Download or read book Icelandic Mini Dictionary written by J. N. Zaff and published by Fluo Editions. This book was released on with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the words you'll need in your day-to-day life in the palm of your hand! With thousands of lemmas, neatly organised and translated, Fluo's Icelandic Mini Dictionary is designed to become the everyday go-to pocket reference for students, learners, business professionals and travellers. Features: - Bi-directional bilingual dictionary (English-Icelandic & Icelandic-English) - Over 14000 words in total - Pocket-size and easy-to-use so that you can take it with you everywhere - Lemmas neatly organised by headword - Includes most common English phrasal verbs - IPA pronunciation guide - Table of English Irregular Verbs
Download or read book The Little Book of Icelandic written by Alda Sigmundsdottir and published by Little Books Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Icelandic is one of the oldest and most complex languages in the world. In this book, Alda Sigmundsdóttir looks at the Icelandic language with wit and humor, and how it reflects the heart and soul of the Icelandic people and their culture. Many of the Icelanders' idioms and proverbs, their meaning, and origins are discussed, as is the Icelanders' love for their language and their attempts to keep it pure through the ongoing construction of new words and terminology. There is a section on Icelandic curse words as well as Icelandic slang, which is mostly derived from English. Throughout, this book deconstructs Icelandic vocabulary, and the often-hilarious, almost naive, ways in which words are made. Among the fascinating topics broached in The Little Book of Icelandic: • The Language Committee: how Icelanders struggle to keep their language “pure” • Let's make a word!—How names for new things are constructed • Old letters, strange sounds: wrapping your tongue around the Icelanders’ tongue • $#*!%&!“#$%*, or how Icelanders curse • The missing dialects—why Icelandic has none • Which is the prettiest of all: contests to find the most lovely word in Icelandic (and the ugliest!) • Quintessential Icelandic words and phrases (the ones that describe the Icelanders like no others) • Useful phrases to impress your new Icelandic friends! • Klósett—the unexpected origin of the Icelandic word for toilet ... and so much more! This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the Icelandic people, their culture—and of course their language. Excerpt "Idioms and proverbs provide a unique insight into the soul of a nation. They say so much about a people’s history—the heartfelt, the tragic, the monumental, the proud. Icelandic has a vast number of idioms and proverbs that are a direct throwback to our nation’s past, especially idioms relating to the ocean, which is such a massive force in our nation's history. Many of them we use all the time without ever giving a thought to their origins. What follows is a random sampling—I hope you enjoy reading about them as much as I did. — Idiom: Eins og skrattinn úr sauðaleggnum Translation: Like Satan out of the sheep’s leg bone Meaning: Unexpectedly, out of the blue If someone suddenly appeared, especially someone I didn’t really want to see, I might say hann kom eins og skrattinn úr sauðaleggnum, literally “he appeared like Satan out of the sheep’s leg bone”. Where the affiliation between a sheep’s leg bone and the prince of darkness comes in I could not tell you. However, I can tell you that, in the old days, Icelandic children (being impoverished and everything) had no proper toys. Instead, they played with sheeps’ bones, each of which was assigned a role. The jawbones were the cows, the joints of the legs were the sheep, and the leg bones were the horses. So maybe folks were worried that Satan—being the crafty bugger that he was—would install himself in a sheeps’ leg bone when the kids were playing and then suddenly BOO! pop out and scare the bejeezus out of them. It’s just a theory. Incidentally, the use of this idiom is not confined to people—it is also successfully used to comment on unwanted happenings, as in: “Damn, this huge phone bill comes like Satan out of a sheep’s leg bone!”
Download or read book The Dictionary of Multimedia 1999 written by Brad Hansen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for programmers, graphic artists, writers, video producers, audio engineers, network managers, hardware technicians, and telecommunications professionals who embrace the complex world of digital media and realize the need for a common language in which to communicate with one another.
