UTET, 2015. — 679 p. Tenendo conto delle recenti scoperte archeologiche e attraverso un'analisi meticolosa delle testimonianze storiche, religiose, letterarie e artistiche, l'autore traccia un quadro d'insieme organico e approfondito, che si estende dalle ultime manifestazioni dell'età del bronzo fino all'epoca romana e ci fornisce, con questo libro, una preziosa lente per la...
Helmut Buske, 2016. — 212 S. Die 14 ausgewählten Kurzgeschichten von Niko Lortkipanidse, Amiran Ninua, Nodar Dumbadse, Rewas Inanischwili, Ana Mcheidse, Konstantine Dshandieri, Dato Barbakadse, Lascha Bughadse und Beso Chwedelidse sind größtenteils Erstveröffentlichungen. Kriterien für die Auswahl waren die literarische Qualität und die Eignung für Georgischlernende zur...
Oxford University Press, 2009. — 276 p. — (Oxford History of Art). China boasts a history of art lasting over 5,000 years and embracing a huge diversity of forms - objects of jade, lacquer and porcelain, painted scrolls and fans, sculptures in stone, bronze and wood, and murals.But this rich tradition has not, until now been fully appreciated in the West where scholars have...
Parkstone International, 2012. — 256 p. Through his eclecticism, William Morris (1834-1896) was one of the most emblematic personalities of the nineteenth century. Painter, architect, poet and engineer, wielding the quill as well as the brush, he jolted Victorian society by discarding standards established by triumphant industry. His commitment to the writing of the Socialist...
National Textbook Company, 1995. — 196 p. A fully illustrated communicative course in contemporary Russian, Russian Face to Face integrates speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills as it presents the rich and multifaceted culture of modern Russia in its great ethnic diversity. Students communicate in Russian throughout the course, learning how to greet aad address...
Hippocrene Books, 1974. — 760 p. For the first time the publishers dictionary of Russian verbs is available in English. Since its first appearance in 1954 the German version has been widely used in the English-speaking countries, a fact which encouraged the publishers to commission the English version, basing on the new and completely revised German edition of 1971. It contains...
Langenscheidt, 1995. — 1760 S. Das Große Schulwörterbuch Russisch von Daum/Schenk, erschienen beim führenden Wörterbuch-Verlag Langenscheidt, ist das Referenzwerk für die russische Sprache. Es beinhaltet über 140.000 Stichwörter und Wendungen auf 1.758 Seiten. Neben dem hohen Anteil an allgemeinsprachigem Vokabular enthält das Werk auch zahlreiche Fachtermini aus den...
Eurolingua, 1998. — 216 p. — (Bibliotheca Nostratica 11). With close to 110 million native speakers, the linguistic phylum of the Turks represents ca. 2.3% of the World Population as of 1996 (Indo- European 48.5%, Sino-Tibetan 22.5%, see DECSY 1986). As the traditional territory of the Turkic peoples in the European Middle Ages can be regarded the area between the East Balkans,...
Lincom Europa, 2000. — 339 p. — (LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics 30). This study intends to develop a grammar of Iranian Azari which is spoken mainly in the north western parts of Iran: it consists of phonology, morphology, and the syntax of simple and complex clauses. Since Persian has a prominent influence on this language, the phonology, morphology and syntax of borrowed...
Africa World Press, 2017. — 352 p. Non-Semitic features are visible in every aspect of the grammar and lexicon of Ethio-Semitic languages (ES).Some scholars attribute this to pidginization, a hypothesis which posits that ES originated from a Cushitic substratum and a Semitic suprastratum.The latter is assumed to have been brought by a Semitic group (or a wave of groups) who...
Frog Publishing, 2012. — 423 p. This is part 1 of an introduction to hieroglyphic Middle Egyptian, also known as Classical Egyptian. It was spoken in ancient Egypt around 2000 BC and remained in use later on as a written-only language. There is much controversy on the proper analysis of the verb in Middle Egyptian. But Part 1 should already lead one far enough into a knowledge...
