This book traces the evolution of the language, from ancient Greek to modern Greek, citing dated texts, widely analysed +from the point of view of the history of the language. The formation of modern Greek extends over a long period, from the 2nd to the 19th century, with the creation of a Greek state.
An ingenious and playful introduction to the Japanese language in a book opened on Japanese life and culture: including 400 ideograms, 1,000 useful words and a conversation guide.
A true key to the functioning of the kanji system in the Japanese language at the lexical and syntagmatic levels. A learning guide to master in 6 chapters the writing and reading of 1945 joyo kanji and 1257 commonly used compound kanji.
Practical textbook for mastering the writing and reading of hiragana and katakana. The study of kanas is done through lessons and writing exercises. The manual is designed for the independent work of the beginner in Japanese.
The first half of this book includes an introduction to the pilgrimage, translations of the documents, historical commentaries, and a glossary; the second half allows the reader to study reproductions and transcriptions of the manuscripts.
How are organized, on the basis of a rich verbal morphology, the narrative structures of Macedonian, this Slavic language spoken in the heart of the Balkans, in an area of multiple contacts and mixing.
This work remains an important reference due to the complexity of the subjects treated within : Etruscan script, Minoan, Venetic, Iberian writing systems, the scripts of Asia Minor, Protosinaitic inscriptions, Khitan, Harappan writings, and Aztec and Mayan writing systems.
From a corpus of French terms, these glossaries establish a platform of historical vocabulary in various Asian languages. These allow us insight into sometimes distant cultures, each with their own writing system, lexicon and grammatical structures.
Essay by a polyglot linguist on linguistic diversity, the complexity of languages, the differences and kinship between languages and the effects of the disappearance of some. With forty additional languages covered, developments on Romani and Inuit, additions on grammatical gender and feminization, changes to the text presenting the Ge'ez alphasyllabary.
The translation of a bestseller in Jordan, where humor and sadness are blended together in an explosive cocktail which leads the reader to reflect on the condition of women and homosexual in the Arab world.