Clarendon Press, 2000. — 973 p. Reprint edition of the classical Dictionary of the Coptic language by the Scottish linguist Walter E. Krum (1865-1944). It is considered the most authoritative and well-organized tool.
J. M. Dent/E. P. Dutton, 1969. — 824 p. In this edition the sections on Bulgarian, Czech and Polish have been corrected, revised, and slightly expanded, where necessary. The section on Byelorussian has been fully revised and brought up to date in accordance with the new authoritative grammar of Byelorussian published by the Institute of Linguistics of the Byelorussian Academy...
Cambridge University Press, 1980. — 569 p. — (Cambridge Language Surveys). This book is primarily written for an Australian audience - students of linguistics, and also people with little or no training in linguistics who are interested in the nature and structure of Aboriginal Australian languages, their paths of evolution, and their conditions of use. With this group of...
Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2023. — 334 p. — (Beiträge zur Iranistik 50). This work contains the first systematic investigation of the linguistic contacts between Tocharian A and B and Khotanese and Tumshuqese, four languages once spoken in the Tarim Basin, in today’s Xīnjiāng Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China. The main part of the book is devoted to determining a...
Minerva Publishing House, 2018. — 206 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...
Griffith Institute Ashmolean Museum, 1981. — 349 p. This concise dictionary of 'Middle Egyptian' - that phase of the Ancient Egyptian language which had the widest general application - contains 5400 carefully selected words most likely to be encountered by students and scholars in the course of their regular work on Egyptian texts. Each entry gives the most common hieroglyphic...
Otto Harrassowitz, 2001. — 288 S. Das Mittelägyptische ist die klassische Literatursprache der alten Ägypter, geschrieben in Hieroglyphen. Die Grammatik ist eine Einführung für den Gebrauch im akademischen Unterricht, im Prinzip auch für das Selbststudium geeignet. Sie enthält den eigentlichen Lehrstoff in 15 Kapiteln, 19 Lese- und Übungsstücke, verschiedene Indices, ein...
Stanford University Press, 1978. — 307 p. The mainspring of the contemporary interest in language universals is the conviction that linguistics as a science must develop broader goals than the description of the structures of the thousands of individual languages which exist in the present or of which we have records from the past. It must be broader even than a body of...
Cassell, 1997. — 388 p. This is a panoramic view of world history from the time the first humans appeared to the present day. Each section is introduced by a series of maps which give a bird's eye view of the state of the world at significant moments in each era. These snapshot surveys are then followed by area maps which give regional detail, depicting the growth of empires,...
Eisenbrauns, 2008. — 424 p. — (Harvard Semitic Studies 32). Huehnergard's pioneering monograph investigated the essentially unvocalized nature of the alphabetic script used to write Ugaritic, which is, of course, a major hindrance to our attempts to understand the language and its texts. Without a clear picture of the vocalization of the language, we cannot understand its word...
2nd Edition. — Yale University Press, 2015. — 686 p. Learn to Read Latin helps students acquire an ability to read and appreciate the great works of Latin literature as quickly as possible. It not only presents basic Latin morphology and syntax with clear explanations and examples but also offers direct access to unabridged passages drawn from a wide variety of Latin texts. As...
Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1967. — 936 S. Seit über 100 Jahren ist der KLUGE das maßgebliche Wörterbuch für Herkunft und Geschichte der Wörter der deutschen Sprache. 1883 zum ersten Mal erschienen und seitdem kontinuierlich gepflegt, erklärt der KLUGE die Entstehungs- und Bedeutungsgeschichte von ca. 13.000 Wörtern und ins Deutsche eingeflossenen Fremdwörtern. Er ist damit...
Editions Errance, 1994. — 217 p. Longtemps perçu comme une langue mystérieuse, le gaulois enfin fait entendre sa voix et l'on doit tenir compte de son existence dans l'histoire des langues celtiques. Les découvertes et l'étude de nombreuses inscriptions permettent de déchiffrer une grande partie de ces messages que nous ont laissés les Gaulois. Ce livre présente un état de nos...
Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1987. — 867 p. Geez is the classical language of Ethiopia and belongs to the Semitic language family. The other Semitic-Ethiopian languages are Tigre and Tigrinya (known as North Ethiopic), Amharic (the national language of Ethiopia), Argobba, Harari, Gafat, and Gurage (called South Ethiopic). Although Geez ceased to be spoken in the twelfth or...
L'Harmattan, 2015. — 222 p. Le Tadjikistan est la plus petite et la moins connue des Républiques d'Asie centrale issues de l'Union soviétique. C'est aussi la seule dont la langue nationale n'appartient pas à la famille turque: elle est très proche du persan mais s'écrit en alphabet cyrillique. Comme tous les livres de la collection, ce Parlons tadjik comprend une description de...
University Press of America, 1981. — 140 p. An introduction to the grammar of the principal language of the Babylonian Talmud. This book utilizes the inductive method, whereby grammar is learned directly as it is encountered in the text. The texts on which the manual is based are mainly nonlegal, although legal texts are included in the later chapters of the book. Geared...
Hippocrene Books, 2017. — 278 p. Oromo, also known as Afaan Oromo, Oromiffa(a), and sometimes in other languages by variant spellings of these names (Oromic, Afan Oromo) is an Afro-Asiatic language, and the most widely spoken of the Cushitic family. Oromo is spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo and neighboring peoples in Ethiopia and Kenya. Oromo is the...
New Argyll Publishing, 2018. — 53 p. Originally published in 2009, this is an indispensable guide (for English speakers) to the pronunciation of the modern Scottish Gaelic language. It is especially helpful for users of Duolingo and other language-learning programs that do not provide detailed phonetic information up front, and which can thus be confusing for a language with a...
Cybèle, 1998. — 351 p. Une étude en trois volumes du célèbre égyptologue français Dimitri Meeks de l'Université de Montpellier sur les questions de lexicologie appliquée et de lexicographie.
Akadémiai Kiadó, 1986. — 960 S. Des Wogulischen Wörterbuches, welches das erste Wörterbuch des Mansischen ist. Die vorgestellten Sprachdaten wurden von Bernát Munkácsi von 1888-1889 gesammelt. Neben einer großen Menge an Grammatik-, Folklore- und Textmaterial, konnte Munkácsi auch viele lexikographischen Daten bei den Mansen sammeln. Aus den mansischen Sätzen erstellte er eine...
University of New Mexico Press, 2005. — 683 p. This practical, easy-to-use Navajo dictionary is intended primarily for Navajo children learning to read and write the language in bilingual classrooms. It presents over 1,500 noun and 330 verb entries, all selected because they are words used in and around the school. But the audience for this book has always been larger than just...
L'Harmattan, 2011. — 139 p. Le Kimbundu est la principale langue bantoue parlée à Luanda, capitale de l'Angola. L'étude du Kimbundu permet d'aborder de nombreux aspects du passé colonial angolais, depuis le XVIe siècle, ainsi que les principales tendances sociales, culturelles et politiques du présent, à travers notamment un vocabulaire influencé par le portugais.
Philipp von Zabern, 1998. — 190 p. The egyptian middle kingdom is the subject of this handy grammar. The readers are systematically introduced to the hieroglyphic scripture, the word species, their grammatical forms and the rules of syntax. Tables, an annotated list of symbols, exercises, reading items and the related vocabulary make this book an essential learning and teaching...
Zondervan Academic, 2010. — 303 p. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible... a thoroughly revised edition of the most comprehensive Bible atlas ever designed for - Students - Bible Study Groups - Adult Learners - Travelers/Pilgrims to the Lands of the Bible - Pastors - Teachers - All Lovers of the Bible This major revision of the Gold Medallion Award-winning Zondervan NIV Atlas of the...
Hippocrene Books, 1999. — 188 p. — (Hippocrene Beginner's Series). Dutch, like English, is one of the Germanic languages. It stands about midway between English and German and is the closest to English of any of the major Germanic languages. This book is an introductory guide divided into 26 chapters, taking the student step by step through the rules of Dutch grammar. The book...