2nd Edition — Getaway Guides , 2015. — 58 p. Dutch for Beginners: The Best Handbook for Learning to Speak Dutch!LEARN DUTCH TODAY! Some people are intimidated by the Dutch language because they think that it is a hard to learn. Although it is harder than other languages such as Spanish or English, Dutch is still easier to learn than many languages especially those that have...
Hippocrene Books, 2003. — 339 p. Designed for travelers and language students, this pocket guide of conversational Arabic contains over 4,500 entries. The transliteration of words and expressions in romanized Arabic is most helpful for users not familiar with the Arabic alphabet. The dictionary features both the Syrian and Egyptian dialect, thus doubling its value for the user....
Hippocrene Books, 1993. — 312 p. This beginners guide provides 213 dialogue exercises, the key to those numerous situations that make the merest day-to-day communication an obstacle course: meeting new acquaintances, identifying and describing objects, making appointments, dealing with the practical nitty-gritties of travelling and settling down in. an Indonesian-speaking...
E.J. Brill, 1939. — 740 S. Die dritte Auflage meines „Vergleichenden (früher etymologischen) Wörterbuchs der gotischen Sprache” wird gerade 50 Jahre nach dem Erscheinen meiner Erstlingssohrift, des „Grundrisses der gotischen Etymologie”, fertig. Der Text hat gegenüber der zweiten Auflage um ein knappes Drittel an Umfang zugenommen, obwohl ich mir möglichste Beschränkung bei den...
Školska knjiga i Grafički zavod, 1986. — 1394 s. Da bi se čitalac mogao pravilno i u punoj mjeri koristiti ovim Rječnikom, potrebno je da zna što će sve naći u njemu i kako treba da se služi njime. Zato treba pažljivo da pročita upute koje ovdje iznosim. Kao prvo opisujem Rječnik i njegov sistem. Zatim slijedi tumač fonetskih znakova, kojima je prikazan izgovor svake pojedine...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. — 92 p. The aim of this book is twofold: first, to provide beginning students with step-by-step guidance in drawing hieroglyphs; and secondly, to supplement the observations of Gardiner in the Sign List at the back of his Egyptian Grammar. The examples include all 24 of the common forms of "alphabetic" (monoconsonantal) signs, and a...
Københavns Universitet, 1991. — 217 p. — (Institut for Eskimologi 15). This study of the dialect (Polar Eskimo, Thulesproget, Inuktun or Avanersuarmiutut) spoken by the Inughuit, the Inuit hunters living in the northwest tip of Greenland near Thule, focusses on the speech of the groups aged 30-50, who are least affected by West Greenlandic and Danish speech. Settlements...
Peeters, 1979. — 63 S. Die vorliegende Untersuchung handelt von lexikalischen Überein- stimmungen zwischen dem vorgriechischen, nicht-indogermanischen Substrat und den kartvelischen (= südkaukasischen) Sprachen, insbes. dem Georgischen, während in beschränktem Maße auch vorindoger- manisches Sprachgut aus anderen indogermanischen Sprachen als dem Griechischen bzw. einiges...
Hippocrene Books, 1994. — 116 p. — (Beginner's Guide). Up-to-date language instruction guide for students with little or no background in Romanian language. This book also teaches about the country's history and culture, including social customs, dining out and other daily tasks. Also provided are basic language skills, vocabulary, grammar and phrases which allow the traveller...
University of California Press, 1993. — 683 p. — (University of California publications in linguistics 96). This first published grammar of Halkomelem, an endangered Northwest Coast Indian language, includes chapters on phonetics and phonemics, morphophonemics, each of the word classes, the syntax, the semantics and sememics, and morphosememics (describing domain memberships...
Karrayyuu Publishing, 2004. — 868 p. This Oromo-English-Dictionary, the only one of its kind by a native speaker of Oromo, is designed primarily for those persons who wish to learn English through Oromo or vice versa. This writer believes that in an environment like Oromiyaa where contact with native speakers of English and exposure to the culture is almost nil, a good approach...
Lincom Europa, 2001. — 240 p. — (Languages of the world: Materials 338). The Old Church Slavonic was a written language created especially for the purpose of serving the needs of the Slavic Orthodox church. Although based on material of a South Slavic vernacular, it showed features most of which were fundamental for all Slavic languages, since at the time of OCS inception (late...
