Foreign Languages category: 16981 books

Before the first appearance of the Atlas of the World's Languages in 1993, all the world's languages had never been accurately and completely mapped. The Atlas depicts the location of every known living language, including languages on the point of extinction. This fully revised edition of...

What is the origin of the Romance languages and how did they evolve? When and how did they become different from Latin, and from each other? Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages offers fresh and original reflections on the principal questions and issues in the comparative external...

The last few decades have seen a stretching and exchange of local, regional and national languages, identities, cultures, and economies worldwide as a consequence of globalisation and technology development. Significantly, the languages of the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Netherlands, Scandinavia,...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 13, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Anglistik), course: Seminar: Teaching about Britain in the Foreign Language Classroom, language: English, abstract: When it comes to the English foreign language...

Learning a foreign language is just as beautiful as it is challenging. Learning a language is different from learning other disciplines, such as mathematics, geography, or poetry writing. You cannot simply sit down and memorize hundreds of pages and formulas and then stand up and speak the language...

In South America indigenous languages are extremely diverse. There are over one hundred language families in this region alone. Contributors from around the world explore the history and structure of these languages, combining insights from archaeology and genetics with innovative linguistic analysis....

This concise e-book was written after we asked many questions to hundreds of Thai girls working in the bars and entertainment spots of Bangkok and Pattaya, as well as numerous regular Thai women who simply thought it might be a nice idea to have a foreign boyfriend. We also talked to many tourists...

Note from the author: This book is very similar to my other title, “Conversational Arabic Quick and Easy: Palestinian Dialect,” so I recommend you either purchase one or the other, but not both. THIS BOOK DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY ARABIC LETTERS! ALL ARABIC WORDS IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH-TRANSLITERATION! The...

THIS BOOK DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY ARABIC LETTERS! ALL ARABIC WORDS IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH-TRANSLITERATION! <p> Have you always wanted to learn how to speak (MSA) Modern Standard Arabic? Or learn how to speak the Lebanese, the Egyptian, the Emirati, the Palestinian, or the Jordanian...

THIS BOOK DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY ARABIC LETTERS! ALL ARABIC WORDS IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH-TRANSLITERATION! Have you always wanted to learn how to speak the Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian and Jordanian Arabic dialects, also known as Levantine Arabic, but you simply did not have the time? Well...

Learning to read a language with a foreign alphabet can be an intimidating challenge. Even before you can start to study the vocabulary and grammar, you must first decipher this strange new script. But learning a new alphabet does not have to be so difficult. Other language courses start...

THIS BOOK DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY HEBREW LETTERS! ALL YIDDISH WORDS IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH-TRANSLITERATION! Have you always wanted to learn how to speak Yiddish but simply didn’t have the time? Well if so, then, look no further. You can hold in your hands one of the most advanced and revolutionary...

There is never a single story behind becoming multilingual. There is never just one piece of advice that will help you find your foreign language fun. That is why this book gives you over thirty of them - plus a simple one-week plan to finally start your polyglot project. In 2011, a website was launched...

This book is a learning tool for mastering basic Greek vocabulary. It will help you obtain a solid base in your knowledge of the Greek language. The 3000 words contained in this edition will aid in your understanding of simple phrases and hone your composition skills. This manual will also be an invaluable...