New from Panini Press: Sprachgeist Guides for the Linguist on the Go!—Part VIII
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:
Dyirbal: We got “Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things”, Baby!
Guaraní: “So Copious and Elegant That It Can Compete with the Most Famous of Languages”—Tensed Nouns and Nasal Harmony For The Win!
Hixkaryána: An OVS Language Created We Have. Yoda Are We Not. It Stop You Must.
Igbo: Eight Adjectives Should Be Enough For Anyone
Indonesian: Aren’t You Glad You Don’t Have to Learn 700 Languages to Speak to Everyone Around Here?
Coming Soon:
Andi: Absolutive/Ergative for Ladies Only!
Michif: A Pinch of French plus a Degree of Cree Make the Leitmotif of Michif
Occitan: Hundreds of Thousands of Speakers, Still Endangered
Sentinelese: No One Really Knows What We’re Saying, but Clearly It Means “Go Away!”
Ubykh: You Need Any Consonants? We’ve Got Plenty to Spare!
