Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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by Randolph Graczyk (Author)Crow, a Siouan language spoken on the Crow Reservation in southeastern Montana, remains one of the most vital Native American languages, with several thousand speakers. A Grammar of Crow is the first detailed description of the Crow language in a contemporary linguistic framework. Randolph Graczyk draws on more than thirty-five years of daily contact with speakers of the language and his training as a linguist to offer an in-depth description and analysis of the cr...

Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand: Portraits of Champions Who Walked Among Us - Paperback

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by John Schulian (Author), William Nack (Foreword by)John Schulian, a much-honored sportswriter for nearly forty years, takes us back to a time when our greatest athletes stood before us as human beings, not remote gods. In this compelling collection, Schulian paints prose portraits to remind fans of what today's cloistered stars won't share with them. Here, Willie Mays remembers how to smile in dreaded retirement; Muhammad Ali muses about a world that was once his. For every moment of triump...

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Inside the Ropes: Sportswriters Get Their Game on - Paperback

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by Zachary Michael Jack (Editor), Zachary Michael Jack (Introduction by)Most of us will never know what it's like to parachute out of a Cessna, tend goal for the Boston Bruins, burn rubber on a NASCAR track, scale Everest, or quarterback the Detroit Lions. So it's our good fortune when dauntless literary journalists actually play the sports they cover--returning with firsthand tales from "inside the ropes." Here, in the tradition popularized by George Plimpton, is participatory sportswriting ...

Emus Loose in Egnar: Big Stories from Small Towns - Paperback

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by Judy Muller (Author)At a time when mainstream news media are hemorrhaging and doomsayers are predicting the death of journalism, take heart: the First Amendment is alive and well in small towns across America. In Emus Loose in Egnar, award-winning journalist Judy Muller takes the reader on a grassroots tour of rural American newspapers, from an Indian reservation in Montana to the Alaska tundra to Martha's Vineyard, and discovers that many weeklies are not just surviving, but thriving. In ...

The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner - Hardcover

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by Ring Lardner (Author), Ron Rapoport (Editor), James Lardner (Foreword by)Ring Lardner's influence on American letters is arguably greater than that of any other American writer in the early part of the twentieth century. Lauded by critics and the public for his groundbreaking short stories, Lardner was also the country's best-known journalist in the 1920s and early 1930s, when his voice was all but inescapable in American newspapers and magazines. Lardner's trenchant, observant, sly, and c...

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Beginner's Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: The Ideal Dictionary for Beginning Students [Hsk Levels 1-5, Fully Romanized] - Paperback

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by Li Dong (Author)The Beginner's Chinese Dictionary is an ideal dictionary for students of the Chinese language. It is specifically designed for learners of Chinese and covers 2,500 essential vocabulary items, including all vocabulary prescribed for Levels 1-5 of the standard test of proficiency in Chinese, Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK). Entries are arranged alphabetically according to the pinyin transliteration. For each character, the radical and stroke count are given. An analysis of word f...

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Easy Mandarin Chinese: A Complete Language Course and Pocket Dictionary in One (Audio Recordings Included) [With CD (Audio)] - Paperback

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by Haohsiang Liao (Author)Concise and user-friendly, Easy Mandarin Chinese is designed for anyone who wants to learn Mandarin Chinese--whether on their own or with a teacher. This language learning book introduces the learner to all the basics of the Chinese language and teaches practical daily conversations and vocabulary. It enables users to begin efficiently communicating from the very first day, and its compact size makes it an excellent tool for travelers or business people looking to le...

Tuttle Vietnamese-English Dictionary - Paperback

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by Nguyen Dinh Hoa (Author), Phan Van Giuong (Author)This is the most up-to-date and complete Vietnamese to English dictionary available. It is designed primarily for the growing number of students of Vietnamese who need a good and reliable Vietnamese-English dictionary. Although it is targeted mainly at English speakers and other non-native users who need to learn Vietnamese, it can also be used by Vietnamese speakers who are learning or need to know English. Along with 19,000 enries--coveri...

