Dialects
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La Divina Commedia
Inferno
Cantonese dictionary
The slang dictionary: etymological, historical, and anecdotal
Foreign dialects
A dictionary of slang and unconventional English
A reference grammar of Syrian Arabic
Costa Rican Spanish
Godfrey of Bulloigne
The Blue Mountains and other Gaelic stories from Cape Breton
An etymological glossary of the Shetland & Orkney dialect
The Bannatyne manuscript
Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
Language in society
Accents and dialects for stage and screen
Amerikanisches skizzebüchelche
A grammar of the Homeric dialect
The cowboy dictionary
The Greek dialects
Making it their own
Latin American Spanish phrasebook
The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims from 1815 to 1915
American talk
Introduction to the study of the Greek dialects
Dictionary of the American West
Chicano discourse
Pocket guide to Scottish words
Teach Yourself Doric
A Dictionary of Syrian Arabic
Austral English
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