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Georgian: A Comprehensive Grammar constitutes a complete reference work addressing all major elements of modern Georgian grammar and usage.It provides a systematic and accessible description of the language's phonology, orthography, morphology, and...

Winner of the Swedish National Language Council's Erik Wellander Prize, 2003Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar is an award-winning complete reference guide to modern Swedish grammar. Systematic and accessible, the volume is organised to promote a thorough...

Originally published in 1948, this book was written to provide students learning to write Italian with a guide to 'continuous composition of an advanced and serious kind'. Quotations from Italian authors are used to exemplify the constructions...

The Routledge Intensive Italian Workbook is a comprehensive book of exercises and tasks for beginner and intermediate learners of Italian.It includes a wide variety of exercises - covering a broad range of situations and functions - and will help...

Colloquial Mongolian is easy to use and completely up to date! Written by experience teachers of the language, Colloquial Mongolian offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Mongolian. No previous knowledge of the language is required.Features...

This standard work on punctuation has long been judged the foremost study of the subject. It reveals punctuation to be both an indispensable craft and an invaluable art - a friend, not an enemy.Reviews'He discusses every conceivable problem of...

The foremost study of punctuation availableCovers all common punctuation problemsMastery of punctuation is a skill vital to allFew people can claim to use punctuation confidentlyNumerous examples of punctuation usageAbout the AuthorEric...

Mastering Arabic Vocabulary provides a structured vocabulary course for undergraduate and advanced students of Arabic.Arranged thematically, and by root, the course presents the key vocabulary that a well-informed Arabic speaker should have at their...

A History of the Hebrew language is a comprehensive description of Hebrew from its Semitic origins and the earliest settlement of the Israelite tribes in Canaan to the present day. Although Hebrew is an 'oriental' language, it is nonetheless closely...

First published in 2010. 500 Common Chinese Idioms is a unique tool for learners. Presenting the 500 most commonly used Chinese idioms or 'chengyu', this dictionary presents: The idiom in both simplified and traditional charactersThe idiom in pinyin...

Vietnamese: An Essential Grammar is a concise and user-friendly reference guide to modern Vietnamese. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language in short, readable sections. Features include: Clear and up-to-date examples of modern...

This new and extended edition of Chinese: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and concise reference guide to modern Chinese (Mandarin) grammar.Refreshingly jargon-free, it presents an accessible description of the language, focusing on the real...

The Elementary Modern Standard Arabic Course (EMSA) is the premier introduction, for the English-speaking student, to the active written language of the contemporary Arab world. Expressly designed for the beginning student, the course is written by a...

Persian: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to the grammar system for intermediate to advanced learners of Persian. It presents an accessible and systematic description of the language, focusing on real patterns of use in contemporary...

Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Danish. The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Danish grammar. It offers a...

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese is an invaluable tool for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters (simplified) most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781864487763Author James Neil SneddonFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Allen & UnwinPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 420g

Focused on building linguistic skills and comprehension through creative introductions to contemporary life and cultures in German-speaking countries, WIE GEHT'S? Tenth Edition exposes students to the German language, while encouraging cultural awareness...

Thinking Italian Translation is an indispensable course for students who want to develop their Italian to English translation skills.This new edition includes:up-to-date examples and new source texts from a variety of genres, from journalistic to...

Colloquial Cantonese: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Cantonese as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a...

Written by a team of experienced teachers of Spanish, this textbook is designed to lead the adult beginner to a comprehensive knowledge of Spanish, giving balanced attention to the four key language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing). It...

At least since the French Revolution, France has the peculair distinction of simultaneously fascinating, charming and exasperating its neighbours and foreign observers. Contemporary France provides an essential introduction for students of French...

This collection of specially commissioned essays focuses on the forms, functions, and uses of contemporary German in the period of dynamic change following reunification. Some contributors address broad issueslanguage and national identity, the status of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816631636Author PrismaFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota PressDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

A concise but unusually comprehensive handbook for the students of Old French. Based on Dr Einhorn's very successful introductory lecture course for undergraduates, this book describes the phonology, morphology and syntax of standard Old French, paying...

Russian Translation: Theory and Practice is a comprehensive practical course in translation for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Russian. The course aims to provide intensive exposure with a view to mastering translation from Russian...

Colloquial Dutch 2 is the next step in language learning for those who already have a basic knowledge of Dutch. The authentic dialogues, texts and variety of exercises in this course will help learners to consolidate their language skills and further...

No other description available.About the AuthorQazi Rahimullah KhanBook InformationISBN 9780781809399Author Qazi Rahimullah KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 413g

First Steps Towards Sanskrit: Language, Linguistics and Culture is an accessible first introduction to this ancient Indian language. Complete beginners are introduced to the language from scratch. Key terms are explained clearly and there is an extensive...

This book fosters a global scholarly dialogue on teaching and researching Vietnamese as a second language, with particular attention to pedagogy, identity, and research innovation. It positions Vietnamese within the framework of Less Commonly Taught...

Languages tend to be identified as basically steady and uniform even if evolution has performed a considerable amount of recoding operations. The overlapping area of individual forms of a code are the arena of transcoding negotiations and adaptations...

The voice assistance notion gained wider recognition in the 2010s amidst the launch of mainstream voice-controlled software and apps, such as Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa. Despite its potential linguistic and affective benefits, learners'...

In today's digital age, language teaching is undergoing a profound transformation. The convergence of technology and language learning has unlocked unprecedented opportunities for innovation and growth. Digital platforms, multimedia resources, and...

Preterite-present verbs and the Germanic weak preterite have already attracted considerable scholarly interest. Usually, however, they are treated separately. One of the aims of the present monograph is to illustrate the history of Germanic...

These books aim to present a synthesis of the currently available syntactic knowledge of the Hungarian language, rooted in theory but providing highly detailed descriptions, and intended to be of use to researchers, as well as advanced students of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447024679Author Martin CamajFormat PaperbackPage Count 337Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 594g

Studies on discourse and language learning originated in the field of general education and they focused on first language learning environments. However, since 1980s research on discourse and language learning broadened the scope of investigation to...

Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Foreign Language Learning provides a new ground-breaking approach to the study of second language learning through the lens of cross-cultural pragmatics. Cross-cultural pragmatics involves the use of contrastive linguistic...

The burgeoning field of sociosyntax brings together two prominent intellectual traditions within linguistics: (variationist) sociolinguistics and formal morphosyntactic theory. However, the state of the field is not always clear to newcomers to the field...

In this book, Peirce's logical apparatus is used to explain some topics in biology where traditional scientific methods fail to establish the relation between the real and the virtual in the genetic script, the irreducibility of evolution to the genome,...