Tuttle English-Vietnamese Dictionary - Paperback

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by Nguyen Dinh Hoa (Author), Phan Van Giuong (Author)This is the most up-to-date and complete English to Vietnamese dictionary available. It is designed primarily for the growing number of students of Vietnamese who need a good and reliable English-Vietnamese dictionary. Although it is targeted mainly at English speakers and other non-native users who need to learn Vietnamese, it can also be used by Vietnamese speakers who are learning or need to know English. Along with 18,000 enries--coveri...

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Essential Indonesian Phrasebook & Dictionary: Speak Indonesian with Confidence (Revised Edition) - Paperback

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by Tim Hannigan (Author)Every traveler heading to Indonesia should bring along a copy of Tim Hannigan's Essential Indonesian Phrasebook and Dictionary This popular, dynamically illustrated volume presents all the practical everyday phrases and words visitors need when exploring this fascinating country. Hannigan, a travel journalist and award-winning author, has updated his popular guide with 20 percent new content. Packed with over 1,500 useful phrases, this book provides: Essential Indo...

Essential Thai Phrasebook & Dictionary: Speak Thai with Confidence! (Revised Edition) - Paperback

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by Jintana Rattanakhemakorn (Author)Essential Thai Phrasebook & Dictionary presents the practical language of everyday interactions, conveyed in a way that's clear, concise, accessible and enjoyable. It includes the simple sentences used when meeting people, starting conversations, and asking and replying to questions, as well as a basic grammar and pronunciation guide to help you start speaking Thai right away. Terms and phrases covering mobile phones, wireless, and social media help you...

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Making Out in Indonesian Phrasebook & Dictionary: An Indonesian Language Phrasebook & Dictionary (with Manga Illustrations) - Paperback

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by Tim Hannigan (Author)Making Out in Indonesian Phrasebook & Dictionary is a fun and accessible guide to Indonesian as it's spoken in real life. Freshly written by Tim Hannigan--whose features and travel articles appear regularly in newspapers and magazines in Indonesia and beyond--this is your guide to modern spoken Indonesian. Experience the language as it is used in everyday interactions today, including many colorful, catchy expressions, Jakarta slang, and informal phrases not found ...

Essential Cantonese Phrasebook & Dictionary: Speak Cantonese with Confidence (Cantonese Chinese Phrasebook & Dictionary with Manga Illustrations) - Paperback

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by Martha Tang (Author)Look-up words quickly and easily with this travel size Cantonese phrasebook and dictionary. Essential Cantonese Phrasebook & Dictionary clearly and concisely presents all the everyday words, phrases and expressions you need when traveling to Hong Kong and Canton (Guangdong). In this accessible phrasebook you'll find: A pronunciation guide and grammar notes explaining the basic sounds and sentence patterns of the language Essential Cantonese expressions for meetin...

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Contemporary Japanese Workbook Volume 1: Practice Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing Second Edition(audio Recordings Included) [With CDROM] - Paperback

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by Eriko Sato (Author)This Japanese language workbook was created as supplementary material for Contemporary Japanese. A workbook which is best used for reviewing and reinforcing the concepts and learning materials introduced in the textbook, it is also designed to function as a standalone comprehensive workbook. Some of the features included for this purpose are (a) presentation of a brief note on the concept tested before every question, (b) providing of vocabulary and kanji glossaries on u...

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Contemporary Japanese Textbook Volume 1: An Introductory Language Course (Audio Recordings Included) [With CD (Audio)] - Paperback

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by Eriko Sato (Author)This Japanese language book contains 61 short lessons grouped into 14 chapters--each of which presents a wide variety of activities and exercises and yet is designed to be covered in a single session. This "daily multivitamin" approach to learning Japanese makes it easy to track your progress and to review later! Access to companion audio online comes free with the book, providing native speaker recordings giving correct pronunciations for the dialogs and vocabulary in e...

Basic Mandarin Chinese - Reading & Writing Practice Book: A Workbook for Beginning Learners of Written Chinese (Audio Recordings & Printable Flash Car - Paperback

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by Cornelius C. Kubler (Author), Jerling Guo Kubler (Author)This comprehensive Chinese character workbook can be used with any textbook or on its own to enhance your Mandarin reading and writing skills dramatically! No matter what textbook you're using to learn Chinese, it requires a lot of practice. Here is a wealth of effective activities and drills--plus an hour of native speaker audio recordings--to help you learn the 288 basic Chinese characters quickly and effectively. This book follows...

Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Practice Book: A Workbook for Beginning Learners of Spoken Chinese (Audio Recordings Included) - Paperback

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by Cornelius C. Kubler (Author), Yang Wang (Author)This comprehensive Mandarin workbook can be used with any textbook or on its own to dramatically enhance your Mandarin speaking and listening skills. No matter what textbook you're using to learn Mandarin, it requires a lot of practice. Here is a wealth of effective activities and drills--plus over 16 hours of audio recordings--to help you improve your spoken Mandarin Chinese quickly and effectively. This book follows the Basic Mandarin Chine...

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Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Textbook: An Introduction to Spoken for Beginners (Audio & Video Recordings Included) - Paperback

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by Cornelius C. Kubler (Author)This is the complete beginning-level course for spoken Mandarin Chinese designed to have you speaking quickly and accurately! The Basic Mandarin Chinese series offers a complete introductory Chinese language course specifically designed for native English speakers. These books teach spoken and written Chinese separately, allowing you to focus on the area most important to you, and to learn the spoken and written forms of Chinese at different speeds depending on ...

English-Lao Lao-English Dictionary: Revised Edition - Paperback

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by Russell Marcus (Author)This is a concise, pocket-sized English to Lao and Lao to English Dictionary Prior to the compilation of the original edition of this dictionary in 1966, the most comprehensive English to Lao dictionary was the LAA (Lao-American Association) Dictionary. At that time, no dictionary was available for the Lao language. Now, a great deal of time has passed since the first Tuttle edition of the English-Lao, Lao-English Dictionary was published in 1970. During that time, t...

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Write Your Name in Japanese Kanji: Convert Any Personal Name or Surname to the Kanji of Your Choice: Kanji for Over 300 Personal Names and Over 5,000 - Paperback

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by Nobuo Sato (Author)This book is intended to help you easily determine your Japanese name and learn the most suitable way to write it with Japanese Kanji. Japan more than most countries, places emphasis on harmoniously blending in with others. In fact, it has not one, but two proverbs similar to the Western, "When in Rome..." Go ni itte wa, go ni shigagae, or "Obey the customs of the village you enter;" and Deru kugi wa utareru, or "The nail that sticks up will be hammered." This suggests,...

Chinese Language for Beginners - Paperback

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by Lee Cooper (Author)A simple introduction to Chinese writing, pronunciation and intonation using short stories. Appropriate for beginner Chinese students of all ages. Reading basic Chinese becomes simplified in this highly attractive and unique manual designed for readers of all ages. Chinese writing, pronunciation, and vocabulary are described here in an entertaining and interesting manner to help beginners learn Chinese quickly. The author starts with simple characters and then combines t...

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A Japanese Reader: Graded Lessons for Mastering the Written Language - Paperback

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by Roy Andrew Miller (Author)This book is a selection of graded Japanese readings written in modern Japanese. An excellent way to learn Japanese, A Japanese Reader is designed for the foreign student of Japanese who is interested in attaining and developing proficiency in reading Japanese, the style of which is in current use in books, magazines, and newspapers in Japan. It also includes authentic excerpts from works by 20th-century Japanese masters Mishima, Akutagawa, Kawabata, and others. A...

Writing Systems of the World - Paperback

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by Akira Nakanishi (Author)This unique, ambitious and entertaining book presents twenty-nine scripts in detail and offers examples of a hundred more. Written in nontechnical prose and organized into brief but comprehensive sections, it will serve as a handy reference for world travelers, stamp collectors, and calligraphers, along with providing hours of reading enjoyment to those who are fascinated by the written symbol itself. The scripts covered here are from all over the world. A few, like...

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Tuttle Compact Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: Chinese-English English-Chinese [All Hsk Levels, Fully Romanized] - Paperback

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by Li Dong (Author)This is a compact and user-friendly English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionary. The Tuttle Compact Chinese Dictionary is a completely new reference dictionary designed for English speakers who are learning or using Chinese as a foreign language. It contains more than 48,000 words and expressions, including all the words required for the official HSK Chinese Language Proficiency Examination. Entries are carefully selected to reflect the latest usage in the spheres of bus...

