30 products for "Language books"

Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. This volume comprises a general overview introduction, what happens during language shift, case studies of languages at risk, and strategies and resources for language

What makes Jewish thought Jewish? This book proceeds from a view of the Hebrew language as the holy tongue; such a view of Hebrew is, indeed, a distinctively Jewish view as determined

Some 800 Austronesian languages are spoken in the area extending from Madagascar to eastern Indonesia and, to the north, to Taiwan and the Philippines. They vary greatly in just about every possible

There are frequent protests that a biased, nationalistic history is taught in Japanese schools. This study analyses authorised textbooks currently in use, elucidating meanings and associated ideologies created through language.

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This book assumes no prior knowledge of the language and begins with the teaching of the Persian alphabet. Grammar and vocabulary are each covered in full. The course has not adopted any

This work is a complete guide to the Mongolian language. In fourteen lessons it provides a basic knowledge of all Mongolian noun inflexions and the basic and most important verbal inflections, and

Suffixes, prefixes and other bound forms play a prominent part in the grammar of Burmese/Myanmar: they carry almost all the grammatical information contained in a sentence. This dictionary is a comprehensive list

Long established as the standard reference tool for the identification of Japanese names on works of art, and is therefore essential for collectors, galleries, auction-houses, restorers and students. A reprint of the

With special reference to their functional status in modern standard Arabic (MSA), and how the three distinct functions may or may not coincide in Arabic sentences, this work investigates the universal categories

This book examines Hong Kong cinema from its inception in 1913 to the end of the colonial era, explaining the key areas of production, market, film products and critical traditions.

The Lakota language is estimated to be spoken by 20,000 people mainly in the states of North and South Dakota. It is reckoned to be the second largest native language in the

This study argues that in Japanese popular cinema the "tragic hero" narrative is an archetypal plot-structure upon which male genres, such as the war-retro and yakuza films are based. Two central questions