Surprising, witty, and written with great joie de vivre, this book is all about how we comprehend other people and shows us how, ultimately, translation is another name for the human condition.

Offers a new take on the identities and life histories of medieval people, in their multi-layered and sometimes contradictory dimensions.

... linguistique d'État de Minsk 243 Belgique Académie des Beaux - Arts de la ville de Tournai 244 Belgian - American Educational Foundation , Inc. 245 Conseil Interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique 246 Département des ...

This is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the structure of French, suitable for those with little prior knowledge of linguistics or of the French Language.

"The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics examines ancient, medieval, post-renaissance and modern conceptions of linguistics (i.e. the study of language and languages).

This book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of medieval French literature but also to students and specialists of other medieval European languages, as well as to medieval historians, and those working in gender studies.

The book explores the science of numeration as it has developed all over the world, from Europe to China, via the Classical World, Mesopotamia, South America and, above all, India and the Arab lands.

Minerva's Message presents a valuable overview of the intellectual life of the period and brings together new evidence about the social sciences in their nascent period.

"Traces the development of numerical systems in Sumerian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Chinese, Babylonian, and Mayan cultures, and examines the origins of the Hindu-Arabic numerals we use today"--Back cover.

This book is the first general description of the Rhaeto-Romance languages to be written in English.