Hippocrene Books, 2000. — 156 p. — (Hippocrene Beginner's Series). Irish, also known as Irish Gaelic or Gaeilge, is spoken today by approximately one million people and remains the first language for almost 30,000. The Irish literary tradition is the oldest in Europe after Greek and Latin. A valuable guide for both individual and classroom use, Beginners Irish introduces the...
Wiley, 1997. — 212 p. Buildings always begin as drawings. As concepts on paper, architectural drawings are essential to planning, designing, and executing structures. Conversely, buildings can also inspire drawings. In The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique, Thomas Schaller examines the interdependence of architectural drawing, art, and the built...
Lincom Europa, 1999. — 284 p. — (LINCOM Studies in Slavic Linguistics 3). Upper Sorbian is the fourth largest of the West Slavic literary languages. Together with its various dialects, it is spoken today by an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 inhabitants of Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz), a region of the eastern German state of Saxony (Bundesland [Freistaat] Sachsen). The literary...
Ellert & Richter Verlag, 2014. — 122 S. Wer weiß schon, wann jemand "plietsch" ist und wie viel Französisches im Plattdeutschen steckt? Wer erinnert sich noch, welche Wörter vor der Wende benutzt wurden und welche Begriffe aus DDR-Zeiten im nordöstlichen Bundesland weiterhin aktuell sind – auch wenn sie langsam verschwinden? Nicht nur Redakteure der Schweriner Volkszeitung,...
DK Publishing, 2017. — 308 p. This beautiful art encyclopedia charts the evolution of the greatest cultural achievements in painting, sculpture, and photography. The greatest art exhibition at your fingertips! Packed with fascinating facts, clear explanations, and stunning photography, this awe-inspiring art encyclopedia for kids aged 9-12 years takes you on a magical tour...
Hippocrene Books, 2017. — 372 p. — (Hippocrene Beginner's Series). Spoken in Bangladesh and northeastern regions of India, Bengali/Bangla is the seventh most-widely-spoken language in the world. It is set apart from its sister tongues Hindi and Urdu by use of its own unique script. Beginner's Bengali utilizes Thompson's many years of teaching experience by introducing basic...
2nd Edition. — Routledge, 2017. — 1049 p. — (Routledge Language Family Series). There are more native speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages than of any other language family in the world. Our records of these languages are among the oldest for any human language, and the amount of active research on them has multiplied in the last few decades. Now in its second edition and fully...
Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi, 2016. — 563 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...
Lincom Europa, 1997. — 63 p. — (Languages of the world: Materials 139). Svan is the smallest and least well-known of the Kartvelian (South Caucasian) languages. The traditional Svan homeland is in the northwest highlands of the Republic of Georgia, and the speech community comprises 35,000 to 40,000 people. In most recent respects, Svan retains the principal features of a...
Zondervan, 2003. — 324 p. A guide for mastering basic Hebrew vocabulary This guide helps seminary and Christian college students learn Hebrew vocabulary. A special feature of the guide is that it groups thevocabulary in three basic consonants. All words occurring ten times or more in the Hebrew Bible in descending order of frequency. Primary roots and all words derived from...
АН Арм. ССР. Ин-т яз. им. Р. Ачаряна. — Ереван : Изд-во АН Арм. ССР, 1967 [пер. 1968]. — 217 с. Работа посвящена изучению лексико-грамматических совпадений между индоевропейскими, хурритско-урартскими и кавказскими языками. На основании приведенных данных автор причисляет хурритско-урартские языки к т. н. ностратическим или североевразийским языкам, и пытается выяснить их...
Universitas Szegediensis de Attila József Nominata, 1978. — 156 с. — (Studia uralo-altaica 12). Ненцы являются наиболее многочисленными представителями коренных народностей Крайнего Севера. По данным переписи 1970 г., ненцев насчитывалось около 29 тысяч, почти 90 процентов которых говорит на ненецком языке. Ненцы занимают обширные пространства европейской и азиатской тундры и...
