Carl Winter, 1991. — 477 S. — (Indogermanische Bibliothek). Dieses Wörterbuch will in erster Linie wie Sturtevants „Hittite Glossary“ die sicher oder wahrscheinlich gedeuteten (keilschrift-)hethitischen Wörter mit Literatur zusammenstellen. Stärker als Sturtevants Buch aber will es dem Benutzer die Kritik der mitgeteilten Wortbedeutungen erleichtern. Das wird erstrebt durch...
Brill, 2023. — 540 p. — (Ancient Languages and Civilizations 4). Ever since the early 2nd millennium BCE, Pre-Classical Anatolia has been a crossroads of languages and peoples. Indo-European peoples – Hittites, Luwians, Palaeans – and non-Indo-European ones – Hattians, but also Assyrians and Hurrians – coexisted with each other for extended periods of time during the Bronze...
Les Éditions G. van Oest, 1931. — 182 p. — (Ars Asiatica XVII). Dans ce volume aux belles reproductions, M. André Godard étudie un art original, révélé par la découverte d'objets en bronze dans les anciennes nécropoles kassites du Luristan.
Halgo, 1988. — 166 p. Introduction to the paleography of the early hieratic script - from the first cursive records with a reed pen during the Early Dynastic period (0-I-III dynasty: XXI-XXVII / XXVI century BC) through the formation of this script in the era of the Old Kingdom (IV-VI dynasty: XXVI / XXII century BC) to the early XII dynasty of the Middle Kingdom (XX century...
Shangri-La Publications, 2001. — 214 p. What we are examining is the individual handwriting quirks of ancient Egyptian scribes, glimpsing beyond linguistic thoughts into the subconscious elements of writing itself. Continuing on the strengths of the Hieratic Paleography series, this volume begins to explore the intricate world of ancient cryptography, showing that it is even...
New York University Press, 1990. — 155 p. The subject of this book and of the lectures that led to it is simple enough: the celebrated Masjid-e Jomeh, or Friday Mosque, in Isfahan. It is difficult now to recapture my fascination as a graduate student and as a beginning teacher with some of its parts, like the court itself or the north dome; it was a fascination born of reading...
Thames & Hudson, 2021. — 208 p. — (World of Art). The Viking Age in Europe lasted from the time of the first major Viking expeditions in 800 CE to the widespread adoption of Christianity in Scandinavia some 300 years later. During that time, Viking art and culture spread across continental Europe and into the world beyond. Written by a leading authority on the subject, this...
Aboriginal Studies Press, 2019. — 449 p. The Mudburra to English Dictionary contains Mudburra words with English translations, illustrations and detailed encyclopaedic information about plants, animals and cultural practices. Also included is a guide to Mudburra grammar, an English index and handsigns used by Mudburra people. This volume is ideal for both beginners and advanced...
Lincom Europa, 2000. — 116 p. — (Languages of the world: Materials 340). Kunming Chinese, commonly regarded as lingua franca of Yunnan province, is a major variety of Yunnanese, a member of Southwestern Mandarin. Based primarily on the linguistic typology and geographic distribution, Kunming Chinese has been further classified in one of the four major subgroups of Yunnanese:...
Angers, Association d'Égyptologie Isis, 2005. — 78 p. — (Cahiers de l'Association d'Égyptologie ISIS 4). Sinouhé est l’un des rares héros de la littérature pharaonique, sinon le seul, à posséder aujourd’hui encore une notoriété publique internationale, due en grande partie au succès de quelques romans historiques modernes. Mais célèbre, il l’était déjà dans son pays au deuxième...
Indiana University, 1963. — 128 p. — (Uralic and Altaic series 14). Peter Hajdu's THE SAMOYED PEOPLES AND LANGUAGES is based on a series of articles the author wrote for Magyar Nyelvor in the late 1940s. The English translation which appeared in 1963 was extensively revised and expanded. The anthropological portion covers dress, religion, diet, hunting and herding, use of...
