Routledge, 2018. — 595 p. The Routledge Introductory Course in Moroccan Arabic is ideal for both class-based and independent learners. No prior knowledge of Arabic is required as the course guides you step-by-step through the essentials of the language. Transliteration is used throughout to provide learners with an accurate representation of this spoken language while Arabic...
E.J. Brill, 1986. — 736 p. When the Brill publishing firm in conjunction with Sigmund Feist's daughter, Professor Elisabeth Hirsch, asked me to undertake an English edition of his Gotisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, I assumed as essential maintenance of its eminent characteristics. These are: 1. attention to Gothic textual data, 2. inclusion of cognates in the other Germanic...
Clarendon Press, 1996. — 4341 p. Liddell & Scott's Greek-English Lexicon is the most comprehensive and up-to-date ancient Greek dictionary in the world. Used by every student of ancient Greek in the English-speaking world, the dictionary covers every surviving ancient Greek author and text discovered up to 1940, from the Pre-Classical Greek of Homer and Hesiod to Classical...
Reise Know-How, 2010. — 148 S. — (Kauderwelsch 186). Dieser kompakte Sprachführer enthält über 1000 Wörter und Redewendungen aus dem fränkischen Alltagswortschatz, praxisnah geordnet und anschaulich erläutert. Fränkisch ist mehr als ein Dialekt - viel mehr! Trotz aller regionaler Unterschiede in der Sprache haben die Franken eine Eigenheit gemeinsam: Sie bringen immer direkt...
Oxford University Press, 1966. — 1232 p. Although the form of this work was suggested by W. Meyer-Lübke's Romanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, the head-words under which the material is collected do not represent the vocabulary of a real and comparatively uniform language at all comparable with that of the actual Latin the history of which Meyer-Liibke followed into the...
Gorgias Press, 2017. — 582 p. — (Gorgias Handbooks 39). Originally published in Armenian, this comprehensive introduction to Aramean and Syriac studies provides a gateway to the history, language, culture, and religion of the Aramean/Syriac people from the ancient times, through to the modern day. Special attention is given to such topics as translation and literary activity of...
Peeters Leuven, 2010. — 479 p. — (Egyptologische Uitgaven XXIV.2). This is a data-oriented grammatical description of Middle Egyptian, a now extinct Pharaonic language, spoken and written in the hieroglyphic and hieratic scripts, between 2100 and 1700 before our era, the period of the Middle Kingdom. Middle Egyptian was regarded by the Egyptians as a classical stage of their...
Third Edition. — Thames & Hudson, 2012. — 374 p. The inside story of one of the great intellectual breakthroughs of our time―the first great decipherment of an ancient script―now revised and updated. In the past dozen years, Maya decipherment has made great strides, in part due to the Internet, which has made possible the truly international scope of hieroglyphic scholarship:...
Almqvist & Wiksell, 1955. — 212 p. Thirty years ago, Emil Setälä laid out the plan of an "Etymologicum magnum Fenno-Ugricum" which was also to include the etymologica of the following sub-units: 1) Baltic-Fennic, 2) Lappish, 3) Mordvin and Cheremis, 4) Votyak and Ziryene, 5) Ugric, 6) Vogul and Ostyak. Notwithstanding the great results achieved by Toivonen and other scholars in...
Folkuniversitetets förlag, 1996. — 262 s. Form i fokus Three exercise books for Swedish grammar training from beginners' level. The books are intended for you who recently have begun your Swedish studies or who need a repetition of the basics of grammar. Form i fokus combines exercises with a thorough presentation of rules and structures. Each element is clarified by examples....
Safran, 2015. — 379 p. This manual presents a pedagogical approach to the grammar of Middle Egyptian, the classical language of pharaonic Egypt. The first part of this grammar book is dedicated to hieroglyphs. It provides an explanation of this writing system, presenting a selection of the 200 most important signs to memorise, as well as a basic vocabulary list that is easy to...
Reise Know-How, 1996. — 132 S. — (Kauderwelsch 105). Kaum ein Stadtdialekt erfreut sich einer so weit über die eigentlichen Sprachgrenzen hinausgehenden Beliebtheit wie Kölsch, was nach der Lektüre dieses Sprachführers niemanden mehr verwundern wird, selbst wenn er mit dem stets propagierten rheinischen Frohsinn eigentlich nur wenig am Hut hat. Unmöglich, nicht der charmanten...
