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Taylor & Francis Ltd Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook
Book SynopsisModern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Brazilian Portuguese, ideal for use alongside the Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar or as an independent resource. The book is divided into two sections. Part A provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures whilst Part B practises everyday functions, including making social contact, asking questions and expressing needs. This third edition offers a greater variety of exercises, including exercises designed to practice concepts introduced in the Notes for Spanish Speakers sections of the Grammar. Exercises from the second edition have also been revised and expanded upon and a comprehensive answer key at the back of the book enables you to check on your progress. The Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners who have a basic knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese, including underTrade Review"Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook is very comprehensive and covers all necessary areas expected for Portuguese learners wishing to have a better understanding and command of the Brazilian variant. The author shows a deep knowledge of the many idiosyncrasies of Brazilian Portuguese, always referring to the existing differences related to register and spoken versus written language. Also, the fact that it is divided into two parts (traditional grammar and function-based grammar), which are clearly interconnected in each section, makes it easier for students to look up any information they may need. Learners are provided a set of useful exercises related to both traditional grammar and function-based grammar, which focus on important and often challenging aspects of the Portuguese language." Dr. José Peixoto Coelho de Souza, Language Tutor in Portuguese, University of Manchester, UK"Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar continues to be a wonderful supplement to the textbooks that I use in my language courses. It captures and presents problematic instances in an organized format. The examples and brief explanations are clear and relevant. This reference guide is essential for anyone who wants to master a nuanced understanding of Brazilian Portuguese."Dr. Cynthia A. Sloan, Associate Professor of Portuguese and Spanish, Portland State University, USATable of ContentsPart A Structures 1 Pronunciation and spelling 2 Gender and gender agreement 3 Number and number agreement 4 Articles 5 Adjectives and adverbs 6 Numbers and numerical expressions 7 Personal pronouns 8 Demonstratives 9 Possessives 10 Relative pronouns 11 Interrogatives 12 Exclamations 13 Indefinite adjectives and pronouns 14 Negatives 15 Regular verb conjugations 16 Semi-irregular and irregular verbs 17 Gerunds, past participles, compound tenses and the passive 18 Use of the tenses 19 The infinitive 20 The subjunctive 21 The imperative 22 Reflexive verbs 23 Ser, estar and ficar 24 Verbs used in auxiliary, modal and impersonal constructions 25 Prepositions 26 Conjunctions 27 Word order 28 Word formation Part B Functions 29 Making social contacts 30 Basic strategies for communication 31 Asking questions and responding 32 Negating 33 Reporting 34 Asking and giving personal information 35 Identifying people and things 36 Describing 37 Making comparisons 38 Expressing existence and availability 39 Expressing location and distance 40 Expressing possessive relations 41 Expressing changes 42 Expressing cause, effect and purpose 43 Expressing knowledge 44 Remembering and forgetting 45 Expressing obligation and duty 46 Expressing needs 47 Expressing possibility and probability 48 Expressing certainty and uncertainty 49 Expressing supposition 50 Expressing conditions 51 Expressing contrast or opposition 52 Expressing capability and incapability 53 Seeking and giving permission 54 Asking and giving opinions 55 Expressing agreement, disagreement and indifference 56 Expressing desires and preferences 57 Expressing likes and dislikes 58 Expressing surprise 59 Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction 60 Expressing hope 61 Expressing sympathy 62 Apologizing and expressing forgiveness 63 Expressing fear or worry 64 Expressing gratitude 65 Giving advice and making suggestions 66 Making requests 67 Giving directions, instructions and orders 68 Making an offer or invitation and accepting or declining 69 Talking about the present 70 Talking about the future 71 Talking about the past Answer key Index of grammar structures Index of functions
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Taylor & Francis Transforming Hanzi Pedagogy in the Digital Age
Book SynopsisTransforming Hanzi Pedagogy in the Digital Age çåæäçšæåæå brings together expert researchers and practitioners to offer a coherent theoretical, empirical, pedagogical, and experiential justification for a shift in pedagogical focus from handwriting to e-writing in L2 Chinese pedagogy.This volume argues for a pedagogy based on the 21st century communicative needs of L2 Chinese users, grounded in empirical research as well as practical and lived experiences. The authors propose an âœe-writing as primaryâ (çåääïŒæåäè) framework for L2 Chinese instruction in the 21st century, a transformational proposal which will fundamentally shift the pedagogical focus of L2 Chinese instruction globally towards more learner-centered, research-informed practice. This volume includes three theoretical foundation chapters, four empirical studies, three descriptions of program-level implementation, and ten expert L2 Chinese user vignettes, which, taken together, offer a thorough introduct
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Taylor & Francis Transnational Filipinaox Youth Intersectional
Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth examination of how Filipina mothers, serving as migrant caregivers, and their children navigate the experiences of family separation and reunification through Canada's former Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP).It analyzes how Filipina/o/x youth understand their political agency, the legacy of colonialism, and their sense of identity and belonging in urban schools through school-community partnerships. The work examines the global migration experiences of transnational Filipina/o/x youth and their mothers in nation-states such as Canada through the lens of the global domestic work industry. It connects the theoretical frameworks of critical and intersectional feminisms within a transnational context to the specificity of settler colonialism within Canada, a white settler nation-state. It underscores the pivotal role of school-community partnerships in facilitating the political agency of Filipina mothers and their children, and in shaping Filipina/o
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Taylor & Francis Colloquial Russian
Book SynopsisColloquial Russian provides a step-by-step course in Russian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Russian in a broad range of situations, requiring no prior knowledge of the language.Features include: progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios useful vocabulary lists throughout the text additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries This fifth edition offers modernised language reflecting social and cultural changes, new vocabulary that''s esseTable of ContentsPreface to the fifth editionIntroduction Introduction to the Russian language 1. Как вас зовут? What’s your name?2. Изучаем русский языкWe are studying Russian3. В гостинице At the hotel4. Типичный день A typical day5. СемьяFamily6. Идём в гости!Visiting friends7. СпортSport8. Любимый отдых Favourite holidays9. ПраздникиFestivals10. АрбатArbat11. Как снять квартиру в МосквеHow to rent a flat in Moscow12. Российские СМИRussian mass media13. За покупками!Shopping14. Путешествия Travelling15. ТеатрThe theatre16. ЗдравоохранениеHealth care17. ПетербургSt Petersburg18. РавноправиеEqual rights19. ОбразованиеEducation20. CибирьSiberiaGrammar summary Spelling rules · Gender · Declension tables · Verbs · Prepositions · StressKey to the exercises English–Russian vocabulary Russian–English vocabulary Audio track listingGrammar index Russian index
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Taylor & Francis A Guide to Practical Online Lexicography
Book SynopsisA Guide to Practical Online Lexicography provides a step-by-step course on digital lexicography, discussing state of art of theoretical lexicography and offering a guide to practical lexicography, with a focus on monolingual online dictionaries.Dictionaries today need to be designed and made for online environments, use up-to-date technologies in all aspects of lexicography, and have adequate business models in place for financing them. This book:â Covers lexicographic data and categories of existing online dictionaries, and shows how to plan, analyse and store dataâ Discusses the relationship between technology, dictionary users and dictionary makers, lexicographic developments, and economic costsâ Provides an in-depth case study of designing and making the Diccionario Digital del EspaÃol (DIDES), an online dictionary of Spanish edited by the authorâ Includes further reading recommendations, practical activities, and questions for discussio
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CRC Press Innovations and Applications of Technology in Language Education
