Provides comprehensive definitions and phonetics for both languages with over 10,000 entries. Also includes transliteration guides, a detailed index of geographical names, notes on Estonian cuisine, and the Estonian national anthem--Cover.
Estonian is the national language of Estonia, a small Baltic republic which gained it's independence after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. This book provides three thousand, seven hundred dictionary entries, a pronunciation guide, and basic Estonian grammar. It also includes phrases for the traveler, student or businessperson, and practical cultural information.
This textbook is intended foremost for Americans and other speakers of English with an interest in the Estonian language. Its forty lessons are each divided into six sections: grammar, readngs, vocabulary, exercises, expressions, and answers to the exercises. For the most part, the textbook may be used for independent study.
Lonely Planet Estonian, Latvian & Lithuanian Phrasebook is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Baltic phrases for all your travel needs. Chat to locals, shop at markets and order local dishes; all with your trusted travel companion.
This third edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages, and exotic scripts, will continue to fascinate the reader. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include more languages, more countries, and up-to-date data on populations. Features include: *information on nearly 600 languages *individual descriptions of 200 languages, with sample passages and English translations *concise notes on where each language is spoken, its history, alphabet and pronunciation *coverage of every country in the world, its main language and speaker numbers *an introduction to language families
English Words Abroad summarizes the methods developed for the innovative multilingual Dictionary of European Anglicisms (Görlach 2001, OUP) which combines data on English loanwords in sixteen European languages (four each for Germanic, Slavic, Romance and others). This summary allows us to quantify for the first time the extent of the lexical impact of loanwords on individual languages and cultures. The author discusses the elicitation of data from informants with a high linguistic awareness; criteria for inclusion; problems of integration on graphemic, phonological, morphological and semantic/stylistic levels; and speakers' reactions (purism, language, legislation). He then explores the possibilities of applying these methods to dictionaries of gallicisms and germanisms. The book includes a survey of the most recent dictionaries of anglicisms in European languages.