Download or read book Communicating in Swedish written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Swedish Learn Swedish in a Week written by Project Fluency and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are YOU planning a trip to Sweden? Are YOU Moving To Sweden? Do YOU want to Meet Beautiful Swedish Girls? Do YOU have Swedish Heritage? Be Honest how Cool would it be if YOU knew Swedish! Look it's a fact if YOU know a bit of the local Language your trip will always be a more enriching experience! People will smile and be more cheerful if YOU took the time to learn their language. Don't be your average tourist STAND OUT! Maybe YOU want, Impress a Beautiful Swedish women? At Project Fluency we believe that in order to communicate well you only need to know the basics of any Language well. For this reason our EXPERT Linguist Team has researched the MOST USEFUL Swedish phrases, grammar rules & words. So don't you don't waste YOUR time and energy on things that just simply don't work. If YOUR ready to learn SWEDISH TODAY! Scroll up, grab this book, and take the first steps to get the most out of YOURSwedish Experience!

Download or read book Conversational Swedish Quick and Easy written by Yatir Nitzany and published by Yatir Nitzany. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you always wanted to learn how to speak Swedish but simply didn’t have the time? Well if so, then, look no further. You can hold in your hands one of the most advanced and revolutionary method that was ever designed for quickly becoming conversational in a language. In creating this time-saving program, master linguist Yatir Nitzany spent years examining the twenty-seven most common languages in the world and distilling from them the three hundred and fifty words that are most likely to be used in real conversations. These three hundred and fifty words were chosen in such a way that they were structurally interrelated and, when combined, form sentences. Through various other discoveries about how real conversations work—discoveries that are detailed further in this book—Nitzany created the necessary tools for linking these words together in a specific way so that you may become rapidly and almost effortlessly conversant—now. If you want to learn complicated grammar rules, or to speak perfectly proper and precise Swedish, this book is not for you. However, if you need to actually hold a conversation while on a trip to Sweden, to impress that certain someone, or to be able to speak with your grandfather or grandmother as soon as possible, then the Nitzany Method is what you have been looking for. This method is designed for fluency in a foreign language, while communicating in the present tense. Nitzany believes that what’s most important is actually being able to understand and be understood by another human being right away. This is one of the several, in a series of instructional language guides, the Nitzany Method’s revolutionary approach is the only one in the world that uses its unique language technology to actually enable you to speak and understand native speakers in the shortest amount of time possible. No more depending on volumes of books of fundamental, beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, all with hundreds of pages in order to learn a language. With Conversational Swedish Quick and Easy, all you need are fifty-three pages. Learn Swedish today, not tomorrow, and get started now!

Download or read book Get Started in Swedish Absolute Beginner Course written by Vera Croghan and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want a solid foundation to your Swedish studies? If you are looking for a solid foundation to your language studies for school, work or travel, this engaging course will get you speaking, writing, reading and understanding Swedish in no time. Through authentic conversations, clear language presentations, and extensive practice and review, you will learn the Swedish you need to communicate naturally in everyday situations - from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family. What will I learn? Basic Swedish is slowly and carefully introduced to ensure you progress confidently through the course and build up a foundation to allow you to feel confident in everyday situations and move to the next level of your learning. It teaches grammar, vocabulary and listening, reading, writing, speaking and pronunciation skills. By the end of the course you will reach a solid Novice High proficiency level of ACTFL (The American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and A2 Beginner level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines. Is this course for me? Get Started in Swedish is for absolute and false beginners of Swedish. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning Swedish. There are extensive illustrations to support the learner working on his or her own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course. What do I get? This book has a learner-centred approach that incorporates the following features: - 10 units of learning content - covering everyday topics from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family - Discovery Method - figure out rules and patterns yourself to make the language stick - Outcomes-based learning - focus your studies with clear aims - Vocabulary building - thematic lists and activities to help you learn vocabulary quickly - Test yourself - see and track your own progress - Native speaker audio - available as a digital download - Free, downloadable audio transcripts and vocabulary and language reference lists This pack includes a book and one MP3 CD of audio material. Where do I go next? If you want to advance your Swedish, our Complete Swedish course (9781444107173) will take you to an intermediate level of Swedish. If you want to practice your speaking and listening skills, Get Talking and Keep Talking Swedish(9781444184228) is the perfect audio course. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years

