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  우르두어 여행 단어와 구문 - I listen I...

  JM Gardner

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  300 essential words and phrases, the 100 most common verbs. How to learn a language differently ? With our learning method : I listen, I repeat, I speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening, combined with words, essential phrases, and a vocabulary list. 20% of the words are used 80% of the time. The end goal is to get a sufficient level in one language to be able to hold simple conversations, to be able to understand simple exchanges, deal with with everyday life and start exploring the new culture that opens up to you.

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  uTalk Afrikaans

  Eurotalk Ltd

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  It's naturally easier to learn something when it's set to rhythmic music, so that is exactly what we've done. Simple words and phrases are set to a varied pattern of rhythms and music designed to help you learn and to keep you engaged so that you won't just switch off after five minutes. It will give you an easy road into starting to learn a completely new language.  If you just want a few simple words and phrases before going abroad, Rhythms is all you need. It covers absolute essentials such as how to greet people, basic directions, getting around, food and drink. You'll hear everything spoken by both a male and a female native speaker and there will be plenty of opportunity for you to test how well you're doing with the review stages built in at key points in each track.Rhythms can be used anytime, anywhere: listen in the car or on the train, walking the dog, doing housework or exercising at the gym. Absorbing a language couldn't be easier and uTalk Rhythms has over 120 different languages to choose from.

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  Texas Place Names

  Edward Callary, Jean K. Callary

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  “[A] linguist . . . takes readers on a tour across the state, using names and language to tell its history.” ―Alcalde   Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town’s original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over “Pin Hook,” the original name of the Lamar County seat. Ding Dong’s story has a nice ring to it; the name was derived from two store owners named Bell, who lived in Bell County, of course. Tracing the turning points, fascinating characters, and cultural crossroads that shaped Texas history, Texas Place Names provides the colorful stories behind these and more than three thousand other county, city, and community names.   Drawing on in-depth research to present the facts behind the folklore, linguist Edward Callary also clarifies pronunciations (it’s NAY-chis for Neches, referring to a Caddoan people whose name was attached to the Neches River during a Spanish expedition). A great resource for road trippers and historians alike, Texas Place Names alphabetically charts centuries of humanity through the enduring words (and, occasionally, the fateful spelling gaffes) left behind by men and women from all walks of life.   “[A] quite useful book.” ―Austin American-Statesman

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  3-Minute German - Everyday...

  Innovative Language Learning

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  Want to learn German with easy 3-minute lessons? 
  Want to be able to greet others, introduce yourself, make small talk and ask basic questions in German? Then this 25-Lesson Audiobook is for you. 
  You learn the most common and useful German questions, answers and phrases that are used in daily conversations. Perfect for Beginners that want to start speaking German.  
  Here's a sneak peek at the first 5 lessons:Self IntroductionGreetings and FarewellsMannersAsking How Someone IsMaking ApologiesWith the "3-Minute German," you get...25 Fast & Easy Audio Lessons 
  Wait! You also get a bonus Audiobook: You get the "Everyday German for Beginners—400 Actions & Activities" Audiobook for free. Learn how to talk about your day—from morning to night—and massively improve your German. 
  Learn 400+ phrases for daily activities through 10 easy chapters.

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  The Prodigal Tongue - The...

  Lynne Murphy

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  "If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd sound like an American." 
  "English accents are the sexiest." 
  "Americans have ruined the English language." 
  "Technology means everyone will have to speak the same English." 
  Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line. In The Prodigal Tongue she explores the fiction and reality of the special relationship between British and American English. By examining the causes and symptoms of American Verbal Inferiority Complex and its flipside, British Verbal Superiority Complex, Murphy unravels the prejudices, stereotypes and insecurities that shape our attitudes to our own language. 
  With great humo(u)r and new insights, Lynne Murphy looks at the social, political and linguistic forces that have driven American and British English in different directions: how Americans got from centre to center, why British accents are growing away from American ones, and what different things we mean when we say estate, frown, or middle class. Is anyone winning this war of the words? Will Yanks and Brits ever really understand each other?

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  Cultures and Beyond

  Randy Ellefson

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  Creating a unique, immersive setting one culture at a time A guide for authors, gamers, and hobbyists Written to help fantasy and science fiction storytellers, game designers, gamers, and hobbyists, CULTURES AND BEYOND (THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, #3) is a how-to guide for filling an imaginary world with fascinating societies. It includes chapters on creating culture, organizations, armed forces, religions, the supernatural, magic systems, technological and supernatural items, languages, names, and various systems our world will have, from health, educational, legal, and commerce, to information systems. You’ll learn how to leverage real world cultures while making them seem original. Even those who’ve never invented a world will soon be masters as the author’s decades of experience walk readers through using pre-made templates that make world building faster, better, and easier to complete. Invent interesting laws, crimes, and punishments that involve imaginary creatures or technologies, and learn how to leverage trial by ordeal and other judicial acts from Earth’s past. Determine how much education is available and what form it takes. Create currencies for different places while keeping them easy for your audience to fathom, plus learn how to determine the value to assign labor, materials, products, time, and more. Master the art of creating naming styles for different societies. Fashion new military groups in gritty detail. Dream up sensible rules for magic, its practitioners, the supernatural and what happens when things go wrong. Learn what kind of files you’ll need to create, how to organize them, and get jump started with a dozen free templates you’ll use again and again. CULTURES AND BEYOND is the third volume in THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, the most in-depth, multi-volume series of its kind. Build better, faster.

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