Comanche Dictionary and Grammar, Second Edition
This Comanche dictionary is based on research drawn from the files of the late Eliot Canonge which he initiated in the early 1940s under the auspices of SIL International. Dr. Robinson has rescued and enhanced this important body of data which spans traditional and contemporary varieties of Comanche speech styles and four geographically identifiable dialects. The Comanche-English section of the work, with over 5,500 entries, constitutes the central portion of the dictionary, but an English-Comanche section indexes Comanche entries to aid in locating Comanche forms from the point of view of their English equivalents. In turn, Dr. Armagost's provision of an introductory exploration of Comanche morphology and syntax further enhances this volume as an important contribution to our knowledge of this branch of the Uto-Aztecan family of languages. This second edition has been improved for user-friendliness, especially in the English-Comanche section, making it much easier to find a Comanche equivalent of an English term. Lila Wistrand-Robinson has a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin and served several years with SIL International in Peru. Her research was published in the book, Cashibo Folklore and Culture: Prose, Poetry, and Historical Background (SIL International Publications, 1998). She has also published an Iowa/Otoe-English dictionary and taught Linguistics and Anthropology at Kansas State University. James Armagost has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Washington. He has taught Comanche and other subjects at Kansas State University until retiring in 2001. He is the author of multiple papers on Comanche.
Flutes of Fire
An essential book on California's Indigenous languages, updated for the first time in over 25 years.Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred distinct Indigenous languages were spoken in California, and many of them are in use today. Since its original publication in 1994, Flutes of Fire has become one of the classic books about California's many Native languages. It is written to be approachable, entertaining, and informative--useful for people doing language revitalization work in their own communities, for linguists, and for a general readership interested in California's rich cultural heritage. With significant updates by the author, this is the first new edition of Flutes of Fire in over 25 years. New chapters highlight the exciting efforts of language activists in recent times, as well as contemporary writing in several of California's Native languages. Both a practical guide and a joy to read, Flutes of Fire is an essential book for anyone who cares about the Indigenous languages of California and their flourishing for many generations to come.
?hkami-N礙hiyaw礙t璽n
Building on m璽ci-n礙hiyaw礙win / Beginning Cree, Solomon Ratt's first influential Cree language resource, 璽hkami-n礙hiyaw礙t璽n / Let's Keep Speaking Cree helps intermediate n礙hiyaw礙tan learners begin to understand more advanced grammar of the language. The textbook is more than a language textbook though: it includes a series of the author's original stories written in Cree, complete with comprehension questions, making it ideal for self-study as well as classroom use.
Oro O Wa, Ede E Wa (Our Conversation, Our Language)
Learning Yoruba language can be as simple as drinking water however, it is a journey. This book has been put together for parents who can read and pronounce Yoruba words and are looking for a guide that will help them jump-start their children's journey to learning Yoruba language. The book can also be used as a self-guide to learning basic Yoruba language; it focuses on the ability to use Yoruba language for simple, everyday interaction at home. The book is written in Yoruba and English language with pictorial references which makes it easy to use for anyone.
Migration, Mobility and Language Contact in and Around the Ancient Mediterranean
Migration, Mobility and Language Contact in and around the Ancient Mediterranean is the first volume to show the different ways in which surviving linguistic evidence can be used to track movements of people in the ancient world. Eleven chapters cover a number of case studies, which span the period from the seventh century BC to the fourth century AD, ranging from Spain to Egypt, from Sicily to Pannonia. The book includes detailed study of epigraphic and literary evidence written in Latin and Greek, as well as work on languages which are not so well documented, such as Etruscan and Oscan. There is a subject index and an index of works and inscriptions cited.