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Taylor & Francis Language Intake
Book SynopsisAimed towards advanced students and researchers in language acquisition and teaching, Language Intake: Understanding and Improving Language Learning and Teaching considers the long-debated definition of language intake and its determining factors. In doing so, it presents a unique argument for language input and intake, with a particular focus on how ''input'', ''interaction'', ''identity'', and ''investment'' contribute to intake through complex intercommunication.The book defines each of the contributing factors of intake in turn and demonstrates the principles of language intake through interviews with successful language learners, in order to encourage teachers to take these factors into consideration so as to maximise intake of the target language.The author proposes that all these multiple factors contribute to what might be called the Intake Hypothesis, which can be outlined as a practicable framework to support teachers in providing rich, interestin
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Phonics Pathways
Book SynopsisTeaches students of all ages the basics of phonics with a time-tested, foolproof method This tenth edition of the best-selling book teaches reading using sounds and spelling patterns. These sounds and patterns are introduced one at a time, and slowly built into words, syllables, phrases, and sentences.Table of ContentsABOUT THIS BOOK vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xii INTRODUCTION xiii ABOUT PHONICS PATHWAYS 1 GETTING STARTED 3 TEACHING AID: SHORT-VOWEL STICK 4 GAME: SHORT-VOWEL SHUFFLE 5 SHORT-VOWEL SOUNDS 10 GAME: Short-Vowel Review (Bingo) 16 TWO-LETTER BLENDS (Eyerobics) 17 GAME: THE TRAIN GAME 20 GAME: STARSEARCH 37 THREE-LETTER WORDS 39 GAME: BAG THE BUGS 48 PYRAMID 52 /K/ = C-, K-, -CK 53 TWO-CONSONANT ENDINGS 58 -Y SUFFIX 70 TWIN-CONSONANT ENDINGS 74 FLUENCY REALITY CHECK: Real and Nonsense Words 75 CONSONANT DIGRAPH ENDINGS: -sh, -th, -ch, -tch 76 FLUENCY REALITY CHECK: Consonant Digraph Nonsense Words 83 SIMPLE LONG-VOWEL SOUNDS 90 FLUENCY REALITY CHECK: Short- and Long-Vowel Nonsense Words 109 SUFFIXES 110 SUFFIX SPELLING CHART 115 MULTISYLLABLE WORDS 117 /k/ = -ic, -ick 118 DIVIDING MULTISYLLABLE WORDS 119 PLURAL, POSSESSIVE, AND X 121 CONSONANT DIGRAPH BEGINNINGS: sh-, ch-, wh-, th-, qu- 123 TWO-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS: bl-, fl-, pl-, cl-, gl-, sl- 133 FUN AND GAMES 138 TWO-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS : sm-, sn-, st-, sp-, sc-, sk- 139 R-MODIFIED VOWELS 149 LONG-VOWEL DIGRAPHS 159 /S/ = ce, ci, cy: /Ç/ = ei 173 VOWEL DIPHTHONGS: /oi/ = oi, oy; /ou/ = ou, ow 176 FLUENCY REALITY CHECK: /j/ = -ge, gi-, & -dge Nonsense words 184 -Y, -IE PLUS SUFFIXES 185 -F = -VES 186 NEW VOWEL SOUNDS 188 /ÔO/ = oo, oul, u; /O/ = au, aw, al, all, o 189 THREE-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS 195 SHORT-VOWEL SPELLING PATTERNS 199 /Ĕ/ = ea, a, ai; /Ĭ/ = y, ui; /Ŏ/ = a; /Ŭ/ = o, ou, oo, a 199 SCHWA 203 CONTRACTIONS 206 SILENT LETTERS: -le, k, w, l, b, t, h 208 SILENT GH: /Î/ = igh; /O/ = ough, augh; /Ô/ = ough; /ou/ = ough 213 / / SPELLING PATTERNS: / / = ei, eigh, ey, ea 216 S = /z/, /zh/, /sh/; /F/ = ph, gh; /K/ = ch 219 ANOTHER R-MODIFIED VOWEL SOUND 224 A SPELLING GRAB BAG 226 Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs 226 Multisyllable Words with Suffixes 228 -ce, -ge; -able, -ible 229 PREFIXES: pre-, sub-, re-, auto-, un-, dis-, inter-, super- 230 MORE SUFFIXES: -tion, -sion, -able, -ness, -ful, -less, -ment 233 COMPOUND WORDS 236 BUILDING BLOCKS 237 APPENDIX A: REFERENCE & SUPPLEMENTAL PRACTICE 243 Spelling Strategies 243 Index to Spelling Rules and Patterns 244 Spelling & Pronunciation Chart 245 Plural Spelling Chart 247 Suffix Spelling Chart 248 Student Achievement Chart 249 Student Progress Notes 250 Vision and Motor Coordination Training Exercises 251 Pyramid 253 APPENDIX B: GAMES AND ACTIVITIES 255 Hot Tips 255 The Short Sheet of Vowels 256 The Shoo-Fly Shuffle (a.k.a. Short-Vowel Shuffle) 257 The Train Game 258 Blendit! (Similar to Bingo) 260 StarSearch 261 Bag the Bugs 262 REVIEWS AND RESULTS 263 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 266
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A New Companion to The Gothic
Book SynopsisThoroughly expanded and updated, this widely acclaimed Companion provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and genealogy. The New Companion offers comprehensive coverage of the criticism of Gothic writing, and of the various theoretical approaches that it has inspired.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the previous edition: “It offers a range of strategies for understanding the genre, and is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and scholars of the Gothic.” Gothic Studies “[Its] obvious value ... is its wealth of critical approaches – from good, old-fashioned ‘history of ideas’ readings to the most sophisticated of recent theory.” Romanticism on the Net “The book does not offer a house view of what Gothic is, but instead faithfully reproduces the status of current debates on the relevant genres. Many essays provide useful summaries of criticism or of primary texts; others offer new critical insights.” Times Higher Education “The individual essays are narrow enough to describe discrete topics but useful to newcomer and scholar alike … Punter's volume is sure to be a standard reference for some time to come for undergraduates and scholars.” Choice “Anyone lucky enough to have this volume sitting on their shelves has instant access to the recent thinking of a long list of scholars who have led the way in Gothic studies. The book is a veritable Baedeker's guide that ranges from the historical Goths of the third century to Stephen King in the twentieth century; that explores dimensions of Gothic through painting and cinema, as well as written texts; that roams across Europe and America as well as the British Isles. Punter himself contributes a concise but stimulating introduction.” Studies in Hogg and His World Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: The Ghost of a History 1 David Punter Part I. Gothic Backgrounds 11 1 In Gothic Darkly: Heterotopia, History, Culture 13 Fred Botting 2 The Goths in History and Pre-Gothic Gothic 25 Robin Sowerby 3 Gothic Shakespeare 38 Dale Townshend 4 European Gothic 64 Neil Cornwell 5 The Gothic Ballad 77 Douglass H. Thomson Part II. The Original Gothic 91 6 Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis 93 Robert Miles 7 Mary Shelley, Author of Frankenstein 110 Nora Crook 8 Walter Scott, James Hogg, and Scottish Gothic 123 Ian Duncan 9 Irish Gothic: C. R. Maturin and J. S. LeFanu 135 Victor Sage 10 The Political Culture of Gothic Drama 148 David Worrall Part III. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Transformations 161 11 Nineteenth-Century American Gothic 163 Allan Lloyd Smith 12 The Ghost Story 176 Julia Briggs 13 Gothic in the 1890s 186 Glennis Byron 14 Fictional Vampires in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 197 William Hughes 15 Horror Fiction: In Search of a Definition 211 Clive Bloom 16 Love Bites: Contemporary Women’s Vampire Fictions 224 Gina Wisker 17 Gothic Film 239 Heidi Kaye 18 Shape and Shadow: On Poetry and the Uncanny 252 David Punter Part IV. Gothic Theory and Genre 265 19 Gothic Criticism 267 Chris Baldick and Robert Mighall 20 The Gothic Sublime 288 Vijay Mishra 21 Psychoanalysis and the Gothic 307 Michelle A. Massé 22 Comic Gothic 321 Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik 23 Gothic and the Graphic Novel 335 Julia Round 24 Goth Culture 350 Catherine Spooner Part V. The Globalization of Gothic 367 25 Global Gothic 369 Glennis Byron 26 Australian Gothic 379 Ken Gelder 27 New Zealand Gothic 393 Ian Conrich 28 Canadian Gothic 409 Cynthia Sugars 29 Asian Gothic 428 Katarzyna Ancuta 30 Japanese Gothic 442 Charles Shirō Inouye Part VI. The Continuing Debate 455 31 Can You Forgive Her? The Gothic Heroine and Her Critics 457 Kate Ferguson Ellis 32 Picture This: Stephen King’s Queer Gothic 469 Steven Bruhm 33 Seeing Things: Gothic and the Madness of Interpretation 481 Scott Brewster 34 The Gothic Ghost of the Counterfeit and the Progress of Abjection 496 Jerrold E. Hogle 35 The Magical Realism of the Contemporary Gothic 510 Lucie Armitt 36 Welcome the Coming, Speed the Parting Guest: Hospitality and the Gothic 523 Joanne Watkiss Index 535
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
Book SynopsisThe fully updated new edition of the essential single-volume reference, covering the full fields of linguistics and phonetics Now in its seventh edition, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics remains the definitive resource work for students of linguistics and phonetics. Originally created by David Crystal and revised for the new seventh edition with Alan C. L. Yu, this dictionary features a wealth of new entries by a team of experts in phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics. Throughout the text, most pre-existing entries have been updated to reflect the current body of knowledge in the areas of linguistics and phonetics. Covering more than 5,100 terms, the new seventh edition reflects the latest state of the field and accounts for evolutions in research and theory since the publication of the prior edition. The entries provide clear and authoritative definitions of each term and are supported by additional information such as the historical context in which a term was used or the relationship between a term and others from associated fields. This useful work: Features new and updated entries reflecting the way established terms are now perceived in light of changes in the fieldIntegrates ideas from the minimalist program, situating linguistic theory in the broader cognitive sciencesIncludes tables of abbreviations, symbols, and the International Phonetic AlphabetOffers unique insights into the historical development of linguisticsIdentifies major lexical variants as separate headwords, enabling readers to quickly find the location of a termProvides word-class identifiers and usage examples for single-word headwords, especially useful for non-native English speakersA Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, Seventh Edition is an invaluable reference work for professionals, students, and general readers alike, and remains an essential resource for anyone studying linguistics or phonetics at the university level.Table of ContentsPreface to the Seventh Edition vi Acknowledgements xi List of Abbreviations xiii List of Symbols xxii The International Phonetic Alphabet xxvi Alphabetical Entries 1
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Foundations Italian 1 Macmillan Foundation
Book SynopsisMara Benetti is a teacher of Italian at Imperial College London and of medical and scientific translation at UCL, London. She has taught and researched in different parts of the world and she collaborated with the BBC as a language adviser for one of their courses. Carmela Murtas was an Italian tutor and teacher trainer at International House London, UK and formerly Visiting Lecturer at the University of Westminster, UK. She has extensive experience teaching Italian to foreigners at both private and tertiary level.Caterina Varchetta was Italian Coordinator at London Metropolitan University, UK, where she also taught Italian on the IWLP programme. She has a wealth of experience teaching Italian at further and tertiary level in the UK. Roberto Di Napoli is Associate Professor in Higher Education at the Centre for Research and Practice in Higher Education at Kingston University London, where he is Director of Academic Programmes. He was formerly Senior Lecturer at the University of WestmiTrade Review'I particularly like this course book because it is specifically designed for a broad variety of learners, both specialists and non-specialists. Both the teaching/learning approach and the didactic activities are very communicative and student-centred and there is a good balance of activities aimed at practising and strengthening all of the four language skills required by the CEFR. This third edition has improved the Use of Language section with more structured consolidation activities. As a result, learners enjoy the activities in class and at the same time have room for self-study and improvement in a clearer and more structure-focused way.' - Giulio Giusti, Sheffield Hallam University 'I think the new format and the colour make the book fresher and even more appealing. I love the additions such as the recorded glossary, new icons, tips on language learning, and especially the interactive ebook - they will all benefit the students' language learning and cultural knowledge enormously.' - Marisa Marmo, University of Nottingham 'The new edition in colour looks more attractive and it has updated an already excellent textbook which I have been using for many years.' - Mara Kirkwood, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsOverview Introduction Learning a languageSimboli 1. Come ti chiami 2. Al lavoro e in famiglia 3. Una giornata tipica 4. Il tempo libero 5. Al bar 6. A casa 7. In città 8. Ti va di...? 9. Cosa hai fatto ieri? 10. Ieri, oggi, domain Ancora un po' di pratica Guide to intonation and pronunciation Guide to grammatical terms Grammar summary Verb Tables Vocabulary Answers Appendix Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Lithuanian A Comprehensive Grammar Routledge
Book SynopsisLithuanian: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Lithuanian grammar. It includes detailed treatment of all grammatical structures and parts of speech, and their semantic and grammatical categories: gender, number, case of nouns, adjectives, numerals and pronouns; degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs; tense, mood, person, transitivity, aspect and voice of verbs.The morphology chapters describe the formation, inflection and use of the different forms of every part of speech. Under syntax the syntactic relations and types of sentences, the expression of questions and negation, comparison, word order and interpolation are described. All grammatical phenomena are illustrated with examples from the modern language. Descriptions of phonetics and accentuation as well as orthography and punctuation are also included.Lithuanian: A Comprehensive Grammar is an essential reference for learners and users of Lithuanian. It is suitablTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionAbbreviations and SymbolsChapter 1 PhoneticsChapter 2 NounsChapter 3 AdjectivesChapter 4 PronounsChapter 5 NumeralsChapter 6 VerbsChapter 7 AdverbsChapter 8 PrepositionsChapter 9 ConjunctionsChapter 10 ParticlesChapter 11 InterjectionsChapter 12 Onomatopoeic wordsChapter 13 Simple sentence Chapter 14 Composite sentenceChapter 15 QuestionsChapter 16 NegationChapter 17 ComparisonChapter 18 Word orderChapter 19 Direct and indirect speechChapter 20 InterpolationChapter 21 AccentuationChapter 22 OrthographyChapter 23 PunctuationLinguistic termsTablesBibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Colloquial Dutch
Book SynopsisColloquial Dutch provides a step-by-step course in Dutch as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Dutch in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.Key features include: A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in The Netherlands An overview of the sounds of Dutch. Table of Contents1. Piet en Pauline en hun kinderen Piet and Pauline and their children 2. Nederland en België The Netherlands and Belgium 3. Bij de groenteboer At the greengrocer’s 4. Telefoneren Telephoning 5. Bij Piet en Pauline At Piet and Pauline’s 6. Fietsen Cycling 7. Pannekoeken Pancakes 8. Piets ouders zijn op visite Piet’s parents are visiting 9. Na het ontbijt After breakfast 10. Pauline is haar horloge kwijt Pauline can’t find her watch 11. Een retourtje Maastricht, alstublieft A return ticket to Maastricht, please 12. Pauline’s ouders komen naar Nederland Pauline’s parents come to the Netherlands 13. Pauline doet de was Pauline is doing the washing 14. Er zijn eekhoorns in de tuin There are squirrels in the garden 15. Wat heb je met de kerstkaarten gedaan? What have you done with the Christmas cards? 16. Piet is op school Piet is at school 17. Marius wil gaan spelen Marius wants to go and play
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Portuguese
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Portuguese: An Essential Grammar is a practical reference guide to the most important aspects of modern European Portuguese. Combining traditional and function-based grammar, the book sets out the complexities of Portuguese in short, readable sections. Explanations are clear, free from jargon and substantiated by examples. Throughout, the emphasis is on Portuguese as used by native speakers.This third edition: reflects the new orthographic agreement; includes an expanded section on verbs and pronouns, as well as a new section on syntax; provides authentic examples to illustrate grammar in context; focuses on Portuguese as used in Portugal and Africa; links to Basic Portuguese: A Grammar and Workbook, which offers a valuable set of language practice exercises; includes a detailed contents list and index for easy access to information. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Pronunciation and spelling Chapter 2 Nouns Chapter 3 Articles Chapter 4 Adjectives Chapter 5 Pronouns Chapter 6 Numerals Chapter 7 Verbs Chapter 8 Adverbs Chapter 9 Conjunctions Chapter 10 Prepositions Chapter 11 Elements of Syntax Chapter 12 Additional notes on Portuguese usage Chapter 13 Socializing Chapter 14 Exchanging factual information Chapter 15 Getting things done Chapter 16 Finding out and expressing intellectual attitudes Chapter 17 Judgement and evaluation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Major Languages of Eastern Europe
Book SynopsisPart of a linguistic series covering all major world languages, this volume contains essays that describe the languages of Eastern Europe, including Russian, Greek, Serbo-Croat, Czech and Slovak, Hungarian, Finnish, Turkish, and other Indo-European, Uralic and Slavonic tongues.Trade Review`A fine, scholarly publication' - Scottish Slavonic ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction Bernard Comrie 1. Indo-European Languages Philip Baldi, Pennsylvania State University 2. Slavonic Languages Bernard Comrie 3. Russian Bernard Comrie 4. Polish Gerald Stone, University of Oxford 5. Czech and Slovak David Short, University of London 6. Serbo-Croat Greville Corbett, University of Surrey 7. Greek Brian D. Joseph, Ohio State University 8. Uralic Languages Robert Austerlitz, Columbia University 9. Hungarian Daniel Abondolo, University of London 10. Finnish Michael Branch, University of London 11. Turkish and the Turkic Languages Jaklin Kornfilt, Syracuse University Language Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Arabiyyat alNaas Part One
Book SynopsisArabiyyat al-Naas (Part One), second edition, offers a groundbreaking introduction to Arabic as it is written and spoken by native speakers. It combines a grounding in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) with an innovative integration of the spoken Levantine variety used in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine.The course efficiently prepares students for the practical realities of learning and living Arabic today. The book contains 29 theme-based units covering all the core topics expected in a first-year Arabic course, such as countries, clothes, colors, family and professions. The book is to be used in conjunction with the companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/younes) offering a wealth of additional instructor and student resources.This volume is the first in an exciting three-part series of Arabic textbooks which together provide a complete three-year undergraduate language program. The book is an essential resource for students beginning to learn ArTrade ReviewArabic is a multiglossic language, and to teach it effectively a spoken variety and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) must both be included. Munther Younes’s pioneering Integrated Approach shows that it is possible to learn Arabic the way native speakers use it, listening and speaking in spoken Arabic and reading and writing in Modern Standard Arabic. I’ve been teaching with the ‘Arabiyyat al-Naas series for many years and I’m delighted with the improvements that the author team has made to this new edition of Book I. Congratulations!Victoria Aguilar, Profesora Titular de Lengua Árabe de la Universidad de MurciaYounes, Weatherspoon and Foster are to be commended for a method that enables learners to develop real-world proficiency in everyday, spoken Arabic, as well as the formal register. From the very start, Arabiyyat Al-Naas, Part One balances audio, visual and written texts to introduce stimulating and essential aspects of the language and its cultures. The textbook and its companion website offer a wealth of input through varied activities and materials, along with clear grammatical explanations. Arabiyyat Al-Naas is a well-conceived and exciting learning resource that empowers learners to reach the intermediate-low level. Nader K. Uthman, Language Director & Arabic Language Coordinator, New York UniversityArabiyyat al-Naas is the best textbook for a meaningful, engaging, encouraging introduction to Arabic. By focusing on language relevant to students’ needs and lives right from Lesson 1, and integrating every aspect of orthography, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar into that framework of immediately useful language, learners are truly and meaningfully communicating with each other from the very beginning. Most of all, learners are communicating as Arabs themselves do: in Modern Standard Arabic on paper, and orally in the colloquial.Arabic instructor and Ph.D. student in second language acquisitionTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsGeneral Introductionالوِحدة الأولى (First Unit)الدرس الأوّل: أنا طالب.الدرس الثاني: أنا من بيروت.الدرس الثالث: مدينة ... كبيرة أو صغيرة؟قواعد (Grammar)Possession in Arabic (my, your)الدرس الرابع: كيف الطقس في بيروت؟قواعدThe Definite Article الـSun and Moon Lettersالدرس الخامس: فيه ثلج كثير في شمال العِراق.أغنية: كيف الطقس في نيسان؟الدرس السادس: أنا لابس قميص أحمر.الدرس السابع: أيام الأسبوعقواعدGrammar (قواعد): Arabic pluralالدرس الثامن: انتَ ساكِن في بيت ولا في شقّة؟قواعدThe Construct (الإضافة) الدرس التاسع: كيف بتروح للصفّ؟الدرس العاشر: كم أخ وأخت عندك؟قواعدPossession in Arabic, continuedThe DualPossession with عند الدرس رقم ١١: أبوي أستاذ وأمّي طبيبة.الدرس رقم ١٢: الأكل والشُربالدرس رقم ١٣: عندي درس عربي الساعة ١٠الدرس رقم ١٤: العالم العربي كبير.قواعدThe Construct (الإضافة), continuedThe Comparative and Superlativeالدرس رقم ١٥: مُراجعةأغنية: البيت الأبيض بابه أحمرالوحدة الثانية: المطار الدرس الأوّل: أسمي سارةقواعدThe Nisba Adjective (النسبة)Subject Markers and Verb Conjugation:Present Tense Subject MarkersThe prefix بـالدرس الثاني: العنوان بأمريكا ولاّ بلبنان؟ الدرس الثالث: سارة حدّاد الوحدة الثالثة: التاكسي الدرس الأوّل: الحمد لله على السّلامة! قواعدWanting with بدّ الدرس الثاني: أهلا وسهلا فيك بلبنان!قواعدConstruct (إضافة) Phrases and Noun-adjective PhrasesMore on the Comparativeالدرس الثالثالنصّ الأوّل: المسافات بين المُدن اللبنانيّةالنصّ الثاني: مُذكّرات سارةقواعدPast Tense ConjugationListing Verbs in Word Listsالوحدة الرابعة: بيت الطلّابالدرس الأوّل: كيف مُمكن أساعدك؟قواعدThe Present Tense after "Helping" Wordsجواز سفركالدرس الثاني: سارة رَح تسكن معك بالغرفةقواعدObject Pronounsالدرس الثالث: قراءةالنصّ الأوّل: الجامعات اللبنانيّةالنصّ الثاني: مذكّرات سارة قواعدعَدَد and رقمكم ساعة؟Hollow Verbsمراجعة أغنية: سافر دانWriting non-Arabic Names Typically or Exclusively MSA WordsMSA and Spoken Arabic Pronunciationالوحدة الخامسة: الأكل الدرس الأوّل: وين مفتاح الغرفة؟قواعدArabic Roots, Roots and Verbs, Root TypesAn Hour Agoالدرس الثاني: أنا باحبّ الفول كثير!قواعدPlural Subject Markersالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارةقواعدMore on the Conjugation of Verbs Derived from Different Types of Rootsتعبان، زعلان، جوعان الوحدة السادسة: زيارة الجامعة الأمريكيّة في بيروت الدرس الأوّل: أهلاً وسهلاً فيكم بالجامعة!قواعدPlural Subject and Possessive Pronounsالدرس الثاني: أنا باحبّ الرياضة كثير! الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة الوحدة السابعة: الملابس والألوان الدرس الأوّل: بدّي فستان فولكلوري.قواعدVerb StemsBuilding Verbs with more than One Suffixلوني المفضل الدرس الثاني: نُمَر امريكيّة ولاّ أوروبيّة؟قواعدPlural Patterns: Sound and Brokenالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارةقواعد سيكون Non-human Pluralsمراجعةأغنية: أبو يوسف كسرة أو ضمّة؟الوحدة الثامنة: مطعم سقراطالدرس الأوّل: وين مطعم سقراط؟قواعدGiving Commandsالدرس الثاني: الجامعة الأمريكيّة في بيروت الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة الوحدة التاسعة: التسوّقالدرس الأوّل: أنا ما جيت علبنان حتى أشوف المولات. الدرس الثاني: مولات عمّانقواعد (هُم) يُحبّونالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة، مذكرات راميقواعدRelative PronounsAdverbials Ending in اًالوحدة العاشرة: أكل لذيذ، طقس جَميل، وصَديق لَطيف الدرس الأوّل: يا ريت فيه مترو أو باصات مريحة! الدرس الثاني: شو بتحبّي تعملي بجونيه؟ الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة، مذكرات راميThe Particle أنْ in فصحىبسبب/لأنّمراجعةأغنية: عندي درس الساعة ١١ الوحدة رقم ١١: مُدُن لُبنانيّة الدرس الأوّل: عندنا أصحاب مسيحيين وأصحاب مسلمين. قواعدعجبتك حريصامنظر ما فيه أحلى منّهالدرس الثاني: بيروتقواعدThe Case System in فُصحىDifferent Meanings of مِنالدرس الثالث: مذكرّات سارةVerb-subject (Dis)agreement in فُصحىالوحدة رقم ١٢: الطقس الدرس الأول: ممكن تعملي "سكي" بالجبل قبل الظهر، وتسبحي على الشطّ بعد الظهر! قواعدكثير، كثيراً، بكثيرالدرس الثاني: طقس البحر الأبيض المتوسّط قواعديقع، تقعMore on non-Human Pluralsالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة، مذكّرات راميقواعد ما التعجّب ( of wonder ما)كُنت أفكّرالوحدة رقم ١٣: العائلة والهِجرة والمِهَن الدرس الأوّل: خيّي طالب بكُلّيّة الطّب. قواعدعم (ب) + Present Tense بعد ماالدرس الثاني: بدّي آخذ صفوف عن تاريخ الشرق الأوسط والعلوم السياسية.The Imperative (الأمر)-Revisitedالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة قواعدأمّا ... ف ...رغم أنّ ... ف...مراجعة أُغنِية: بابوري رايح (موفق بهجت)Negation in فصحىRoot Types: Review and SummaryNote about Hollow and Lame Rootsالوحدة رقم ١٤: عائلة سارة الدرس الأوّل: ماما فنّانةقواعدحبّوا بعضحابّة تزوريهموانتِ هونالدرس الثاني: اللاجئون في لبنانThe Arabic Plural, RevisitedThe Case System (الإعراب), Revisitedقَدالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات راميليس ... فقط، ولكن ... أيضاً، لن تتمكّنArabic Roots and PatternsVerb stemsالوحدة رقم ١٥: السكن في شقّة الدرس الأوّل: أحسن تسكني مع طالبات بشقّة! قواعدصار-يصيرالدرس الثاني: رامي رَح يساعدني أفتشّ على شقّة. الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة الوحدة رقم ١٦: شقّة كبيرة وقريبة من الجامعة الدرس الأوّل: تشرّفت بمعرفتك يا سارة! الدرس الثاني: الإيجارات غالية كثير بلبنان. الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة قواعدلَم يُدخِّنVerb Forms (Forms I, II and V)مراجعةأغنية "حبّيتك بالصيف" (فيروز) الوحدة رقم ١٧: زيارة أخت رامي-١ الدرس الأوّل: ما بيصير أروح إيدي فاضية. قواعدكثير حلوالدرس الثاني: لينا، هيده صاحبتي سارة. قواعدبَعدالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة، مذكّرات رامي قواعدبنتاً أمريكيّةVerb Forms: Form VIIIالوحدة رقم ١٨: زيارة أخت رامي-٢ الدرس الأوّل: خبّريني سارة، ليش جيتِ علبنان؟ الدرس الثاني: موّتّينا من الجوع! الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارةVerb Forms, Form Xالوحدة رقم ١٩: شقّة في منطقة هاديةالدرس الأوّل: الشقّة مش مفروشة، بس المنطقة هادية.The إضافة, the Noun-adjective Phrase, and the Equational Sentenceالدرس الثاني: شو رأيك بالشقّة؟ قواعدفينا، ممكنالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارةVerb FormsForm IVمراجعةأغنية: ع البساطة (صباح) الوحدة رقم ٢٠: المول والسوبرماركت الدرس الأوّل: المكالمات على موبايلي غالية كثير! الدرس الثاني: عربة أبو غَسّانقواعدThe Different uses of ما, the Verbal Noun (المصدر)الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارةقواعدThe Particle أنْ , Revisitedالوحدة رقم ٢١: أثاث للشقّةالدرس الأوّل: المخدّات أرخص بشارع الحمراء. قواعدهالتخت، هالحجم، هالطاولةالدرس الثاني: لازم اشتري تخت لأوضتي.قواعدThe ميم Prefixالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة، مذكّرات راميقواعدForm VIII of Assimilated Rootsالوحدة رقم ٢٢: رحلة زحلة الدرس الأوّل: بلا رجيم بلا بلّوط! قواعدصار-يصيرالدرس الثاني: زحلة الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات راميقواعدكأنّVerb Forms (Forms III and VII)مراجعة أغنية: يا جارة الواديA note about أن and ماالوحدة رقم ٢٣: زيارة بيت عمّ سارة الدرس الأوّل: يعني خطيبك!