Covering a strikingly diverse range of languages from 12 linguistic families, this handbook is based on responses to a questionnaire constructed by the editors. Focusing on the formation, distribution and semantic interpretation of quantificational expressions, the book explores 17 languages including German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Malagasy, Hebrew, Pima, Basque, and more. The language data sets enable detailed crosslinguistic comparison of numerous features.
A fantastic collection of problems for anyone who is curious about how human language works! These books take serious scientific questions and present them in a fun, accessible way. Readers exercise their logical thinking capabilities while learning about a wide range of human languages, linguistic phenomena, and computational models. This book brings together, for the first time in one collection, the best English-language problems created for students competing in the Computational Linguistics Olympiad.
In Babel No More, Michael Erard, “a monolingual with benefits,” sets out on a quest to meet language superlearners and make sense of their mental powers. On the way he uncovers the secrets of historical figures like the nineteenth-century Italian cardinal Joseph Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages, as well as those of living language-superlearners such as Alexander Arguelles, a modern-day polyglot who knows dozens of languages and shows Erard the tricks of the trade to give him a dark glimpse into the life of obsessive language acquisition.
Master the basics of 35 languages in four easy steps. Passport to 35 Languages is a state of the art learning tool offering 35 world languages and extra features to make practicing your new language skills both fun and exciting. With this multimedia, multilingual talking dictionary and phrase book, you'll easily learn the vocabulary, key phrases, and cultural information needed to travel with ease or ace your next language exam.
Discover the World's Common and Uncommon Languages from Arabic to Zulu... Learning to speak another language has never been easier, quicker or more fun. Right from the start learners of any level—even complete beginners—can start using a foreign language with this unique learning system. Languages of the World teaches you to use real language, in context, using the widest variety of interactive activities available from any multi-language learning product today. Learning is as Easy as One, Two, Three!
