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    Tuttle Publishing 1993; US$ 19.95

    A Net of Fireflies is a Collection of Japanese Haiku and Haiku paintings. more...

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    Tuttle Publishing 2011; US$ 7.95

    Learn to speak the colloquial language the Filipinos really use with Making Out in Tagalog . This phrase book is an excellent guide to the modern Tagalog spoken in everyday interactions - giving access to lots of colorful, colloquial expressions not covered in other phrase books. Making Out in Tagalog features a pronunciation guide and notes on Filipino language and culture. The phrases are organized according to typical encounters. Each expression is given in Tagalog script so you can show the person you are talking to. Making Out in Tagalog will bring you to a new level of fluency and communication in Tagalog! more...

  • Tuvaluanby Niko Besnier

    Routledge 1999; US$ 333.00

    The first detailed description of the structure of Tuvaluan, one of the least well-documented languages of Polynesia. more...

  • Maoriby Winifred Bauer

    Routledge 1993; US$ 61.95

    This descriptive grammar provides a uniquely comprehensive description of Maori. Today the language is under threat and it seems likely that the Maori of the future will differ quite considerably from the Maori of the past. more...

  • Old Japaneseby Marc Hideo Miyake

    RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 195.00

    What did eighth-century Japanese sound like? How does one decode its complex script? This book provides the definitive answers to these questions using an unprecedented range of data from the past and the present. more...

  • Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australiaby William B. McGregor

    RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 190.00

    This book provides an insightful and highly readable account both of the social setting in which the languages are spoken and of their main structural features. more...

  • Collected Writings of J. Thomas Rimerby J. Thomas Rimer

    RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 378.00

    Widely acknowledged as the doyen of twentieth-century Japanese literature, fine art and the performing arts, as well as being renowned for his translations of Zeami and Mori Ogai. more...

  • Body in Postwar Japanese Fictionby Douglas Slaymaker

    RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 190.00

    This book explores one of the crucial themes in postwar Japanese fiction. Through an examination of the work of a number of prominent twentieth century Japanese writers, the book analyses the meaning of the body in postwar Japanese discourse. more...

  • Australian Languagesby R. M. W. Dixon; S. R. Anderson; J. Bresnan; B. Comrie; W. Dressler; C. Ewen; R. Lass

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 84.00

    Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 40,000 years, speaking about 250 languages. Through examination of published and unpublished materials on each of the individual languages, Professor Dixon surveys the ways in which the languages vary typologically and presents a profile of this long-established linguistic area. more...

  • Language and Society in Japanby Nanette Gottlieb; Yoshio Sugimoto; Harumi Befu; Roger Goodman

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 29.00

    Nanette Gottlieb's book considers the role of language in Japanese society in relation to identity formation. It covers important questions such as multilingualism, language and nationalism, and literacy and reading habits. Building on the author's previous highly regarded work, it will be essential reading for students and scholars. more...