The epigraphy of 1st-millennium-BCE Italy has been studied for many years, but these studies have largely concentrated on the languages encoded in the inscriptions and their semantic meanings. This book takes a more holistic approach that l...Loe edasi...
An “adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike” (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited Victorians on their twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world—from the New York Times...Loe edasi...
Writing Reimagined responds to an urgent need to challenge prevailing norms that offer limited perspectives on what it means to write and teach writing. By providing a broad understanding of writing and foregrounding issues of diversity, eq...Loe edasi...
Writing Reimagined responds to an urgent need to challenge prevailing norms that offer limited perspectives on what it means to write and teach writing. By providing a broad understanding of writing and foregrounding issues of diversity, eq...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197696057)
An accessible and illuminating introduction to the history of the runic script, a writing system in use in the medieval North from the Roman Iron Age until the Reformation and beyond. Runes were the only writing system known to Germanic tribes, inclu...Loe edasi...
Uncovers the ancient Egyptian origin and magical power of the runes-- Provided by publisher. Uncovers the ancient Egyptian origin and magical power of the runes• Reveals the lineage of the runes by tracing their historical jo...Loe edasi...
The complete Vietnamese language guide—designed to get you speaking, reading and writing quickly!This comprehensive and engaging language guide gives beginning learners everything they need to speak, read and write Vietnamese wi...Loe edasi...
Based on the authors life-long research experience, this book unearths the linguistic history of 66 unwritten and under-researched Central Chadic languages in West- and Central Africa. It describes the complex historical development of the modern l...Loe edasi...
The intelligent approach to learning the Japanese writing system that has helped thousands!Japanese characters may seem mysterious and difficult, but Read Japanese Today explains the writing system in a way thats clear a...Loe edasi...
The perfect language guide for visitors to Japan!Conversational Japanese is designed to prepare you for every situation you are likely to encounter when visiting Japan for travel or work. Author Anne Kaneko has five decad...Loe edasi...
Anyone studying Kanji has wished for a reference that would enable them to look up a character by its shape alone.Now, Japanese Kanji Fast Finder delivers precisely that: a study aid that lets users look up Japanese Kanji quickl...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Black and White Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781785307430)
A twenty-six-chapter journey through the history and working of the English alphabet by linguistic guru Danny Bate.Youll never look at a keyboard the same way after reading Danny Bates fascinating linguistic history Sunday Times...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive cross-linguistic account of 98 typologically diverse minority languages in Southern China. A number of important parameters are analyzed based on rich case studies ranging from the Tibeto-Burman languages, Kam-Ta...Loe edasi...
The Tuttle Compact Chinese Dictionary is a compact and user-friendly reference designed for English speakers learning or using Chinese as a foreign language.With over 48,000 carefully selected words and expressions—includ...Loe edasi...
An alphabet developed by Germanic and Nordic peoples during ancient times, runes were used to represent both simple things and more complex concepts, providing a written form of communication before the latin alphabet was adopted. Today, reading r...Loe edasi...
Learn about contemporary Japan while improving your language skills!JAPAN NOW! A Japanese Language Reader contains 17 fascinating stories and essays about contemporary Japanese society in parallel Japanese and English ver...Loe edasi...
Learn the Mandarin Chinese characters and words in everyday use in China!This book helps you to quickly learn the intermediate-level Chinese characters you need to know if you want to live or work in China, or progress to the next leve...Loe edasi...
Master Chinese characters the quick & easy way!Learn the Second 100 Basic Chinese Traditional CharactersCracking the code of Chinese characters can be tough, but with this book, it becomes much easier. Perfect for beginners,...Loe edasi...
In todays global design world, its more important than ever for designers to create work that connects with diverse audiences. This book is for designers and students whose native languages dont use the Latin alphabet, as well as professionals cre...Loe edasi...
Learn about Arabic culture while improving your language skills!This fascinating book presents 28 traditional Arabic tales in parallel English and Arabic versions on facing pages.The stories all have charming black &...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-May-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Simon & Schuster, ISBN-13: 9781668015445)
Recounts the race among 19th-century scholars and adventurers to decipher cuneiform script, unraveling the history of ancient Mesopotamian civilizations while exploring the ruins of Persepolis and Ottoman territories during archaeology’s golden age....Loe edasi...
Sari: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9781399500227)
A lively introduction to English spelling. Popularly viewed as eccentric and illogical, dismissed by linguists as fixed and therefore uninteresting, English spelling is the Cinderella of modern linguistics. But it is a complex and fascinat...Loe edasi...
Popularly viewed as eccentric and illogical, dismissed by linguists as fixed and therefore uninteresting, English spelling is the Cinderella of modern linguistics. But it is a complex and fascinating subject. With a rich history of variation, Engl...Loe edasi...
Drawing on Locke’s Essay and a wide range of other Early Modern texts and authors, the study argues that the period was an era of excessive orthographic thinking, which affected the perceptions of language, mind and nature in a fundamental way...Loe edasi...
Everything you need to learn Japanese quickly!Learning Japanese is a complete language learning package designed for people who want to learn to communicate in Japanese quickly and easily—whether on your own or with a tea...Loe edasi...
The epigraphy of 1st-millennium-BCE Italy has been studied for many years, but these studies have largely concentrated on the languages encoded in the inscriptions and their semantic meanings. This book takes a more holistic approach that l...Loe edasi...
Sari: The Civilization of the American Indian Series
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN-13: 9780806196091)
The Isthmian script, sometimes called Epi-Olmec, first came to the attention of scholars through inscribed texts on the Tuxtla Statuette and the La Mojarra Stela, both discovered in Veracruz, Mexico. In The Isthmian Script: Deciphering Ancient Mes...Loe edasi...
An “adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike” (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited Victorians on their twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world—from the New York Times...Loe edasi...
Start speaking Arabic from day one with these easy-to-use flash cards!Arabic in a Flash: Volume 1 is the ideal resource for beginning to intermediate learners of Arabic.These user-friendly flash cards provide a so...Loe edasi...
Take your Arabic further with flash cards that make learning easy and effective!Arabic in a Flash: Volume 2 helps learners build on the foundation of Volume 1 and expand their vocabulary and communication skills.D...Loe edasi...
Writing Reimagined responds to an urgent need to challenge prevailing norms that offer limited perspectives on what it means to write and teach writing. By providing a broad understanding of writing and foregrounding issues of diversity, eq...Loe edasi...
Writing Reimagined responds to an urgent need to challenge prevailing norms that offer limited perspectives on what it means to write and teach writing. By providing a broad understanding of writing and foregrounding issues of diversity, eq...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197696057)
An accessible and illuminating introduction to the history of the runic script, a writing system in use in the medieval North from the Roman Iron Age until the Reformation and beyond. Runes were the only writing system known to Germanic tribes, inclu...Loe edasi...
Uncovers the ancient Egyptian origin and magical power of the runes-- Provided by publisher. Uncovers the ancient Egyptian origin and magical power of the runes• Reveals the lineage of the runes by tracing their historical jo...Loe edasi...
The complete Vietnamese language guide—designed to get you speaking, reading and writing quickly!This comprehensive and engaging language guide gives beginning learners everything they need to speak, read and write Vietnamese wi...Loe edasi...
This writing exercise book has been specially designed to help you learn to trace the 33 letters of the Cyrillic alphabet in print and cursive writing. You then find out how to link the letters up to write syllables, words and lastly sentences with...Loe edasi...
Based on the authors life-long research experience, this book unearths the linguistic history of 66 unwritten and under-researched Central Chadic languages in West- and Central Africa. It describes the complex historical development of the modern l...Loe edasi...
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