Helmut Buske Verlag, 2007. — 324 p. In 20 Lektionen mit Texten und zahlreichen Übungen werden die Phonetik, die wichtigsten grammatischen Formen und Strukturen, ein Wortschatz von ca. 2000 Wörtern sowie Hinweise zu Rektion und Syntax vermittelt. Die beigegebenen Lösungen erleichtern das Selbststudium. Zur erfolgreichen Bewältigung typischer Alltagssituationen tragen...
2nd Edition. — Routledge, 2007. — 1501 p. Before the first appearance of the Atlas of the World's Languages in 1993, all the world's languages had never been accurately and completely mapped. The Atlas depicts the location of every known living language, including languages on the point of extinction. This fully revised edition of the Atlas offers: - up-to-date research, some...
Minerva Publishing House, 2011. — 152 p. The Speaking Arabic series of books and recordings is designed to help English speakers acquire a working knowledge of colloquial Palestinian Arabic. The course is intended for students who, rather than contenting themselves with a superficial acquaintance with the language, strive to attain fluency and a high level of comprehension. The...
2nd Edition — Routledge, 2021. — 295 p. — (Routledge Essential Grammars). Now in its second edition, Romanian: An Essential Grammar is a concise, user-friendly guide to modern Romanian. It takes the student through the essentials of the language, explaining each concept clearly and providing many examples of contemporary Romanian usage. This fully revised second edition...
Tuttle Publishing, 2015. — 633 р. Essential Korean Grammar gives you excellent examples that lay out the best grammar options for communicating, and when to use each option. The grammar items are cleverly rated so you can determine what's most useful for you to study, based on your Korean knowledge level and your plans. There is a star rating system, from 5 stars ("critical";...
Ulrico Hoepli, 2017. — 211 p. La Grammatica d’uso della lingua russa A1, pensata per lo studio autonomo o come supporto al libro di testo in aula, consente l’acquisizione delle competenze comunicative elementari, corrispondenti al livello A1 del Quadro Comune Europeo di Riferimento per le Lingue. La spiegazione dei contenuti teorici è affrontata in modo chiaro, preciso e...
Taschen, 2020. — 800 p. Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) had already sculpted Pietà and David, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. As a sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect, the achievements of this Italian master are unique―no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multifaceted, and...
Москва: Бертельсманн Медиа Москау, 2014. — 368 с. Вы думаете, что о мумиях фараонов и сокровищах гробниц Древнего Египта нам уже известно всё? Нет, настоящие открытия только начинаются — и происходят в наше время! В 1996 году в оазисе Бахария археологами была открыта Долина золотых мумий. Их было много — они лежали, никем не тронутые, в своих золотых убранствах, среди...
Tankönyvkiadó, 1965. — 546 p. Hungarian belongs to the Finno-Ugrian family of languages. It therefore differs in both grammatical structure and vocabulary from the other European tongues which belong for the most part to the vast Indo-European group of languages. Our language has been enriched through words borrowed not only from Slav and German speaking peoples who for more...
Bibliothèque Pahlavi, 1975. — 205 p. — (Acta Iranica 9). This Reader has evolved slowly during the course of teaching at the School of African Studies, London. It had its origin in the study of Turfan material with Iranian and Parsi students, who found the early German editions, with the texts transliterated in Hebrew characters, hard to use.
Harry N. Abrams, 1986. — 296 p. Art Deco was the most important decorative style of the late 1920s and 30s, and its expression in America was seen in architecture, sculpture, furniture, textiles, ceramics, silver, graphic arts, jewelry—in virtually every area of the fine and decorative arts. This splendid book explores the indigenous tradition of Art Deco in America and, in...
Mokslas, 1986. — 156 p. While offering this Book to the reader, we must emphasize that it is the first attempt at a complete description of Svan grammar and lexica (with a dictionary published separately), that our description is concise, not exhaustive, and that our work is essentially independent of the current investigations of Svan carried out in Tbilisi by Th....
Harvard University Press, 1976. — 507 p. — (Great languages). A history of the Scandinavian languages written to be used as a text book. The Scandinavian languages are, as the words suggest, the languages of Scandinavia. This is not as simple as it sounds, for there is disagreement on just what 'Scandinavia' includes, and there are languages spoken in Scandinavia which are not,...
