sprachen. Translated from the German by Subhadra Jha. VG condition (few tiny spots to covers) in Vg dustjacket with a short tear to upper edge, internally reinforced with clear tape.. 1999 Reprint of the 1981 2nd Revised Ed. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

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Saint-Nicolas, Quebec, Canada: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2005 New. 583 pp. Bibliographical references, maps. Contributions in French. A collection of 25 scholarly essays concerning the French language in North America.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 23 x 16 cm. ... more information

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Saint-Nicolas, Quebec, Canada: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2005 New. 583 pp. Bibliographical references, maps. Contributions in French. A collection of 25 scholarly essays concerning the French language in North America.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 23 x 16 cm. ... more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. viii, 442 pp. List of contributors, 11 essays, index. The central theme of this collection of 11 scholarly essays by leading linguists in the field of prosodic morphology is an explanation of nonconcatenative morphology. The perspective of most of the papers is Optimality Theory, a rapidly developing theory of constraint interaction in generative grammar. Contents: Introduction; On the moraic representation of underlying geminates; Verbal reduplication in three B... more information

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Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990 xx, 512 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Cambridge textbooks in linguistics. Includes bibliographical references. VG condition (previous owner's name to ffep). Soft Cover. Very Good. ... more information

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Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press, 1994 x, [3], 2-269 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Bound in black cloth; spine lettered in silver, with dust jacket. NF condition in like dustjacket. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. ... more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988 viii, 229 pp. Notes, bibliographical references, index. CONDITION: Sewn binding (no creasing). Very light handling to covers; text neat and clean.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 15 cm. ... more information

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1976. xxxv, 566 pp. 13th reprint. This textbook is a companion to "Character Text for Beginning Chinese" (2nd edition) by the same author. The texts are identical, but this book contains a romanized version of the Mandarin texts (whereas the other contains the Chinese character text). CONDITION: Text clean and free of all marks. Minor overall handling to card covers only; no creasing along spine.. Second (Revised) Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 26 x 18 cm. ... more information

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Paris, France: Sedes, 2003 Like new. 276 pp. Bibliography, index. Text in French. An excellent, clear introduction to Old French. CONDITION: Text clean and neat; minor shelfwear to covers only.. Second Edition. Paperback. Like New. 24 x 16 cm. ... more information

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Leipzig: VEB Verlag Enzyklopadie Leipzig, 1985 365 p. ; 22 cm. 5.Auflage. Durchgesehener Nachdruk der 2., uberarbeiteteten und erweiterten Auflage. NF condition in moderately worn dustjacket.. Cloth. Like New/Very Good. ... more information

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Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2004 xiv, 1160 p ; 25 cm.. 4th rev. and enl. ed. (2004 printing). Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

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Bloomington, IN: Iman Publishing House / International Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies, 2005 viii, 119 pp. In spiral binding. This textbook provides a thorough introduction to Arabic pronunciation and how to write Arabic script. Ships immediately.. Reprint. Paperback. New. 29 x 23 cm. ... more information

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