Language Books

BERLITZ ITALIAN PHRASE BOOK & DICTIONARY
by Berlitz. Condition: UNREAD 1992 Berlitz pocket-sized soft cover, 15th printing. Although unread, the book has seen some shelfwear handling. Content: Complete phrase book & dictionary with maps. Essential. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 2.89 + $ 2.94 media shipping.

BERLITZ SWEDISH PHRASE BOOK & DICTIONARY
by Berlitz. Condition: NEW 1999 Berlitz pocket-sized second revised edition, 10th printing. Tiny edgewear. Interior perfect. Content: Complete phrase book & dictionary with maps. Essential. Questions welcome. [1 copy left]
$ 2.49 + $ 2.94 media shipping.

FEATURE DISTRIBUTION IN SWEDISH NOUN PHRASES
Publications of the Philological Society # 32
by Kersti Borjars. Condition: UNREAD 1998 Blackwell Publilshers Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: A disucssion (with charts and diagrams) of the structure of Swedish nouns and noun phrases. That's all I can tell you. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 14.89 + $ 3.29 media shipping. Priority & International shipping available.

FIRST 500 WORDS: FRENCH
by Heather Amery. Color illustrations. Condition: NEW 2003 Usborne Books At Home softcover. This is the Chick-Fil-A edition. Content: 500 easy and familiar words (dog, butterfly, pig, etc.) to introduce youngsters to the French language. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 2.89 + $ 3.09 media shipping. Priority shipping available.

FIRST 500 WORDS: GERMAN
by Heather Amery. Color illustrations. Condition: NEW 2003 Usborne Books At Home softcover. This is the Chick-Fil-A edition. Content: 500 easy and familiar words (dog, butterfly, pig, etc.) to introduce youngsters to the German language. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
$ 2.89 + $ 2.89 media shipping. Priority shipping available.

FIRST GERMAN ON HOLIDAY (Usborne)
by Kathy Gemmell and Jenny Tyler. Color "cartoons" by Sue Stitt. Condition: NEW 1994 Usborne hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first American printing. Content: Reviewer: "This book has colorful illustrations with which one can practice Question and Answer Games easily. It is about the Strudel family on vacation. Chapters included are: Setting off, On the road, Counting Game, On the beach, Treasure hunt, Guess Who?, Weather, Body Game, Car Game, Funny Shapes, Hot work, Snapshots, Word list, Answers. There is a wordlist on ervery doublepage to give you the translations. There you'll also find little letters to help one pronounce the german word. Some of these are not correct i.e.ICH - ikh. It contains easy german songs (with notes)and games which help practice the newly learned vocabulary. It is a wonderful book for the recommended age group (9-12) if the child already has some basic knowledge of German." [1 copy available]
$ 9.89 + $ 3.09 media shipping.

GETTING TO KNOW SPAIN AND SPANISH
by Janet De Saules. Color illustrations by Kim Wooley. Condition: Gently pre-read, IF at all, 2000 Barron's soft cover, no printing given. Content: Children ages 8 through 12 enjoy a guided tour of Spain, with Spanish landmarks, culture, history, foods, and more. Text is in English, with many bilingual translations. . [1 copy available]
$ 2.89 + $ 2.94 shipping. Priority shipping available.

THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF DETERMINER PHRASES
by Enrique Mallen. B&W charts illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1992 Cornell Dept.Modern Languages & Linguistics Trade Paperback, no printing given. Very light edge wear. Content: "Following the assumption that the thematic matrix of verbs and their corresponding derived nouns are linked to syntatic 0-positions in basically the same fashion, we predict that the d-structure of both L-heads should be identical in the unmarked cases (Configurational Hypothesis). I offer additional evidence in support of this hypothesis. . . ." [Good grief, he lost me after the word "following."] I hope you, dear shopper, understand all of this. [1 copy available]
$ 90.59 + $ 3.29 media shipping. International shipping available.

ITALIAN VERBS (Brockhampton Reference)
by Brockhampton Press. Condition: NEW 1995 pocket-sized hardcover & DJ, first edition. Content: This comprehensive reference book provides clear and easy-to-use information on the correct form and use of Italian verbs: 200 commonly used verbs, all verbs fully conjugated, and a guide to verb formation. [1 copy available]
$ 1.89 + $ 2.94 shipping.

JUST ENOUGH DUTCH: How to Get By and Be Easily Understood
by D. L. Ellis. B&W maps & drawings. Condition: NEW 1999 Passport Books edition, 9th printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: Complete guide to speaking Dutch - well, phrases, words - that will help you travel in Holland. [1 copy available]
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JUST ENOUGH SPANISH: How to Get By and Be EAsily Understood
by D.L. Ellis, R. Ellis. Condition: UNREAD 1983 Passport Books edition, 1993 third printing. Problems: the front cover shows shelfwear with short pale diagonal crease bottom front corner and a very pale shelfwear hinge crease. Interior clean & tight. Content: Anything you want to/need to say in Spanish (well, no curse words) is in this little pocket-sized book. [1 copy available]
$ 1.95 + $ 2.94 media shipping.

LID OFF A DAFFODIL: A Book of Palindromes
by John Pool. Great B&W detailed drawings by Peter Brookes. Condition: UNREAD 1986 Owl soft cover, first printing. Name on half-title page. Interior clean & tight. Content: Delightful book showing palindromes from 3 letters to 12+ letters and words. Great fun and educational as well. [1 copy available]
$ 4.69 + $ 3.09 media shipping. Priority shipping available.

