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Top Books (Foreign Language Study)
1969
| To speakers of modern Greek the Homeric poems of the 7th century BC are not written in a foreign language. The Greek language has enjoyed a continuous tradition from earliest times until now. This book traces its history from the immediately post-classical or Hellenistic period to the present day. The aim is both to analyse the changing structure of a language stabilised by a peculiarly long and continuous literary tradition, and to show how changing historical circumstances are reflected in its....[more] |
1997
| Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer examines the origin of the Greek alphabet. Departing from previous accounts, Roger Woodard places the advent of the alphabet within an unbroken continuum of Greek literacy beginning in the Mycenean era. He argues that the creators of the Greek alphabet, whoadapted the Phoenician consonantal script, were scribes accustomed to writing Greek with the syllabic script of Cyprus. Certain characteristic features of the Cypriot script--for example, its strategy for re....[more] |
2007
| EVERYTHING YOU NEED to write the TOEFL essay with confidence. And the essay, also known as the Test of Written English, is the hardest part of the test-one that keeps many test takers from succeeding. Ace the TOEFL Essay (TWE) gives you simple and clear instruction on what you need to know to score well and provides real essay samples that you can relate to. You'll get the lowdown on what you need to score high in an easy-to-understand format, with everything from lessons on punctuation to real ....[more] |
1989
| A reader for your intermediate and early advanced Spanish students "El secuestro" (Arturo de Rosa) is one of three readers in the "Senor Pepino" Series. This high-interest reader presents cultural information and extends students' vocabulary in a highly entertaining way. Senor Pepino (a would-be Sherlock Holmes) and his sidekick blunder their way through mystery, adventure, comedy, and romance. This reader is softcover, 6" 9," and 64 pages in length. |
2000
| Selection from Homer's Iliad includes an introduction, notes, a short Homeric grammar, and a vocabulary by Allen Rogers Benner, Professor of Greek in Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. [1903] |
2008
| This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Asia Minor, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language....[more] |
1986
| Most efficient language-learning course ever designed for travelers. Each set contains 90 minutes of speech: English, then foreign-language equivalent followed by pause for repetition. Cassettes fit all standard players, including portables. Each set contains 1 cassette and manual. |
1986
| Most efficient language-learning course ever designed for travelers. Each set contains 90 minutes of speech: English, then foreign-language equivalent followed by pause for repetition. Cassettes fit all standard players, including portables. Each set contains 1 cassette and manual. |
1998
| Berlitz Italian Grammar Handbook provides a complete overview of syntax, parts of speech, punctuation, and other grammar fundamentals. Special sections target potential problems area, the use of present tense expressing future meaning, and the use of relative pronouns. |
1991
| Making basic material available to cuneiform scholars, this volume contains a detailed catalogue and full indices of 291 cuneiform clay tablets, ranging in date from c. 1900-1600 B.C., in the Ashmolean Museum. With hand copies of each text, this collection will greatly aid scholars in reassembling archives from tablets in collections worldwide, and in writing histories of these very early periods. |
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