Woodslane | Search

Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy

The American Way of Spelling
The Structure and Origins of American English Orthography
This text covers a broad range of topics, from the historical origins of the 26 letters to the regularities and irregularities of spelling in food and drink words, and ending with the rules of spelling.
ISBN-13: 9781572304697 (Hardback)
Publisher: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS
Imprint: THE GUILFORD PRESS
Richard L. Venezky
Price:
AUD $106.00
Stock: 1 in stock
Local release date: 18/12/1999
Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
Categories: Dialect, slang & jargon [CFFD]Grammar, syntax & morphology [CFK]USA [1KBB]American English [2ABM]

Add to Cart

Let's Talk Turkey
The Stories Behind America's Favorite Expressions
Ever wonder what going on the wagon has to do with drinking? Why does extreme behaviour take the cake? And did Americans' pocket change ever really include wooden nickels? Many of our most intriguing expressions grew slut of once-familiar bits of American culture. This title demystifies over 150 of these colourful home-grown figures of speech.
ISBN-13: 9781591026259 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: PROMETHEUS
Rosemarie Ostler
Price:
AUD $38.99
Stock: 0 in stock
Local release date: 30/08/2008
Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
Categories: Dialect, slang & jargon [CFFD]American English [2ABM]

Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy

The Syntax of Spoken Arabic
A Comparative Study of Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian, and Kuwaiti Dialects
A comparative study of the syntax of Arabic dialects, based on natural language data recorded in Morocco, Egypt, Syria, and Kuwait. It provides a nuanced description of spoken Arabic syntax, widens the theoretical base of Arabic linguistics, and gives both scholars and students of Arabic tools for greater cross-dialect comprehension.
ISBN-13: 9780878407897 (Paperback)
Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Kristen Brustad
Price:
AUD $116.00
Stock: 0 in stock
Local release date: 28/10/2000
Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
Categories: Dialect, slang & jargon [CFFD]Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [CFG]Grammar, syntax & morphology [CFK]Syria [1FBS]Kuwait [1FBXK]Egypt [1HBE]Morocco [1HBM]Arabic [2CSR]

Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy

American Spanish Pronunciation
Theoretical and Applied Perspectives
Offers views of phonological research on American Spanish.
ISBN-13: 9780878400997 (Paperback)
Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Peter C. Bjarkman, Robert M. Hammond
Price:
AUD $116.00
Stock: 0 in stock
Local release date: 01/12/1989
Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
Categories: Dialect, slang & jargon [CFFD]Phonetics, phonology [CFH]Spanish [2ADS]

Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy

Studies in Caribbean Spanish Dialectology
Discusses - in English and in Spanish - the African influence on Caribbean phonology, dominant sociolinguistic attitudes in Puerto Rico, and historico-legal aspects of bilingualism in colonial Hispanic America.
ISBN-13: 9780878400980 (Paperback)
Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Robert M. Hammond, Melvyn C. Resnick
Price:
AUD $116.00
Stock: 0 in stock
Local release date: 31/07/1988
Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
Categories: Dialect, slang & jargon [CFFD]Caribbean islands [1KJ]Spanish [2ADS]

Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy

Pidgins and Creoles
Current Trends and Prospects
A collection of work on pidgins and creoles that includes discussions of the English-derived creole of San Andres Island and the French-derived creole of Cayenne, the theoretical contributions of creolistics to general linguistic theory, decreolization, and generative phonological treatment of a hypothesized English-derived proto-creole.
ISBN-13: 9780878402069 (Paperback)
Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
David DeCamp, Ian Hancock
Price:
AUD $116.00
Stock: 0 in stock
Local release date: 31/01/1974
Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
Categories: Sociolinguistics [CFB]Dialect, slang & jargon [CFFD]