F. A. Praeger, 1965. — 536 p. The evolution of the art of Iran—from the famed Luristan Bronzes of the primitive Zagros civilization to recent Islamic contributions—is not easy to trace for many foreign styles and idioms have influenced and altered its development. More over, many of Iran's religious sanctuaries, monuments, and other art treasures were, until recently,...
Indiana University, 1963. — 185 p. The Languages of Africa is a book of essays by the linguist Joseph Greenberg, in which the author sets forth a genetic classification of African languages that, with some changes, continues to be the most commonly used one today. It is an expanded and extensively revised version of his 1955 work Studies in African Linguistic Classification,...
Hippocrene Books, 1990. — 212 p. — (Hippocrene Language Studies). Gulian’s Armenian Grammar has always been considered a little masterpiece that combines compactness with a sufficiently exhaustive treatment of that fascinating language. It still is probably the best book for the study of Armenian in the English language. Apart from numerous exercises, it also contains...
Taschen, 2022. — 557 p. Since TASCHEN released The Great American Pin-up, international interest in this distinctly American art form has increased exponentially. Paintings by leading artists such as Alberto Vargas, George Petty, and Gil Elvgren that sold for $ 2,000 in 1996 are going for $ 200,000 and more today. Pin-up―drawings, paintings, and pastels of an idealized female...
Oxford University Press 2005. — 695 p. The World Atlas of Language Structures displays the structural properties of the world's languages. 142 world maps and numerous regional maps - all in colour - display the geographical distribution of features of pronunciation and grammar, such as number of vowels, tone systems, gender, plurals, tense, word order, and body part...
Oxford University Press 2005. — 695 p. The World Atlas of Language Structures displays the structural properties of the world's languages. 142 world maps and numerous regional maps - all in colour - display the geographical distribution of features of pronunciation and grammar, such as number of vowels, tone systems, gender, plurals, tense, word order, and body part...
Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1983. — 408 S. Die wertvollen Handschriften und Holzdrucke, die von den deutschen Turfan-Expeditionen zwischen 1902 und 1914 in verschiedenen Orten in Ostturkistan, vorwiegend jedoch in der Oase Turfan, geborgen wurden sind für die Erforschung der alttürkischen Kultur des uigurischen Königreichs Qočo von einzigartiger Bedeutung. Der vorliegende Band...
Saqi, 2009. — 118 p. — (Brief Introductions Series). The Arabic alphabet has a rich history, one that is closely linked with the development of culture and society in the Middle East. In this comprehensive introduction the authors trace the origins of the Arabic alphabet back to Aramaic, which also gave rise to the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. Using detailed illustrations the...
Kodansha USA, 2001. — 768 p. One of the principal reasons for the difficulty foreign students have in mastering Japanese is the language's extensive use of words that seem similar in meaning, but are used very differently in practice. This 768-page dictionary both explains the differences between hundreds of words and provides examples of how they are used in conversational...
3rd revised edition — Mouton de Gruyter, 2019. — 576 p. — (Mouton Textbook). Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why is Chaucer's English of the fourteenth century so different from Modern English of the late twentieth century that the two are essentially different languages? Why are Americans and...
Eisenbrauns, 2008. — 82 p. — (Languages of the Ancient Near East 1.2). Hoffner and Melchert’s long-awaited work is sure to become both the standard reference grammar and the main teaching tool for the Hittite language. The first volume includes a thorough description of Hittite grammar, grounded in an abundance of textual examples. Moreover, the authors take into account a vast...
Oxford University Press, 2015. — 817 p. — (Oxford Handbooks in Linguistics). This book presents a comprehensive and critical overview of historical phonology as it stands today. Research from every part of the field is examined from a variety of theoretical perspectives and drawing on data from a wide range of languages. The book begins by considering key current research...
Prentice-Hall, 1984. — 654 p. This richly illustrated book, with 345 plates in full color and 607 in monochrome, including plans and maps, provides an up-to-date history of the visual arts from the ice-age to the present day—from statuettes carved in eastern Europe some 30,000 years ago to a building in Portland, Oregon, begun in 1980. It covers painting, mosaic, drawing,...
