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Greek & Latin

Learn to Read Greek, Part 1 Textbook

Keller Andrew, Russell Stephanie

ISBN: PB: 9780300115895, Yale University Press, May 2011
384 pp., 25x15 cm

"Learn to Read Greek" is a text and workbook for students beginning the study of Ancient Greek. It is the companion volume to the authors' "Learn to Read Latin", published in 2004. Like its Latin predecessor, it has a grammar-based approach and is in...

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Greek & Latin

Learn to Read Greek, Part 1 Workbook

Keller Andrew, Russell Stephanie

ISBN: PB: 9780300115918, Yale University Press, May 2011
560 pp., 25x15 cm

"Learn to Read Greek" is a text and workbook for students beginning the study of Ancient Greek. It is the companion volume to the authors' "Learn to Read Latin", published in 2004. Like its "Latin" predecessor, it has a grammar-based approach and is...

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Sign Language

Primary Movement in Sign Languages A Study of Six Languages

Jo Napoli Donna, Mai Mark, Gaw Nicholas

ISBN: HB: 9781563684913, Gallaudet University Press, May 2011
222 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, tables, figures, photos

Is it possible to identify sign languages by their prosody, that is, the rhythm and stress of sign production, and then determine if they are related to each other or other sign languages? If so, reasoned authors Donna Jo Napoli, Mark Mai, and Nichol...

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Sign Language

Show of Hands A Natural History of Sign Language

Armstrong David F.

ISBN: PB: 9781563684883, Gallaudet University Press, April 2011
126 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, photos, figures

Most scholarly speculation on the origin of human language has centered around speech. However, the growing understanding of sign languages on human development has transformed the debate on language evolution. David F. Armstrong s new book "Show of...

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Linguistics

Why X Matters

Why Translation Matters

Grossman Edith

ISBN: PB: 9780300171303, Yale University Press, March 2011
160 pp., 19.7x13.3 cm

"Why Translation Matters" argues for the cultural importance of translation, and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator's role. As the acclaimed translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, "My intention is to sti...

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Linguistics

Little Book of Language

Crystal David

ISBN: PB: 9780300170825, Yale University Press, March 2011
272 pp., 21.1x14 cm, 40 illus.

With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a youn...

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Linguistics

Japanese

Japanese/Korean Linguistics Volume 18

McClure William, Dikken Marcel

ISBN: PB: 9781575866161, ISBN: HB: 9781575866178, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, March 2011
456 pp., 22.9x15 cm

Because Japanese and Korean are typologically quite similar, a linguistic phenomenon in one language often has a counterpart in the other. The annual Japanese-Korean Linguistics Conference provides a forum for presenting research that will deepen our...

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Linguistics

Dynamics of Lexical Interfaces

Kempson Ruth, Gregoromichelaki Eleni, Howes Christine

ISBN: PB: 9781575866147, ISBN: HB: 9781575866154, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, March 2011
402 pp., 22.2x15.2 cm

Dynamic Syntax is a formal model of utterance description that attempts to articulate and substantiate the claim that human linguistic knowledge is essentially the ability to process language in context. The model provides an explicit demonstration o...

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Sign Language

Signs of the Times

Shroyer Edgar H.

ISBN: PB: 9781563684463, Gallaudet University Press, March 2011
550 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 1300 sign illus.

Completely Revised with New Signs and Lessons Each Sign Illustration Features Sentences in English and ASL Order New Class Activities and New Student Activities for Homework or Quizzes New Facts about American Sign Language Grammar and Deaf CultureNo...

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Sign Language

Video Relay Service Interpreters Intricacies of Sign Language Access

Brunson Jeremy L.

ISBN: HB: 9781563684838, Gallaudet University Press, March 2011
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, figures

"Signed language interpreting is about access", states author Jeremy L. Brunson at the outset of his new book, and no manifestation of access for deaf people can be considered more complex than video relay services (VRS). In "Video Relay Service Inte...

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