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Textcorpus Und Wörterbuch: Aspekte Zur Ägyptischen Lexikographie
ISBN: 9789004115361 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The confrontation of the magisterial Worterbuch der Agyptischen Sprache (12 volumes, publ. 1926-1963) and the enormous possibilities for lexicography offered by modern techniques forms the subject of this new volume in Brill's monograph series Probleme der Agyptologie. It consists of papers offering of course an appreciation of the Worterbuch, but also thorough contributions highlighting specific lexicographical and linguistic problems, and the new approaches and concepts in these fields. New directions for (Egyptian) lexicography are appearing, profiting from, and...
The confrontation of the magisterial Worterbuch der Agyptischen Sprache (12 volumes, publ. 1926-1963) and the enormous possibilities for lexico...
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776,71 zł |
Introducing Ewe Linguistic Patterns. a Textbook of Phonology, Grammar, and Semantics
ISBN: 9789964302269 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ewe is one of the major languages of Ghana. The Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Ghana here provides a book about the language as such. He intends it as more than a textbook, and has written it at a level to be of use to both native speakers of Ewe andthose for whom it is not their mother tongue, providing relevantlinguistic insights. After an introduction to the relatives and dialects,phonology is covered: syllables, consonants, vowels, and tones. Grammar isalso covered, but the main part covers semantics. Exercises and answersfor practical...
Ewe is one of the major languages of Ghana. The Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Ghana here provides a book a...
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231,66 zł |
Comprehensive Course in Twi (Asa
ISBN: 9789964302450 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asante Twi is the most widely spoken of the dialects of the Akan language, and Akan is spoken by about forty four percent of Ghana's population as a first language. It is also used as a second language by many others. The author, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Ghana, has written the bookto introduce a non-Twi beginner to the spoken language, which forms themain focus. Dialogues are as natural and as close to current every day usage as possible. ..".another book that should be very helpful to students and examiners in the Twi (Asante) language." (West Africa)
Asante Twi is the most widely spoken of the dialects of the Akan language, and Akan is spoken by about forty four percent of Ghana's population as a f...
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163,21 zł |
Swahili for Foreigners
ISBN: 9789966250964 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Swahili for Foreigners has been developed to help the non-native speaker learn the language systematically and with minimal teacher assistance. The book is divided into thirty-four lessons progressing from beginner to advanced level and includes exercises, verb tables and comprehensive English-Swahili/Swahili-English vocabulary lists. The author's approach is structured and grammatical, though as a native speaker with much experience of teaching Swahili to foreign diplomats and experts in Eastern and parts of Central Africa, she is also keen to communicate her enthusiasm for the Swahili...
Swahili for Foreigners has been developed to help the non-native speaker learn the language systematically and with minimal teacher assistance. The bo...
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236,92 zł |
Kamusi YA Visawe/Swahili Dictionary of Synonyms = Swahili Dictionary of Synonyms = Swahili Dictionary of Synonyms = Swahili Dictionary of Synonyms
ISBN: 9789966468987 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the only dictionary that focuses on Kiswahili synonyms. Drawing from all aspects of life, the authors have collated over 14,000 entries, many of which have varying numbers of synonyms. The dictionary not only brings out the richness of Kiswahili as a language, but it also enriches the reservoir of Kiswahili vocabulary. The authors are distinguished academic linguistic scholars, and the dictionary has been developed bearing in mind both the needs of scholars and teachers, and of learners of the language.
This is the only dictionary that focuses on Kiswahili synonyms. Drawing from all aspects of life, the authors have collated over 14,000 entries, many ...
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273,78 zł |
Luganda-English Phrase Book for Tourists
ISBN: 9789970020638 / Ganda / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Luganda is one of the widely spoken languages in Uganda, and has common characteristics with other languages of the region. This handy small-format phrase book is primarily intended to help the non- Luganda speaker to get around and cope with everyday life. It explains vowels, pronouns, numbers, and some grammar; and phrases cover food, time, health, accommodation, weather, home, death, parts of the body, professions, and information.
Luganda is one of the widely spoken languages in Uganda, and has common characteristics with other languages of the region. This handy small-format ph...
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152,68 zł |
A Simplified Lugbara-English Dictionary
ISBN: 9789970021055 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lugbara is one of the languages of north-western Uganda and eastern Congo. Most of the values of the Lugbara people are reflected in the language. This concise and portable dictionary is aimed at those interested in a deeper understanding of Lugbara, and for visitors and tourists. The dictionary is preceded by an explanation of the basic grammar including the alphabet; personal pronouns and the verb 'to be'; personal pronouns andthe verb to have; parts of speech; and conjugation of verbs.
Lugbara is one of the languages of north-western Uganda and eastern Congo. Most of the values of the Lugbara people are reflected in the language. Thi...
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152,68 zł |
Kiswahili for Beginners
ISBN: 9789976602586 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author of this book works at the prestigious Institute of Kiswahili Research at the University of Dar es Salaam. He has long experience in teaching Kiswahili to foreign learners, and the presentation is therefore sensitive to different socio-cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The base is standard Kiswahili and the book is organised into graded grammar lessons with corresponding student exercises. Grammatical formations, structural aspects and pronunciation are all covered. There is a useful Kiswahili-English glossary of vocabulary used in the main body of the text.
The author of this book works at the prestigious Institute of Kiswahili Research at the University of Dar es Salaam. He has long experience in teachin...
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168,48 zł |
English Swahili Pocket Dictionary
ISBN: 9789976973044 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A concise and portable dictionary developed by two experienced and well respected teachers of Swahili. In this work they have taken into account not only the difficulties which non-Swahili speakers from many different language backgrounds have in learning the language, but also the importance of making Swahili equivalents of English words, correspond to those of the best speakers of Swahili. The English-Swahili Pocket Dictionary will be of benefit to English speakers who are learning Swahili, while Swahili speakers who are learning English will also find it invaluable.
