Robert Lawrence Trask

Effective and easy to follow, this step-by-step guide will dispel the mysteries of punctuation and prove an invaluable aid to writing clear English.

The Penguin Guide to Punctuation

Robert McColl Millar

A new edition of this very well-respected introduction to Historical Linguistics.

Trask's Historical Linguistics

Language: The Basicsprovides a concise introduction to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining style, it encourages the reader to think about the way language works. New features include: * a chapter on 'Language in Use' which introduces pragmatics, metaphor, speech and writing and discourse analysis * a section on sign language * a glossary of key terms * an expanded further reading section Language: the Basicsprovides an overview for students and anyone who's ever been accused of splitting an infinitive.

The Basics

Language

More than a century of specialist work has succeeded in shedding a great deal of light on the history and especially the prehistory of Basque, but this work has up until now been almost entirely confined to the specialist literature, and has not been available to general historical linguists. This book, written by an internationally renowned specialist in Basque, finally rectifies the problem.

The History of Basque

Peter Stockwell

The fully updated second edition of this critical work includes a new introduction, a wide range of new entries and added specialised further reading for lecturers and more advanced students.

The Key Concepts

Language and Linguistics

José Ignacio Hualde

Joseba Lakarra

Questions related to the origin and history of the Basque language spark considerable interest, since it is the only surviving pre-Indo-European language in western Europe. However, until now, there was no readily available source in English providing answers to these questions or giving an overview of past and current research in this area. This book is intended to partly fill this void.The book contains both state-of-the-art papers which summarize our knowledge about particular areas of Basque historical linguistics, and articles presenting new hypotheses and points of view based on hard evidence and careful analysis.All contributors to this volume have demonstrated expertise in the topic within Basque historical linguistics that their chapter addresses. Two classical articles by the late Luis Michelena are included in English translation. In addition, the book includes studies on diachronic phonology, morphology and syntax. The relation of Basque to other languages is also investigated in a couple of chapters.

Robert Lawrence Trask

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