Afro-Asiatic languages
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Afro-Asiatic languages
Paperback. Explores the realities and challenges of teaching Arabic as a foreign language. This title covers such topics as: the state of the Arabic teaching profession; the institutional challenges in US and study-abroad programs; the varieties of Arabic and their relevance in the classroom; the uses of technology in the classroom; and, testing. Editor(s): Al-Batal, Mahmoud. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The American Association of Teachers of Arabic United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780962153099
- ISBN
- 9780962153099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.76
€ 72.76
New Literary Papyri from the Michigan Collection: Mythographic Lyric a...
Borges, Cassandra, Sampson, C. Michael
Hardcover. Three new fragments from amongst the oldest Greek papyri Num Pages: 200 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2CXG; DSBB; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118076
- ISBN
- 9780472118076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.38
€ 93.38
Paperback. Translator(s): Joudah, Fady; Mattawa, Khaled. Series: Curbstone. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; 3JJP; 3JM; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810133655
- ISBN
- 9780810133655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.75
€ 20.99
€ 19.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1tabs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSR; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816644766
- ISBN
- 9780816644766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.54
€ 36.54
Paperback. Provides twenty lessons aimed at introducing Arabic sounds and writing system in a programmed method of instruction, supported by images and audio tapes. This title includes a Manual that suggests a methodology to guide teachers and students and contains basic communication needs in both Arabic script and transliteration. Num Pages: 168 pages, line illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJBV; CJCK; CJCW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- U OF M DEPARTMENT OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIE
- Edition
- Combined Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916798031
- ISBN
- 9780916798031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 1065 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1724.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Center for Middle
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972418003
- ISBN
- 9780972418003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 48.25
€ 53.99
€ 48.25
Hardcover. Translator(s): Boullata, Issa J. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557283498
- ISBN
- 9781557283498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.37
€ 40.37
Paperback. Presents a brief history about the Jews in Babylon (Iraq), and their Hebrew creativity. This book focuses on the years 1735-1950 and presents the secular Hebrew poetry written in Babylon at that time, the folktales, journalistic articles, and epistles, research of Hebrew literature, a story and a play. Num Pages: 247 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535146
- ISBN
- 9781557535146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.40
€ 54.40
Paperback. Arabic is an exciting - yet challenging - language for scholars. This book documents the work of researchers in both academia and industry who have taken up the challenge of solving the real-life problems posed by an understudied language. It explores Arabic machine translation systems, and innovations in speech recognition and mention detection. Editor(s): Farghaly, Ali. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575865447
- ISBN
- 9781575865447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. Investigates the topics of tone, vowel harmony, and metrical structure, with special reference to Kera, a Chadic language spoken in Chad and Cameroon. Drawing on a decade of experience living and working with the Kera, the author looks at the phonetics and phonology to examine how tone interacts with the vowel quality and rhythm of the language. Series: Stanford Monographs in African Languages. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2CX; CFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866086
- ISBN
- 9781575866086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.87
€ 63.87
Hardback. Suitable for advanced learners of Arabic who are interested in how to analyze and accurately translate nonfiction Arabic texts. This title presents a functional approach that de-emphasizes word-for-word translation in favor of a new approach that values communication and faithfulness to content and intent. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2CSR; CFP; CJB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626162921
- ISBN
- 9781626162921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.48
€ 174.48
Paperback. Part of the "Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible" series, this title provides comprehensive guidance in answering significant questions about the Hebrew text, "Amos", reflecting the advances in scholarship on Hebrew grammar and linguistics. Series: Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; HRCG9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932792690
- ISBN
- 9781932792690
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Condition: New
€ 42.07
€ 42.07
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895277
- ISBN
- 9788772895277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.56€ 48.34
€ 61.56
€ 48.34
Hardcover. It has been said that the difference between a language and a dialect is that a language is a dialect with an army. This title explores the tension between dynamics of literary influence and canon formation within the Arabic literary tradition. It challenges the reader to re-examine notions of translation, bilingualism, and postcoloniality. Translator(s): Hassan, Wail S. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631910
- ISBN
- 9780815631910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Paperback. Translator(s): Ezzaher, Lahcen Elyazghi. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809334131
- ISBN
- 9780809334131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610755
- ISBN
- 9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.64
€ 20.99
€ 19.64
Hardcover. This is the first study in English of French-language fiction by Lebanese women writers and therefore brings a relatively unknown literary tradition to light. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 2ADF; 2CSR; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633563
- ISBN
- 9780815633563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.03
€ 57.03
Hardcover. The emergence of Zionism in the late nineteenth century and the evolution of Zionist society in Palestine were profoundly influenced by the Hebrew literature of the day. This book traces the tensions between the extraliterary - the historical, social, and political - and the literary - the aesthetic, formal, and stylistic - in Hebrew fiction. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631576
- ISBN
- 9780815631576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
Hardcover. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632597
- ISBN
- 9780815632597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. Undertaking a sustained interpretation of Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih's novels and short stories, this study focuses primarily on the ways in which his work depicts the clashing of Arab ideologies - that is, questions of tradition, modernity, imperialism, gender and political authority. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630371
- ISBN
- 9780815630371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.69
€ 24.69