Studies in text grammar

Studies in Text Grammar (Foundations of Language Supplementary Series) Nouveau et garanti Flambant neuf, original et garantie Livraison rapide et gratuite Préparé et livré en 24/48 heures Retour gratuit Retour gratuit, 14 jours pour changer d'avis Type Broché Édition Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973 ISBN 9401026386 Numéro de pièce fabricant 2075890780 Langue Published: Anglais; Original Language: Anglais; Générique: Anglais; Dimensions 16,03 x 2,08 x 23,98 (cm) Taille du paquet 23,98 x 16,03 x 2,08 (cm) Poids 0,00 g Étiquette Springer Producteur Springer Date de sortie 06-11-2011 Créateur J. S. Petöfi Codes EAN 9789401026383 Compter 349 Date de publication 06/11/2011 Éditeur Springer Studio Springer Catégorie 1 Livres anglais et étrangers > Reference > Words & Language > Linguistics Livraison En règle générale, tous les articles sont envoyés le même jour par courrier express avec code de suivi de commande. Nous faisons tout notre possible pour respecter le délai de livraison indiqué sur l'annonce. Paiement Tous les paiements se font exclusivement via PayPal, synonyme de garantie et sécurité pour l'acheteur et pour le vendeur. Si vous n'avez pas de compte PayPal, et ne désirez pas en ouvrir un, vous pouvez quand même régler le paiement de votre achat au moyen d'une carte de crédit accepté par PayPal. Retour et Garantie Tous les produits sont nouveaux et couverts par une garantie de 2 ans. Dans le cas que l'objet acheté ne soit plus disponible, plus en production ou impossible à réparer, vous serez remboursé (les frais de transport restent à la charge du client). Si vous changez d'avis et souhaitez renvoyer un objet, vous pouvez le retourner jusqu'à 14 jours après votre achat, gratuitement.

Studies in Early Modern English Dieter Kastovsky Auteur: Dieter Kastovsky Editeur: Mouton de Gruyter Relié: 515 pages Format: Relie Createur: Sous la direction de Dieter Kastovsky Edition: Reprint 2012 Publication: 01/07/1994 Collection: Topics in English Linguistics [Tiel] Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 2 Langue: Anglais Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais   D'autre titre de Dieter Kastovsky Historical English Syntax Classement: Livres anglais et étrangers > Subjects > Reference > Words & Language > Grammar Mot Clef: Early modern, 1500-1700 English language Grammar LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics Language Arts & Disciplines Grammar Language Arts & Disciplines Grammar, syntax Historical & comparative linguistics Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) Language Linguistics English Language History Linguistics - General English

A dictionnary of basic japanese grammar,  de Seiichi Makino et Michio Tsutshui  Editions The Japan Times - 10ème impression: Février 1990 (  1 ère édition: Mars 1986)   En anglais  Très bon: avec jaquette (le dos de la jaquette est décoloré)     A DICTIONARY OF BASIC JAPANESE GRAMMAR offers a new approach to the interpretation of Japanese grammar and provides, in dictionary format, a c onvenient reference of grammar - related expressions. Accurate and concise, the grammar explanations incorporate the results of recent research in Japanese linguistics.      This work is designed primarily for such people as those who  -- are not satisfied with the grammar explanations in Japanese textbooks  -- have studied Japanese grammar but need more comprehensive information about its use in different contexts  -- want to learn the distinctions among similar grammatical expressions  -- are looking for a supplement to dictionaries which lack grammatical explanations  -- need a basic grammar review.      A DICTIONARY OF BASIC JAPANESE GRAMMAR consists of five sections.  -- The first section familiarizes the reader with the grammatical terms used throughout the text. -- The second provides an overview of the major grammar concepts of Japanese. -- The third and main portion of the text is devoted to descriptions and explanations of the basic grammar items. -- The fourth and fifth sections, consisting of eight appendixes and three indexes, complete the text.   This book helps the reader to obtain an in - depth understanding of basic grammar structures, which leads to more accurate usage. Overall, it constitutes a standard reference for Japanese and can be considered indispensable to the study of the language  

