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Language and linguistics
This collection includes books on grammar, etymology, wordlore, linguistic theory, and the teaching of languages.
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Lallans
Scots Language Society
1978
Contains a tribute to Hugh MacDiarmid by A. D. Mackie.
An irregular Anglo-American glossary of more or less unfamiliar words, terms and phrases in the Sherlock Holmes saga
Magico Magazine
1987
A facsimile reprint of Bigelow's original glossary
Greenock street names: their history and romance
Greenock Herald
1907
A guide to the history behind selected Greenock street names.
Without the city wall: an adventure in London street-names north of the river
John Murray
1952
A guide to the origins of selected street names in the seventeen boroughs north of the Thames.
Oddities and curiosities of words and literature
Dover Publications, Inc.
1961
A selection of poetic and prose recreations.
Classics and education for the professions: a symposium on the place and value of the classics in education for various walks of life held at the general meeting of the Classical Association, Cambridge, April 1943
John Murray
1943
Makes the case for the retention of classics in the school curriculum. From the library of noted classics scholar R. J. Dickinson.
A charm of names
Bodley Head
1972
An exploration of the sources and history of selected British given names.
A word in your ear
Jonathan Cape
1943
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
Having the last word
Jonathan Cape
1950
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
I break my word
Jonathan Cape
1951
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
I give you my word
Jonathan Cape
1945
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
Say the word
Jonathan Cape
1947
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
Words in our time
Jonathan Cape
1958
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
Just another word
Jonathan Cape
1945
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
An Egyptian hieroglyphic reading book for beginners
Dover Publications, Inc.
1993
Twenty Egyptian hieroglyphic texts with transliterations and a complete vocabulary.
Egyptian language: easy lessons in Egyptian hieroglyphics
Dover Publications, Inc.
1983
An introduction to the history and grammar of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
The Suffolk dialect of the twentieth century
Norman Adlard & Co. Ltd.
1960
An introduction to the Suffolk dialect with examples of its use in country settings.
A book of English proverbs with origins and explanations
Longmans
1961
A collection of proverbial sayings in current use.
Greek word order
Cambridge University Press
1960
A study of the principles which govern word order in ancient Greek.
Serendipities: language and lunacy
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1999
A discussion of how unanticipated truths often spring from mistaken ideas.
The essentials of phonetics
Fred Pitman
1848
Written in the author's proposed universal phonetic alphabet.
The soldiers' English and French conversation book
T. Werner Laurie Limited
1917
Aimed at helping the British soldier converse with the French and Belgian allies.
Classics and the social revolution of our time
Geoffrey Cumberlege
1947
Presents a case for the retention of the teaching of classics.