Download or read book Icelandic Language written by Meda Gunnarsdottir and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you have a trip to Iceland coming up and you're not sure quite where to begin with the language, or you need to study Icelandic for any other reason, this guide will provide everything you need to make your trip to Iceland a comfortable one. With the most frequently heard Icelandic words and phrases, all grouped by topic, plus fascinating details about its culture make this book a must for any traveler to Iceland. But wait. There's more! The menu has been laid out for easy, convenient navigation, and a mini English-to-Icelandic dictionary for quick reference on-the-fly has also been included. Learning Icelandic should be not only educational but also fun, and this guide was created to ensure that you appreciate the many facets of Iceland's language and culture - even before you set foot in one of the world's most beautiful nations.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Iceland written by David Leffman and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Iceland is your complete handbook to uncovering the delights of Europe's largest glacier. From Reykjavik's nightlife to the dramatic Western Fjords and table-top mountains to the rich birdlife of Lake Myvatn, the introduction highlights all the 'things-not-to-miss'. For every town and village there are insider reviews of the all best places to stay, eat and drink, both on and off the beaten track, with the new 'Author's Pick' feature highlighting the very best options. There is plenty of practical advice for a host of outdoor activities, from skiing on the Vatnajökull glacier to whale-watching and viewing the Northern Lights. The guide also looks at Iceland's rich Viking history and its extraordinary geology and wildlife. The Rough Guide to Iceland is like having a local friend plan your trip!
Download or read book Malay Mini Dictionary written by J. N. Zaff and published by Fluo Editions. This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the words you'll need in your day-to-day life in the palm of your hand! With thousands of lemmas, neatly organised and translated, Fluo's Malay Mini Dictionary is designed to become the everyday go-to pocket reference for students, learners, business professionals and travellers. Features: Bi-directional bilingual dictionary (English-Malay & Malay-English) Over 5000 words in total Pocket-size and easy-to-use so that you can take it with you everywhere Lemmas neatly organised by headword Includes most common English phrasal verbs IPA pronunciation guide Table of English Irregular Verbs
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Iceland written by Gudmundur Halfdanarson and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008-10-23 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Iceland is the second largest inhabited island in Europe, with only 313,000 inhabitants in 2007, the Icelanders form one of the smallest independent nations in the world. Around two-thirds of the population lives in the capital, Reykjav'k, and its suburbs, while the rest is spread around the inhabitable area of the country. Until fairly recently the Icelandic nation was unusually homogeneous, both in cultural and religious terms; in 1981, around 98 percent of the nation was born in Iceland and 96 percent belonged to the Lutheran state church or other Lutheran religious sects. In 2007, these numbers were down to 89 and 86 percent respectively, reflecting the rapidly growing multicultural nature of Icelandic society. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Iceland traces Iceland's history and provides a compass for the direction the country is heading. This is done through its chronology, introductory essays, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.
Download or read book Oxford English Mini Dictionary written by Charlotte Buxton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use dictionary containing 90,000 up-to-date words, phrases, and definitions.
Download or read book Space Time World written by Michael Fortescue and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although major cognitively based studies of SPACE and TIME in language have appeared in terms of “Frames of Reference”, these do not extend to a wide selection of the world’s languages, nor do they combine SPACE and TIME in the overarching concept of WORLD, which has its own corresponding frames of reference. The aim of relating and unifying these concepts and their expression across languages constitutes the unique thrust of the present book, which will represent a significant extension of earlier approaches. Among its main conclusions will be that the complete separation of terms for SPACE and TIME is a relatively recent cultural phenomenon, rather than just a metaphorical extension of the latter from the former. The book will be of interest to all students and practitioners of Linguistics, in particular Cognitive Linguistics and Linguistic typology, but also to a more general readership interested in the historical evolution of concepts of SPACE and TIME.
Download or read book The Oxford American Minidictionary written by Oxford Dictionaries and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 40,000 entries and 50,000 definitions fill the pages of this new American edition of the bestselling "Oxford English Minidictionary," which offers authoritative and up-to-date coverage of today's American English.
Download or read book Polysemy Diachrony and the Circle of Cognition written by Michael Fortescue and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains an innovative approach to the semantics and diachronic source of cognitive verbs across a representative array of the world’s languages.
