Gusdorf's central concern is to analyze speech within the context of human reality. Speech is an abstraction, but speaking is not, he says. Speaking expresses the experimental and dialectical relation of man, nature, and society. It is through speaking that nature is sublimated into the meant and expressive world of human reality.

    

    Analysis of the Chinese language suggests the ancient Chinese knew of the God of Abraham.

    Introduction in modern Greek, Latin, German, and English. Key to sigla.

    

    Depicts a little girl's visual images of her parents' talking about such things as bells that peel, banking a fire, and a running nose.

    Reading and Writing Chinese has been the leading text for foreign students and teachers of the Chinese writing system since it was first published in 1978. This completely revised edition draws on the lessons learnt from the use of the book in classrooms so as to provide a more convenient and up–to–date introduction to the Chinese writing system. Over 1,100 new combinations of characters have been added, increasing the total vocabulary significantly to about 4,500 items. There are also new notes on usage to give students insight into the contemporary state of the language. The student's ability to read Chinese and write Chinese are reinforced throughout. For each of the basic 1,062 characters, the pronunciation, definition and derivation are given, with examples of the use of most words and a chart showing how to write each character. Memorization tips and cautionary cross–reference to look–alike characters are also provided, as well as notes to help clarify those overlooked aspects of the Chinese writing system. Key features of this book:-The Student's 1,020 List.-The Official 2,000 List.-Over 2,000 characters and 2,500 combinations.-Definitions and explanations. Standard Hanyu Pinyin romanization.-Memorization hints and stroke–order diagrams.-Hong Kong/Taiwan and China/Singapore forms.-Traditional and modern radical systems.

    Commonly used Dutch idioms that use a verb are presented at the bottom of the page of the appropriate verb.

    The theoretical issues raised in The Sound Pattern of English continue to be critical to current phonology, and in many instances the solutions proposed by Chomsky and Halle have yet to be improved upon.

    

    Indeed it is the first attempt at a comprehensive treatment of the subject since W. D. Alexander published his concise Short Synopsis of the Most Essential Points in Hawaiian Grammar in 1864. This grammar is intended as a companion to the Hawaiian Dictionary, by the same authors.

    Some 30,000 pages existed at the time of his death. Much, but by no means all, of this has been sorted & released in several volumes.[The Manuscripts, from the Wittgenstein Archive in Cambridge] During his "middle work" in the '20s & '30s, much of it involved attacks from various angles on the sort of philosophical perfectionism embodied in the Tractatus. Of this, he published only the paper, "Remarks on Logical Form," which was submitted to the Aristotelian Society & published in their proceedings. By the time of the conference, however, he'd repudiated the essay as worthless & gave a talk on the concept of infinity instead. He was increasingly frustrated to find that, altho he wasn't ready to publish his work, other philosophers were publishing essays containing inaccurate presentations of his own views based on their conversations with him. As a result, he published a very brief letter to the journal Mind, taking a recent article by R.B. Braithwaite as a case in point, & asked philosophers to hold off writing about his views until he was himself ready to publish them. Altho unpublished, the Blue Book, a set of notes dictated to his class at Cambridge in 1933–34, contains seeds of his later thoughts on language (later developed in the Investigations). It's read today as a turning point in his philosophy of language.

    We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

    The Sound Shape of Language, his collaboration with Linda R. Waugh, a scholar who has devoted considerable attention to an exposition and elaboration of Jakobsonian views, fortunately has preserved in print the authoritative lectorial voice. Michael Silverstein in Journal of Communication

    For the first time in English, a practical 367 page handbook with all you need to read and write the written language of 60,000,000 Korean people including hangul, the Korean alphabet, and 1,800 Chinese characters taught in Korean schools.

    

    

    

    

    Ruck's innovative approach makes Ancient Greek: A New Approach useful not only in the classroom but for general self-instruction as well.

    

    It is a rarity among scholarly books, for it brings joy while it teaches; it makes us smile, sometimes roar with laughter, while it develops the most rigorous linguistic argumentation. The author analyzes the many kinds of Yiddish "psycho-ostensives"—ranging from blessings and thanks to lamentations and curses. To a person who mentions something horrible you can say: Zalts dir in di oygn, fefer dir in noz! ("Salt into your eyes, and pepper into your nose!"). Or to a child you might tenderly murmur: A gezúnt dir in yeder éyverl! ("A health to all your little body-parts!"). The author illustrates how these formulas can be used to fulfill social conventions, to keep away evil, to show off—or even to deceive the listener.Comments [1999]"I have known and profited from this book for many years, and its interest for linguistics and Yiddish studies has grown steadily. The book will have three audiences: specialists in Yiddish; linguists, psychologists, and anthropologists who are interested in the emotional side of language; and general linguists familiar with Matisoff's outstanding contributions, both witty and insightful, in other linguistic fields."—William Labov,University of Pennsylvania"Matisoff's book was pathbreaking, innovative, and crucially important when it was first published and remains so today. It is as relevant as it was then, if not more so. Matisoff is a consummate scholar and also an excellent writer: clear and weighty but also whimsical and witty." —Deborah Tannen,Georgetown University

    Using an integrated "whole language" approach and continual reinforcement of skills, this book caters to users� intelligence and interests. KEY TOPICS It features instructional material on all nine modes of discourse--description, narration, exemplification, process, comparison and contrast, definition, cause and effect, classification, and argumentation. MARKET: For the development of writing skills and the creation of effective writing.

    

    Companion videotape and special combination packages are available.

    

    English-German dictionary included.