A Glossary of Language and Mind.
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 131 pp. 8vo (small). Paperback. Very lt edgewear. Sticker to rear cover.
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Phonetics of Classical Arabic:; A Selectional Study of the Problematic Sounds
Khartoum: Khartoum University Press, 1996. 117 pp., 12mo. Paperback. Discussing the consonantal system & vowel system. Slight wear to covers & spine. Textblock cleam & crisp.
English Grammar:; A Simple, Concise, and Comprehensive Manual of the English Language, in Four Parts (1855)
Np: Kessinger Publishing, 2010. 239 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Reprint of the 1855 edition. Slightly edgeworn, some lt dogearing to few lower pg corners. Interior clean and tight.
Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach.
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2003. First edition. 4to. 454 pp. Spine ends are lightly bumped. Otherwise book is in excellent condition.
The Student's Manual Complete, Part 1-2 (1874).
Np: Kessinger Publishing, 2010. 111 pp (Part I) + 332 pp (Part II). Hardcover. Reprint of the 1874 "New Edition." In excellent condition, with only minor bumping to the lower corners. Full title: "The Student's Manual Complete, Being an Etymological and Explanatory Vocabulary of Words Derived from the Greek and.....
The Institutes of English Grammar.
New York: Samuel S. & WIlliam, 1844. 8vo. 312pp. Spine ends and corners are bumped and rubbed, light scratches and knicks to leather covers and spine, damp stain to spine ends that permeates through scattered pages of text. Methodically arranged with examples for parsing, questions for examination, false syntax for.....
Generative Studies in Romance Languages.
Rowley, MA: Newbury House, 1972. 431 pp. Shelfwear to covers, creasing to front bottom corner. Spine faded slightly. Light crease to back cover. Previous owner's name to top edge.
Studies in the History of Linguistics Volume 31.
Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing, 1983. Pictorial Boards. 8vo. 139 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, very light soiling to cover edges. Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of Linguistic Science III, Studies in the history of linguistics volume 31, Uniformitarianism in Linguistics.
Words on Words:; Quotations About Language and Languages
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2000. 580 pp., lg. 8vo. Hardcover in dj. Slight bumping to edges w/ foxing to textblock top edge; light creasing to spine/joints. Po inscription to ffep. Dj panels lightly rubbed. Binding sturdy; pgs clean & crisp.
A Conceptual Theory of Rhetoric.
Cambridge, MA: Winthrop Publishers, Inc., 1975. 183 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. A general intro to the canons of rhetoric. Very light soiling & shelfwear to boards. Slight cocking, shaking & wear to spine but binding very sturdy. Light foxing to textblock edges. Very light foxing to pds & eps & po.....
The Great Typo Hunt:; Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 2010. First edition. 269 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. Inscribed first edition. Kitchen spice odor to textblock. Few faint scuff marks to boards. Edges lightly bumped. Some rubbing/scuffing to dj panels w/ price sticker to back panel.
Transformational Grammar as a Theory of Language Acquisition: A Study in the Empirical, Conceptual and Methodology Foundations of Contemporary Linguistic Theory.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974. First edition. 8vo. 218 pp. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics/10. Owner's ink signature inside front cover. Light shelfwear to bottom edge, light soil and flex to covers.
Ethiopic Grammar.
London: williams & Norgate, 1907. Second edition. 581 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. Second edition enlarged & improved. haracter, orthography, phonology, morphology & more about Ethiopic grammar. Former library copy w/ stamps, stickers & card-holder. Slight scuffing, wear & some very faint soiling to boards. Some sunning, cocking & wear to spine;.....
Experiences in Translation.
Toronto, Buffalo, London: Univ of Toronto Pr, 2001. 135 pp. 8vo. Cloth hardcover w/ dustjacket. Light scuffing and minor edgewear to jacket. Book in fine condition. Translated by Alastair McEwan.
Americanisms Old and New.
London: Thomas Poulter & Sons, 1889. 564 pp. 8vo. No. 153 published, with Farmer's signature to the title pg and the bookplate of Samuel A.B. Abbott - President of the Boston Public Library Board of Trustees during the library's relocation to Copley Square, in 1895 - to the fpd. Vellum-bound.....
Languages of India.
New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 2000. 194 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Translated by Tista Bagchi. Lightly scuffed. Edgeworn. Bumping to spine and ends. Browning to textblock. Light bumping to first several pages at bottom of hinge.
A New Yorkshire Dialect Anthology.
Leeds: Henry Walker, 1954. 12mo. 28 pp. Cover slightly sunned at edges and spine. Pages fine. From the Yorkshire Dialect Society, a collection of anecdotes and poems written in Yorkshire dialect, with a glossary at the end.
Phonetic Phantasy.
New York: Carlton Press, 1995. 8vo. 113 pp. Spine sl. bumped. Dj has minor edgewear. Phonetic spelling system ("Litlhart") devised by the author, using the Roman alphabet. "Aulthoe yue mae thhingk this iz u pikyuelyur habut, tue riet mie thhots doun in theez straenj chikun traks, Ie am shuur yue.....
Language, Thought, and Culture.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1972. 12mo. 273 pp. Paperback. Rubbing to edges, spine ends and corners. Joints slightly creased. Spine ends and spine bumped. Spine creased lightly. Back cover lightly soiled. Interior clean aside from glue action to hinges. Binding tight. Spine sunned. "This book is the.....
Nominal Accentuation in Baltic and Slavic.
Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press, 1979. 189 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. English text. "Since its publication in 1963 by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, this monograph has become a work of major importance in the field of accentology." Very light shelfwear to boards & spine.....
Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1972. First edition. 8vo. 400 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, underlining in pen to first 22 pages of text. Light rubbing along dj edges. Otherwise book is in great condition.
The Balancing Act:; Combining Symbolic and Statistical Approaches to Language
Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press, 1996. 186 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Slightly scuffed, sticker to rear cover.
Papyrology in the Federal Republic of Germany and Fieldwork of the International Photographic Archive in Cairo.
Studia Papyrologica, 1976. 79 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Analysis of Greek fragments. Excellent condition. Binding tight. Textblock clean & crisp.
Partiality, Truth and Persistence.
Stanford: CSLI, 1988. 8vo. 151pp. CSLI lecture notes number 15. Contents: Propositional logic; Alternative truth definitions; Extending the language; etc.
Grammars with Context Conditions and Their Applications.
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. 4to. 216 pp. In excellent condition. Light shelf wear to covers. Interior clean, binding tight.