A dictionnary of basic japanese grammar,  de Seiichi Makino et Michio Tsutshui  Editions The Japan Times - 10ème impression: Février 1990 (  1 ère édition: Mars 1986)   En anglais  Très bon état: avec jaquette (le dos de la jaquette est décoloré)     A DICTIONARY OF BASIC JAPANESE GRAMMAR offers a new approach to the interpretation of Japanese grammar and provides, in dictionary format, a c onvenient reference of grammar - related expressions. Accurate and concise, the grammar explanations incorporate the results of recent research in Japanese linguistics.      This work is designed primarily for such people as those who  -- are not satisfied with the grammar explanations in Japanese textbooks  -- have studied Japanese grammar but need more comprehensive information about its use in different contexts  -- want to learn the distinctions among similar grammatical expressions  -- are looking for a supplement to dictionaries which lack grammatical explanations  -- need a basic grammar review.      A DICTIONARY OF BASIC JAPANESE GRAMMAR consists of five sections.  -- The first section familiarizes the reader with the grammatical terms used throughout the text. -- The second provides an overview of the major grammar concepts of Japanese. -- The third and main portion of the text is devoted to descriptions and explanations of the basic grammar items. -- The fourth and fifth sections, consisting of eight appendixes and three indexes, complete the text.   This book helps the reader to obtain an in - depth understanding of basic grammar structures, which leads to more accurate usage. Overall, it constitutes a standard reference for Japanese and can be considered indispensable to the study of the language   Livraison : Je propose la livraison gratuite vers la France, par Mondial Relay, avec suivi. Mondial Relay livre dans un Point Relay (très) proche de chez vous.  Cependant, au cas où vous préféreriez un autre type de livraison, n ' hésitez pas à me le demander  Livraison internationale : Vers le Royaume - Uni, la Belgique, le Luxembourg, l ' Espagne, le Portugal et l ' Italie, je propose la livraison à 6 euros, par Mondial Relay, avec suivi.  Pour une livraison vers d '  autres pays, n ' hésitez pas à me contacter   

Negation in English and Other Languages (Classic Reprint) Otto Jespersen Auteur: Otto Jespersen Editeur: Forgotten Books Broché: 156 pages paperback Publication: 25/06/2012 Dimensions: 22,86 x 15,24 x 2,29 Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais Help ? The nucleus of the following disquisition is the material collected during many years for the chapter on Negatives in vol. Ill or IV of my Modern English Grammar (abbreviated MEG), of which the first two volumes appeared in 1909 and 1914 respectively (W inter, Heidelberg). But as the war has prevented me (provisionally, I hope) from printing the continuation of my book, I have thought fit to enlarge the scope of this paper by including remarks on other languages so as to deal with the question of Negation in general as expressed in language. Though I am painfully conscious of the inadequacy of my studies, it is my hope that the following pages may be of some interest to the student of linguistic history, and that even a few of my paragraphs may be of some use to the logician. My work in some respects continues what DELBR tJCK has written on negation in I ndo-E uropean languages (V ergl. Syntax 2. 519 if.), but while he was more interested in tracing things back to the ursprache,I have taken more interest in recent developments and in questions of general psychology and logic. With regard to the older stages of Teutonic or Germanic languages I have learned much from B. Delbruck, Germanische Syntax I. Zu den negativen Satzen (S achs. Gesellsch. d. Wissensch. Leipzig 1910), supplemented by G. Neckel, Zu den germanischen Negationen (in Kuhn s Zeitschr. 45, 1912). Of much less value are the treatments of the specially Old English negatives in M. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format o The nucleus of the following disquisition is the material collected during many years for the chapter on Negatives in vol. Ill or IV of my Modern English Grammar (abbreviated MEG), of which the first two volumes appeared in 1909 and 1914 respectively (W inter, Heidelberg). But as the war has prevented me (provisionally, I hope) from printing the continuation of my book, I have thought fit to enlarge the scope of this paper by including remarks on other languages so as to deal with the question of Negation in general as expressed in language. Though I am painfully conscious of the inadequacy of my studies, it is my hope that the following pages may be of some interest to the student of linguistic history, and that even a few of my paragraphs may be of some use to the logician. My work in some respects continues what DELBR tJCK has written on negation in I ndo-E uropean languages (V ergl. Syntax 2. 519 if.), but while he was more interested in tracing things back to the ursprache,I have taken more interest in recent developments and in questions of general psychology and logic. With regard to the older stages of Teutonic or Germanic languages I have learned much from B. Delbruck, Germanische Syntax I. Zu den negativen Satzen (S achs. Gesellsch. d. Wissensch. Leipzig 1910), supplemented by G. Neckel, Zu den germanischen Negationen (in Kuhn s Zeitschr. 45, 1912). Of much less value are the treatments of the specially Old English negatives in M. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format o D'autre ouvrages de Otto Jespersen Mot Clef: Reference Words & Language