Tuttle Practical Cambodian Dictionary: English-Cambodian Cambodian-English - Paperback

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by David Smyth (Author), Tran Kien (Author)This is a compact and travel-friendly Cambodian-English, and English-Cambodian dictionary The Tuttle Practical Cambodian Dictionary answers the need for a dictionary of Cambodian that is handy, current, and useful to those with little or no experience with the Cambodian language. With other Cambodian dictionaries are designed for those who can read Cambodian script, this dictionary provides entries in both script and romanized form. Entries provide c...

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The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary - Hardcover

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by Andrew N. Nelson (Author), John H. Haig (Revised by)"Unexcelled as a dictionary of basic Sino-Japanese characters. Extremely easy to use."--Japan Society This is the utmost classic and well regarded standard Japanese Kanji Dictionary available today.The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary is a complete revision of The Original Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary, published by Charles E. Tuttle Company in 1962. Long the foremost Japanese-English character dictionary,...

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by Mark Spahn (Author), Wolfgang Hadamitzky (Author)The acknowledged authority on Japanese Kanji, The Kanji Dictionary makes written Japanese more accessible than ever before and is an absolutely vital tool for anyone seeking to learn Japanese at an intermediate or advanced level. This is the only kanji dictionary of its kind to employ a revolutionary multiple-reference compound system. Every kanji compound, a word or phrase made up of two or more characters, is listed under each of its compo...

Tuttle Pocket Chinese Dictionary: English-Chinese Chinese-English (Fully Romanized) - Paperback

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by Li Dong (Author)This handy Chinese dictionary allows you to look up words quickly and easily--and be understood while speaking. The Tuttle Pocket Chinese Dictionary is a pocket-sized dictionary designed for travelers, business people, and beginner Chinese language students. It contains all the most common Chinese vocabulary you will need. Extensively revised and expanded, this new edition includes over 20,000 entries. A reference guide to the essentials of Chinese grammar and pronunciation...

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Intermediate Japanese Workbook: Activities and Exercises to Help You Improve Your Japanese! - Paperback

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by Michael L. Kluemper (Author), Lisa Berkson (Author)Boost your language skills with this exciting and new workbook for Intermediate Japanese! This companion workbook to Intermediate Japanese is the perfect guide for practicing conversational Japanese and written Japanese. Following in the footsteps of Tuttle's successful Beginning Japanese Workbook, this book is designed to complete the requirements for the Advanced Placement (AP) Japanese exam. It is designed for both self-study as well as...

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The Japanese Language: Learn the Fascinating History and Evolution of the Language Along with Many Useful Japanese Grammar Points - Paperback

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by Haruhiko Kindaichi (Author), Umeyo Hirano (Translator), Mineharu Nakayama (Foreword by)This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language. The Japanese Language is a classic study of one of the world's most widely used but least understood languages. Emphasizing the richness and complexity of Japanese as well as its limitations, this fine book provides a lively discussion about the uniqueness of the Japanese language. The relationship of Japanese to other la...

The Learner's Kanji Dictionary - Paperback

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by Mark Spahn (Author), Wolfgang Hadamitzky (Author)"The authors have succeeded in the purpose of making it as easy as possible to look up the readings and meanings of Japanese words written in Chinese characters." --The Modern Language Library The purpose of this Learner's Kanji Dictionary is to offer a handy and easy-to-use Japanese language tool to look up the readings and meanings of Japanese words and names written with Chinese characters (kanji). Each kanji entry is presented in extra-l...

Mandarin Chinese Characters Fast Finder: Find the Character You Need in a Single Step! - Paperback

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by Laurence Matthews (Author)Ever wished for a resource to look up Chinese characters from their shape alone? Mandarin Chinese Characters Fast Finder is a study aid that lets you look up Chinese characters quickly and intuitively from their appearance alone, without knowing their pronunciation, radical or stroke count. This reference book has been designed for dedicated learners of Chinese, as well as general readers with interest in the written Chinese language. Mandarin Chinese Characters F...