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  • Cubanisms

    A Look at Cuba through Art and Words

    de Pedro Menocal ...
    #1 Amazon Best Seller! ─ Cubanisms ─ The evolution of Cuban slang, Spanish slang, and SpanglishThe history of Spanish slang: Spanish is a unique language. From Argentina to Spain, accents, meanings, connotations and more get lost between borders. Cubanisms by Pedro García-Menocal details the diverse history of the Spanish language as it evolved in the Lost City.The humor of Spanish slang: With ... Leer más

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  • London Urban Legends

    The Corpse on the Tube and Other Stories

    de Scott Wood ...
    Series series Urban Legends
    How long has a corpse been staring out at passengers on the tube? Was London Bridge really shipped abroad by an American thinking he'd bought Tower Bridge? Did the Queen really mix with the crowds as a princess on VE Day? And did Hitler actually want to live in Balham? Urban legends are the funny, frightening and fierce folklore people share. Just like the early folk tales that came before them, ... Leer más

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  • Trinidadian Folklore: A Journey Into The Night

    de Nadia Persad ...
    The Caribbean is known for its beaches, its people, and its food. The southernmost island of Trinidad is no different, but there is another side that most don't see. It's a side that only comes out in the dead of night. Join me as I describe some of the colorful folklore characters from my home land. Turn off the lights and visit with lost souls, and ruthless shape-shifters. ... Leer más

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  • Maliseet Vocabulary

    de Montague Chamberlain ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Leer más

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  • Tawdry Knickers and Other Unfortunate Ways to Be Remembered

    A Saucy and Spirited History of Ninety Notorious Namesakes

    de Alex Novak ...
    Some are born notorious.Others have notoriety thrust upon them.Few realize that their morning mouthwash bears the name of a life- saving British baron or that their sugary graham crackers would be abhorred by the health-food fanatic who concocted the flavorless original recipe. Throughout history, the proper names of figures both noble and notorious have slipped into the common and uncommon ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Discovering Words in the Kitchen

    de Julian Walker ...
    Series Libro 302 - Shire Discovering
    Throughout history the English language has reflected social changes, trade routes, and waves of fashion.This book examines the histories of the names of foods, ingredients, utensils, drinks, cooking methods, and dishes to show how the vocabulary of English has reflected the ways speakers of the language have interacted with their tastes, their environment and other cultures.Approximately 250 ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu

    de Lilias A. Armstrong ...
    Series series Linguistic Surveys of Africa
    Originally published in 1940, this book was the result of 3 years' worth of phonetic research and analysis with the aim of laying foudnations for improved methods of teaching and ascertaining the most scientific basis for current orthography of the Kikuyu language of Kenya. ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • Team Talk

    Sporting Words and their Origins

    de Julian Walker ...
    Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized sports, borrowing, modifying and redefining words from all walks of life in sometimes ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • The Bantu Languages of Western Equatorial Africa

    Handbook of African Languages

    de Malcolm Guthrie ...
    Series series Linguistic Surveys of Africa
    The area covered by this book, originally published in 1953, is one that has long been recognized as presenting many problems from the point of view of Bantu linguistic studies. Almost all the material set out in this present work is based on notes taken in the field, and in many cases presented completely new facts. The sources of the information used are listed at the end of the linguistic ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • A Study of the Àcoólî Language

    Grammar and Vocabulary

    de J. P. Crazzolara ...
    Series series Linguistic Surveys of Africa
    This volume re-issues the second, revised edition of 1955. This grammar and vocabulary of the Àcoólî language (here spoken by the central group Patíko-AlƐƐro-Payïïra) contains numerous examples partly to illustrate rules, partly to supply phrases relevant for daily life. The vocabulary also contains many phrases in order to show the various uses of words. In addition, the substantial introduction ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • Linguistic Survey of the Northern Bantu Borderland

    Volume Four

    de A. N. Tucker, M. A. Bryan ...
    Series series Linguistic Surveys of Africa
    The classification and distribution of the languages of the Northern Bantu Borderland between the Great Lakes and the Indian Ocean have been given in Volume 1 of The Linguistic Survey of the Northern Bantu Borderland, where however, the linguistic evidence on which the classification rested was not included. This is now set out in this volume, originally published in 1957. The languages have been ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • Practical Orthography of African Languages

    Bound with: Orthographe Pratique des Langues Africaines; The Distribution of the Semitic and Cushitic Languages of Africa; The Distribution of the Nilotic and Nilo-Hamitic Languages of Africa; and Linguistic Analyses

    de International African Institute ...
    Series series Linguistic Surveys of Africa
    The first edition of the Practical Orthography of African Languages was a best-seller and this and the following volume re-issues the second edition, in English and French. Originally published in 1930, it provided an invaluable solution to the problem of finding a practical and uniform method of writing African languages. The volume is bound with a small pamphlet which analyses the information on ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD