This is a book for reference and revision, especially for those in the early stages of studying the Persian language. It uses the official reformed spelling, and gives attention to handwriting, educated standard and educated colloquial pronunciation, and the important polite for…
Kilivila: the language of the Trobriand Islanders
This is the first comprehensive grammar of a non-Indo-European language from the Northwest Caucasian family in a language other than Russian. Kabardian is complex at every level. The language treated is not the literary standard, but Kabardian as it was found in texts and in the…
An exploration of the main syntactic properties of Welsh, Roberts puts forward a general analysis of clause structure, agreement, case-marking & other phenomena. He also offers a comparative analysis of these phenomena in relation to other Celtic languages, Germanic & Romance la…
Taking a sociocultural and educational approach, Language and Linguistics in Context: Readings and Applications for Teachers:*introduces basic linguistic concepts and current perspectives on language acquisition;*considers the role of linguistic change (especially in English) in…
"The Navajo Code Talkers are one of the great stories of World War II. Because the Japanese forces were intercepting and deciphering American communications, they knew their enemy's battle plans and were able to slow the Allied advance across the Pacific. But the Code Talkers br…
This history documents the exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the early Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars. These cross-cultural encounters engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal rule essential to the empire's survival. Many Sanskrit works were tran…
"Combining theory and practice, this book is a model for Arabic translation and prepares students for the translation industry. Containing twenty-two translation approaches, An Introduction to Arabic Translation provides the normative principles to guide training in Arabic-Engli…
Say farewell to language faux pas forever! Based on the revolutionary Easily Pronounced Language Systems approach, Say It Right in Russian makes mastering correct Russian pronunciation simple. With Say It Right you'll learn how to use hundreds of Russian words and phrases in eve…
The world's major languages
Are minor languages the lifeblood of cherished local identities or just passports with restricted validity, serving no purpose in today's transnational, global world? Italy's north-eastern region of Friuli is a case in point: in this area, around half a million people speak Friu…