MAORI PROVERBS
by A. E. Brougham and A. W. Reed. Revised by T. S. Karetu. Condition: NEW 1988 Heinemann Reed (New Zealand) soft cover, revised edition reprint. Both front and back covers show binding errors - "wrinkles" (pale and short). Interior clean & tight. Content: Whakatauki or proverbs are encapsulations of the wisdom, wit and commonsense of the Maori people. Remarkable for the beauty of their language and their succinctness, they are of great value and inspiration to orators and storytellers. This collection is categorised under such diverse headings as early rising, treachery, gluttony, caution, love and despair - provides both a useful reference and an insight into maori humour and values. This edition has been fully revised and expanded by T. S. Karetu, Head of Maori at the University of Waikato, Hamilton. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE POCKET IDIOT'S GUIDE TO FRENCH
by Gail Stein. Condition: UNREAD 2002 Alpha Books paperback, 4th printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: Idiot-proof steps for learning French fast; Easy lessons on idioms and slang used by native speakers; and Common phrases to use when you travel. 256 pages. Will fit in your pocket or purse. [1 copy available]
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PORTRAITS OF "THE WHITEMAN": Linguistic play and cultural symbols among the Western Apache
by Keith H. Basso. Foreword by Dell Hymes. B&W comic illustrations by Vincent Craig. B&W maps. Condition: Gently pre-read 1987 Cambridge Univ. Press Trade Papaerback, reprint. Very light edge wear with pale hinge crease. Interior clean but for a name being marked out on the half title page. There may have been some pencil notes but if so, they have been removed. Content: Drawing on current theory in symbolic anthropology and sociolinguistics, this interpretive essay investigates a complex form of joking based on material collected in a Western Apache community wherein Apaches stage carefully crafted imitations of Anglo-Americans. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 6.49 + $ 3.19 media shipping. Priority & International shipping available.

SAY HOLA TO SPANISH, OTRA VEZ (Again!)
by Susan Middleton Elya. Color illustrations by Loretta Lopez. Condition: UNREAD 1999 Scholastic softcover, third printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: Another bright-eyed dose of Spanish vocabulary from Elya (Say Hola to Spanish, 1996). Jaunty, rhyming couplets introduce the words, and Lopez has provided illustrations in saturated, paintbox colors. Glossary included. Grades 1 - 4. Fun way to introduce a new language to kids.
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SURVIVAL ITALIAN
by Langenscheidt Publishers. B&W comic illustrations. Condition: UNREAD 1991 Langenscheidt Publishers small pocket-sized soft cover, no printing given. Content: What a neat book this is - an interesting approach to lerning a "foreign" language. All "situations" are illustrated in B&W comics and cover every situation you might encounter in Italy: airport, hospital, money exchange, meals, at the beach, travel, etc. Plus puzzles in the back of the book to test your new knowledge. Will fit in your pocket or purse. [1 copy available]
$ 2.25 + $ 2.94 media shipping.

THE SUPERIOR PERSON'S BOOK OF WORDS
by Peter Bowler. B&W comic illustrations by Dennis Corrigan. Condition: NEW 1998 David Bodine hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), 16th printing. Content: Are you an Anglophile? (Stout fellow!) Just stand at this springboard and leave the fields of popinjay jabber and tongue-stumped battology behind forever! Step up for big dividends in the giddy heights of superior speech. Are you a rasorial searcher after words? Are nouns your bread? Adjectives your butter? Verbs your little salad? Adverbs your house dressing? Well, then, this is the book to shiver you futtocks! Put an end to fopdoodly speech; amaze your friends, baffle your enemies, write interoffice memos to end all discussion! Peter Bowler will teach you the practical riches of saying it well with good words, neglected words, precise words for vocabular exultation. A Superior Person is not defined by income, class, or sex. A Superior Person uses Superior Speech. And, if Aristotle's definition of art as something both entertaining and edifying is still toasted with glee, then there's art a-chock-a-block in Mr. Bowler's dictionary - a funny, useful, and elevating little book. Nothing short of a brief dictionary for those who aspire to linguistic snobbery. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 3.59 + $ 3.09 media shipping.

SWEDISH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS (Hippocrene Handy Dictionary)
by Lexus. Condition: UNREAD 1994 Hippocrene soft cover, second printing. Content: A comprehensive English/Swedish section with all the words and phrases listed alphabetically according to the main word in the expression. All of the Swedish words and phrases you will meet in store, on signs and menus, or hear as standard replies aranged in subject areas. Pronunciation assistance. Will fit in your pocket or purse. [1 copy available]
$ 2.25 + $ 2.94 media shipping.

SWEDISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (Hippocrene Comprehensive Dictionary)
by Hippocrene Books. Condition: UNREAD 1996 Hippocrene huge soft cover, no printing given. Content: Containing over 75,000 modern entries, this comprehensive reference tool encompasses a wide range of subject areas - perfect for both the teacher and student of Swedish. Contains useful travel phrases; measurement conversion charts; British and American spellings; listing of English irregular verbs; and geographical listings. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 4.25 + $ 3.49 media shipping.

WICKED FRENCH FOR THE TRAVELER
by Howard Tomb. B&W Jared Lee illustrations. Condition: UNREAD 1989 Workman Publishing pocket-size soft cover (64 pages), 16th printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: Sin-ply hilarious French phrases that will absolutely allow you to one-up the French and get you in all kinds of trouble. Chapters: You vs. Your Waiter; How to Speak LIke a Vrai Existentialist; Organs You May Wish to Avoid Eating; How to Condescend LIke a Native; Making French Noises with YTour Mouth and Nose; The Most Gigantic Art Museum on Earth; Fine Points of the Paris Metro; Meaningful Things to Say About Wine; Negotiating the Topless Beach; Curse Like a Foreign Legion Trooper; and Demon Children on the Eiffel Tower. Vous etes une super nana." ("You are one fabulous babe." Maybe that's all any young man needs to say. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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