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Hard Cover. Contents include Before History, The Egyptians, The Phoenicians, The Greeks, The Romans, Small Letters, Carolina & Gothic Letters, The Invention of Type, Printing and the Alphabet, The Alphabet Today. 294 pages, index, illustrations throughout in red & black; Very Good in lightlyworn dust jacket. Stock#32933/h.
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The 26 Letters. Revised Edition.
by Ogg, Oscar, 1908-1971.
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ABC Et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabet / by Alexander and Nicholas Humez
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Boston, David R. Godine, 1985. Hard Cover. xi, 274 p., index, 25 cm. "The premise of this engaging book is that, in giving us the letters of the alphabet and various word roots, the Romans also bequeathed us a wealth of information regarding Latin culture and society." Stock# 37,633. Vg/ dj vg.
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Abriss der Althochdeutschen Grammatik mit Berucksichtigung des Altsachsischen
by Braune, Wilhelm, 1850-1926.
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Tubingen, Max Niemeyer, 1959.. Soft Cover. 68 p. (p. 67 is folding sheet) 22 cm. Grammar of Old High German (750-1050) and Old Saxon. Pencil annotations by a serious student. Stock #29,163. Vg/ wrappers.
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The Acquisition of Language: Report of the 4th Conference Sponsored By The Committee on Intellectual Processes Research of the Social Science Research Council
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Chicago UP [1975]. Soft Cover. 191 p., illus.; 22.5 cm. Contributors include Miller & Ervin; Chomsky; Brown, Fraser, Bellugi; Lees; Bullowa, Jones, Bever; Hymes; Chan, Lenneberg, Rebelsky; Halle, Teuber; Jenkins & Palermo; Kagan; Deese, Moore. Stock#32022x. Vg/paperback.
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After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
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London & NY, Oxford University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. viii, 507 p., [1] leaf of plates, 1 color illus.; 23.5 cm. Contents: Understanding as Translation; Language and Gnosis; Word against Object; The Claims of Theory; The Hermeneutic Motion; Topologies of Culture; Bibliography: p. [475]-484. Stock#45719. Vg / dj vg.
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All About Language
by Pei, Mario, 1901-1978
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Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1954. Hard Cover. v, 186 p. illus., 20.5 cm. Four parts: What is language,? How does language work,? Our Language [English], Other people's languages. Stock# 32,008. Vg, despite ex-lib. marks/ dj good+.
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Althochdeutsche Aratorglossen. Paris lat. 8318. Gotha Membr. II 115.: Akad. der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Abhandlungen. Phil.-Hist. Klasse, Dritte Folge.
by Tiefenbach, Heinrich.
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1977. The De Actibus Apostolorum of Arator, Subdiaconus is a prime source for knowledge of Old High German. Akad. der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Abhandlungen. Phil.-Hist. Klasse, Dritte Folge. Soft Cover. 71 pages; 24.5 cm. Very Good. Stock#33803.
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Amarant / Carrié Paultre
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[Port-au-Prince, Haiti?] [s.n.] 1976. Soft Cover. 48 p.; 20.5 cm. "Roman sa-a té parèt déja ti moso pa ti moso nam jounal Boukan pou lané 1967 la. --Sé Carrié Paultre ki ékri-l" -- p. [5]. This work contrasts superficial conquests with love, while revealing underlying assumptions concerning love and marriage in Haitian society. From the library of Raphael G. Urciolo. Stock#47196. Vg / soft cover.
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American Sign Language Dictionary. Revised Edition. Illustrations by Herbert Rogoff and EduSelf.
by Sternberg, Martin L. A. Rogoff, Herbert, illustrator.
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HarperPerennial [c1994]. Soft Cover. Abridged edition of 'American Sign Language'. xvii, 614 p., illus., 24 cm.; color pictorial paper covers; VG+. 31929.
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The American Language. Supplement I.
by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
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N.Y., Knopf, 1962. Hard Cover. xv, 739, xxxv p. First published 1945. "Though of particular usefulness in conjunction with The American Language, this Supplement is nevertheless an independent work and may be read without reference to its predecessor." Vg/vg. 101573.
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The American Language. Supplement II.
by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
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N.Y., Knopf, 1962. Hard Cover. xiii, 890, xliii p. First published 1948. "Deals with American spelling and pronunciation, the vulgar speech, proper names both personal and geographical, and slang and argot." Vg/ dj vg. 101574.