Philipp von Zabern Verlag, 2006. — 1—1547 S. — (Hannig‐Lexica 5). Der nun vorliegende Teil 5 der Hannig-Lexica umfasst in 2 Bänden die Zeit des Mittleren Reiches und der Zweiten Zwischenzeit (ca. 2050-1550 v. Chr.). Es ist die Zeit der klassischen Literatur, die durch Werke wie den »Sinuhe«, den »Schiffbrüchigen« und den »Lebensmüden« repräsentiert wird. Das Erfolgskonzept der...
Institute for the Study of Man, 1997. — 360 p. — (Journal of Indo-European studies: Monograph 22). Raimo Anttila - Beating a Goddess out of the Bush? Vaclav Blažek - Indo-European "Seven" Claude Pierre Boisson - The Phonotactics of Sumerian J. C. Catford - The Myth of the Primordial Click Madhav M. Deshpande - Panini and the Distinctive Features Joseph H. Greenberg - Does...
Dietrich Reimer, 1980. — 232 p. — (Language and dialect atlas of Kenya 2). Part 1: A Survey - Language structures in Kenya - A survey of the non-Bantu languages Part 2: Linguistic data - Turkana - Camus, a Maa dialect - Munyo, an Oromo dialect - Elmolo - Rendille
Armand Colin, 2018. — 242 p. — (Mon cours en fiches). Cet ouvrage fait le pari de traiter de manière simple et concise, en 50 fiches, l'essentiel des connaissances en langue médiévale. Réparties en trois grandes sections (morphologie, phonétique historique et syntaxe), les fiches sont accompagnées de nombreux conseils et astuces méthodologiques.- Un contenu adapté aussi bien...
Batsford, 1995. — 233 p. With the help of over 100 illustrations, many of them little known, Martin Henig shows that the art produced in Britannia--particularly in the golden age of Late Antiquity--rivals that of other provinces and deserves comparison with the art of metropolitan Rome. The originality and breadth of Henig's study is shown by its systematic coverage, embracing...
Walter de Gruyter, 2020. — 486 S. 4., völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage Die vorliegende Einführung erscheint in der 4. Auflage als völlig neu konzipierte Bearbeitung. Sie vermittelt neben einem umfassenden Überblick über die Grammatik des Mittelhochdeutschen (und früherer Sprachstufen des Deutschen) auch grundlegende Kenntnisse der mittelhochdeutschen Syntax, Semantik und Metrik....
Hippocrene Books, 2008. — 104 p. — (Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Dictionaries). The latest in the dictionary series that gives children a fun first taste of a foreign language. - Designed to be the first foreign language dictionary for children ages 5-10. - 500 illustrated entries. - Allows a child to make the connection between a picture and the word. - Entries consist of...
Oxford University Press, 2018. — 416 p. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land covers the 3,000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--and relates the familiar stories of the sacred texts with the fruits of modern scholarship. Beginning with the origins of the people who became the Israel of the Bible, it follows the course of the ensuing...
Helmut Buske Verlag, 1989. — 432 p. — (Kuschitische Sprachstudien/Cushitic language studies 7). This is a comparative dictionary of the five most important Highland East Cushitic languages, spoken in south-central Ethiopia. From north to south, these are Hadiyya, Kambata, Sidamo, Gedeo, and Burji. The position of Highland East Cushitic (HEC) in Cushitic and the genetic...
Tuttle Publishing, 2021. — 107 p. A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Vietnamese--whether you're 5 or 100! This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Vietnamese words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Vietnamese script--with a Romanized version to help you pronounce it correctly--along with the English meaning. The words are...
Hippocrene Books, 2000. — 204 p. This is the ideal reference tool for people who want to communicate in Albanian but have no previous knowledge of the language. It includes an Albanian-English/English-Albanian dictionary along with helpful phrasebook chapters covering topics like shopping, dining and transportation.
TEC Co. Ltd., 1970. — 736 p. Robert Austerlitz - Agglutination in Northern Eurasia in Perspective Emile Benveniste - Definition d'un parfait en paleo-siberien oriental Knut Bergsland - An Aspect of Subordination in Aleut Eric Buyssens - The Common Name and the Proper Name Denzel Carr - The Semiregularization of English Spelling Y.R. Chao - Interlingual and Interdialectal...