Mon Corner                                                              English Grammar in Use Book with Answers and Interactive eBook: Self-Study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Learners of English. Description  The world's best-selling grammar series for learners of English. English Grammar in Use Fourth edition is an updated version of the world's best-selling grammar title. It has a fresh, appealing new design and clear layout, with revised and updated examples, but retains all the key features of clarity and accessibility that have made the book so popular around the world. This edition includes an eBook which has the same grammar explanations and exercises found in the printed book, plus other great features. You can listen to all of the example sentences from the book, record your answers to exercises, highlight text, bookmark pages and add your own personal notes.   Caractéristiques     Paiement Modalités de paiement: paiement par PayPal. Pour un chèque, faire une demande au préalable. Livraison Livraison gratuite en France Métropolitaine. Possibilité de faire une commande groupée. Politique de retour Retours acceptés sous conditions: Pour nous retourner un article, merci de nous contacter au préalable pour que les instructions vous soient communiquées.

  A Grammar of the Russian Language (Classic Reprint) William Richard Morfill Total waste The OCR ourput has not been revised and edited. The Russian cyrillic characters are almost always seen as latin characters. Completely useless. 99% was automatically scanned as roman, not cyrillac. Completely useless. 99% was automatically scanned as roman, not cyrillac, and not corrected manually. Do Not Buy!!! save you 99c and buy another book. My object bas been to give a concise and clear analysis of the word-forms and syntax of tbe Eussian language. In the paradigms of the nouns and verbs I have chiefly followed the arrangement of Miklosich (V ergleichende Grammatik derS lavischen Sprachen, second edition, Vienna, 1879). I have treated the grammatical forms in such a way as to shew their relation to theO ld Slavonic1, known to us by the monuments of its literature which have been preserved. It is only in this way that they can be explained. I have allowed myself occasional references to other I ndoE uropean languages for purposes of illustration. Great pains have been taken with the aspects of the verbs, perhaps the most interesting feature in theS lavonic forms, and it is hoped that they are made as clear as is possible in a rudimentary work of the present kind. The prepositions, both in and out of composition, which in Eussian and, indeed, in all theS lavonic languagesexhibit a luxuriance of development, reminding us of ancient Greek, have also been carefully treated. I have used for illustration a series of extracts from modernE ussian authors. 1S ee remarks in the preface to myS erbian Grammar (T riibner, 1887). (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at   Auteur: William Richard Morfill Editeur: Forgotten Books Broché: 194 pages paperback Publication: 18/05/2012 Dimensions: 22,86 x 15,24 x 2,29 Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais Help ? D'autre objet de William Richard Morfill A Short Grammar of the Bulgarian Language: With Reading Lessons (Classic Reprint) Mot Clef: Reference Foreign Languages

Word-Order Based Grammar Eva Koktova Auteur: Eva Koktova Editeur: Mouton de Gruyter Relié: 404 pages Format: Relie Edition: 1 Publication: 21/09/1999 Réédition: 01/01/1990 Collection: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm] Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 2 Langue: Anglais Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais   Classement: Livres anglais et étrangers > Subjects > Reference > Words & Language > Grammar

  A practical Malay grammar W. G. Shellabear Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a colour PDF version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.   Auteur: W. G. Shellabear Editeur: Leopold Classic Library Broché: 100 pages paperback Publication: 19/02/2014 Réédition: 19/02/2014 Dimensions: 27,94 x 21,59 x 2,79 Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais Help ? Mot Clef: Reference Foreign Languages

A practical Malay grammar W. G. Shellabear Auteur: W. G. Shellabear Editeur: Leopold Classic Library Broché: 100 pages paperback Publication: 19/02/2014 Réédition: 19/02/2014 Dimensions: 27,94 x 21,59 x 2,79 Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais Help ? Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a colour PDF version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience. Mot Clef: Reference Foreign Languages

Language Contact in the Arctic Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages Editeur: Mouton de Gruyter Relié: 357 pages Createur: Sous la direction de Ernst Hakon Jahr Sous la direction de Ingvild Broch Sous la direction de E.H. Jaho Edition: Reprint 2011 ed. Publication: 01/01/1996 Collection: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm] Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 2 Langue: Anglais Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais   Classement: Livres anglais et étrangers > Subjects > Reference > Words & Language > Linguistics Mot Clef: Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics Language Arts & Disciplines American indigenous languages Dialect, slang & jargon Grammar, syntax Language Arctic regions Congresses Languages in contact Pidgin languages Linguistics Native American Languages Pidgin And Creole Languages Linguistics - General Pidgins & Creoles