Computational Modeling of Narrative
The field of narrative (or story) understanding and generation is one of the oldest in natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI), which is hardly surprising, since storytelling is such a fundamental and familiar intellectual and social activity. In recent years, the demands of interactive entertainment and interest in the creation of engaging narratives with life-like characters have provided a fresh impetus to this field. This book provides an overview of the principal problems, approaches, and challenges faced today in modeling the narrative structure of stories. The book introduces classical narratological concepts from literary theory and their mapping to computational approaches. It demonstrates how research in AI and NLP has modeled character goals, causality, and time using formalisms from planning, case-based reasoning, and temporal reasoning, and discusses fundamental limitations in such approaches. It proposes new representations for embedded narratives and fictional entities, for assessing the pace of a narrative, and offers an empirical theory of audience response. These notions are incorporated into an annotation scheme called NarrativeML. The book identifies key issues that need to be addressed, including annotation methods for long literary narratives, the representation of modality and habituality, and characterizing the goals of narrators. It also suggests a future characterized by advanced text mining of narrative structure from large-scale corpora and the development of a variety of useful authoring aids. This is the first book to provide a systematic foundation that integrates together narratology, AI, and computational linguistics. It can serve as a narratology primer for computer scientists and an elucidation of computational narratology for literary theorists. It is written in a highly accessible manner and is intended for use by a broad scientific audience that includes linguists (computational and formal semanticists), AI researchers, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, game developers, and narrative theorists. Table of Contents: List of Figures / List of Tables / Narratological Background / Characters as Intentional Agents / Time / Plot / Summary and Future Directions
?hkami-N礙hiyaw礙t璽n
Building on m璽ci-n礙hiyaw礙win / Beginning Cree, Solomon Ratt's first influential Cree language resource, 璽hkami-n礙hiyaw礙t璽n / Let's Keep Speaking Cree helps intermediate n礙hiyaw礙tan learners begin to understand more advanced grammar of the language. The textbook is more than a language textbook though: it includes a series of the author's original stories written in Cree, complete with comprehension questions, making it ideal for self-study as well as classroom use.
Conversational Tahitian
Conversational Tahitian: An Introduction to the Tahitian Language of French Polynesia is a groundbreaking resource designed to teach the everyday language of Tahiti and its surrounding islands. Tailored for English speakers, this book bridges a significant gap in accessible Tahitian language materials. With an emphasis on practical communication, it offers a series of graded lessons, exercises, and relevant conversational passages, allowing readers to quickly grasp the unique structure and usage of Tahitian. The text also includes a comprehensive glossary, translation keys, and clear explanations of linguistic features, making it an invaluable tool for anyone planning to visit Tahiti or learn more about its culture. Unlike previous grammars, often steeped in theological or archaic forms, this book focuses on contemporary, conversational Tahitian. It avoids technical jargon and embraces a user-friendly approach, ensuring that learners of all backgrounds can engage with the language. Developed with the support of experts and institutions, including the Australian National University, this guide reflects a deep commitment to authenticity and accuracy. Whether for travelers, linguists, or cultural enthusiasts, Conversational Tahitian serves as an essential gateway to the language and daily life of French Polynesia. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.
Conversational Tahitian
Conversational Tahitian: An Introduction to the Tahitian Language of French Polynesia is a groundbreaking resource designed to teach the everyday language of Tahiti and its surrounding islands. Tailored for English speakers, this book bridges a significant gap in accessible Tahitian language materials. With an emphasis on practical communication, it offers a series of graded lessons, exercises, and relevant conversational passages, allowing readers to quickly grasp the unique structure and usage of Tahitian. The text also includes a comprehensive glossary, translation keys, and clear explanations of linguistic features, making it an invaluable tool for anyone planning to visit Tahiti or learn more about its culture. Unlike previous grammars, often steeped in theological or archaic forms, this book focuses on contemporary, conversational Tahitian. It avoids technical jargon and embraces a user-friendly approach, ensuring that learners of all backgrounds can engage with the language. Developed with the support of experts and institutions, including the Australian National University, this guide reflects a deep commitment to authenticity and accuracy. Whether for travelers, linguists, or cultural enthusiasts, Conversational Tahitian serves as an essential gateway to the language and daily life of French Polynesia. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.
Past Participles from Latin to Romance
From Latin through the Romance languages, which types of past participle survived? Which older, "irregular" types disappeared and which older, "regular" types proliferated? Which new types of past participles emerged, which proved popular in standard Romance languages, and which exist in a wide range of dialects? The author explores reasons for the expansion or contraction of each type, in each area.
The Twins Stories
This work is a quantitative discourse study of referential devices in Yagua, a relatively unstudied language of the Amazon basin. Of particular interest are folktales in which the major participants are matched pairs, and which involve extensive use of direct speech. A major finding is that the indices of "Referential Distance" and "Persistence" quantify distinct functional domains.