Hippocrene Books, 1993. — 328 p. — (Hippocrene Master Series). These imaginative courses, designed for both individual and classroom use, assume no previous knowledge of the language. The unique combination of practical exercises and step-by-step grammar emphasizes a functional approach to new scripts and their vocabularies. Everyday situations and local customs are explored...
Foreign Service Institute, 1968. — 384 p. Luganda is a Bantu language which is spoken either as a first or a second language by large portion of the people of Uganda. In adittion, it I close related to some of its neighbors, including Lunyoro and Runyankole. FSI Courses are language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute and were primarily intended for US government...
William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1992. — 468 p. Comprehensive in scope, this carefully crafted introductory grammar of Biblical Hebrew offers easy-to-understand explanations, numerous biblical illustrations, and a wide range of imaginative, biblically based exercises. According to Page Kelley, his book is "designed not so much for seasoned travelers as for those who are just...
Newsweek, 1977. — 200 p. Fashion is identity. It tells us at a glance the nationality, occupation, and social station of the wearer—and often something about his or her religion, education, and sexual proclivities as well. From wedding band to old school tie, from hardhat to sensible shoes, every item of apparel helps to establish its owner's place in society. There is no...
Hippocrene Books, 2002. — 340 p. — (Hippocrene Concise Dictionary). Includes 8,000 total entries with phonetic pronunciation for both Uzbek and English. Concise, easy-to-use format. Ideal for travelers, businesspeople, and students of English or Uzbek.
Page Street Publishing, 2020. — 228 p. Let your creativity bloom with this inspiring step-by-step guide to painting lush roses, delicate daisies, blossoming cacti and more. Gouache makes it easy to create rich, bright colors for an impressive impact in just a few strokes. This forgiving medium is great for beginners, as well as watercolor artists looking for a bold, new way to...
De Gruyter Mouton, 2025. — 1076 p. — (Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics 7). This volume is the first full-fledged handbook of Japanese dialects in English. The study of Japanese dialects has a long tradition, and significant contributions have been made in many subfields of linguistics such as geolinguistics, sociolinguistics, philology, phonology, accentology,...
Rüdiger Köppe, 2008. — 365 p. — (Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung/Research in Khoisan studies 23). The Khwe language belongs to the Khoisan family. It is linguistically classified as a member of the Kalahari Khoe languages which form a subgroup of the Central Khoisan or ‘Khoe’. Khwe is closely related to ||Ani or ||Ani-Khwe (the language of the ||Ani-Khwe who are sometimes called...
B.H. Blackwell Ltd., 1999. — 696 p. This edition includes an original reproduction of historical and biographical inscriptions from the Ramesses era (13th-11th centuries BC) - the second "Golden Age" in the history of the Egyptian New Kingdom, as well as an English translation and detailed commentary. Kenneth Kitchen (b. 1932) is an English archaeologist and professor at the...
Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2011. — 577 p. GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, VOLUME I provides you with a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions! Easy to read and understand, the 13th edition of the most widely read art history book in the English language continues to evolve, providing a rich cultural backdrop for...
Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2009. — 622 p. As fascinating as a real visit to the world's famous museums and architectural sites, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY gives you a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions—plus all the study tools you need to excel in your art history course! Easy to read and understand, this...
Archaeopress Publishing Limited, 2016. — 455 p. Kurdistan is home to some of the most important archaeological sites in the world, ranging from the Stone Age to the most recent past. While in earlier decades this exceptional potential did not receive the degree of attention which it merited, the past ten years has seen a burgeoning of cutting edge archaeological field projects...
Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2005. — 472 S. — (Beiträge zur Iranistik 26). Balochi belongs to the less intensely studied Modern Iranian languages. It has, however, fascinated those who studied it by its archaic appearance in phonological matters. In spite of the relatively small number of academic works devoted to Balochi linguistics, the language is of great importance both for...
Carl Winter, 1960. — 272 S. — (Indogermanische Bibliothek: Lehr- und Handbücher). Band I dieses Elementarbuches enthält nach einer kurzen Einleitung die grammatische Darstellung der tocharischen Sprache. Dabei sind die beiden tocharischen Dialekte A (Osttocharisch) und B (Westtocharisch) fortlaufend und systematisch einander konfrontiert worden. Urn diese Konfrontierung in...
Yale University Press, 1984. — 590 p. By now a classic, it presents in a single volume a coherent overall view of the history and the changing character of Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, from Rome and Milan to North Africa, from Constantinople to Greece and the Balkans, and from Egypt and Jerusalem to the villages and monasteries of Syria, Asia Minor, Armenia, and...
Stanford University Press, 1991. — 427 p. With its range focused on Indo-European and extending across Eurasia and into the Americas, this collection of seventeen studies investigates various aspects of the long-range comparison and classification of Indo-European and other major language groups. Some of them confront the controversial question of whether Indo-European and...
Ananke, 2010. — 359 p. "Mi dedico interamente al copto. Voglio sapere l'egiziano come il mio francese, poiché sono certo che su questa lingua sarà basato il mìo grande lavoro sui papiri egizi", così Jean Francois Champollion scriveva al fratello maggiore Jean Jacques nel 1810. Solo tre anni prima l'illustre studioso aveva letto la prefazione della sua opera intitolata L'Egypte...
L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale,, 1955. — 467 p. — (Bibliothèque d'étude 12). L'un des ouvrages les plus significatifs sur la grammaire de la langue égyptienne moyenne, l'ouvrage de l'égyptologue français Gustave Lefebvre (1879-1957).
University of Texas Press, 1974. — 292 p. Syntax, the study of sentences, is generally held to be the heart of grammar. Whether or not, with students of language like Rudolf Carnap and Noam Chomsky, one takes semantics to be interpretive, phonology must be so viewed; and morphology deals with a subcomponent of syntax. Morphological and phonological studies must therefore be...
Andre Deutsch, 1975. — 264 p. — (Language library). The present volume has been conceived as an introduction to the rich linguistic heritage of Great Britain and Ireland. To this end, accounts are given of the external history of the languages concerned, after which their structure is described in outline and illustrated by a range of reading passages. Bibliographies are...
Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2000. — 1854 S. Von den drei großen altägyptischen Sprachepochen (Ägyptisch im engeren Sinne, Demotisch und Koptisch) hat bisher nur die erste mit dem von 1935 bis 1952 erschienenen Namenbuch von H. Ranke eine lexikalische Erschließung ihrer Personennamen erfahren. In einem langjährigen Unternehmen wurden nun auch die Personennamen des gesamten zur Zeit...
Hippocrene Books, 1991. — 630 p. — (Hippocrene Standard Dictionary). This companion volume to English-Hungarian dictionary contains more than 30,000 entries and valuable resources including pronunciation guides and measurement conversions. This dictionary is intended for beginners, intermediate and advanced students of English. However, the modern vocabulary will aid anyone who...
Institute for the Study of Man, 1998. — 923 p. Archeological, genetic, linguistic, metallurgical, and climate studies into the Bronze Age and early Iron Age peoples of Eastern Central Asia. Volume 1 Archeology An Zhimin - Cultural Complexes of the Bronze Age in the Tarim Basin and Surrounding Areas Elena E. Kuzmina - Cultural Connections of the Tarim Basin People and...
University of Toronto Press, 1986. — 292 p. This anthology of translated histories, chronicles, saint’s lives, theological treatises, and accounts presents an in-depth analysis of Byzantine art. Focusing on Constantinople, Mango chronicles the arts, and places them in historical, political, and theological perspective. First published in 1972.
Luzac & Co., 1963. — 252 p. The present work attempts to fill a longstanding gap in Indo-European linguistics. Armenian is, of course, an essential ingredient of prototype Indo-European, the basis of all comparative study within the field. A valid reconstruction of this prototype can be achieved only by using all the evidence available, and by applying to it the strict rules of...