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The American Language. An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States.
by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
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N.Y., Knopf, MCMXXX [1930]. Hard Cover. ix, 489 p. Third edition, revised and enlarged; first published in 1919. Mencken sought to identify the ways in which Americans used words differently than standard English. Good+/ no dj. 101572.
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Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes
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Paris, Chez Gissey... Bordelet... Ganeau... MDCCXXXIX. [1739]. Hard Cover. 1 p. l., 157, [158]-[162] pages; 15.5 cm. Cioranescu (18th Cent.) 13210. The book wonders if animals can communicate through the sounds they make and, if so, what this means philosophically / theologically. The Hague reprint of the same year contains an eight-page defence by the Jesuit author of charges which led the book to be proscribed in France. Good+, 19th-century half leather, mottled paper-covered boards. stock#OB460.
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Amusement Philosophique Sur Le Langage Des Betes.
by Bougeant, G. H. (Guillaume Hyacinthe), 1690-1743.
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A La Haye, Chez Antoine Van Dole. MDCCXXXIX [1739]. First published in Paris the same year; cf. Cioranescu (18th Cent.) 13210. The author wonders if animals can communicate through the sounds they make and, if so, what this means philosophically/ theologically. This Hague reprint contains an eight-page defence by the Jesuit author of charges which led the book to be proscribed in France. Hard Cover. 135, 8 pages; 16 cm. Bound in full contemporary binding. stock#NS0163. Vg, binding worn at hinges.
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax.
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Cambridge, MIT Press [1969]. 'Beginning in the middle fifties and emanating largely from M.I.T., an approach was developed to linguistic theory and to the study of the structure of particular languages that diverges in many respects from modern linguistics. ...The major purpose of this book is to... propose a reformulation of the theory of transformational generative grammar... The emphasis in this study is syntax; semantic and phonological aspects of language structure are discussed only insofar as they bear on syntactic theory.' Soft Cover. 251 pages, index; Paper; good+. Copy of Albert S. Cook, poet & critic, with his pencil notes. Stock#21961ax.
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Atlas linguistique de la France.: Publié par J. Gilliéron... et E. Edmont... 1422-1659
by Gilliéron, Jules, 1854-1926. Edmont, Ed. (Edmond), 1849-1926, joint author.
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Paris, H. Champion, 1908 & 1909. Regional dialects of France during the late Medieval and Early Modern period. Bound for Romance-language linguist Max Leopold Wagner (1880-1962); later passed into possession of Urciolo. Hard Cover. Fascicules 31, 32, 33, with 100 maps in each; 54.5 cm. Title-page & introductory sheets for fasc. 31 are missing; those for 32 and 33 are bound in. Bound in sturdy green cloth; large and heavy; textblock beginning to separate from spine. Stock#46217/h.
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Basic Russian / Mischa H. Fayer.
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New York, Pitman Pub. Corp. [1959]. Hard Cover. xxii, [1], 294 p., 23.5 cm. A school text book for learning Russian. By the founding Director of the M<iddlebury Russian School. Stock# 43,657 Vg, some pencil ank a few ink annotations/ no dj.
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Beckett Translating / Translating Beckett. Edited by Alan Warren Friedman, Charles Rossman, Dina Sherzer
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University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, é1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. 245 p., illus.; 24 cm. 22 articles incl. The writer as self-translator, Raymond Federman; "The same old stories": Beckett's poetics of translation, Lori Chamberlain; The relationship between compagnie and company: one work, two texts, two fictive universes, Brian T. Fitch; Une voix pas la mienne: French/English Beckett and the French/English reader, Marjorie Perloff. Stock#45896. Vg/ dj vg.
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Beginner's French Dictionary.: Illustrated by John Shackell.
by Davies, Helen & Françoise Holmes. Shackell, John, illustrator. Irving, Nicole, editor.
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Usborne Publishing Ltd., London [c1988]. "American edition 1989". First Edition. Soft Cover. 128 pages, color illus., index, 21 cm. Colorfully illustrated word book suitable for beginners of all ages. Pictorial stiff-paper covers; minor wear; VG+. Stock#37441.
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Bilingualism and Primary Education: A Study of Irish Experience
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Edinburgh University Press [1966]. Hard Cover. x, 173 p.; 22.5 cm. "An exhaustive examination into the effects of bilingual education of Irish primary school children, for most of whom English is the mother tongue." Bibliography: p. [151]-161. Stock#46806. Vg / dj vg.
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