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Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
ISBN: 9780241287286
Category : Arabic language
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Learn more than 6000 French words and phrases with this easy to use dictionary that features illustrations of objects and scenes from everyday life.
Author: Claude Hagège
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300137338
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world’s five thousand languages will disappear within the next century. In this timely book, Claude Hagège seeks to make clear the magnitude of the cultural loss represented by the crisis of language death. By focusing on the relationship of language to culture and the world of ideas, Hagège shows how languages are themselves crucial repositories of culture; the traditions, proverbs, and knowledge of our ancestors reside in the language we use. His wide-ranging examination covers all continents and language families to uncover not only how languages die, but also how they can be revitalized—for example in the remarkable case of Hebrew. In a striking metaphor, Hagège likens languages to bonfires of social behavior that leave behind sparks even after they die; from these sparks languages can be rekindled and made to live again.
Author: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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A vocabulary guide that presents color photos of everyday objects and tasks with labels in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian, grouping words and phrases in fifteen categories, including health, food, and leisure.
Author: Electre
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782765408468
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 1798
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Author: American Library Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Author: Jean Delisle
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027224501
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Acclaimed, when it first appeared, as a seminal work a groundbreaking book that was both informative and highly readable Translators through History is being released in a new edition, substantially revised and expanded by Judith Woodsworth. Translators have played a key role in intellectual exchange through the ages and across borders. This account of how they have contributed to the development of languages, the emergence of literatures, the dissemination of knowledge and the spread of values tells the story of world culture itself. Content has been updated, new elements introduced and recent directions in translation scholarship incorporated, providing fresh insights and a more nuanced view of past events. The bibliography contains over 100 new titles and illustrations have been refreshed and enhanced. An invaluable tool for students, scholars and professionals in the field of translation, the latest version of Translators through History remains a vital resource for researchers in other disciplines and a fascinating read for the wider public.
Author: Heda Jason
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Author: William M. Flinders Petrie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Author: Chouki El Hamel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139620045
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam chronicles the experiences, identity and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Chouki El Hamel argues that we cannot rely solely on Islamic ideology as the key to explain social relations and particularly the history of black slavery in the Muslim world, for this viewpoint yields an inaccurate historical record of the people, institutions and social practices of slavery in Northwest Africa. El Hamel focuses on black Moroccans' collective experience beginning with their enslavement to serve as the loyal army of the Sultan Isma'il. By the time the Sultan died in 1727, they had become a political force, making and unmaking rulers well into the nineteenth century. The emphasis on the political history of the black army is augmented by a close examination of the continuity of black Moroccan identity through the musical and cultural practices of the Gnawa.
Author: Maria Pakucs
Publisher: Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar
ISBN:
Category : CD-ROMs
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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