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Languages from the World of the Bible
ISBN: 9781934078617 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The breakthrough of the alphabetic script early in the first millennium BCE coincides with the appearance of several new languages and civilizations in ancient Syria-Palestine. Together, they form the cultural setting in which ancient Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and, transformed by Hellenism, the New Testament took shape. This book contains concise yet thorough and lucid overviews of ancient Near Eastern languages united by alphabetic writing and illuminates their interaction during the first 1000 years of their attestation. All chapters are informed by the most recent scholarship, contain... The breakthrough of the alphabetic script early in the first millennium BCE coincides with the appearance of several new languages and civilization... |
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Eastern Arabic
ISBN: 9781589018990 / Arabski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Middle East has become an increasingly important place in the minds and concerns of the English-speaking world. This volume, originally published under the title Jerusalem Arabic, is the gold standard for anyone beginning to learn the Arabic spoken by Palestinians, or those who live in Syria or Lebanon. Written in transcription using the Roman alphabet, the "Levantine" Arabic, or Jerusalem dialect, is a central Middle Eastern dialect and is recognized by Arabs virtually anywhere--in large part due to the Palestinian diaspora--and a good choice for anyone wishing to learn... The Middle East has become an increasingly important place in the minds and concerns of the English-speaking world. This volume, originally publish... |
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Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic
ISBN: 9781607963875 / Angielski / Miękka / 1130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Its scholarship, accuracy and reliability make it one of the most significant contributions to Arabic lexicography.
Review The reliability and completeness of the work deserve every praise, as does the practical arrangement of the entries. -- Bibliotheca Orientalis There can be no doubt that...it is a basic tool for study of modern Arabic. -- Middle East Journal
Its scholarship, accuracy and reliability make it one of the most significant contributions to Arabic lexicography.
Review The reliability and... |
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The Word in Arabic
ISBN: 9789004201439 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first monograph-length volume entirely devoted to the theoretical and empirical issues raised by the definition of 'word' and related concepts in Arabic, both at the historical and synchronic level. Some of the best-known scholars in the field of Arabic linguistics debate such issues as the technical definition of words and morphemes in the Arabic grammatical and rhetorical traditions, the theoretical status of the root and its interactions with morphology, the analysis of word in the computer treatment of Arabic texts, some relevant phenomena in the contact of Arabic with other...
This is the first monograph-length volume entirely devoted to the theoretical and empirical issues raised by the definition of 'word' and related conc...
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1174,91 |
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Grammarians and Grammatical Theory in the Medieval Arabic Tradition
ISBN: 9780860789482 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professor Baalbaki deals here with the Arabic grammatical tradition and the analytical methods of the medieval Arab grammarians. The essays included open new perspectives on the most authoritative work on Arabic grammar, Sibawayhi's tome or Kitab, on the relation between grammatical study and other areas of linguistic enquiry such as Qur'anic readings and stylistics, and on the techniques which the grammarians employed to explain and rationalize usage and to incorporate within their system the vast body of dialectal material which the corpus comprises. The author has sought to highlight the...
Professor Baalbaki deals here with the Arabic grammatical tradition and the analytical methods of the medieval Arab grammarians. The essays included o...
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742,14 |
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The Afroasiatic Languages
ISBN: 9780521865333 / Angielski / Twarda / 708 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Afroasiatic languages are spoken by some 300 million people in Northern, Central and Eastern Africa and the Middle East. This book is the first typological study of these languages, which are comprised of around 375 living and extinct varieties. They are an important object of study because of their typological diversity in the areas of phonology (some have tone; others do not), morphology (some have extensive inflectional systems; others do not), position of the verb in the clause (some are verb-initial, some are verb-medial, and some are verb-final) and in the semantic functions they...
Afroasiatic languages are spoken by some 300 million people in Northern, Central and Eastern Africa and the Middle East. This book is the first typolo...
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718,76 |
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Modern Military Dictionary: English-Arabic/Arabic-English
ISBN: 9780781802437 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every field of human activity develops its own terms and jargon, and the military field is no exception. This timely and necessary dictionary includes fundamental military terms, contemporary political and technological terms and jargon, military technique terms for the specialist, as well as words in allied subjects such as economics, law, statistics and sociology. The following are among the comprehensive number of military terms found in this dictionary: air reconnaissance, cluster bomb, estimated time of arrival, firing pin, intercontinental ballistic missile, logbook, metagon, orbital...
Every field of human activity develops its own terms and jargon, and the military field is no exception. This timely and necessary dictionary includes...
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65,68 |
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Essential Arabic: Speak Arabic with Confidence! (Arabic Phrasebook & Dictionary)
ISBN: 9780804842396 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This portable, user-friendly Arabic language guide, phrasebook and dictionary is the easiest and most affordable way to learn Arabic before and during your trip. If you only want to purchase one Arabic language book--Essential Arabic is the way to go. Part of Tuttle Publishing's Essential Series, it is a great first introduction and beginner guide to the language of the Arab world and is also designed as an Arabic phrasebook, making it the most versatile Arabic language learning tool on the market. Perfect for business people or tourist traveling to the Middle...
This portable, user-friendly Arabic language guide, phrasebook and dictionary is the easiest and most affordable way to learn Arabic before and dur...
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40,40 |
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Perspectives: Arabic Language and Culture in Film
ISBN: 9780982159514 / Arabski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on nine highly acclaimed feature films from Palestine, Egypt, and Morocco, Perspectives is designed for students of Arabic language and culture at the intermediate to advanced level. It may be used either as the primary text in a culture, conversation, or film course or as an enriching supplement to any existing language program. Specifically developed to exploit the content and themes presented in each of the films, the activities in Perspectives are designed to promote a heightened cultural awareness and encourage meaningful language development in context. With Perspectives, students...
