New from Panini Press: Even More Sprachgeist Guides for the Linguist on the Go!
As any linguist knows, it’s useful—and sometimes vital—to get an accurate picture of a language you’re not a specialist in, and to do it quickly. Unfortunately, up to now, doing so has involved trying to plow through reference grammars, and we all know the problems with those! You can cut through all that and get all the really important information about a language—its Sprachgeist, if you will—with a volume from Panini Press’s continuing series! ❦पा
Available Now:
Cherokee: Ever Wonder What the Latin Alphabet Looks Like on Acid?
English: Mind if We Borrow That?
Japanese: Politely and Respectfully Requiring Incomprehensible Honorifics
Turkish: We’d Like to Teach Your Vowels to Assimilate in Perfect Harmony
Vietnamese: How Many Diacritics Can Dance on the Head of a Vowel?
Coming Soon:
Arabic: Tri-Consonantal Roots Make a Better Wrd
Italian: A Hybrid Oral-Gestural Language
Korean: Our Writing System is More Awesome Than Your Writing System
Russian: Водка Just Tastes Better in Russian
!Xóõ: Who Doesn’t Love a Lumpy Larynx?