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Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language, this engaging Grammar uses clear explanations and sets out the complexities of Catalan in short, readable sections clarified by examples. Quick reference overviews are also provided in the appendices.

Catalan: An Essential Grammar is the ideal reference grammar for all learners of Catalan, whether class-based or independent, looking to progress beyond beginner level.

This volume offers empirical perspectives on the current sociolinguistic situations in former Eastern Bloc countries. Its seventeen chapters analyse phenomena such as language choice, hierarchies and ideologies in multilingualism, language policies, minority languages in new legal, educational, business and migratory contexts, as well as the position of English in the region. The authors use various methodological approaches - including surveys, discourse analyses, descriptions and analyses of linguistic landscapes, and ethnography - in order to deal with sociolinguistic issues in eight...

Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language, this engaging Grammar uses clear explanations and sets out the complexities of Catalan in short, readable sections clarified by examples. Quick reference overviews are also provided in the appendix. 　

Catalan: An Essential Grammar is the ideal reference grammar for all learners of Catalan, whether class-based or independent, looking to progress beyond beginner level.

This book focuses on Moroccan sociolinguistic dynamics of change. Its aim is to analyse the changing contemporary situation of Moroccan Arabic as a local language and linguistic resource. Starting with a critical sociolinguistic overview of language policy in Morocco, the book aims to respond to the following questions: How do new linguistic practices in Morocco contribute to a restructuring of the Moroccan linguistic field? Will the new local multilingual practices, specifically the use of Moroccan Arabic in writing and other communicative modalities, play an important role in the social...

In the early nineties, after Reinholds first publication -Die Beziehungen Altisraels zu den aramaischen Staaten in der israelitisch-judaischen Konigszeit- an archaeological find came to light with the broken pieces of the early Aramaic written Tel Dan Stela, which has greatly illuminated the portrait of Aram and ancient history of Israel. The author offers a renewed overview to the Aramaean history on the foundation of the forced researches in the last 50 years. This begins with the early testifying of Aram in cuneiform sources of the 3rd/2nd Mill. B.C. from the Mesopotamian and Syrian...

Die Kulturlandschaften zwischen Morgen- und Abendland sind voller Spannungsfelder und konnten unterschiedlicher aber auch ahnlicher nicht sein. Besonders in der persischen und deutschen mystischen Dichtung zeigen sich viele Paradigmen, die uber eine periphere Ahnlichkeit im Wort und Bild hinaus auf gegenseitige Inspirations- und Motivationsquellen hinweisen. Die Gegenuberstellung der Phanomene der islamischen und christlichen Mystiktradition zeigt allen voran anhand der Beispiele von Rumi und Eckhart die Gemeinsamkeiten in ihrem Denksystem. Diese Arbeit ergrundet zunachst die Wege des...

Dieser Band versammelt Beitrage der literaturwissenschaftlichen Konferenz -Familie und Identitat in der Gegenwartsliteratur-, die im Mai 2015 an der Universitat Zadar (Kroatien) stattfand. An Fallbeispielen deutschsprachiger Literatur sowie anderer Nationalliteraturen, die eine Verbindung zur deutschen Geschichte, Kultur und Nation aufweisen, machen die Beitrage die thematische und motivische Vielfalt des zeitgenossischen Familien- bzw. Generationenromans sichtbar. Zum Vorschein kommen genretypische und thematische Einheiten, wie die Haufung von Frauen als Autorinnen und Protagonistinnen...

English-Lithuanian phrasebook and 3000-word topical vocabulary

The collection of "Everything Will Be Okay" travel phrasebooks published by T&P Books is designed for people traveling abroad for tourism and business. The phrasebooks contain what matters most - the essentials for basic communication. This is an indispensable set of phrases to "survive" while abroad.

Some of the topics included in the phrasebook are: Asking for directions, Signs, Transportation, Buying tickets, Hotel, Restaurant, Shopping, Greetings, Acquaintances, Communication, Gratitude,...

The book deals with Vietnam s ethnic and religious minorities in a historical perspective. The time frame stretches from the pre-colonial era to contemporary times. Except for one paper on the situation of the Vietnam-China border area, the authors focus on South or Southern Central Vietnam. The Chinese, the Cham and the Bahnar represent three different categories of ethnic minorities: the so-called Foreign Asians, the highly developed nationalities and the former tribal populations, who once lived at the margins. The Vietnamese and Highland Catholics as well as the French Protestants are...

This book consists of papers presented at the 1st International Symposium of Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language. The Symposium was held at Het Pand Culture and Congress Center of Ghent University in April 2015. It was presented by the Sakarya University Institute of Education Sciences and the Belgium Turkish Associations with the support of the Turkish Language Association and the Yunus Emre Institute.