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Essential Korean Grammar gives you excellent examples that lay out the best grammar options for communicating, and when to use each option. The grammar items are cleverly rated so you can determine what's most useful for you to study, based on your Korean knowledge level and your plans. There is a star rating system, from 5 stars...

This comprehensive guide to learning the Hindi language teaches you basic proficiency in everyday, conversational beginner Hindi. From learning to write the Hindi alphabet and pronounce its sounds, to using vocabulary and grammar, to communicating in dialogues, your rapidly-developing skills in Hindi will surprise you. No prior experience in is necessary to learn Hindi with this book. The chapters cover many situations you'll need to travel to India, read Hindi, write Hindi, and...

Intended as companion to Elementary Hindi or as an independent study tool, this beginner Hindi workbook is the perfect guide for practicing and polishing your basic proficiency in the Hindi language and includes carefully crafted practice activities to read Hindi, write Hindi and speak Hindi. The variety of activities offers beginning level learners the range of practice opportunities they need.

This workbook contains:

• Authentic dialogues.
• Comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar exercises.
• ...

Written Japanese combines three different types of characters: the Chinese characters known as kanji, and two Japanese sets of phonetic letters, hiragana and katakana, known collectively as kana, that must be mastered before the Japanese kanji can be learned.

Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana provides beginning-level students of Japanese a thorough grounding in the basic hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols or...

In this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new chapters ranging from ""Words Formed Erroneously"" and ""Red-Herring Words"" to ""Kangaroo Words,"" ""Discover the Theme,"" and...

Praise for A Word a Day

""AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your opponent in a duel (or even...

Der 1928 in Erstein im Elsa geborene Autor, der auf einem den Beziehungen von Denken und Sprache gewidmeten Forschungslehrstuhl am College de France in Paris uber die semantischen Strukturen des Deutschen arbeitet, wendet sich in dieser weder fachsimpelnden noch zimperlichen Schrift zur orthographischen Diskussion, rechtzeitig vor dem beabsichtigten Inkrafttreten der Neuregelung, an die Offentlichkeit.

"Schreibe, wie Du denkst " Dieser Fluchtpunkt der Perspektiven konnte nicht nur ohne Gesichtsverlust aus der unglucklichen Konfrontation zwischen Legalitat und Legitimitat helfen,...

This volume seeks to explore new interpretive approaches to textual sources from past cultures that emphasize their materiality and praxeology. The focus of inquiry is on the relationship between the text and its material carriers and on the influence of material forms on the creation, presence, and reception of what is written.

It engages them to actively use the Hindi language in real life situations. An accompanying audio CD with clearly annunciated dialogues spoken by native Hindi speakers ensures correct pronunciation and builds listening comprehension. Clear task-based instructions, concise and to the point explanations of grammatical structures, and lesson plans help enhance student's understanding and speed up their ability to learn Hindi.

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Packed with fun quizzes and useful exercises for those wishing to improve their Japanese ability, this new edition has been repackaged in a more compact, value-for-money size while losing none of the content that has made it a long-selling favorite. Key features of Essential Japanese Kanji include:

• Introductory quizzes to introduce everyday situations in which the Kanji are used
• A vocabulary section to help you...

Have fun and learn with the American Sign Language Alphabet

The FingerAlphabet Cool KIDS Word Search books are a fun way to strengthen your fingerspelling abilities.

This bundle includes the word search puzzles of the first three titles: adjectives, verbs, and adverbs (3rd-5th-grade vocabulary).

This book will help any person who enjoys word search puzzles (not just kids) to learn the American Sign Language Alphabet

You will:

- learn the correct American Sign Language Alphabet - all hand shapes are consistently shown as seen by the viewer Approved by...

Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary has both Chinese to English and English to Chinese sections. It's compact size allows for easy transport without limiting the content. This Mandarin dictionary is perfect for Chinese language students, or business people and tourists traveling to China who wish to learn Chinese. It contains over 25,000 words and expressions (including all the required words for the official HSK Chinese Proficiency Examination), carefully selected to cover all important aspects of life...

Learning Japanese Kanji Practice Book is intended for beginning students, or experienced speakers who need to practice their written Japanese. Kanji are an essential part of the Japanese language and together with kana (hiragana and katakana) comprise written Japanese.

This book presents the kanji characters that are most commonly used. All the kanji and related vocabulary words in this book are those that students are expected to know for Level 5 of the Japanese Language...

(Post)Koloniale Linguistik ist ein sich etablierendes Forschungsparadigma, das sich erstmalig der systematischen Erfassung, Ordnung und Deutung aller linguistisch relevanten Phanomene widmet, welche in Zusammenhang mit Kolonialismus stehen. Dabei wird besonderer Wert auf die multidisziplinare Perspektivierung des Gegenstandsbereichs gelegt, wie die Beitrage von Sprach- und GeschichtswissenschaftlerInnen in diesem Sammelband dokumentieren.