Swahili and Sabaki
The Sabaki languages form a major Bantu subgroup and are spoken by 35 million East Africans in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and the Comoro Islands. The authors provide a historical/comparative treatment of Swahili (and other Sabaki languages), an account of the relationship of Swahili to Sabaki and to other Bantu languages, and some data on contemporary Sabaki languages. Data sets, appendices, maps, and figures present essential information on phonology, lexical makeup, and tense/aspect morphology. The final chapter is a synthesis describing the linguistic and historical relationship of the Sabaki dialects to each other and to hypothetical proto-stages.
Studies in American Indian Languages
This collection of 31 articles (dedicated to Margaret Langdon) represents the multitude of approaches to Native American languages taken by linguists today. Half of the essays treat Hokan languages, but Uto-Aztecan, Penutian, Muskogean, Iroquoian, Mayan, and other groups are also represented, with pieces on phonology, syntax, the lexicon, and discourse.
Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) Morphosyntax
This volume describes aspects of word- and sentence-formation in Nuuchahnulth (formerly known as Nootka), a language spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Aspects included are polysynthetic word formation, word classes, and clause structure. The morphosyntactic regularities are examined in the context of general structural characteristics of the language in an attempt to contribute to the language an internally and typologically accurate understanding of Nuuchahnulth morphosyntactic structures.
Introductory Hausa
Hausa is the first language of over twenty-five million ethnic Hausa people and an important trade language throughout West Africa. This title is an introduction to Hausa and was created to provide instruction to expatriates both in Nigeria and in the United States. Dialogues, conversations, and drills are among the tools used to teach pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Each lesson centers on a situation--such as a visit to the market, home, or doctor--typical of life in northern Nigeria and southern Niger in the early 1970s. Fireside tales and proverbs provide additional insights into the cultural world and social reality of the Hausa people. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
Zawadi
Inspired from the Congolese culture and family tradition, this is a story about a lovely little 5 year old girl Zawadi. This book will introduce you to the unique Congolese culture and inspire you with the family values that resonate some positive vibes to the community. This book is created to show the world a glimpse of how a simple Congolese family, the basic unit of society, can be an inspiration for a better world.
Aegean Linear Script(s)
When does a continuum become a divide? This book investigates the genetic relationship between Linear A and Linear B, two Bronze Age scripts attested on Crete and Mainland Greece and understood to have developed one out of the other. By using an interdisciplinary methodology, this research integrates linguistic, epigraphic, palaeographic and archaeological evidence, and places the writing practice in its sociohistorical setting. By challenging traditional views, this work calls into question widespread assumptions and interpretative schemes on the relationship between these two scripts, and opens up new perspectives on the ideology associated with the retention, adaptation and transmission of a script, and how identity was negotiated at a moment of closer societal interaction between Cretans and Greek-speaking Mainlanders in the Late Bronze Age. By delving deeper into the structure and inner workings of these two writing systems, this book will make us rethink the relationship between Linear A and B.
Advanced Igbo Language
This straightforward and comprehensive book deals with encamping features of Igbo linguistics in a manner that is new, exciting, and revealing to both speakers and learners. It is a well-organized and systematic material that started from the foundationalprinciples of language study. This excellent book presents Igbo orthography, phonemes: phonemic analysis: phonetic transcription: place of articulation: prefixes: prosody: segmental phoneme: morphemes: class-changing: class-maintaining: word formation, lexeme, synonyms, antonyms, ambiguitiesand solution to ambiguities in Igbo language. This book should form a useful textbook for high and tertiary institutions: and private establishments where Igbo language is learned and taught.
Learn Italian for Beginners
Do you want to learn Italian? Learning a new language is actually easier than you may think! This book is divided into four major parts: basic grammar vocabulary for travellers basic conversational Italian, Dialogues with particular attention to the pronunciation Italian, Short and easy Stories. First part contains a concise grammar of Italian organized in the familiar traditional way, describing the forms of Italian in turn. This section should be used for quick reference when you want to know something about a form or structure you can identify. Second part contains the vocabulary terms for travelers or tourists. The vocabulary terms are written taking in consideration, the needs of people whose first language is not Italian. It is organized according to the kinds of words you might want to say in particular situations in Italian, and here you can look up such things as how to apologize, how to ask the time, how to describe a person, etc. Third part is based upon basic Italian dialogues and sentences which are used in daily routine. It also helps to learn how to pronounce specific terms and words of Italian language. Fourth part consists of short stories. This part is useful when a person is at least good in Italian grammar and able to understand the combination of words. These short stories are really helpful to give speed flow in Italian Language. We have not hesitated to use traditional grammatical terms, especially in the first part. It is worth spending a little time getting to grips with these: understanding the terms will help you understand the structures better, even if they may appear a bit daunting at first. We hope that readers will find our approach interesting and useful!! So do not hesitate! Grab your copy NOW and start speaking Italian in a matter of days!