قواعدThe Resumptive (or Returning) Pronounالدرس الثاني: مبروك! أمتى رَح يتزوّج؟ الدرس الثالث: قراءة: مذكّرات سارةقواعدMore on Negation in فصحىالوحدة رقم ٢٤: ضيعة جبران وشجر الأرز الدرس الأوّل: الفاتورة من فضلك!قواعدThe Imperative (Continued): اسمعي منّي!الدرس الثاني: خلّينا نزور سوريا! الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارةقواعدVerb Forms (Form VI)الوحدة رقم ٢٥: زيارة سوريا الدرس الأوّل: أهلين يا عيون ستّك! قواعدإجا-ييجيالدرس الثاني: دمشققواعدWord Order in the Arabic Sentenceالدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارةقواعدMore on the فصحى Case Systemمراجعةأغنية: ستّي يا ستّي (فيروز) الوحدة رقم ٢٦: الخضار والفواكه الدرس الأوّل: درّاق بلدي ميّة بالميّة! الدرس الثاني: أسعار الخضار والفواكه الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات راميقواعدThe Verbal Noun (مَصدَر), Revisitedلم تستطعالوحدة رقم ٢٧: موعد مع الدكتور الدرس الأوّل: عندي وجع ببطني وراسي.قواعدThe Imperative كُل, خُذ, and تعالالدرس الثاني: شكلك مغروم لفوق راسك! الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات سارة، مذكّرات راميقواعد لَيتَالوحدة رقم ٢٨: بنحكي مع بعض على سكايب كل يوم! الدرس الأوّل: من الأردن ممكن تزوري فلسطين.قواعدوقّفوها، رجّعوهاالدرس الثاني: رَح اشتاق لك كثير. الدرس الثالث: مذكّرات رامي، مذكّرات سارةقواعدNoun Patterns: Active Participles, Passive Participles, Verbal Nounsمراجعة أغنية: قال الطبيبArranging Words by Rootالوحدة رقم ٢٩: انطباعات سارة الدرس الأوّل: انطباعات سارة، الجزء الأوّل الدرس الثاني: انطباعات سارة، الجزء الثاني قواعدقَد (تكمِلة، Continued)أن المصدريّةالدرس الثالث: انطباعات سارة، الجزء الثالث الدرس الرابع: انطباعات سارة، الجزء الرابعFinal Look at the Case System (إعراب)الدرس الخامس: انطباعات سارة، الجزء الخامس قواعدأنا وأمَلالدرس السادس: عزيزي الطالب، عزيزتي الطالبةقواعدMoods of the Arabic Verbمراجعة أغنية: سافر مع السلامة (فريد الأطرش) Glossaries: Arabic-English, English-ArabicIndex
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short final -u, -o, -y, -ö 5.1.3 Kala nominals with short final -a 5.1.4 Isä nominals with short final -ä 5.1.5 Nominals with final diphthong or long vowel 5.2 Nominals with short final -i or -e and separate inflectional stem 5.2.1 Kivi nominals, inflectional stem in -e, partitive -A 5.2.2 Kieli nominals, inflectional stem in -e, partitive -tA 5.2.3 Vesi nominals, inflectional stem in -te, partitive -tA 5.2.4 Perhe nominals with short final -e 5.3 Nominals with a final consonant and separate inflectional stem 5.3.1 Ihminen nominals 5.3.2 Ajat>us nouns 5.3.3 Taivas nominal 5.3.4 Hyv>yys nominals 5.3.5 Ava>in nominals 5.3.6 Työ>tön nominals 5.3.7 Askel nominals 5.3.8 Lyhyt nominals 5.3.9 Adaptation of new borrowed nouns 5.4 Singular and plural Chapter 6 The conjugation of verbs 6.1 Infinitive endings 6.2 Inflectional stems 6.2.1 Anta-a verbs 6.2.2 Saa-da verbs 6.2.3 Tul-la and nous-ta verbs 6.2.4 Huomat-a verbs 6.2.5 Tarvit-a verbs 6.2.6 Lämm>et-ä verbs 6.3 Personal endings and agreement of person Chapter 7 Interplay between Finnish morphology and syntax 7.1 Parts of speech 7.2 Phrases 7.3 Syntactic functions of phrases in clauses 7.4 Cases and adpositional phrases are markers of syntactic functions 7.5 Syntactic functions, phrases and clauses elaborated Chapter 8 Phrases8.1 Phrase types 8.2 The noun phrase 8.2.1 Structure 8.2.2 Agreement within the noun phrase 8.2.3 Functions of the noun phrase 8.2.4 Complexity of the noun phrase 8.3 The adjective phrase 8.4 The numeral phrase 8.5 Adpositional phrases 8.6 The adverb phrase 8.7 The infinitive phrase 8.8 The participle phrase Chapter 9 Simple clauses 9.1 Clause types 9.2 Clauses with basic order subject + verb 9.3 Clauses with basic order verb + subject 9.4 Free adverbials, questions, negation, word order variations 9.5 Clauses without subject 9.6 Negative clauses 9.7 Questions and answers 9.7.1 Questions with -kO (‘yes-no’ questions) 9.7.2 Question-word questions (‘wh-’ questions) 9.8 Minimal examples of simple clause types Chapter 10 Complex sentences 10.1 Types of complex sentences 10.2 Complex sentences with subordinate clauses 10.3 Complex sentences with infinitive and participle phrases 10.4 Nominalization 10.5 Repeated embedding of subordinate clauses, non-finite phrases and nominalizations 10.6 Structure of the predicate Chapter 11 The nominative case 11.1 Nominative singular and plural 11.2 Use of the nominative 11.2.1 The nominative marking subjects, objects and predicate complements 11.2.2 Special uses of the nominative Chapter 12 The partitive case 12.1 Formation of the partitive 12.1.1 Partitive singular 12.1.2 Partitive plural 12.2 Use of the partitive 12.2.1 Partitive subject 12.2.2 Partitive object 12.2.3 Partitive predicate complement 12.2.4 The partitive in expressions of quantity 12.2.5 The partitive with adpositions 12.2.6 Special uses of the partitive Chapter 13 The genitive case and total objects 13.1 Formation of the genitive 13.1.1 Genitive singular 13.1.2 Genitive plural 13.2 Use of the genitive 13.3 The total object 13.3.1 Total object and partitive object 13.3.2 Total object endings 13.4 Quantity adverbials taking object cases Chapter 14 Possessive endings 14.1 Possessive endings in nouns 14.2 Possessive endings in other parts of speech 14.3 Ways of expressing ownership (possession) Chapter 15 The six local cases 15.1 Inessive 15.2 Elative 15.3 Illative 15.4 Adessive 15.5 Ablative 15.6 Allative 15.7 Directional verbs 15.8 Place names Chapter 16 Other cases 16.1 Essive 16.2 Translative 16.3 Abessive 16.4 Comitative 16.5 Instructive Chapter 17 Numbers and numerals 17.1 Cardinal numbers 17.1.1 Inflection of cardinal numbers 17.1.2 Use of cardinal numbers 17.2 Ordinal numbers 17.3 Fractions Chapter 18 Pronouns 18.1 Personal pronouns 18.2 Demonstrative pronouns 18.3 Interrogative pronouns 18.4 Indefinite pronouns 18.5 Relative pronouns Chapter 19 Tenses 19.1 Present tense 19.2 Past tense 19.3 Perfect tense 19.4 Pluperfect tense 19.5 Negative forms 19.6 Expressing future time Chapter 20 Moods and modality 20.1 Indicative 20.2 Conditional 20.3 Imperative 20.4 Potential 20.5 Other means for expressing modality Chapter 21 Passive constructions 21.1 General 21.2 Passive present 21.3 Passive past 21.4 Passive perfect and pluperfect 21.5 Passive moods Chapter 22 Infinitive-based constructions 22.1 General 22.2 A infinitive 22.2.1 Basic form of the A infinitive 22.2.2 A infinitive translative 22.3 E infinitive 22.3.1 E infinitive inessive 22.3.2 E infinitive instructive 22.4 MA infinitive 22.4.1 Formation 22.4.2 MA infinitive inessive 22.4.3 MA infinitive elative 22.4.4 MA infinitive illative 22.4.5 MA infinitive adessive, abessive and instructive 22.5 MINEN infinitive Chapter 23 Participle-based constructions 23.1 General 23.2 VA participle active 23.3 VA participle passive 23.4 The NUT/TTU participles 23.5 The participial construction 23.6 The temporal construction 23.7 The agent construction 23.8 Verb unions with participles or infinitives Chapter 24 Comparison of adjectives 24.1 Comparative 24.2 Superlative Chapter 25 Other word classes and clitics 25.1 Adverbs 25.2 Prepositions 25.3 Postpositions 25.4 Conjunctions 25.5 Discourse particles 25.6 Clitics Chapter 26 Word formation 26.1 General 26.2 Derivation 26.2.1 Deriving nominals from nominals 26.2.2 Deriving nominals from verbs 26.2.3 Deriving verbs from verbs 26.2.4 Deriving verbs from nominals 26.2.5 Rare derivational endings 26.2.6 Multiple derivation 26.3 Compounding Chapter 27 The colloquial spoken language 27.1 General 27.2 Omission and assimilation of sounds 27.3 Differences of form Appendix 1 Detecting word structure Appendix 2 Definitions of key concepts Appendix 3 Material for studying Finnish as a foreign language
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Swedish
Book SynopsisColloquial Swedish provides a step-by-step course in Swedish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Swedish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.This thoroughly revised new edition features: progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and an increased focus on functional language structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios useful vocabulary lists throughout the text additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, <Table of Contents1. Hej! / Hi! 2 .Rebecca, en student / Rebecca, a student 3. Att resa / Travelling 4. På semester/ On holiday 5. Matlagning / Cooking 6. Att bli sambo/ Living together 7. På stan/ In town 8. På universitetet/ At the university 9. Före och efter festen / Before and after the party 10. En svensk familj/ A Swedish family 11. Johanna och hennes vänner /Johanna and her friends 12. Bills bilresa / Bill’s car journey 13. Skogsvandring/ A walk in the forest 14. En recension / A review 15. Kära mormor! Dear Grandma 16. Aj, min tå! / Ouch, my toe! 17. En speciell dag/ A special day
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Albanian
Book SynopsisColloquial Albanian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Albanian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Albanian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Albanian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include:A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writinTable of ContentsUNIT 1: Si jeni? 'How are you?' UNIT 2: Unë jam anglez, po ju? 'I am English, and you? UNIT 3: Në kafe 'At the coffee shop' UNIT 4: Suvenire nga Shqipëria 'Souvenirs from Albania' UNIT 5: Apartamenti im 'My apartment' UNIT 6: Në dyqan 'At the store' UNIT 7: Në restorant 'At the restaurant' UNIT 8: Pushimet 'Vacation' UNIT 9: Në rrugë 'On the street' UNIT 10: Në postë 'At the post office' UNIT 11: Në Tiranë 'In Tirana' UNIT 12: Si kalove fundjavën? 'How did you spend your weekend' UNIT 13: Te mjeku 'At the doctor's office' UNIT 14: Intervistë për punë 'A job interview' UNIT 15: Ismail Kadare