Download or read book Learn Swedish Must Know Swedish Slang Words Phrases written by Innovative Language Learning and published by Innovative Language Learning. This book was released on with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn Swedish the fast, fun and easy way? And do you want to master daily conversations and speak like a native? Then this is the book for you. Learn Swedish: Must-Know Swedish Slang Words & Phrases by SwedishPod101 is designed for Beginner-level learners. You learn the top 100 must-know slang words and phrases that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Swedish teachers and experts. Here’s how the lessons work: • Every Lesson is Based on a Theme • You Learn Slang Words or Phrases Related to That Theme • Check the Translation & Explanation on How to Use Each One And by the end, you will have mastered 100+ Swedish Slang Words & phrases!

Download or read book Complete Swedish Beginner to Intermediate Course written by Vera Croghan and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is this the right course for you? Are you looking for a complete course in Swedish which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Swedish will guarantee success! Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online. The course is structured in thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work. By the end of this course, you will be at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features: Not got much time? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. Author insights Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. Grammar tips Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding. Useful vocabulary Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking. Dialogues Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast. Pronunciation Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you go. Test yourself Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. Extend your knowledge Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the culture and history of Sweden. Try this Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it. This is the pack comprising of the book and double CD (ISBN: 9781444107173). The course is also available as a book (ISBN: 9781444107166) and as a double CD (ISBN: 9781444107180). Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years.

Download or read book Learn Swedish Speaking 10 000 Sentences with Useful 46 Patterns written by Ma Jung and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-11-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Learn Swedish Speaking 10,000 sentences with useful 46 patterns.It consists of ten thousand Conversations in Swedish that are very useful.This is Common and frequently used 10,000 Phrase Book in Swedish language.You can dialogues and speak Swedish very well if you learn and study it.ContentsUnit 01 - I'm... , I am... - Number 1Unit 02 - I will... , I won't... , I am going to ... , Are you going to ... Number - 1007Unit 03 - I wish... , I would ... , I wouldn't ... - Number - 1154Unit 04 - I went - Number - 1264Unit 05 - Are you...? Aren't you ....? You are ... , You aren't ... - Number - 1285Unit 06 Can ... ? - Number - 1570Unit 07 - Would you ...? - Number - 1752Unit 08 - I can... I can't... ,I can not ..., I could ... , I couldn't - Number - 1805Unit 09 - Is ..? Isn't... ? - Number - 2194Unit 10 - That's ... - Number - 2472Unit 11 - Let's ... - Number - 2656Unit 12 - Don't ... - Number - 2755Unit 13 - If ... - Number - 3014Unit 14 - There ... , These ... - Number - 3116Unit 15 - It's... - Number - 3561Unit 16 - I like ... , I don't like... - Number - 3976Unit 17 - I think ... , I thought ... Do you think...? - Number - 4204Unit 18 - I want ... Do you want...? - Number - 4392Unit 19 - I know ... , I don't know ... , Do you know ...? - Number - 4742Unit 20 - I need ... , You don't need to... , Do you need ...? - Number - 5057Unit 21 - Would you ...? - Number - 5169Unit 22 - I feel... , You look... , It seems like... - Number - 5268Unit 23 - Thank you ... , I really ... - Number - 5421Unit 24 - What...? - Number - 5534Unit 25 When ...? - Number - 6268Unit 26 - Where ...? - Number - 6370Unit 27 - Which ...? - Number - 6622Unit 28 - Who ... ? - Number - 6651Unit 29 - Whose ... ? - Number - 6841Unit 30 - Why ... ? - Number - 6876Unit 31 - How ... ? - Number - 7106Unit 32 - I should ... , What should ... ? - Number - 7589Unit 33 - have to ... , You had better... - Number - 7619Unit 34 - Have you ... ? , have been ... - Number - 7717Unit 35 - I was ... , I wasn't ... , I wish ... - Number - 7834Unit 36 - This is ... , This isn't ... - Number - 8046Unit 37 - I have ..., I have not ... - Number - 8295Unit 38 - I want ... , Do you want ...? - Number - 8751Unit 39 - May ... ? , You may ... , You must ... - Number - 9086Unit 40 - Do you ... ? - Number - 9253Unit 41 - Have you ... ? - Number - 9682Unit 42 - Please ... - Number - 9782Unit 43 - Are you sure... ?, I am sure... , I enjoy ... , Did you enjoy ...? , I never ... - Number - 9982Unit 44 - I hope ... , I wonder ... , It tastes ... - Number - 10031Unit 45 - Could ... ? - Number - 10079Unit 46 - I often ... - Number - 10121Sample1. Unit 01 - I'm... , I am... - Enhet 01 - Jag är ... jag är ...2. I'm OK. - Jag är okej.3. I'm big. - Jag är stor.4. I'm old. - Jag är gammal.5. I'm ill. - Jag är sjuk.6. I'm free. - Jag är fri.7. I'm free! - Jag är fri!8. I'm tall. - Jag är lång.9. I'm sick. - Jag är sjuk.10. I'm here. - Jag är här.11. I'm sick! - Jag är sjuk!12. I'm fine. - Jag mår bra.13. I'm okay. - Jag är okej.14. I'm poor. - Jag är fattig.15. I'm busy. - Jag är upptagen.16. I'm back. - Jag är tillbaka.17. I'm late. - Jag är sen.18. I'm game. - Jag är med.19. I am well. - Jag mår bra.20. I'm right. - Jag har rätt.21. I am tall. - Jag är lång.22. I'm happy. - Jag är glad.23. I'm a cat. - Jag är en katt.24. I am calm. - Jag är lugn.25. I'm a dog. - Jag är en hund.26. I am busy. - Jag är upptagen.27. I'm young. - Jag är ung.28. I am sure. - Jag är säker.29. I'm going. - Jag går.30. I am sick. - Jag är sjuk.