A concise and portable dictionary developed by two experienced and well respected teachers of Swahili. In this work they have taken into account not o...
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231,66 zł |
African Linguistics and the Development of African Communities
ISBN: 9782869781603 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This diverse and comprehensive collection of essays embraces the main discourses in the field of African languages and linguistics. Overall, it argues for the absolute necessity of developing African languages as a condition of socio-economic development. The work further advocates the involvement of all sectors of society in language development efforts, language identification, and the imperative of validating African languages as equal to the colonial languages.
This diverse and comprehensive collection of essays embraces the main discourses in the field of African languages and linguistics. Overall, it argues...
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252,71 zł |
The Sound System of Setswana
ISBN: 9789991271163 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first in a series on Setswana language, literature and culture produced by the Department of Africa Languages and Literature at the University of Botswana. It provides a uniquely comprehensive and systematic description of the sound system of the language spoken in Botswana. It deals with speech sounds, namely consonants and vowels, by describing their distinctive properties, their functional roles in the language, representation in the current orthography and their regional variations. The description also looks at other sound phenomena such as vowel lengthening, syllable...
This is the first in a series on Setswana language, literature and culture produced by the Department of Africa Languages and Literature at the Univer...
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236,92 zł |
Language in African Social Interaction: Indirectness in Akan Communication
ISBN: 9781590337837 / Angielski / Miękka / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In African societies, much as plain or direct language is cherished and highly appreciated because of the pragmatic clarity it offers, implicitness, indirectness, vagueness, prolixity, ambiguity and even avoidance are even more cherished and preferred especially when the subject matter of what is being communicated is difficult or face-threatening. Verbal indirection, the communicational strategy in which interactants abstain from directness in order to avoid crises or in order to communicate 'difficulty', and thus make their utterances consistent with face and politeness, is pervasive in...
In African societies, much as plain or direct language is cherished and highly appreciated because of the pragmatic clarity it offers, implicitness, i...
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176,61 zł |
Phonologie et morphologie du Soninke
ISBN: 9783639032741 / Francuski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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408,37 zł |
An Outline of Kikaonde Grammar
ISBN: 9789982240499 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the fourth in a series of individual publications on Zambian languages and grammar. The intention of the series is to boost the meagre scholarship and availability of educational materials on Zambian languages, which became particularly in urgent in 1996, following the decision of the Zambian government to revert to the policy of using local languages as media of instruction. Kaonde (or more correctly Kikaonde) is spoken in the part of the North-Western Province of Zambia to the east of the Kabompo River, in adjacent parts of Mumbwa and Kaoma Districts to the south, and in the Katanga...
This is the fourth in a series of individual publications on Zambian languages and grammar. The intention of the series is to boost the meagre scholar...
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168,48 zł |
Case in Africa
ISBN: 9780199232826 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and distinguishing case systems, Christa Konig begins a thorough analysis of case in roughly 100 African languages and reveals several features, such as tone as a marker for case and the marked-nominative system, which are rare phenomena in other languages of the world. Wherever possible, the author takes into account data from her own substantial and highly regarded field research. The book provides answers to questions such as the following: What is...
This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and dis...
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878,97 zł |
Masomo YA Kisasa: Contemporary Readings in Swahili
ISBN: 9780300047066 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This intermediate-level textbook is designed to enable students to read and understand authentic texts in Swahili, the most widely spoken language in East and Central Africa. The book is unique among available Swahili readers in its use of contemporary passages, in its inclusion of texts on a range of topics from cooking and courtship manuals to politics and poetry, in the comprehensiveness of its grammatical and cultural notes, and in its emphasis on the development of communicative skills. Each of the lessons begins with a reading, which is accompanied by glosses in Swahili that...
This intermediate-level textbook is designed to enable students to read and understand authentic texts in Swahili, the most widely spoken language in ...
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634,50 zł |
The Other Mathematics: Language and Logic in Egyptian and in General
ISBN: 9781593333690 / Angielski / Twarda / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about attribute mathematics, in which nothing ever gets bigger or smaller. More specifically, it is about some of what attribute mathematics can do toward the full digitalization of thought and language. The matter is relevant not only directly to linguistics and philosophy but also indirectly to electrical engineering and neuroscience. The twenty-first century will be that of the brain. Human existence will gradually be turned inside out as tools such as genetics and Boolean algebra allow us to see ourselves function on the smallest scale while it is happening.
This book is about attribute mathematics, in which nothing ever gets bigger or smaller. More specifically, it is about some of what attribute mathemat...
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731,87 zł |
A History of Afro-Hispanic Language: Five Centuries, Five Continents
ISBN: 9780521115582 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The African slave trade brought African languages into contact with Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the fifteenth century, and resulted in the Africans' gradual acquisition of these languages. John Lipski describes the major forms of Afro-Hispanic language found in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America over the last 500 years. Separating legitimate forms of Afro-Hispanic expression from those that result from racist stereotyping, he shows how contact with the African diaspora has had a permanent impact on Spanish today.
The African slave trade brought African languages into contact with Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the fifteenth century, and resulted in the Afr...
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131,18 zł |
Introduction to Sahidic Coptic: A New Coptic Grammar
ISBN: 9780865540484 / Angielski / Twarda / 377 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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265,39 zł |
Phonological Rules and Dialect Variation: A Study of the Phonology of Lumasaaba
ISBN: 9780521290630 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dr Brown examines the functions of different types of rules in the phonological component of a generative grammar with examples especially from Lumasaaba, a Bantu language of eastern Uganda.
Dr Brown examines the functions of different types of rules in the phonological component of a generative grammar with examples especially from Lumasa...
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121,09 zł |