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Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics by Call Number: E-BookISBN: 9781626183223Publication Date: 2012Structure, history and use of all the major and minor languages of the world. Lists languages of the world with information on number of speakers, language family, etc. Lists commonly used abbreviations, approximately 700 biographical entries (including contemporary linguists), and language maps.
History of Linguistics in Spain/Historia de la Lingüística en España by Call Number: E-Book V.2ISBN: 9027284563Publication Date: 2001
History of Lingustics in Spain by Call Number: E-Book- Volume IISBN: 9027286302Publication Date: 1986This selection of papers is concerned with the history of linguistics in Spain, dealing with the evolution of linguistic ideas from the Middle Ages and the European context of the linguistic debates in Spain to the 20th century, concluding with Malkiel's appraisal of Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869-1968). The volume includes papers on Antonio Nebrija and Sanctius, probably the best-known grammarians of the Iberian peninsula, but - as the other papers suggest - there is much more to be known about the Spanish linguistic traditions.The papers in this volume were previously published in Historiographia Linguistica XI:1/2 (1984).
Second Language Acquisition by Call Number: E-BookISBN: 9781136488795Publication Date: 2013 (4th Edition)
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