Download or read book Ds 2005 055 Sweden s fourth national communication on climate change written by and published by Norstedts Juridik AB. This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Communication and Equality written by Anne Marie Thunberg and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Government Communication written by Karen Sanders and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Government communication is a curiously neglected area of discursive analysis. No considered examination of the subject exists which provides either an account of the contemporary governmental landscape or an explanation of the common and divergent themes on both a domestic and international basis. This volume aims to fill that gap, providing a concise and illuminating case-study based review of government communication. It will be divided into three sections to reflect differences in both geography and political allegiances, scrutinizing continental Europe, Anglo-American traditions and newly emerging democracies. Offering a global and thematic account, it is an indispensable resource for all students of political communication.

Download or read book English Swedish Phrasebook and 3000 Word Topical Vocabulary written by Andrey Taranov and published by T&p Books. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English-Swedish phrasebook and 3000-word topical vocabulary The collection of "Everything Will Be Okay" travel phrasebooks published by T&P Books is designed for people traveling abroad for tourism and business. The phrasebooks contain what matters most - the essentials for basic communication. This is an indispensable set of phrases to "survive" while abroad. Some of the topics included in the phrasebook are: asking for directions, signs, transportation, buying tickets, hotel, restaurant, shopping, greetings, acquaintances, communication, gratitude, health problems, apologies, farewell, and more. This book also includes a small topical vocabulary that contains roughly 3,000 of the most frequently used words. Another section of the phrasebook provides a gastronomical dictionary that may help you order food at a restaurant or buy groceries at the store. Take "Everything Will Be Okay" phrasebook with you on the road and you'll have an irreplaceable traveling companion who will help you find your way out of any situation and teach you to not fear speaking with foreigners. Swedish phrasebook, Swedish travel phrasebook, Swedish phrase book, Swedish travel, Swedish dictionary, basic Swedish, speak Swedish, speaking Swedish, Swedish expressions, Swedish phrases, travel guide Swedish, Swedish for travelers, Swedish for travel, conversation in Swedish, simple Swedish