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Amharic
Book SynopsisColloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Amharic as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Amharic in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Amharic is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include:A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills JargonTrade Review'Colloquial Amharic is a good introduction for learners in spoken Amharic. For beginners and for self-improvers 'key to exercises' is very useful for controlling one's own improvements ... the author is to be congratulated for preparing an Amharic language course accompanied by recorded cassettes. We wish it a lot of readers. - Aethiopica, 1998Table of Contents1 Greetings 2 At school 3 Going to a restaurant 4 A chance meeting 5 Going shopping 6 Planning a trip 7 Writing a letter 8 Tourism in Ethiopia 9 An Ethiopian restaurant 10 Going to the hospital 11 A national holiday 12 A tour of Addis Ababa 13 Magazines and newspapers 14 Some magazine articles Grammatical tables Key to exercises Amharic–English glossary Grammatical index Amharic index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Italian
Book SynopsisColloquial Italian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Italian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Italian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Italian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include:A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Afrikaans
Book SynopsisColloquial Afrikaans provides a step-by-step course in Afrikaans as it is written and spoken in South Africa and Namibia today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Afrikaans in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.Key features include: progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios useful vocabulary lists throughout the text additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Afrikaans Table of ContentsAbout this book, Bruce Donaldson; Introduction, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 1 Meeting and greeting people, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 2 Shopping, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 3 Buying a ticket, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 4 Numbers and money, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 5 Making a date, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 6 Likes and dislikes, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 7 Asking the way, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 8 Colours, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 9 Comparing things, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 10 At play, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 11 In the process of doing things, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 12 Expressing time, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 13 The Weather, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 14 Exclamations, congratulations and apologies, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 15 Where? – on, under, behind or in front of?, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 16 Stellenbosch, a town which everyone loves, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter 17 There’s a school being built here, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter -bm1 List of countries, inhabitants, nationalities, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter -bm2 Answers to the exercises, Bruce Donaldson; Chapter -bm3 Grammar Summary, Bruce Donaldson;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Estonian
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Colloquial Estonian is easy to use and completely up-to-date. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Estonian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.What makes Colloquial Estonian your best choice in personal language learning? interactive lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice clear concise grammar notes practical useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide complete including answer key and special reference section. By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Estonian in a broad range of everyday situations. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download freely in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texTrade Review 'If you want to get to grips with any of the [European] languages, Routledge's Colloquial series is the best place you could start.'Rough Guide to Europe Table of ContentsIntroduction The Sounds of Estonian 1 Kaks vana sopra – Two old Friends 2 Telefon – The telephone 3 Kohvikus – In a café 4 Tartus – In Tartu 5 Pireti juures – Visiting Piret 6 Nädala päevad – Days of the week 7 Sünnipäev – A birthday 8 Riided – Clothing 9 Piret ostab riideid – Piret buys clothes 10 Ilm ja aastaajad – Weather and the seasons 11 Kauplustes – Shopping 12 Tööolu – Working life 13 Perekonna elu – Family life 14 Meresõit – Sailing 15 Küllakutse – An invitation 16 Eesti kirjandus – Estonian literature 17 Kaubamajas – At a department store 18 Eesti novell – An Estonian short story 19 Rongisõit – A train journey 20 Jõulud – Christmas Key to exercises Ready-reference grammar Glossary of grammatical terms Estonian – English glossary English – Estonian glossary Grammatical index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial French 2
Book SynopsisDo you know French already and want to go a stage further? If you''re planning a visit to France, need to brush up your French for work, or are simply doing a course, Colloquial French 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and to extend your skills.Colloquial French 2 is designed to help those involved in self-study, and structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday French. It has been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of French grammar and vocabulary.Key features of Colloquial French 2 include:* a broad range of everyday situations, focusing on France and the wider francophone world* revision: material to help consolidate and build up your basics* a wide range of contemporary documents* spoken and written exercises in each unit* highlighted key structures and phrases, a grammar reference and detailed answer keys
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Mongolian
Book SynopsisColloquial Mongolian is easy to use and completely up to date! Written by experience teachers of the language, Colloquial Mongolian offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Mongolian. No previous knowledge of the language is required.Features include:Guide to reading and writing the alphabetLively dialogues in true-to-life situationsConcise grammar explanationsA variety of exercises with full answer key, grammar summary, suffix index and two-way glossaryExplanatory notes on Mongolian culture and customsBy the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Mongolian in a broad range of everyday situations.Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop youTable of ContentsIntroduction, The alphabet, Pronunciation 1 A parent's tongue never rests 3 .Actions speak louder than words 4 Nothing ventur.ed, nothing gained 5 ,Never do things by halves 6 There's no place like home 7 You can lead a horse to water 8 , Look before you leap 9 Having no debt is wealth and no illness happiness, 10 , Heaven helps those who help themselves, Grammar summary Key to exercises Mongolian-English vocabulary Mongolian abbreviations, English-Mongolian vocabulary Grammar index, Suffix index, Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Colloquial Scottish Gaelic
Colloquial Scottish Gaelic provides a step-by-step course in Scottish Gaelic as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Scottish Gaelic in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.Key features include: progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios useful vocabulary lists throughout the text an overview of the sounds and alphabet of Scottish Gaelic additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogu
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf has been revised and updated to make learning this variety of Arabic easier and more enjoyable than ever before.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition -'Unlike most books on colloquial Arabic, this one covers the subject in a really comprehensive fashion. The author's experience in E[nglish] L[anguage] T[eaching] enables him to understand the needs of the learner who wishes to communicate effectively in Arabic -- two notable features of the book are the pacing of the material and the usefulness of the exercises... The dialogues are inventive, realistic and often humorous, and by the last unit the learner should be in a position to tackle "real" Gulf Arabic.' - from a review by Peter Emery, University of Bath, in the Journal of Semitic Studies, 29 (1984), p344-345.Table of ContentsIntroduction: How To Use This Book Pronunciation Guide Unit 1 Expressions of Quantity; Orders and Requests; ‘Please’,’Thank you’, ‘Be so Kind’ Unit 2 The Arabic Equivalent of ‘The’; The ‘Dual’; The Plural Unit 3 ‘How Much/Many?’ Prices; Numbers 1–10; Greetings Unit 4 Simple Descriptive Sentences; Noun-adjective Phrases; Some Other Types of Adjective Unit 5 Numbers 11 to 1,000,000; Age; Telling the Time; Personal Pronouns; ‘Who?’ and ‘What?’ Unit 6 Expressions of Place; The Verb: Past Tense. Unit 7 Past-tense Verbs: Verbs Beginning with a Glottal Stop; Past-tense Verbs: ‘Hollow’ Verbs; ‘To Say That’; ‘To Ask Whether’; Li’ann: ‘Because’; Expressions of Manner; Further Expressions of Time Unit 8 Noun-phrases; The Elative Adjective; Word Order Unit 9 Past-tense Verbs: ‘Doubled’ Verbs; Past-tense Verbs: ‘Weak’ Verbs; Time Conjunctions; Ordinal Numbers; Months Unit 10 Relative Clauses; Demonstrative Pronouns; Demonstrative Adjectives; The Negative in Equational Sentences; ‘Somebody’ and ‘Nobody’ Unit 11 The Imperfect Verb: Basic Forms; The Imperfect Verb: Different Stem-types; Review of Verb Forms; The Uses of the Imperfect Unit 12 Verb Strings; The Imperative: Strong Verbs; The Imperative: Other Types of Verb; The Negative Imperative Unit 13 The Active Participle; The Passive Participle Unit 14 The Derived Themes of the Verb (I) Unit 15 The Verbal Noun; Co-ordinated Negatives; Compound Adjectives; ‘Self’ Unit 16 The Derived Themes of the Verb (II); Conditional Sentences Unit 17 Quadriliteral Verbs; ‘To Wish/Want’ and ‘To Prefer’; Verbs with Double Objects Unit 18 Diminutives; Uses of ábu and umm; ‘How Big!’ etc.; ‘So-and-so’; Forms of Personal Address; Exhortations Unit 19 Verb Strings Involving kaan/yikúun; More Conjunctions; ‘As if’; Expressions Meaning ‘I think’; ‘Some’ and ‘Each Other’; Adverbs in -an Unit 20 Texts Answer-Key Appendices 1. Variations in Pronunciation 2. The Arabic Script Glossaries Gulf Arabic-English English-Gulf Arabic
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Greek
Book SynopsisColloquial Greek: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Greeceas it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Greek in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Greek is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar index and bilingual glossaries can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include: A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills Jargon-free, succinctTable of Contents1. Reading and speaking Greek 2. Meeting people 3. Travel 4. The family 5. Entertainment 6. Once upon a time . . . 7. Have a good holiday 8. The world of business 9. Buy Greek 10. A friend and a stranger 11. Get better soon 12. A healthy mind . . . 13. Time is money 14. The lion’s share! 15. ???? ???? 16. ??????????
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Taylor & Francis Colloquial Romanian
Book SynopsisThis fourth edition of Colloquial Romanian has been completely updated to make learning Romanian easier and more enjoyable than ever before.Written by experienced teachers of Romanian, this course offers a step-by-step approach to spoken and written Romanian. No previous knowledge of the language is required.What makes this new edition of Colloquial Romanian you best choice in language learning? lively dialogues reflecting life in contemporary Romania a range of stimulating exercises with full answer key clear grammar notes and summary extensive English-Romanian and Romanian-English glossaries. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skiTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Good day 2. Welcome to Romania 3. On holiday 4. What’s the time 5. At the restaurant 6. The weather forecast 7. At the Post Office 8. Going shopping 9. Buying a new car 10. Revision 11. Trouble at home 12. Friends 13. A visit to the doctor 14. The dream 15. At the market 16. Gossip 17. Sports 18. A new house 19. Bedtime story 20. Revision Key to exercises. Romanian verb table. Romanian-English glossary. English-Romanian glossary.
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Taylor & Francis Colloquial Spanish of Latin America
Book SynopsisColloquial Spanish of Latin America: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Latin American Spanish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Latin American Spanish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Spanish of Latin America is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include: A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Greetings 2. I leave at six 3. Reserving a hotel room 4. Where is it? 5. Weather and travel 6. Shopping 7. What are you doing? 8. What do I have to do? 9. I have lost 10. What are we going to do today? 11. It is said that 12. What did you do? 13. They will go to the market 14. I used to study 15. I hope you can 16. I would like 17. If I had 18. If you had sent 19. It has been 20. Review
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colloquial Yoruba
Book SynopsisColloquial Yoruba: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Yoruba as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Yoruba in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Yoruba is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include: A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and wriTrade Review'an excellent bridge for an obvious gap in the acquisition of Yoruba ... It is systematic, simple and clear' Oluseye Adesola, Yale University, USA Table of ContentsThe sounds of Yorùbá 1. N’ílé örê At a Friend’s House 2. Ìkíni àti ìpádé Greetings and Meetings 3. Sísörö nípa ènìyàn Talking about People 4. Wíwá ilé láti rêñtì Looking for a Place to Rent 5. Nõkan æjà àti a«æ Market Product and Clothing 6. Síse oúnj÷ Cooking 7. Nípa ìlera About your Health 8. Sísæ nípa ÷bí r÷ Talking About Your Family 9. »í«àpèjúwe ènìyàn àti ìlú Describing People and Towns 10. Wìwá önà Finding One’s Way 11. Títún nõkan »e Fixing a Problem 12. Pípàdé ènìyàn ní ibùdó ækö-òfurufú ní Èkó Meeting Someone at the Airport 13. Lílæ sí orí«irí«i ibi Planning Different Places to Visit 14. Báwo ni ibë «e rí? What’s it like There? 15. Sí«e ìwádìí Getting Information. Grammar Summary. Key to Exercises. Yorùbá-English Glossary. English-Yorùbá Glossary
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Macmillan Learning Bedford Glossary of Critical Literary Terms
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WW Norton & Co Its My Whole Life
Book SynopsisA gripping biography of Charlotte Salomon, and an ode to how art can capture both life's everyday beauty and its monumental horrors
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WW Norton & Co Abuela Dont Forget Me
Book SynopsisRex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humour, heartbreak and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy
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Taylor & Francis A Spanish Learning Grammar
Book SynopsisA Spanish Learning Grammar, Third Edition , is an innovative reference grammar and workbook suitable for you, whether you are studying Spanish at intermediate or advanced level.Its straightforward explanations of grammar are supported by examples with contemporary vocabulary, humorous cartoon drawings, and plentiful, varied exercises, helping you to grasp often complex points of grammar in an enjoyable way. Its carefully devised two-part structure mirrors the learning process, allowing you to focus on core knowledge first and enabling you to progress confidently to more advanced knowledge at your own pace.Key features for this third edition include: New drawings which illustrate grammar through real-life scenarios New vocabulary bringing you up-to-date with Spanish in the digital agRe-ordering of the section on verbs, making the tenses easier for you to findTo aid your understanding, this third edition also containsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Glossary of Grammatical Terms 1 Pronunciation, Accents, Spelling and Punctuation 2 Articles 3 Nouns 4 Adjectives 5 Comparison 6 Numerals 7 Personal Pronouns 8 Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns 9 Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns 10 Relative Clauses 11 Interrogatives and Exclamations 12 Indefinites 13 Verbs 14 Present Tense 15 Future Tense 16 Conditional Tense 17 Perfect Tense 18 Preterite Tense 19 Imperfect Tense 20 The Preterite and Imperfect Tenses Contrasted 21 Compound Tenses 22 The Subjunctive 23 Continuous Forms of the Verb 24 If-clauses 25 The Imperative 26 Spelling Changes in Verbs 27 Modal Verbs 28 Gustar-type and Impersonal Verbs 29 Ser and Estar 30 Active and Passive 31 Pronominal Verbs 32 The Infinitive 33 The Past Participle 34 The Gerund 35 Negation 36 Adverbs 37 Prepositions 38 Conjunctions 39 Diminutives and Augmentatives 40 Word Order Verb Tables Key to Part I Exercises Key to Part II Exercises Index
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Rose Publishing (CA) Biblical Names and Their Meanings
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John Murray Press Novelista: Anyone can write a novel. Yes, even
Book SynopsisNOVELISTA is a friendly, straight-talking writing guide for people who want to write a novel but don't know how to begin. It asks all the important questions and gives a host of reassuring answers that demonstrate that anyone can write a novel - even you!To begin with, what the hell is a novel? It's basically a tiny world, where characters are born, live, and (sometimes) die. To write one all you need is a notebook and a pen - but along the way you'll want to learn about good writing habits, planning, mastering descriptions and dialogue and how to pull it all together. This book will guide you through the process and orient you towards the goal of publication.From absolute beginner to novelista, this book will change the way you write and think about writing.