Москва. Наука-Восточная литература, 2015. — 322 с. Учебник ориентирован на студентов, уже владеющих основами арабского языка и изучающих этот язык как основной в пределах академического уровня «Бакалавриат» на 2-м и 3-м годах обучения. Учебник создавался в рамках образовательных стандартов нового поколения и впервые в российской учебной литературе охватывает в столь полном...
American Oriental Society, 1988. — 215 p. — (American oriental series 71). Though provided with an excellent descriptive grammar in Krause and Thomas’ Tocharisches Elementarbuch and a substantial etymological dictionary in the first volume of Van Windekens’ Le tokharien confronté avec les autres langues indo-européennes, the student of the Tocharian languages lacks a handy...
Cambridge University Press, 2000. — 521 p. This is an introduction to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts. It contains twenty-six lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary, as well as twenty-five essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion and literature. It...
Slavica Publishers, 1994. — 322 p. The Fourth International Conference on the Non-Slavic Languages of the USSR was held at the University of Chicago in spring, 1985. Many of the papers in this volume were presented in preliminary form at that conference. Howard I. Aronson - Paradigmatic and syntagmatic subject in Georgian Roland Bielmeier - On Iranian influence in old Georgian...
Peter Lang, 2011. — 253 p. It is not often that we can observe language change in a language over a period of more than one thousand years. Nobiin-Nubian is the only language of the Nilo-Saharan phylum amongst African languages where this is possible. This book analyzes processes of language change and grammaticalization in this language based on textual evidence from Old...
Ulrico Hoepli, 2022. — 401 p. Appartenente alla famiglia delle lingue indoeuropee, il persiano antico, la lingua iranica di più antica attestazione diretta, ha ricoperto un ruolo chiave nella decifrazione del cuneiforme. Dal VI al IV secolo a.C., durante l'epoca della dinastia achemenide ha conosciuto un'ampia diffusione nel multilingue e multietnico impero persiano. Non a...
Electa/Bruno Mondadori, 1986. — 328 p. La storia dell'arte italiana si snoda attraverso secoli e secoli, attraversa e si fonde inevitabilmente con la costruzione della nostra nazione. Ogni epoca è caratterizzata da uno stile, le testimonianze di questo splendore per fortuna sono giunte fino a noi. L'arte italiana si sviluppò nella penisola italica fin dalla preistoria. Durante...
Mouton, 1963. — 92 p. As suggested by the title, the purpose of the present work is to explain and illustrate the evolution of sound systems from primitive Indo- European to the modern Slavic tongues through tabular representation. Following each table are brief explanatory remarks. These tables are designed to give an outline view of the main lines of Slavic phonological...
Thames & Hudson, 2016. — 433 p. John Boardman, one of the best known and acknowledged scholars of the classical Greek world, has updated his definitive survey of its arts, the most influential and widely known historic artistic tradition of the Old World. In the twenty years since the last edition was released, valuable evidence has come to light which has dramatically enhanced...
Bilingual Press, 1998. — 529 p. This exhaustive bilingual dictionary is the culmination of years of collaboration between educators, linguistic scholars and community informants from the White Mountain Apache Tribe. It also includes dialectical variants from other communities, including the San Carlos Tribe. The dictionary has been compiled with the goal of creating a living,...
J. Murray, 1920. — 1511 p. With an index of English words, King list, and geographical lists with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters and coptic and semitic alphabets, this massive tome from the Egyptian expert, E. A. Wallis Budge, is a dream for someone who is interested in ancient Egyptian texts. Contains about 25,000 words and terms.
Ulrico Hoepli, 2021. — 385 p. Lingua di cultura e d'uso attestata nel millennio che va dal sec. III al sec. XII d.C., il copto fu idioma dell'elemento autoctono di fede cristiana dell'Egitto accanto al greco e, a partire dal sec. VII, all'arabo. Ultima fase della lingua egiziana, il copto era scritto tramite l'alfabeto greco arricchito di alcuni segni supplementari derivati...
De Gruyter Mouton, 2012. — 764 p. — (The World of Linguistics 2). The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide is a thorough guide to the indigenous languages of this part of the world. With more than a third of the linguistic diversity of the world (in terms of language families and isolates), South American languages contribute new findings in most areas...