Understanding language : a guide for beginning students of Greek and Latin /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fairbairn, Donald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Greek language > Grammar, Comparative > Latin.
Latin language > Grammar, Comparative > Greek.
Greek language > Textbooks for foreign speakers > English.
Latin language > Textbooks for foreign speakers > English.
Grec (Langue) > Manuels pour anglophones.
Latin (Langue) > Manuels pour anglophones.
RELIGION > General.
Greek language
Greek language > Grammar, Comparative > Latin
Latin language
Latin language > Grammar, Comparative > Greek
Textbooks
Textbooks > for English speakers
Textbooks.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Getting started. Learning a foreign language : the bad news and the good news
  • Studying a dead language: why bother?
  • Building blocks of language
  • Nouns and the words that go with them. Expressing the relations between nouns
  • Adjectives, articles, and pronouns
  • Verbs : the heart of communication. What do verbs do?
  • Finite verb forms : a closer look at tense and mood
  • Special (non-finite) verbal forms : infinitives and participles
  • Looking at sentences as a whole
  • Words, phrases, clauses : putting them together
  • Reading a Greek or Latin sentence : some suggestions.

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