The Indo-European Language Family
Modern languages like English, Spanish, Russian and Hindi as well as ancient languages like Greek, Latin and Sanskrit all belong to the Indo-European language family, which means that they all descend from a common ancestor. But how, more precisely, are the Indo-European languages related to each other? This book brings together pioneering research from a team of international scholars to address this fundamental question. It provides an introduction to linguistic subgrouping as well as offering comprehensive, systematic and up-to-date analyses of the ten main branches of the Indo-European language family: Anatolian, Tocharian, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Greek, Armenian, Albanian, Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic. By highlighting that these branches are saliently different from each other, yet at the same time display striking similarities, the book demonstrates the early diversification of the Indo-European language family, spoken today by half the world's population. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
Nehiyawetan Kikinahk? / Speaking Cree in the Home
Speaking Cree in the Home, Belinda Daniels and Andrea Custer provide an introductory text to help families immerse themselves, their children, and their homes in nēhiyawēwin--the Cree language. Despite the colonial attacks on Cree culture, language, and peoples, Custer and Daniels remind readers that the traditional ways of knowing and transferring knowledge to younger generations have not been lost and can be revived in the home, around the table, every day. Speaking Cree in the Home is an approachable, hands-on manual that helps to re-forge connections between identity, language, family, and community--by centering Indigenous knowledge and providing Cree learners and speakers with a practical guide to begin their own journey of reclaiming and revitalizing Cree in the home. Readers are guided through methods for language learning, the basics of reading Cree and Standard Roman Orthography, pronunciation of vowels, engaging language-learning games, and examples of high-frequency words and phrases that can easily be incorporated into daily routines and taught to children young and old.
Advanced Igbo Language
This straightforward and comprehensive book deals with encamping features of Igbo linguistics in a manner that is new, exciting, and revealing to both speakers and learners.It is a well-organized and systematic material that started from the foundational principles of language study. This excellent book presents Igbo orthography, phonemes; phonemic analysis; phonetic transcription; place of articulation; prefixes; prosody; segmental phoneme; morphemes; class-changing; class-maintaining; word formation, lexeme, synonyms, antonyms, ambiguities and solution to ambiguities in Igbo language.This book should form a useful textbook for high and tertiary institutions; and private establishments where Igbo language is learned and taught.
Biblical Greek Simplified
Jeremy Jackson discovered an easier way to learn Koine Greek. He noticed that other paths to learning Greek proved problematic as too much or too little was presented in the material. As well, many Greek manuals start at a place many students may not be ready for. The goal of BGS is to provide a strong foundation in the basics of Koine Greek. The student will learn how to translate simple Greek sentences and have a good understanding of how the Greek language works. Jeremy Rea Jackson (BBS Onesimus Bible College) has been studying Greek since 2009. He began teaching it in 2016 at Chino Prison and is still teaching today. He is a language enthusiast who has also studied Spanish, Esperanto, Latin, Hebrew, Russian, American Sign Language, and Japanese. His dream is to make Koine Greek affordable and available for everyone. He is also the author of The Real Comeback.
A History of the Hausa Language
With more than sixty million speakers across Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Ghana Hausa is one of the most widely spoken African languages. It is known for its rich phonology and complex morphological and verbal systems. Written by the world's leading expert on Hausa, this ground-breaking book is a synthesis of his life's work, and provides a lucid and comprehensive history of the language. It describes Hausa as it existed in former times and sets out subsequent changes in phonology, including tonology, morphology, grammar, and lexicon. It also contains a large loanword inventory, which highlights the history of Hausa's interaction with other languages and peoples. It offers new insights not only on Hausa in the past, but also on the Hausa language as spoken today. This book is an invaluable resource for specialists in Hausa, Chadic, Afroasiatic, and other African languages as well as for general historical linguists and typologists.