Continuum Companion to Systemic Functional Linguistics M.A.K. Halliday Jonathan J. Webster Auteur: M.A.K. Halliday Jonathan J. Webster Editeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Broché: 302 pages Format: Broche Createur: Sous la direction de M. A. K. Halliday Sous la direction de Jonathan J. Webster Edition: 1 Publication: 18/05/2009 Réédition: 18/07/2009 Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 2 Langue: Anglais Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais   D'autre titre de M.A.K. Halliday Jonathan J. Webster Language and Education, Volume 9 Studies in English Language, Volume 7 Halliday in the 21st Century The Essential Halliday Les clients ayant acheté cet article ont également acheté Glass Thorns: Touchstone Continuum Companion to Systemic Functional Linguistics Classement: Livres anglais et étrangers > Subjects > Reference > Words & Language > Linguistics Mot Clef: Functionalism (Linguistics) Systemic grammar Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics Language Arts & Disciplines Language Arts Linguistics Literacy Sprachwissenschaft Allg. u. vergl. Sprachwiss. Grammar, syntax Semantics Language Linguistics Systemic Linguistics Linguistics - General Linguistics - Semantics Language Arts Literacy

Description: A 100 lessons book, 621 pages, and  et CD MP3 audio of  2:30. Expanding language spoken as a native language by over 400 million Spanish speakers - mostly in South America - Spanish is the first foreign language in the world. For tourists and for businessmen, it becomes essential to master this language with Latin roots and so different accents from one continent to another. Adapted to English, this method provides all the tools to get to master the basics of Spanish in a few months, provided to devote half an hour a day. Over 100 lessons are shelled the essential grammar, vocabulary and common all the elements necessary to communicate easily with the Castilian and Spanish-speaking world. In Europe the Assimil books are common, whilst on this side of the Atlantic, we are more familiar with others much more expensive. They will give you a nice accent on the small vocabulary and small piece of Spanish grammar they cover, whilst Assimil starts you on the road to language mastery.   Since it pioneered in this field 60 years ago, and after millions of methods sold World-Wide, Assimil has always been at the forefront of Foreign Language Self-Teaching. Includes comprehensive and progressive lessons, exercises with answer keys dual language glossary grammar summary. Because of the overall seriousness, thoroughness and caliber of the "Assimil with Ease" approach, Assimil has no match in the crowded field of self-teaching methods. You will be able to chat with people and read the newspaper and novels with the use of a dictionary. You will be able to flirt, ride a bus, rent a room, or buy a car. That's pretty good compared to the results from most language courses, and the whole thing will be "with ease”." - The book starts off with a "passive phase" where you will learn how to understand a big chunk of Italian, but will not develop much in the way of productive skills. The actual studying is pretty close to effortless, and it only takes about a half hour a day. Assimil includes much more vocabulary and complex grammar than most "beginner" courses. - Next comes the "active phase" where you actually start to be able to produce the language you have learned to recognize and understand. This is where the the brilliance of Assimil comes in; the slow start leads to an easy, fast finish, or that is the idea at least. I am not finished with the "active phase" as I write this. So far the "active phase" is even easier than the "passive phase" was. It is the easiest. road to fluency. Harder approaches may lead to more dropouts, so for most of people this is probably the best approach. This is also the cheapest, Let's see, one tenth the price, five times easier, leading to three or four times the ability, half as fast. With the benefit of an unparalleled 2, 500 words in the average Assimil method, and with an even greater number of colloquial, grammatical and cultural expressions, you will be able, upon completion, to practice your newly-acquired language in a fluent, lively and effective manner. Even before completing your Assimil courses, you will have acquired, with the first 20 or 30 lessons, enough of a base in the language to understand and start conversing at a level of effectiveness far superior to that supplied by phrase book or similar travel aids. Assimil is also an excellent tool for those who read the language already and want to keep up or improve their hearing and speaking ability.   Advantages of the MP3 CD: Listen to the lessons and exercises on a single MP3 CD, recorded by native Spanish speakers. You will be able also to take advantages of mp3 format to be used with smatphones. Product details CD mp3: 2h30 Book :  621pages Publisher : Assimil Category: With Ease Condition: - CD new with audio lessons related to the book. - Book new, without underlining or highlighting of text, or writing in the margins.