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Ulysses Press Dirty Chinese: Everyday Slang from 'What's Up?'
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Writing a Successful Research Paper: A Simple
Book SynopsisThis brief, practical guide offers a clear and comprehensive strategy for conceptualizing, approaching, and executing the task of writing a research paper in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, it provides: a critical and process-oriented approach to the tasks of topic selection, formulation of the research question, thesis development, and argumentation. judiciously selected examples drawn from a broad range of disciplines. concise treatment of the aims, methods, and conventions of scholarly research, including the opportunities and pitfalls of Internet use. a wealth of conceptual and organizational tools, and more. Trade ReviewWriting a successful research paper is not easy, but Stanley Chodorow's book is so lucid and well organized that, with it as an aid, students will find the process less daunting--and perhaps even satisfying. The sixth chapter, on using evidence, is the best and most helpful thing I've ever read on that crucial topic. --Al Filreis, Kelly Professor of English, Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House, and Director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, University of PennsylvaniaFrom freshman theme to graduate thesis, the research paper is a complex assignment. This readable and engaging book guides students through the process of producing one, explaining not only how to approach each step along the way but also how sound execution of each step contributes to a successful outcome. Its clear organization allows students either to dip into the book as needed or read it cover to cover. --Carolyn Lougee Chappell, Frances and Charles Field Professor in History, Martin Family Fellow in Undergraduate Education, and Director of Structured Liberal Education, Stanford UniversityAt last!--a short and snappy book on how to approach writing research papers. This volume is a welcome alternative to the thick 'how-to' books that stress mechanics. Chodorow helps one think through the process of crafting a research paper. All else follows thereafter. --Carol DeBoer-Langworthy, Department of English, Brown University
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New World Library Seven Secrets to the Perfect Personal Essay
Book SynopsisInvaluable advice for writing a knockout essay ? for college admissions or self-expression ? that moves readers and reveals insights into the human condition Everyone has a story, and helping people tell their stories has been Nancy Slonim Aronie?s life mission. Building on her acclaimed Memoir as Medicine, this new guide tackles the short personal essay. With warmth and humor, Nancy provides prompts, inspiration, and hard-won wisdom to empower you to write an unforgettable narrative. You?ll learn to begin with an irresistible hook (?kill ?em with the first line?) and employ compelling direct quotes, drama, vulnerability, universal themes, and self-reflection to get readers into your corner. Nancy illustrates her advice with remarkable examples of her own and others? essays. You?ll read about actor Tony Shalhoub?s unlikely canine savior, Kate Taylor?s collaboration with Peter Asher and Elton John in the musical crucible of Los Angeles in 1970, Nancy and her beloved husband?s adventures in polyamory, and much more. In a culture increasingly inundated with generic AI-generated text, a well-crafted personal narrative is more important than ever, a declaration of human connection and meaning. Use Nancy?s secrets to stand out from the crowd and get your one-of-a-kind story onto the page.
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Ulysses Press Talking With Your Toddler: 75 Fun Activities and
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£13.49
Dalkey Archive Press Jouney to the South
Book SynopsisIn a small village on the southern coast of Crete, the narrator meets a young man who tells him a history of his journey which took him from Prague as far as to the Libyan sea. It is a voyage to uncover mysterious deaths of two brothers: one was murdered during the ballet performance, the body of the second one was found by Turkish fishermen at the Asia Minor shores. On the move, the amateur detective is accompanied by one of the brothers´ girlfriend. They have to work out a lot of traces, clues and rebuses – seemingly meaningless clusters of letters in the picture of a Hungarian painter, fragments of words created in the sea by bodies of phosphorescing worms, puzzling shapes of jelly sweets found in a small shop in Croatia or the plot of an American sci-fi thriller movie, which the protagonists watch in the cinema in Rome suburb. Such leads send the heroes from town to town, the plot takes part on night trains and many places in Europe - in Bratislava, Budapest, Lublan, on the islands of Mykon and Crete… With the search for the murderer of both the brothers many other stories are interconnected, and they take the readers to even more distant places of the Earth: Moscow, Boston, Mexico City…
£15.20
American University in Cairo Press Fish, Milk, Tamarind: A Book of Egyptian Arabic
Book SynopsisGOURMAND AWARD WINNER 2023, BEST ILLUSTRATEDA delightfully illustrated selection of 100 commonly used Egyptian food expressions Can you guess what Egyptians mean when they say that something is “a peeled banana” or that someone is “sleeping in honey” or has "turned the sea to tahini"? You may find the answers quite unexpected when you open the pages of this delightful giftbook featuring some one hundred popular food-inflected phrases and sayings used by native speakers of Egyptian Arabic.Idiomatic expressions lend color, dynamism, and humor to everyday speech, and convey complex ideas and beliefs with an economy of words that also tell us something about the culture from which they spring. Each expression in Fish, Milk, Tamarind is given in Arabic script and English transliteration followed by its literal and intended meanings, while humorous color illustrations throughout help readers visualize and remember the expressions. Learners and native speakers of Arabic, as well as Egypt enthusiasts and language lovers will find much in this book to teach, entertain, and enthrall them.Trade Review"Thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, Fish, Milk, Tamarind: A Book of Egyptian Arabic Food Expressions is a unique and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Arabic Language collections."—Midwest Book Review
£14.99
Profile Books Ltd That's The Way It Crumbles: The American Conquest
Book SynopsisAre we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms into our everyday speech? You betcha. And are we outraged? Hell, yes. But do we do anything? Too much hassle. Until now. In That's The Way It Crumbles Matthew Engel presents a call to arms against the linguistic impoverishment that happens when one language dominates another. With dismay and wry amusement, he traces the American invasion of our language from the early days of the New World, via the influence of Edison, the dance hall and the talkies, right up to the Apple and Microsoft-dominated present day, and explores the fate of other languages trying to fend off linguistic takeover bids. It is not the Americans' fault, more the result of their talent for innovation and our own indifference. He explains how America's cultural supremacy affects British gestures, celebrations and way of life, and how every paragraph and conversation includes words the British no longer even think of as Americanisms. Part battle cry, part love song, part elegy, this book celebrates the strange, the banal, the precious and the endangered parts of our uncommon common language.Trade ReviewAn acerbically witty and entertaining survey ... a work of stubborn persistence, or resistance. * Sunday Times *One of journalism's great exponents of English English. -- Peter Preston * Guardian *Throughout his entertaining history, Engel argues for a stout forward defence against this onslaught of "cool" and "fun" and "you guys". -- Tim Adams * The Guardian *Highly entertaining. * Spectator *Engel [hunts] down his prey like a linguistic witchfinder-general ... short-tempered but consistently witty. -- John Sutherland * New Statesman *Praise for Engel's England: 'Wry, rueful, funny, packed with knowledge, and, like all good reporting, entirely personal and subjective, it is simply the most enjoyable commentary on today's England that could be imagined. * Sunday Times *Highly personal and very funny * London Review of Books *The great pleasure in the book - for Engel as much as the reader - is in his love of the entertaining factual nugget * Financial Times *Engel has the perfect light, humorous touch for the task. * New Statesman *Immensely enjoyable... Engel is a wonderfully wry comic writer. * The Guardian *
£10.44
Atlantic Books Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the
Book SynopsisDid you know that the word 'prestige' derives from the Latin word for 'illusion'? Or that 'infantry' stems from a Latin word meaning one who could not speak? In this original and highly entertaining book, Peter Jones reveals the roots of Latin words that are now common in the English language and shows how Romans actually used them in the ancient world. Covering every aspect of Roman life - from politics, philosophy, religion and the arts, to technology, warfare, medicine and botany - Quid Pro Quo highlights the vital role Latin has played in the creation of our vast vocabulary.Trade ReviewWhat did the Romans ever do for us? Well, besides the sanitation, the roads, etc, they left us Latin, and in this wonderfully informative survey, Peter Jones guides us through the ways in which their language has percolated through our own. Jones wears his learning lightly and there's an arresting insight or a fascinating historical anecdote on every page. * Mail on Sunday *Wonderfully enteratining * Spectator *
£10.44