Leave Story for Tortoise
If you have ever been curious about the Nigerian Pidgin English language used by Nigerians-also called "9ja" (nine-jar) by Nigerian youth-this is the book for you. It will give you a good foundation on the intrinsic facts you need to know to appreciate Nigerian Pidgin English, its organic development, and how to use it to communicate sufficiently like a Nigerian. You will also gain insight into the plight faced by the everyday Nigerian, their achievements both at home and on the world stage, and some famous people with Nigerian lineage.
Leave Story for Tortoise
If you have ever been curious about the Nigerian Pidgin English language used by Nigerians-also called "9ja" (nine-jar) by Nigerian youth-this is the book for you. It will give you a good foundation on the intrinsic facts you need to know to appreciate Nigerian Pidgin English, its organic development, and how to use it to communicate sufficiently like a Nigerian. You will also gain insight into the plight faced by the everyday Nigerian, their achievements both at home and on the world stage, and some famous people with Nigerian lineage.
Introduction to Classical Nahuatl
For many years, J. Richard Andrews's Introduction to Classical Nahuatl has been the standard reference work for scholars and students of Nahuatl, the language used by the ancient Aztecs and the Nahua Indians of Central Mexico. Andrews's work was the first book to make Nahuatl accessible as a coherent language system and to recognize such crucial linguistic features as vowel length and the glottal stop. Accompanied by a workbook, this long-awaited new edition is extensively revised, enlarged, and updated with the latest research.The revised edition is guided by the same intentions as those behind the first. Andrews's approach is "anthropological," teaching us to understand Nahuatl according to its own distinctive grammar and to reject translationalist descriptions based on English or Spanish notions of grammar. In particular, Andrews emphasizes the nonexistence of words in Nahuatl (except for the few so-called particles) and stresses the nuclear clause as the basis for Nahuatl linguistic organization. Besides an increase in the number of chapters (from forty-eight to fifty-seven, including a more detailed treatment of place names), the new edition contains an innovative approach to personal names and the introduction of the square zero to indicate irregular morphological silence. The accompanying workbook provides exercises linked to the text, a key to the exercises, and an extensive vocabulary list.
Mungaka Word Book
This picture book offers an opportunity for readers to increase their Mungaka vocabulary competency. Non-native speakers and early learners of the language will find it valuable in increasing their vocabulary competency, while native speakers will equally find herein, a vital opportunity to engage and familiarize themselves with the new standardized Mungaka alphabet. As much as possible, the book is organized around themes: from objects around the house, animals, insects, birds to buildings, people, and food. A miscellaneous word list at the end of the book includes months of the year, days of the week, parts of the body, professions, and familial relationships.
Ch璽hk璽p璽s
Ch璽hk璽p璽s: A Naskapi Legend shares the story of Ch璽hk璽p璽s, a heroic figure in First Nations storytelling, who performs feats of strength and skill in spite of his diminutive size The book shares this traditional legend as originally recorded in the Naskapi community in northern Quebec in 1967 when it was narrated by John Peastitute, a Naskapi Elder and accomplished storyteller. Transcribed in the Naskapi language and syllabic orthography, the book offers a literary resource for the Naskapi language community, and the English translation enables those unfamiliar with the language, or the story, to discover this important legend. The book also contains extensive analysis of stories about Ch璽hk璽p璽s, notes about the provenance of the recordings, a biography of the storyteller, and a history of the Naskapi people. Lavish illustrations from Elizabeth Jancewicz--an artist raised in the Naskapi community--provide a sensitive and accurate graphical account of the legend, which has also been approved by Naskapi speakers themselves.
Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 21
JCSSS is a refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies Inc. (CSSS), located at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. JCSSS contains the transcripts of public lectures presented at the CSSS and possibly other articles and book reviews. JCSSS focuses on the vast Syriac literature, which is rooted in the same soil from which the ancient Mesopotamian and biblical literatures sprung; on Syriac art that bears Near Eastern characteristics as well as Byzantine and Islamic influences; and on archaeology, unearthing in the Middle East and the rest of Asia and China the history of the Syriac-speaking people: Assyrians, Chaldeans, Maronites and Catholic and Orthodox Syriacs. Modern Syriac Christianity and contemporary vernacular Aramaic dialects are also the focus of JCSSS. The languages of the Journal are English, French and German, and quotations from ancient sources are given in the original languages and in translation. The articles are interdisciplinary and scholarly; the Editorial Committee brings together scholars from four American, Canadian, and European universities. The CSSS that publishes JCSSS was founded in 1999 at the University of Toronto, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, as part of the latter's academic programme in Aramaic and Syriac languages and literatures. It was incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act in January 23, 1999.This volume includes articles by George Amanatidis-Saad矇, Reagan Patrick, Geoffrey Herman, Ani Honarchian, Michael Bonner, James Toma, Narmen Ali Muhammad Amen, and Nima Jamali.