Description: A 109 lessons book, 477 pages, and  et CD MP3 audio of  2:50. In Europe the Assimil books are common, whilst on this side of the Atlantic, we are more familiar with others much more expensive. They will give you a nice accent on the small vocabulary and small piece of Spanish grammar they cover, whilst Assimil starts you on the road to language mastery.   Since it pioneered in this field 60 years ago, and after millions of methods sold World-Wide, Assimil has always been at the forefront of Foreign Language Self-Teaching. Includes comprehensive and progressive lessons, exercises with answer keys dual language glossary grammar summary. Because of the overall seriousness, thoroughness and caliber of the "Assimil with Ease" approach, Assimil has no match in the crowded field of self-teaching methods. You will be able to chat with people and read the newspaper and novels with the use of a dictionary. You will be able to flirt, ride a bus, rent a room, or buy a car. That's pretty good compared to the results from most language courses, and the whole thing will be "with ease”." - The book starts off with a 49 day "passive phase" where you will learn how to understand a big chunk of Spanish, but will not develop much in the way of productive skills. The actual studying is pretty close to effortless, and it only takes about a half hour a day. Assimil includes much more vocabulary and complex grammar than most "beginner" courses. - Next comes the "active phase" where you actually start to be able to produce the language you have learned to recognize and understand. This is where the the brilliance of Assimil comes in; the slow start leads to an easy, fast finish, or that is the idea at least. I am not finished with the "active phase" as I write this. So far the "active phase" is even easier than the "passive phase" was. It is the easiest. road to fluency. Harder approaches may lead to more dropouts, so for most of people this is probably the best approach. This is also the cheapest, Let's see, one tenth the price, five times easier, leading to three or four times the ability, half as fast. With the benefit of an unparalleled 2, 500 words in the average Assimil method, and with an even greater number of colloquial, grammatical and cultural expressions, you will be able, upon completion, to practice your newly-acquired language in a fluent, lively and effective manner. Even before completing your Assimil courses, you will have acquired, with the first 20 or 30 lessons, enough of a base in the language to understand and start conversing at a level of effectiveness far superior to that supplied by phrase book or similar travel aids. -Assimil is also an excellent tool for those who read the language already and want to keep up or improve their hearing and speaking ability.   Advantages of the MP3 CD: Listen to the lessons and exercises straight through or sentence by sentence on a single MP3 CD, recorded by native speakers. This course teaches CASTILLIAN Spanish - the Spanish spoken in Spain Product details CD mp3: 2h50 Book : 477 pages Publisher : Assimil Category: With Ease Condition: - CD new with audio lessons related to the book. - Book new, without underlining or highlighting of text, or writing in the margins.

Description: A 113 lessons book, 622 pages, and  et CD MP3 audio of  3:10. In Europe the Assimil books are common, whilst on this side, we are more familiar with others much more expensive. They will give you a nice accent on the small vocabulary and small piece of French grammar they cover, whilst Assimil starts you on the road to language mastery.   Since it pioneered in this field 60 years ago, and after millions of methods sold World-Wide, Assimil has always been at the forefront of Foreign Language Self-Teaching. Includes comprehensive and progressive lessons, exercises with answer keys dual language glossary grammar summary. Because of the overall seriousness, thoroughness and caliber of the "Assimil with Ease" approach, Assimil has no match in the crowded field of self-teaching methods. You will be able to chat with people and read the newspaper and novels with the use of a dictionary. You will be able to flirt, ride a bus, rent a room, or buy a car. That's pretty good compared to the results from most language courses, and the whole thing will be "with ease”." - The book starts off with "passive phase" where you will learn how to understand a big chunk of French, but will not develop much in the way of productive skills. The actual studying is pretty close to effortless, and it only takes about a half hour a day. Assimil includes much more vocabulary and complex grammar than most "beginner" courses. - Next comes the "active phase" where you actually start to be able to produce the language you have learned to recognize and understand. This is where the the brilliance of Assimil comes in; the slow start leads to an easy, fast finish, or that is the idea at least. I am not finished with the "active phase" as I write this. So far the "active phase" is even easier than the "passive phase" was. It is the easiest. road to fluency. Harder approaches may lead to more dropouts, so for most of people this is probably the best approach. This is also the cheapest, Let's see, one tenth the price, five times easier, leading to three or four times the ability, half as fast. With the benefit of an unparalleled 2, 500 words in the average Assimil method, and with an even greater number of colloquial, grammatical and cultural expressions, you will be able, upon completion, to practice your newly-acquired language in a fluent, lively and effective manner. Even before completing your Assimil courses, you will have acquired, with the first 20 or 30 lessons, enough of a base in the language to understand and start conversing at a level of effectiveness far superior to that supplied by phrase book or similar travel aids. -Assimil is also an excellent tool for those who read the language already and want to keep up or improve their hearing and speaking ability.   Advantages of the MP3 CD: Listen to the lessons and exercises straight through or sentence by sentence on a single MP3 CD, recorded by native speakers. Product details CD mp3:   3h10 Book :   622 pages Publisher : Assimil Category: With Ease Condition: NEW - CD new with audio lessons related to the book. - Book new, without underlining or highlighting of text, or writing in the margins.