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Accent Matters
Editions Rodopi 2011; US$ 107.00The accentual systems of the Baltic and Slavic languages continue to intrigue scholars of general and historical linguistics. They play an important role in the reconstruction of the linguistic ancestor of Baltic and Slavic, but also in the typological study of accentual systems. This volume contains contributions related to the accentology of the... more...
Colloquial Bulgarian
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 33.95Colloquial Bulgarian provides a step-by-step course in Bulgarian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Bulgarian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language... more...
Kempgen, Sebastian; Kosta, Peter; Berger, Tilman; Gutschmidt, Karl: Die slavischen Sprachen / The Slavic Languages. Halbband 1
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 517.00The handbook is intended to present a well balanced general view of the current state of Slavic linguistics and the Slavic languages with regard to their synchronic and diachronic description. In contrast to previous undertakings of a similar nature, this handbook is not intended to be a grammar with chapters on individual languages. Its length, the... more...
In Praise of the Unfinished
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 25.00Hailed by Czeslaw Milosz as ?the grande dame of Polish poetry? and named ?one of the foremost Polish poets of the twentieth century? by Ryszard Kapuscinski, Julia Hartwig has long been considered the gold standard of poetry in her native Poland. With this career-spanning collection, we finally have a book of her work in English. The tragic story... more...
Degrees of Explicitness
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2002; US$ 165.00This book explores factors relevant in the choices speakers and writers make in regard to explicitness of reference to the subjects and objects in their utterances. Bulgarian is a particularly felicitous target language for this type of study, since it possesses a rich inventory of available packaging techniques, ranging from zero reference, to various... more...
Topics in South Slavic Syntax and Semantics
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1999; US$ 165.00This collection of articles presents a variety of approaches to central phenomena in South Slavic syntax and semantics, with an informal introduction by the editors on South Slavic clause structure. Phenomena addressed (treated partly on a language specific basis, partly comparative) include: the structure of the functional field, verb fronting, clitic... more...
Complex Emotions and Grammatical Mismatches
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00The book offers a comparison of the structure and meaning of emotion concepts in large authentic Polish and English corpora. The authors investigate emotions which enter into relations with complex complements. The book is an excellent didactic tool and serves as reference material for teachers and students of Polish and English, translators, dictionary... more...
Die polnische Dichterin Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska: Hauptmotive in ihrer Lyrik
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 9.70Gegenstand dieses Buches ist die Darstellung der Hauptmotive im lyrischen Werk Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewskas, die in der polnischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts einen hohen Stellenwert einnimmt. In ihrem Schaffen spiegelt sich unter anderem die neue Stellung der Frau in der polnischen Gesellschaft nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg wider. Der Natur in allen... more...
Marek Hlasko
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 40.98Hauptbeschreibung Eine oft und gern genutzte Ausdrucksform für die menschliche Selbstdarstellung ist die literarische Autobiographie. Sie bildet zwischen dem, was ein Mensch ist, und dem, was er sein möchte eine Art Brücke. In der Autobiographie beschäftigt sich der Schreibende retrospektiv mit seinem eigenem Leben, indem er versucht aus der Gegenwart... more...
Milan Kundera
Infobase Publishing 2003; US$ 54.00-- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights. -- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world -- from the English medievalists to contemporary writers. Known best for his novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Kundera is also an established poet,... more...