Tense-Switching in Classical Greek
Tense is at its most interesting when it behaves badly. In this book Arjan Nijk investigates the variation between the past and present tenses to refer to past events in Classical Greek and beyond. Adopting a cognitive approach to the issue, he argues that the use of the present for preterite depends on the activation of implicit conceptual scenarios in which the gap between the past and the present is bridged. The book is distinguished from previous accounts by its precision in describing these conceptual scenarios, the combination of linguistic theorising with philological and statistical methods, the size of the corpus under investigation and the explicitly cross-linguistic scope. It provides a complete overview of the phenomenon of tense switching in Classical Greek, as well as new theoretical perspectives on deixis and viewpoint, and is important for classicists, narratologists and linguists of every stamp. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Italian Picture Dictionary Coloring Book
Pictures, Coloring, Quizzes and more... The new way of learning languages has arrived! Learning a new language is a new way of meeting new people, opening doors in your professional career and attracting fresh opportunities when traveling around the world, as you may know. The great thing is - whether you want to learn Italian to visit Italy's precious historic landmarks or simply meet wonderful Italian people - we've got you covered! While you may have previously felt that learning a new language can be complicated and even, well, boring... we're about to change that! We have created a whole new method and concept behind learning Italian. A method based on fun. Say hello to the Italian Picture Dictionary Coloring Book, the book that will change Italian learning forever. In this amazing book, you will find: - Over 50 different, detailed and beautiful full-size illustrations for you to learn while coloring them! Each of these 50 illustrations contains up to 20 items, by the way - that's almost 1,000 images for you to color! - Ever wanted to know what a badger is called in Italian? Maybe you need to know the word for 'weightlifting' or 'mistletoe'... No worries! This book has dozens of different categories to help you build your vocabulary. - Challenging quizzes found every few sections will allow you to develop your Italian skills even further; if you don't know the answers, we've provided an Answer Key at the end! - Just to get started, we've added an in-depth basic Italian guide at the beginning, including pronunciation, spelling, word order and vocabulary, among other crucial tools. This book will transform Italian learning for good - no more complex textbooks, it's time to learn while having fun! The best new method for learning Italian is here.
Conversational German Dialogues For Beginners and Intermediate Students
dialogueIs your objective to learn conversations in German? Would you like to learn typical expressions and relevant phrases spoken in Germany? If your answer to any of the previous questions is YES, then this book is your perfect companion!It can be very frustrating when one cannot communicate with Germans in their native tongue, and the most trivial things can become a cause of major annoyance, especially when you cannot explain yourself using German. The best way to improve your German is by reading a book from which you can learn realistic German conversations. This book is designed to learn German conversations. It contains 100 German short stories for beginners and intermediate students based on dialogue and allows new German speakers to hone their reading skills. The newcomer will be able to learn typical German expressions used in daily life.* This book contains 100 German humorous and culturally relevant short stories* Each story comes with an introduction in German.* The German dialogue is followed by an English translation and each story is followed by a bilingual key vocabulary section and learning questions.The book is divided into three parts. The first 40 conversations are most suitable for beginners, each story is followed by simple learning questions. The next 40 short stories based on dialogue are more for intermediate students and those who are interested in reading good short stories with entertaining yet cultural relevant content. The last 20 short stories tend to be longer and the vocabulary is slightly more advanced. The book offers the best of both worlds, combining a conversational German learning book for beginners and an entertaining German short story book for intermediate students.This book will entertain and help you in many ways, get your hardcover copy now!
Isabelle Loves To Count
Introducing numbers in a new language can be a special experience at any age. Explore how to count fruits, flowers and other foods in three languages with the tiny hummingbird Isabelle. Discover the similarities and differences between the languages. A fun brain and tongue exercise for all readers involved. Bonus DIY hummingbird bookmark and reading pointer included.