Based on nine highly acclaimed feature films from Palestine, Egypt, and Morocco, Perspectives is designed for students of Arabic language and culture ...
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155,47 |
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Dearabizing Arabia: Tracing Western Scholarship on the History of the Arabs and Arabic Language and Script
ISBN: 9780984984305 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive reference on the history of Arabic Language and script, which goes beyond the sole discussion of technical matters. It scrutinizes the overall mainstream western theories about the history of the Arabs and Arabia, in connection with the roles played by Western Near East scholarship, religion, and colonial history in the formation of the current belief system, which is an essential step to study this correlated and complex topic objectively. As a reference tool, the book studies objectively the evidence presented by modern-day western archeological discoveries together with the...
A comprehensive reference on the history of Arabic Language and script, which goes beyond the sole discussion of technical matters. It scrutinizes the...
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213,06 |
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Novel Techniques for Dialectal Arabic Speech Recognition
ISBN: 9781461419051 / Angielski / Twarda / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As speech resources for dialectal Arabic speech recognition are very sparse, this book will be widely welcomed, using Egyptian colloquial Arabic (ECA) as a typical dialect and providing a high-quality ECA speech corpus with accurate phonetic transcription.
As speech resources for dialectal Arabic speech recognition are very sparse, this book will be widely welcomed, using Egyptian colloquial Arabic (ECA)...
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404,42 |
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Let's Talk Arabic: Second edition
ISBN: 9781467968744 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The leading book for beginning Arabic with a FREE companion website, FREE audio to download lessons Vocabulary More than 2000 printable flashcards with audio FREE to download to help you to learn Arabic conversation from the beginning, half of those 2000 flashcards are with transliteration for those people who haven't mastered their Arabic alphabet yet. Just 20% of the words in a language make up to 80% of the conversations we face in our daily life. After learning 20% of the Arabic words, you may not be able to speak like a native immediately, but you'll have a solid base and the ability to...
The leading book for beginning Arabic with a FREE companion website, FREE audio to download lessons Vocabulary More than 2000 printable flashcards wit...
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101,50 |
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Arabic Script: Part 2 of 'Let's Talk Arabic'
ISBN: 9781467981460 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is considered the faster, easier way to learn Arabic script. As it illustrates - in an invented way- how to read, write the basic shapes of the letter and how to join letters to form words. It offers plenty of exercises and examples, and introduces readers to his first commonly used Arabic words and how to pronounce them properly.
This book is considered the faster, easier way to learn Arabic script. As it illustrates - in an invented way- how to read, write the basic shapes of ...
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The Top 1,300 Words for Understanding Media Arabic
ISBN: 9781589019126 / Arabski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the Arabic term for "suicide bombing"? What phrase would be used to describe "peacekeeping forces" in the Arab media? Or "economic sanctions"? The Middle East is a key region for politics and business and it is essential that scholars, journalists, government workers, military personnel, businesspeople, and diplomats familiarize themselves quickly with Arabic/English translations for many key words and phrases used in the media. Media Arabic--the language of printed or broadcast news items--emphasizes contemporary terms like "multiculturalism" or "globalization" that are not... What is the Arabic term for "suicide bombing"? What phrase would be used to describe "peacekeeping forces" in the Arab media? Or "economic sanction... |
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The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Amədya
ISBN: 9789004182578 / Angielski / Twarda / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is a linguistic description of an obsolescent dialect of Neo-Aramaic. The dialect was originally spoken by Jews residing in the village of Amәdya (a.k.a Amadiya) in modern-day northern Iraq. No native speakers of this dialect remain in situ. They, along with the other Jewish communities of the Kurdish region, had all left by 1951. The majority went to Israel, where their numbers have dwindled. The dialect has not been passed on to the next generation, whose native tongue is Modern Israeli Hebrew. There remain but a handful of competent native speakers, whose speech has often...
This work is a linguistic description of an obsolescent dialect of Neo-Aramaic. The dialect was originally spoken by Jews residing in the village of A...
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Arabic Proverbs and Wise Sayings
ISBN: 9789197895453 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Proverbs bring color to our speech. A way to understand a foreign culture is to learn its proverbs. This book presents a selection of more than 700 proverbs and wise sayings from the Arabic world. The dialectal forms are changed and presented in Modern Standard Arabic. The Arabic expressions are paralleled with transliterations, translations into English, and often explanations and English equivalents. The aim of the study is to enlarge the reader's vocabulary in Arabic and to stimulate cross cultural discussions. About the Author Joyce Akesson has studied the Semitic languages at Lund's...
Proverbs bring color to our speech. A way to understand a foreign culture is to learn its proverbs. This book presents a selection of more than 700 pr...
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74,39 |
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First Arabic Reader bilingual for speakers of English
ISBN: 9789661529075 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,01 |
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The Writing on the Wall: Studies in the Architectural Context of Late Assyrian Palace Inscriptions
ISBN: 9780931464959 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The walls of the Assyrian palaces, as well as throne bases, doors and thresholds, were adorned with inscriptions. These inscriptions were surrounded in mystery and esoteric knowledge of their creation and meaning, and deal with a number of different subjects concerned with Assyrian kings and their achievements and exploits.
The walls of the Assyrian palaces, as well as throne bases, doors and thresholds, were adorned with inscriptions. These inscriptions were surrounded i...
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343,68 |
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A Manual of Ugaritic
ISBN: 9781575061535 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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307,22 |
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Wisdom, Gods and Literature: Studies in Assyriology in Honour of W. G. Lambert
ISBN: 9781575060040 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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552,00 |