Comparing Languages
English and its European Relatives
Published on 7. January 1993
Audio
Audio cassette
56 pages
978-0-521-33486-0 (ISBN)
Description
Part of a series aimed at 11-14 year-olds which examines the way languages work, this book reveals that other European languages are not necessarily so "foreign" and that a "Superman" comic can be related to Dutch, German, Swedish, Italian, Spanish and French.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 11 to 14 years
Illustrations
8 tables, 25 line diagrams, 5 sketch maps
Dimensions
Height: 110 mm
Width: 70 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
63 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-33486-0 (9780521334860)
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Content
Why compare languages?; how they got there; a language map; the sounds we make; writing the sounds down; how languages work; Dutch; German; Swedish; Italian; Spanish; French; minority languages; how English links up; English - the great collector.