Download or read book Recovering Old English written by Kees Dekker and published by . This book was released on 2024-02-07 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element Recovering Old English examines the philological activities of scholars involved in the recovery of Old English in the period between c. 1550 and 1830. This Element focuses on four philological pursuits that dominated this recovery: collecting documents, recording the lexicon editing texts and studying the grammar. This Element demonstrates that throughout the vicissitudes of history these four components of humanist philology have formed the backbone of Old English studies and constitute a thread that connects the efforts of early modern philologists with the global interest in Old English that we see today.
Download or read book The Correspondence of Edward Lye written by Edward Lye and published by PIMS. This book was released on 2004 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Edward Lye (1694-1767) was an important contributor to the advancement of our understanding of the structure of the English language, its vocabulary, and its literature. Compared with the work of more celebrated pre-nineteenth-century Anglo-Saxonists and antiquaries, Lye's was a scholarly output of less original talent and reach (the role he gave himself was 'to remove the rubbish out of the way, as an underworkman'), but in the course of editing, improving, and publishing the hitherto unpublished work of others he made genuine advances in scholarship, particularly in the areas of English lexicography and Gothic studies. The Lye correspondence - in the main a collection of scholarly letters that are also sometimes the personal communications of friends - indicates how varied his interests were, how widely he read, and how frequently he discussed texts, elucidated cruces, and established correct textual readings, often for the first time." "This edition presents the 193 letters known to have passed between Edward Lye and forty-five correspondents between 1729 and Lye's death in 1767. English translations are provided for letters written in Latin, Greek, and Swedish, as well as for words and passages in other languages (e.g. Old English, Gothic, Hebrew) discussed in the correspondence. The introduction provides a biography of Lye and a detailed examination of his major scholarly accomplishments: the edition of Franciscus Junius's Etymologicum Anglicanum, published in 1743 with extensive improvements and additions by Lye; the publication in 1750 of Eric Benzelius's edition and Latin translation of the Gothic Gospels (Sacrorum evangeliorum versio Gothica), together with Lye's own contribution of corrections and notes, preface, and a Gothic grammar; the Dictionarium Saxonico- et Gothico-Latinum, completed posthumously by Owen Manning and published in 1772; and an unfinished translation into Latin of the Old English poems of the Caedmon Manuscript (Oxford, Bodl. MS. Junius 11)." "Supporting materials, including biographical records and documents relevant to the edited letters and Lye's publications, are presented in several appendices; there are also biographical notes on Lye's correspondents and a bibliography of manuscripts and printed works. This book will be of value to all those interested in Germanic philology, the history of Old English and Gothic scholarship, and the work of the sixteenth- to eighteenth-century antiquaries in England and northern Europe."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Collins English Mini Dictionary written by and published by Collins. This book was released on 1992 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Minidictionary of Twentieth century World History written by Oxford University Press and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the twentieth century entries taken from the fourth volume of the Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia, this minidictionary contains over one thousand entries covering the important events, individuals, and historical movements of the century. Ideal for quick reference, yet compact and reliable, it includes new entries which bring it completely up to date. This well-balanced and consistently detailed reference work features a wealth of detailed information on leaders, reformers, political parties, and ideologies, as well as on the history of individual countries around the globe. Written in a concise and lively style by leading historians, the dictionary highlights the dramatic political, economic, and social changes that have accompanied such upheavals as colonization, two world wars, and scientific and technological advances. Arranged in a handy A-Z format and providing extensive cross references to help the reader place the information in a wider context, The Oxford Minidictionary of Twentieth-Century World History will prove invaluable to both students and general readers seeking accurate and authoritative information on the history of this century.
Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Explorers written by Alan Wexler and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative, fascinating resource suitable for students, researchers, and general readers, this biographical dictionary is a "who was who" of world and space explorers, giving readers a sense of the human drama—the achievements and the challenges—that those who go where few or none have gone before must face. The explorers covered include Jacques Cousteau, Sir Vivian Fuchs, John Glenn Jr., Aleksei Leonov, Annie Peck, Valentina Tereshkova, and many more.
Download or read book A Dictionary of General Biography written by William Leist Readwin Cates and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 1488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