Zondervan, 2022. — 367 p. Basics of Akkadian: A Complete Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon, by Gordon P. Hugenberger with Nancy L. Erickson, is a one-semester introductory textbook to the Akkadian language. The grammar provides students with essential tools in order to quickly grasp the Akkadian language and move into translation. Designed around the Laws of Hammurabi, each...
De Gruyter Mouton, 2023. — 416 p. — (The Companions of Iranian Languages and Linguistics 3). It is hardly an overstatement to say that Soviet linguists had a monopoly over Tajik linguistics before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, when most studies on the language were accessible exclusively through Russian and Tajik. Today, however, linguists dealing with Tajik are diverse...
L'Harmattan, 2009. — 203 p. Plus connus en français sous le nom de Circassiens, les Tcherkesses se répartissent en divers groupes dont les Kabardes, qui ont donné leur nom à une république autonome russe du Caucase (la république de Kabardino-Balkarie). La vie des Tcherkesses fut l'enjeu de luttes continuelles entre les Russes, les Perses et les Turcs. Voici un aperçu de la...
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995. — 430 p. For thousands of art lovers both amateur and professional, aesthetic life began with Janson, as H.W. Jansons History of Art is often called. In the first edition, published in 1962, Janson spoke to that perennial reader he gently called «the troubled layman.» His opening paragraph revealed his sympathy: «Why is this supposed to be art?» he...
Oxford University Press, 2024. — 344 p. An Introduction to Middle High German is a dedicated student edition of The Oxford Guide to Middle High German (Jones & Jones; OUP, 2019) designed for taught courses and self-study. It offers a detailed account of the language and literature of German in the period 1050-1350, including an introductory-level grammar and a wide selection of...
Oxford University Press, 2019. — 725 p. The Oxford Guide to Middle High German is the most comprehensive self-contained treatment of Middle High German available in English. It covers the language, literature, history, and culture of German in the period from 1050 to 1350 and is designed for entry-level readers, advanced study, teaching, and reference. The book includes a large...
Hippocrene Books, 1995. — 900 p. — (Hippocrene Standard Dictionary). This comprehensive dictionary defines over 70,000 words, colloquial terms and idioms. Guides and lists detailing pronunciation and irregular verbs are also provided.
Yale University Press, 1992. — 477 p. Roman sculpture was an integral part of Roman life, and the Romans placed statues and reliefs in their fora, basilicas, temples, and public baths, as well as in their houses, villas, gardens, and tombs. In this beautifully illustrated book--the first in almost a century devoted solely to Roman sculpture--Diana E. E. Kleiner discusses all...
Cengage Learning, 2016. — 498 p. Author and award-winning scholar-professor Fred Kleiner continues to set the standard for art history textbooks, combining impeccable and authoritative scholarship with an engaging approach that discusses the most significant artworks and monuments in their full historical and cultural contexts. GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: THE WESTERN...
Erwin R. Komen, 2023. — 340 p. What is the Chechen language like? Is it difficult to learn? Could I learn to understand it? This book is a welcome resource to two groups of people, eager to learn to read and understand Chechen. If you're just curious or interested to learn a bit of the language, perhaps because you are living in Western Europe and know some Chechen people, then...
Peeters, 1997. — 567 p. — (M.S. - Ussun amazigh 10). Ce livre contient une description synchronique du berbere de Figuig (Maroc oriental). Le berbere de Figuig fait partie du groupe de dialectes appelle "les parlers des kcour du Sud-Oranais". Il s'agit de dialectes parles par la population sedentaire des regions arides et semi-arides de l'Algerie occidentale et de la region la...
Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012. — 142 S. Angelika Landmanns Kurzgrammatik erläutert die Grundlagen der kasachischen Sprache knapp, übersichtlich und leicht verständlich. Die systematisch nach grammatischen Kategorien gegliederten Inhalte werden anhand von Tabellen und Beispielsätzen aus der Alltagssprache veranschaulicht. Damit richtet sich die Grammatik sowohl an Personen, die...