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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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The place names of Edinburgh: their origin and history
Gordon Wright Publishing
1996
Examines the names of several thousand places within the modern city of Edinburgh.
The tutorial Latin grammar
University Correspondence College Press
1898
Presents the rudiments of Latin accidence and syntax.
The phonarthron, or, Natural system of the sounds of speech : a test of pronunciation for all languages, also, The phonarithmon, and the phonidon
J.G.F. & J. Rivington
1840
In which a universal alphabet is proposed based on the simple sounds of speech. From the library of Henslowe.
What a word! Being an account of the principles and progress of 'The Word War' conducted in 'Punch', to the great improvement and delight of the people, and the lasting benefit of the King's English, with many ingenious exercises
Methuen & Co. Ltd.
1935
A discussion of the use, and misuse, of words based on articles that appeared in Punch.
Essays on language and literature
Allan Wingate
1947
A collection six essays by French writers on the power of language. From the library of the noted Scottish supernatural enthusiast Robert Ogilvie Crombie.
A study of the Chaldean roots in the ancient Cornish language, with observations on the early tin trade in West Cornwall
Oakmagic Publications
1998
One of Holmes' lost monographs.
Words fail me
Hamish Hamilton
1980
An analysis of how the meaning of certain words changed in the Seventies.
A word in your ear
Hamish Hamilton
1983
A discussion of how language altered in the Seventies.
Roycroft dictionary and book of epigrams
Roycrofters
1923
A collection of pithy and occasionally humorous sayings.
Place-names of Dumbartonshire
Bennett & Thomson
1928
A guide to the place names of Dunbartonshire.
The place-names of Dumfriesshire
Courier Press
1935
Based on names appearing on 1 inch and 6 inch Ordnance Survey maps.
A Sherlock Holmes dictionary: an etymological guide to the less familiar words and phrases in the Sherlock Holmes stories
Magico Magazine
1988
A dictionary of words and phrases in the canon.
Studies in the connection of clauses in current English : zero, ellipsis and explicit form
J.W. Eides Boktrykkeri A.S.
1939
With a gift inscription and a manuscript note by the author on a corrigenda slip 'to prevent readers, if any, from going insane'.
Historical thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary with additional material from A thesaurus of Old English
Oxford University Press
2009
Charts the semantic development of the English language.
Proverbs of all nations, compared, explained, and illustrated
W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue)
1859
A classified analysis of mainly English proverbs.
A book of proverbs
David & Charles
1970
A selection of proverbs from all countries and all ages.
The place names of Fife and Kinross
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd.
1986
A re-issue of a text first published in1896.
An exaltation of larks, or, The venereal game
Angus and Robertson
1968
A compilation of collective nouns.
An etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language
Eneas Mackay
1911
A revised edition, originally published in 1896.
Scottish place-names
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.
1931
A guide to the origins and meanings of Scottish place-names, arranged primarily by topographical features.
MacLaren's Gaelic self-taught: an introduction to Gaelic for beginners
Alex MacLaren & Sons
1948
A grammar of Scots Gaelic, with exercises and answers.
The Scots thesaurus
Aberdeen University Press
1990
A guide to over 20,000 Scots words arranged by subject.
Ballengeich to Barras Yett: the origins of Stirling street names
Stirling District Libraries
1987
One of a series of booklets produced under the Community Heritage Programme.