Hippocrene Books, 1993. — 514 p. Fjalori I vogel shqip-anglisht ploteson nje boshllek te ndieslzem ne serine e fjaloreve dygjuhesh. Si i pari fjalor shqip-anglisht I botuar pas Cirimit, ai, duKe sherbyer si mjet pune i vlefshem per te gjithe ata qe studiojne dhe perdorin gjuhen angleze ne punen e tyre, mbetet megjithate nje jjalor modest dhe nuk pretendon te zgjidhe detyrat qe...
18th Edition — Cambridge University Press, 2011. — 632 p. The 18th edition of Daniel Jones's classic work is the definitive guide to contemporary English pronunciation. This new and fully updated edition contains over 230,000 pronunciations of words, names and phrases. In addition, it includes lively essays on aspects of pronunciation by leading experts in the field, a...
Hippocrene Books, 2018. — 256 p. — (Hippocrene Beginner's Series). Farsi Persian, the official language of Iran, is spoken across the Middle East and Central Asia by a worldwide community of over 60 million people. Farsis linguistic and literary legacy is over 2,500 years old, and continues to play a central role in Near Eastern politics, business and culture. Persian is the...
Langenscheidt, 2016. — 343 S. Bildwörterbuch mit tausenden Bildern und 7.500 Begriffen und Wendungen. Deutsch lernen in Bildern, leicht verständlich und besonders einprägsam. Mit deutscher Lautschrift und Schreiblinien für Übersetzungen oder Notizen. Für Deutschlernende in aller Welt. - Bildwörterbuch mit über 2.000 Farbfotos und fotorealistischen Zeichnungen - Rund 7.500...
Langenscheidt, 2015. — 350 S. Russisch lernen - intensiv und systematisch - Mit Vorlektion zum Erlernen der russischen Schrift - Alltagsnahe Dialoge - Ausführliche Grammatikerklärungen - Vielfältige Übungen - Zwischentests zur Überprüfung des Lernfortschritts Dieser
Dover Publications, 2014. — 186 p. Written and spoken for about 4,000 years, Egyptian is no longer a living language (Arabic is the major language of modern Egypt); however, ancient Egyptian is still studied by Egyptologists, historians, archaeologists, and students interested in the age-old civilization along the Nile. Typically, students of ancient Egyptian begin with Middle,...
2nd Edition — Routledge, 2009. — 313 p. — (Routledge Essential Grammars). Hungarian: An Essential Grammar is a concise, user-friendly guide to the most important structures of this fascinating language. All students of Hungarian, whether beginners or at intermediate and advanced levels, will welcome its clarity of presentation and jargon-free explanations. It is ideal for those...
Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi, 2020. — 510 s. Prof. Tietze’nin ömrünün büyük kısmını verdiği ve metin tarama yöntemiyle 700 yıllık bir döneme ait çok sayıda kitabın incelenmesini içeren titiz bir çalışmanın ürünü olan Lugat; 60 bin civarında maddeyi içeriyor. Çalışma, 14. yüzyıldan başlayarak Eski Anadolu ve Rumeli Türkçesi ve 20. yüzyıl sonuna kadar standart Türkiye Türkçesini...
L'Harmattan, 2020. — 301 p. Parlons patois de Macao présente une langue singulière à plusieurs titres qui est aujourd'hui en voie de disparition : elle ne compte plus qu'une centaine de locuteurs, dont une partie vit à São Paulo, la plus grande métropole du Brésil. La première originalité de cette langue, dialecte du portugais né à Macao, possession portugaise du sud de la...
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. — 942 p. As all lovers of language know, words are the source of our very understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Often, however, our use of language is so automatic that we neglect to consider where those words came from and what they assume. What are the implications, beyond the simple dictionary definitions, of using words such as...
University of Texas Press, 1979. — 1036 p. These essays were drawn from the papers presented at the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1976. The contents are as follows: Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun - Introduction: North American Indian Historical Linguistics in Current Perspective Ives Goddard - Comparative...
Slavica Publishers, 1991. — 466 p. Although the author characterizes this book as an "introductory textbook," it in fact covers a wide range of topics and levels and will be suitable for persons at all levels except the most advanced. The first five chapters are preparation for the main part of the book. Chapter I describes the Slavic languages as they exist at present -- their...