Exploring with Selam & Senai
Exploring with Selam & Senai makes learning the Amharic language fun! It is a story about two children and their journey of learning Amharic with their family. Using colorful, vibrant, and cultural illustrations, this book will help beginners develop their Amharic vocabulary and conversation. The book contains 60 plus Amharic words along with illustrations. Each word is spelled in Amharic and English using both conventional and phonetic spelling. With a storyline that keeps children engaged, it is a great tool to introduce the language to kids of all ages.
Swahili Learners Book
This book has been designed and prepared in a very concise and easy-to-read way to help Swahili learners understand and speak Swahili easily. Joshua Mshani is a native Tanzanian professional instructor and translator of Swahili. Mr. Mshani is Certified by National Kiswahili Council of Tanzania (BAKITA) to teach Swahili to foreigners. Mr. Mshani has taught Swahili as a foreign language for over eight years in various capacities, such as an in-person instructor at the Shining Swahili Language School and online teaching platforms such as Verbling, italk and Amazing Talker. Swahili Learners Book helps learners of Swahili to understand grammatical and non-grammatical components of the Swahili language. Swahili Learners Book provides the learners with ample examples and exercises to reinforce what has been taught, such a as subject exercises and short stories.
Penser l’espace avec le cin矇ma et la litt矇rature
Cet ouvrage para簾t en compl矇ment de Litt矇rature et cin矇ma: la culture visuelle en partage (co-矇dit矇 par les m礙mes auteurs). Les deux volumes s'inscrivent dans la nouvelle s矇rie Studies in Film & Literature Cultures consacr矇e ? l'矇tude des rapports entre le cin矇ma et la litt矇rature au sein de la collection Film Cultures de Peter Lang.
How to Understand and Talk Like a Jamaican
"This book will help to bridge the gap between you and any Jamaican by offering a taste of our vibrant, exotic and heartful culture, and language. There is much beauty to discover within this beloved island. May this book bring you a step closer to finding it." -Anthony McLaughlin
How to Understand and Talk Like a Jamaican
"This book will help to bridge the gap between you and any Jamaican by offering a taste of our vibrant, exotic and heartful culture, and language. There is much beauty to discover within this beloved island. May this book bring you a step closer to finding it." -Anthony McLaughlin
Listening in the Classroom: Teaching Students How to Listen
Teaching listening means more than just giving students listening activities and checking for understanding--it means teaching them how to listen. Listening in the Classroom takes promising research findings and theory and turns them into practical teaching ideas that help develop listening proficiency.
An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary (romanized)
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Linguistic Survey of the Northern Bantu Borderland
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Rutebeuf and Louis IX. --
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Zárate
The action of the novel takes place in 1825, a few years after Venezuela had sealed its independence from Spain by defeating the Spanish forces at the Battle of Carabobo, June 24, 1821.
Beginner’s Shona (Chishona) with Online Audio
Learn Shona with this complete course, now with free audio download!Spoken by over 10 million people worldwide, Shona (also known as ChiShona) is an official language of Zimbabwe. It is also spoken in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. It is one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages and its writing system was codified during the early 20th century.Ideal for those new to Shona, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner's Shona (ChiShona) with Online Audio includes: An introductory section on the geography, climate, economy, arts, culture and history of Zimbabwe, including an extensive section on "Everyday Life" that will be useful to visitorsTwelve carefully-paced units, each one opening with a dialogue about an everyday topic followed by vocabulary, expressions, grammar lessons, and exercises Answer key to the exercises Shona-English glossaryOnline MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers
Pastoral Quechua
Pastoral Quechua explores the story of how the Spanish priests and missionaries of the Catholic church in post-conquest Peru systematically attempted to "incarnate" Christianity in Quechua, a large family of languages and dialects spoken by the dense Andes populations once united under the Inca empire. By codifying (and imposing) a single written standard, based on a variety of Quechua spoken in the former Inca capital of Cuzco, and through their translations of devotional, catechetical, and liturgical texts for everyday use in parishes, the missionary translators were on the front lines of Spanish colonialism in the Andes. The Christian pastoral texts in Quechua are important witnesses to colonial interactions and power relations. Durston examines the broad historical contexts of Christian writing in Quechua; the role that Andean religious images and motifs were given by the Spanish translators in creating a syncretic Christian-Andean iconography of God, Christ, and Mary; the colonial linguistic ideologies and policies in play; and the mechanisms of control of the subjugated population that can be found in the performance practices of Christian liturgy, the organization of the texts, and even in certain aspects of grammar.
