Language and Linguistics

Language and Linguisitcs includes 86 books, covering English, Latin, Greek, Esperanto, and other languages from around the world.

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Table of Contents

General

• Early Theories of Translation by Flora Ross Amos, 1920
• Language by Edward Sapir, 1921
• How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin
• Literary Blunders by Henry Wheatley
• Maniere de Bien Traduire d'une Langue en Aultre by Estienne Dolet [in French], 1540
• On the Study of Words by Richard Trench
• The Philosophy of Style by Herbert Spencer
• Resonance in Singing and Speaking by Thomas Fillebrown, 1909
• Slips of Speech by John Bechtel
• Style by Walter Raleigh

Esperanto and the Effort to Create a Universal Language

• A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman
• English-Esperanto Dictionary, 1906
• Esperanto, Hearings Before the Committe on Education, 1914
• The Esperanto Teacher by Helen Fryer
• International Language Past, Present and Future, with Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by W.J. Clark, 1907
• A Philosophicall Essay for the Reunionof the Languages by James Good, 1675

African Languages

• The Folk-Literature of the Galla of Southern Abyssinia by Enrico Cerulli. Primary source for folk tales, history, legends, and culture of the Galla/Oromo people, the majority cultural group in Ethiopia. The texts are presented in the original Oromo, with translations and detailed notes and explanations.

Asian Languages

• Ars Grammaticae Iaponicae Linguae [Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language, in the original Latin] 1632
• Diego Collado's Grammar of the Jananese Language edited and translated by Richard L. Spear [html document with illustrations]
• The Khasis by Major P.R.T. Grudon

European Languages

Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, and Scottish

• Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle, 1884
• The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language by Sherwin Cody
• A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (1150 to 1580) by Rev. A.L. Mayhew and Rev. Walter W. Skeat
• A Brief History of the English Langauge and Literature by J.M.D. Meiklejohn, 1887
• The Dialect of West England, particularly Somersetshire by James Knight Jennings, 1869
• Division of Words, Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Frederick W. Hamilton, 1918
• English Dialects from the Eigth Century to the Present Day by Rev. Walter Skeat, 1912
• The English Gipsies and Their Language by Charles Leland, 1874
• English Past and Present by Richard Chenevix Trench, 1905
• English Homophones, Society for Pure English, Tract No. 2, by Robert Bridges, 1919
• The Englishing of French Words by Brander Matthews, 1921
• The Evolution of English Lexicography by James Murray, 1900
• Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John B. Smith, 1906
• Geschichte der Englischen Sprache und Literatur by Ottomar Behnsch [in German], 1853
• A Glossary of Provincial Words and Phrases in Use in Somersetshire by Wadham Pigott Williams and William Arthur Jones, 1873
• The Influence of Old Norse Literature Upon English Literature by Conrad Hjalman Nordby, 1901
• Lectures on Language, as Particuarly Connected with English Grammar by William S. Balch, 1838
• Manual of Pronunciation for Practical Use in Schools and Families by Otis Ashmore, 1904
• New Word-Analysis, or School Etymology of English Derivative Words by William Swinton, 1879
• Of the Othographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue by Alexander Hume edited by Henry B. Wheatley
• Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood
• The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from Latin by John Sargeaunt, 1920
• Scandinavian Influence on Southern Lowland Scotch, 1900
• Stories that Words Tell Us by elizabeth O'Neill, 1918
• Three Articles on Metaphor, Society for Pure English, Tract 11, by H.W. Fowler and A. Clutton-Brock
• The Verbalist, a Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words by Alfred Ayres
• The Wiradyuri and Other Langauges of New South Wales by R.H. Mathews
French
• Bilingualism [French and English in Canada] by N.a. Belcourt, 1916
• Dictionnaire Argot-Francais by Napoleon Hayard
• Dictionnaire Complet de l'Argot Employe dans les Mysteres de Paris, 1844
• French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
• Glossaire Franco-Canadien by Oscar Dunn, 1880
• Receuil des Expressions Vicieuses et des Anglicismes les Plus Frequents [published in Quebec] 1861
German
• German Science Reader, an Introduction to Scientific German by Charles F. Kroeh, 1907
• A Middle High German Primer by Joseph Wright, 1917
Greek
• Greek in a Nutshell by James Strong, 1876
Latin
• A Handbook for Latin Clubs by Susan Paxson, 1916
• Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. D'ooge
• New Latin Grammar by Charles Bennett
• Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles: a First Latin Reader by John Kirtland
• The Roman Pronunciation of Latin by Frances Lord
Romansh (Switzerland)
• An Account of the Romansh Language by Joseph Plata, 1775
Slavic Languages
• Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Talvi, 1850

Native American Languages

• Alaska Indian Dictionary, comiled by Charles Lee, 1896
• Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallam and the Lummi by George Gibbs, 1863
• Animal Figures in the Maya Codices by Alfred M. Tozzer and Glover M. Allen, 1910
• The Annals of the Cakchiquels by Daniel G. Brinton, 1885
• Catalogue of Linguistic Manuscripts in the Library of the Bureau of Ethnology by James C. Pilling
• Day Symbols of the Maya Year by Cyrus Thomas, 1897
• Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon by George Gibbs, 1863
• French-Onondaga Dictionary by John Gilmany Shea, 1860
• Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language by Buckingham Smith, 1861
• The Gundungurra Language by R.H. Mathews
• Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Langauges
• Indian Linguistic Families of American North of Mexico by J.W. Powell
• Indian Story and Song from North American by Alice C. Fletcher
• The Mayan Chronicles edited by Daniel G. Brinton
• Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts by Cyrus Thomas
• Representation of Deities of the Maya manuscripts by Paul Schellhas, 1904
• Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared with that Among Other Peoples and Deaf-Mutes by Garrick Mallery
• The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi by Hattie Greene Lockett
• Vocabulary of the Mutsun Language by Father Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta, 1861

Pacific (including Australia, New Zealand, and Phliippines)

• Diccionario Ingles-Espanol-Tagalog by Sofronio G. Calderon [in Spanish] 1915
• Grammar and Vocabulary fo the Lau Language [Solomon Islands] by Walter Ivens
• Gurre Kamilaroi or kamilaroi Sayings [from Australia] by William Ridley, 1857
• Hinemoa with Notes and Vocabulary [New Zealand] by H.J. Fletcher