Baker Academic, 2014. — 391 p. With this book, readers can learn Hebrew on their own and will find themselves reading meaningful verses from the Hebrew Bible after just two hours of study. The book provides the basics of a standard grammar but also includes insights into Hebrew narrative and poetry not usually found in introductory textbooks.
Routledge, 2005. — 622 p. — (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars). Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Turkish grammar. Concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Turkish, it presents a detailed and systematic description of the structure of language at every level:sounds, words and sentences and will remain the standard reference work...
3rd Edition. — Routledge, 2019. — 285 p. — (Routledge Essential Grammars). Portuguese: An Essential Grammar is a practical reference guide to the most important aspects of modern European Portuguese. Key features of this new edition include: reflects the new orthographic agreement; additional examples including extracts of authentic texts to illustrate grammar in context; focus...
Slavica Publishers, 2002. — 308 p. The rapid growth in the number of Russian heritage students in our high schools and colleges represents an underserved and underutilized national language resource. By "heritage speaker" we mean those who grew up with Russian in North America without a native Russian's full educational or cultural background. Because of their different...
LINCOM Europa, 2009. — 335 p. — (LINCOM studies in Japanese linguistics 3). The book is intended both for learners of Classical Japanese and for linguists with or without knowledge of the Japanese language. Systematic descriptions clarify the morphological agglutination of lexical items, which is one of the salient features of Japanese. Grammatical characteristics are explained...
4th Edition. — The University of Chicago Press, 2017. — 508 p. From sprawling houses to compact bungalows and from world-famous museums to a still-working gas station, Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs can be found in nearly every corner of the country. While the renowned architect passed away more than fifty years ago, researchers and enthusiasts are still uncovering structures...
Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi, 2019. — 447 s. Prof. Tietze’nin ömrünün büyük kısmını verdiği ve metin tarama yöntemiyle 700 yıllık bir döneme ait çok sayıda kitabın incelenmesini içeren titiz bir çalışmanın ürünü olan Lugat; 60 bin civarında maddeyi içeriyor. Çalışma, 14. yüzyıldan başlayarak Eski Anadolu ve Rumeli Türkçesi ve 20. yüzyıl sonuna kadar standart Türkiye Türkçesini...
Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi, 2019. — 505 s. Prof. Tietze’nin ömrünün büyük kısmını verdiği ve metin tarama yöntemiyle 700 yıllık bir döneme ait çok sayıda kitabın incelenmesini içeren titiz bir çalışmanın ürünü olan Lugat; 60 bin civarında maddeyi içeriyor. Çalışma, 14. yüzyıldan başlayarak Eski Anadolu ve Rumeli Türkçesi ve 20. yüzyıl sonuna kadar standart Türkiye Türkçesini...
Reise Know-How, 2001. — 116 S. — (Kauderwelsch 116). Das Elsass ist bekanntermaßen sehr touristisch. Von den 4 Millionen nichtfranzösischen Touristen, die jährlich die Region besuchen, sind die meisten deutschsprachig. Diejenigen, die nur Hochdeutsch sprechen, stoßen auf die latente Deutschfeindlichkeit mancher Elsässer, und diejenigen, die Französisch gelernt haben, kommen...
Hippocrene Books, 1997. — 132 p. The aim of this dictionary is to assist the student or traveler in expanding his or her knowledge of the language and culture of Chechnya. It includes: an introduction to basic grammar; pronunciation guide; the Chechen alphabet; Chechen to English and English to Chechen dictionary; and a Chechen phrasebook featuring all topics a visitor to...
L'Harmattan, 2002. — 334 p. Le russe est l'une des langues les plus importantes pour la communication dans le monde moderne. C'est une langue raffinée et élaborée, dont la valeur pédagogique peut être comparée à celle du latin et du grec. Cet ouvrage propose aux lecteurs une présentation simple et équilibrée situant le russe dans les traditions culturelles et dans la vie...
Wiley, 2012. — 432 p. A survey of the built environment distills the work of legendary author and illustrator Francis D. K. Ching into a single volume Introduction to Architecture presents the essential texts and drawings of Francis D. K. Ching for those new to architecture and design. With his typical highly graphic approach, this is the first introductory text from Ching that...
Sais Books, 2016. — 426 p. Vocalized dictionary of the ancient Egyptian language by a famous British Egyptologist of Armenian origin and the founder of this discipline in Armenia - Christian de Vartavan (b. 1965).