The Book of Languages
Author: Mick Webb
Publisher: Owlkids
Published: 2015-04-14
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781771471558
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Take a tour of 21 of the world's most commonly spoken languages!"--Back cover.
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Author: Mick Webb
Publisher: Owlkids
Published: 2015-04-14
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781771471558
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Take a tour of 21 of the world's most commonly spoken languages!"--Back cover.
Author: Julie Tetel Andresen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016-01-19
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 1118531280
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world’s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Balances linguistic analysis with socio-historical and political context, offering a cohesive picture of the relationship between language and society Provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of language by drawing not only on the diverse fields of linguistics (structural, linguist anthropology, historical, sociolinguistics), but also on history, biology, genetics, sociology, and more Includes nine detailed language profiles on Kurdish, Arabic, Tibetan, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Tamil, !Xóõ (Taa), Mongolian, and Quiché A companion website offers a host of supplementary materials including, sound files, further exercises, and detailed introductory information for students new to linguistics
Author: Kat— Lomb
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1606437062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKAT LOMB (1909-2003) was one of the great polyglots of the 20th century. A translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world, Lomb worked in 16 languages for state and business concerns in her native Hungary. She achieved further fame by writing books on languages, interpreting, and polyglots. Polyglot: How I Learn Languages, first published in 1970, is a collection of anecdotes and reflections on language learning. Because Dr. Lomb learned her languages as an adult, after getting a PhD in chemistry, the methods she used will be of particular interest to adult learners who want to master a foreign language.
Author: Tore Janson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2002-03-14
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 0191622907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a history of human speech from prehistory to the present. It charts the rise of some languages and the fall of others, explaining why some survive and others die. It shows how languages change their sounds and meanings, and how the history of languages is closely linked to the history of peoples. Writing in a lively, readable style, distinguished Swedish scholar Tore Janson makes no assumptions about previous knowledge. He takes the reader on a voyage of exploration through the changing patterns of the world's languages, from ancient China to ancient Egypt, imperial Rome to imperial Britain, Sappho's Lesbos to contemporary Africa. He discovers the links between the histories of societies and their languages; he shows how language evolved from primitive calls; he considers the question of whether one language can be more advanced than another. The author describes the history of writing and looks at the impact of changing technology. He ends by assessing the prospects for English world domination and predicting the languages of the distant future. Five historical maps illustrate this fascinating history of our defining characteristic and most valuable asset.
Author: Anatole Lyovin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 0195149882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe only textbook of its kind, An Introduction to the Languages of the World is designed to introduce beginning linguistics students, who now typically start their study with little background in languages, to the variety of the languages of the world.
Author: Eric Dondero R.
Publisher:
Published: 2002-02-01
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780971853317
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Asya Pereltsvaig
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-02-09
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1107002788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces readers to the rich diversity of human languages, familiarizing them with the variety of languages around the world.
Author: Gary Chapman
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2014-12-11
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 0802492401
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 20 million copies sold! A perennial New York Times bestseller for over a decade! Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? In the #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages®, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today. The 5 Love Languages® is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work. Includes the Love Language assessment so you can discover your love language and that of your loved one.
Author: K. David Harrison
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0195372069
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. This text focuses on the question: what is lost when a language dies?
Author: Philip Baldi
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780809310913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive linguistic survey of the Indo-European groups synthesizes the vast amount of information contained in the specialized handbooks of the individual stocks. The text begins with an introduction to the concept of the Indo-European language family, the history of its discovery, and the techniques of analysis. The introduction also gives a structural sketch of Proto-Indo-European, the parent language from which the others are descended. Baldi then devotes a chapter to each of the 11 major branches of Indo-European (Italic, Celtic, Indo-Iranian, Greek, Armenian, Albanian, Baltic, Slavic, Germanic, Tocharian, and Anatolian). Each chapter provides an outline of the external history of the branch, its people, dialects, and other relevant history. This outline is followed by a structural sketch of the most important language or languages of the branch (e.g., Old Irish for Celtic, Sanskrit and Avestan for Indo-Iranian, Latin and Osco-Umbrian for Italic). The sketch also contains the phonology, morphology, and syntax of each language. There is lastly a sample text of each language containing both interlinear and free translation. In those branches where there are special issues (e.g., the relation of Italic to Celtic and Baltic to Slavic, or the problem of archaism in Hittite), additional discussions of these issues are provided. Baldi's final chapter gives a brief outline of the "minor" Indo-European languages such as Illyrian, Thracian, Raetic, and Phrygian. Adding further to the usefulness of the book are extensive bibliographies, an up-to-date map showing the geographical distribution of the Indo-European languages throughout the world, and a detailed family tree diagram of the members of each subgroup within the Indo-European language family and their interrelationships.