Download or read book Swedish Parallel Audio Learn Swedish with 501 Random Phrases Using Parallel Audio written by Lingo Jump and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Length: 8 hrs and 30 minsLet's TalkWe will have you speaking Swedish in no time! Lingo Jump's parallel audio language learning system makes it easy to learn languages at your leisure. Whether you're relaxing or on the go, our simple, clear, and fun audio lessons help you learn through imitation of our speakers.Immerse yourself in a new language with confidence-we're here to get you talking using phrases that you'll learn with ease through parallel audio.Listen and LearnParallel audio is the key to Lingo Jump's language-learning methodology. Through repetition of clearly pronounced words and phrases at a tempo that's easy to follow, you'll not only find it easier to understand and speak Swedish, you'll also improve your memory, boost your listening skills, and pick up the correct accent.Our speakers follow a specific speech pattern throughout the audiobook, making phrases predictable, and helping you understand words and phrases through context. We keep you solely focused on the language, without any distracting background music.Talk Like a LocalWe know that not everyone speaks in the same way. Dialects, tempos, and accents can vary among a country's regions, and even among quarters within a city. So when you start, you'll hear our audiobook narrators using different intonations of repeated phrases, slowing them down, speeding them up, and placing emphasis on different parts of the phrases. This helps accelerate your ability to understand and speak the language naturally.Fast, Effortless, and Fun!Lingo Jump's unique parallel audio language learning system combines repetition, different speeds, and predictable speech patterns. Simply listening to the repeated phrases helps you pick up languages by instinct, preparing your brain for a language's repeated patterns. It's like we're throwing a ball to you in the same way over and over so that soon you can catch it without thinking about it.Perfect for All LevelsLingo Jump is ideal to get beginners speaking a Swedish almost immediately. The parallel audio system also helps intermediate and advanced speakers achieve fluency in a new language.As you progress, the parallel audio system has you repeat phrases at their natural tempo, removing the slower versions. You can put your newly acquired listening and comprehension skills to the test in the final chapters, where you'll listen to the phrases without any parallel audio. This motivating feature helps you track your improvement, and gets you speaking Swedish with confidence.Swift Self-improvement We've designed the first two chapters so that they offer easy immersion. Our speakers break down each word into their distinct syllables and speak slowly. This helps you catch every nuance of the language, making it easier for you to improve your listening and speaking skills all by yourself.Learn AnywhereWe've specifically developed our language courses for audio learning, so you can complete other tasks while learning Swedish. You can learn while you are running, working out, walking, driving, or even when you are doing chores. Our parallel audio learning system teaches you wherever you are, without requiring a reference manual.

Download or read book Conversational Swedish Dialogues written by Lingo Mastery and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you interested in learning Swedish for a trip to this wonderful Scandinavian nation? Perhaps you wish to talk like a native Swede and get on with the locals? If your answer to any of the previous questions was 'Yes', then this book is for you! Swedish is one of the less-spoken and rarer languages you'll find around Europe and the world, which makes your interest in it very special! Because of this, we've created a very entertaining book that will help you master the language of Sverige, as Sweden is known in its native tongue. In this book, we have compiled OVER ONE HUNDRED conversational Swedish dialogues along with their translations into English, allowing new Swedish speakers to obtain the necessary tools to understand how to set a meeting, rent a car or tell a doctor that they don't feel well. If speaking the language fluently is your goal, this book is for you! How Conversational Swedish Dialogues works: - Each new chapter will have a fresh, new story between two people who wish to solve a common, day-to-day issue that you will surely encounter in real life. - A Swedish version of the conversation will take place first. Here, we will challenge your skills by allowing you to read the dialogue in its original tongue - don't worry, they're all at a level that a beginner or intermediate speaker can cope with! - Accurate English translations follow each Swedish conversation, providing you with the opportunity to understand everything that has been said. - A helpful introduction and conclusion that will offer you important strategies, tips and tricks to allow you to get the most out of this learning material. At Lingo Mastery, we want you to feel comfortable while learning languages; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your online and offline social circles! So, look no further! Pick up your copy of Conversational Swedish Dialogues and start learning Swedish right now!

Download or read book The Role of Working Memory and Executive Function in Communication under Adverse Conditions written by Mary Rudner and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication is vital for social participation. However, communication often takes place under suboptimal conditions. This makes communication harder and less reliable, leading at worst to social isolation. In order to promote participation, it is necessary to understand the mechanisms underlying communication in different situations. Human communication is often speech based, either oral or written, but may also involve gesture, either accompanying speech or in the form of sign language. For communication to be achieved, a signal generated by one person has to be perceived by another person, attended to, comprehended and responded to. This process may be hindered by adverse conditions including factors that may be internal to the sender (e.g. incomplete or idiosyncratic language production), occur during transmission (e.g. background noise or signal processing) or be internal to the receiver (e.g. poor grasp of the language or sensory impairment). The extent to which these factors interact to generate adverse conditions may differ across the lifespan. Recent work has shown that successful speech communication under adverse conditions is associated with good cognitive capacity including efficient working memory and executive abilities such as updating and inhibition. Further, frontoparietal networks associated with working memory and executive function have been shown to be activated to a greater degree when it is harder to achieve speech comprehension. To date, less work has focused on sign language communication under adverse conditions or the role of gestures accompanying speech communication under adverse conditions. It has been proposed that the role of working memory in communication under such conditions is to keep fragments of an incomplete signal in mind, updating them as appropriate and inhibiting irrelevant information, until an adequate match can be achieved with lexical and semantic representations held in long term memory. Recent models of working memory highlight an episodic buffer whose role is the multimodal integration of information from the senses and long term memory. It is likely that the episodic buffer plays a key role in communication under adverse conditions. The aim of this research topic is to draw together multiple perspectives on communication under adverse conditions including empirical and theoretical approaches. This will facilitate a scientific exchange among individual scientists and groups studying different aspects of communication under adverse conditions and/or the role of cognition in communication. As such, this topic belongs firmly within the field of Cognitive Hearing Science. Exchange of ideas among scientists with different perspectives on these issues will allow researchers to identify and highlight the way in which different internal and external factors interact to make communication in different modalities more or less successful across the lifespan. Such exchange is the forerunner of broader dissemination of results which ultimately, may make it possible to take measures to reduce adverse conditions, thus facilitating communication. Such measures might be implemented in relation to the built environment, the design of hearing aids and public awareness.

Download or read book Keep Talking Swedish Ten Days to Confidence written by Regina Harkin and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you already have the basics and want to learn more Swedish, this advanced beginner audio course will boost your confidence to understand and speak Swedish. Practise the most frequent words and expressions for: -going to a funfair -taking a boat trip to the archipelago -going to the swimming pool -chatting in the sauna -asking for directions to the pharmacy -getting directions to a restaurant -going to a nightclub -making plans to meet -being invited to a friend's house -having a dinner conversation. You'll progress in your understanding by working out language patterns for yourself, personalize your Swedish with interactive role-plays and perfect your pronunciation to sound more natural. This advanced beginner Swedish course contains an MP3 CD. You can download the audio files on this disc from your computer to your MP3 player or play it in an MP3 CD player. Also included is a handy phrasebook and a PDF coursebook for reading and writing practice. Keep Talking Swedish - Ten Days to Confidence maps to A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years.

Download or read book Language Play in Contemporary Swedish Comic Strips written by Kristy Beers Fägersten and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-06-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the unexplored context of contemporary Swedish comic strips as sites of innovative linguistic practices, where humor is derived from language play and creativity, often drawing from English and other European languages as well as social and regional dialects of Swedish. The overall purpose of the book is to highlight linguistic playfulness in Swedish comic strips, as an example of practices as yet unobserved and unaccounted for in theories of linguistic humor as applied to comics scholarship. The book familiarizes the reader with the Swedish language and linguistic culture as well as contemporary Swedish comic strips, with chapters focusing on specific strategies of language play and linguistic humor, such as mocking Swedish dialects and Swedish-accented foreign language usage, invoking English language popular culture, swearing in multiple languages, and turn-final code-switching to English to signal the punchline. The book will appeal to readers interested in humor, comics, or how linguistic innovation, language play, and language contact each can further the modern development of language, exemplified by the case of Swedish.

Download or read book Cyber Law in Sweden written by Christine Storr and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical guide to cyber law – the law affecting information and communication technology (ICT) – in the Sweden covers every aspect of the subject, including intellectual property rights in the ICT sector, relevant competition rules, drafting and negotiating ICT-related contracts, electronic transactions, privacy issues, and computer crime. Lawyers who handle transnational matters will appreciate the detailed explanation of specific characteristics of practice and procedure. Following a general introduction, the book assembles its information and guidance in seven main areas of practice: the regulatory framework of the electronic communications market; software protection, legal protection of databases or chips, and other intellectual property matters; contracts with regard to software licensing and network services, with special attention to case law in this area; rules with regard to electronic evidence, regulation of electronic signatures, electronic banking, and electronic commerce; specific laws and regulations with respect to the liability of network operators and service providers and related product liability; protection of individual persons in the context of the processing of personal data and confidentiality; and the application of substantive criminal law in the area of ICT. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable time-saving tool for business and legal professionals alike. Lawyers representing parties with interests in the Sweden will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative law in this relatively new and challenging field.