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  English language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is extensively used as a second language and as an official language in many other countries, and is the most widely taught and understood language in the world, and sometimes referenced as a lingua franca.
The English language belongs to the western sub-branch of the Germanic branch which is itself a branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
It is also, by international treaty, the official language for aircraft/airport and maritime communication, as well as being one of the official languages of both the European Union and the United Nations, and of most international athletic organizations, including the Olympic Committee.
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 English as the Global Language
Language matters: In the case of literature, as opposed to other uses of language, language does not serve merely to communicate content (say, a story line) but is itself an essential source of enjoyment.
The list of authors who have inscribed their names in the history of literature in more than one language since the beginning of time is astonishingly short.
But whereas the resulting damage is contestable in fields where language serves essentially for communication, such as science in general, the identical prospect is alarming in the case of literature.
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 Polish Mutual Benefit and Friendly Society - Brantford Polish Hall
Polish immigrants have brought with them from their native land a wealth of traditions, spiritual values, their tasty recipes and enthusiasm for their own native dishes.
Polish food culture has truly priceless treasures of a tangible character and the cultural significance connected to historical ceremonies.
Brantford Polish School is a wonderful place which welcomes all kids who want to learn Polish language and culture.
www.brantfordpolishhall.com   (805 words)

  
 Polish Literature in English Translation
For those translations of Polish works in book format, the site provides bibliographic information; I've chosen not to link to vendors in order not to privilege one over another, and because sometimes what one vendor identifies as out of print or unavailable may not be so.
Along with the prose fiction, playscripts, and poems that represent the three primary genres of writing that have tended to be identified with "literature" over the past two centuries, I've included letters, diaries, and personal essays, both by people with an established literary reputation and by those who didn't necessarily intend their writing for publication.
At this point, I've decided to restrict the list to authors who were born in what was considered Polish national or cultural territory at the time of their birth AND who--except for pre-17th century authors writing in Latin--wrote at least some of their works in the Polish language.
home.nycap.rr.com /polishlit   (1004 words)

  
 Manifesto on JAR's Next Language
The purpose of the language's community glossary is to encourage and abet, but not to require, the language's users to use consistent terminology across all programs.
Some authors might say "sort" is something you do to a list, while for others it has the sense of "kind", as in universal algebra.
Each author will argue that his or her definition is good, and others will argue against them, in an archived discussion.
mumble.net /~jar/articles/language-manifesto.html   (1609 words)

  
 Languages and Linguistics Resources
The Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, international academic journal devoted to the study of pidgin and creole linguistics.
Language in the Judicial Process, newsletter providing information of use to individuals in the fields of linguistics and jurisprudence.
The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, sponsored by the Native American Language Center at the University of California-Davis.
www.uky.edu /Subject/languagesall.html   (1996 words)

  
 University of Miami Online High School
When given a list with examples of literature, students will identify which genre their novel is. Through the use of journal questions, students will analyze the setting and provide examples of various effects the setting has on the character.
They will also understand the author's use of irony and theme in "The Myth of Sisyphus" and answer short-essay questions to show their insights to irony and theme in the essay by Camus.
Explore the language, meter and rhyme expressed in the Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, Edwardian, and Modern literary styles and how primary writers were influenced by the intertwining of culture and politics.
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 Danish - Language Directory
The closest relatives of Danish are the North Germanic languages of Scandinavia:
In fact, similarities between the three languages are so large that international linguists classify them as a single language.
Danish is the official language of Denmark, one of two official languages of Greenland (the other is Greenlandic), and one of two official languages of the Faeroes (the other is Faeroese).
language-directory.50webs.com /languages/danish.htm   (428 words)

  
 List of Polish language authors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(1503-1572) Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski *Polish language and Latin language*
(1566-1636) Fabian Birkowski *Polish language and Latin language*
(1580-1653) Szymon Okolski *Polish language and Latin language*
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Polish_language_authors   (198 words)

  
 Learn Polish - Polish Books, Courses, and Software
Find out which languages may be best for you: the easiest ones to learn, the most fun, and those that are most worth your investment.
Language Teacher for Windows is a software version of the Language Teacher electronic handheld dictionaries of Ectaco, Inc. You can use it on any personal computer with the Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP operating system.
Language Teacher is a software version of the Language Teacher electronic handheld dictionaries of Ectaco, Inc. that runs on Pocket PC's and computers with the Palm OS operating system, and is similar to the version for Windows.
www.101language.com /polish.html   (4247 words)

  
 English Language Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Study of different forms of the English language helps students to understand that people use different levels of formality in their writing and speaking as well as a variety of regional and social dialects in their conversational language.
From poetry we learn the language of heart and soul, with particular attention paid to rhythm and sound, compression and precision, the power of images, and the appropriate use of figures of speech.
Above all, authors are wordsmiths, plying their craft at the level of word and sentence—adding, subtracting, and substituting, changing word order, even using punctuation to shift the rhythm and flow of language.
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 Major Online Text Collections by Language
American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, University of Chicago (ARTFL) is a database consisting of nearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing.
Guenderrode authored a large number of poems, essays, and fragmentary works, several dramas, and a voluminous correspondence, mostly written between 1797 and 1806.
The major authors of the classical period are represented, as well as some later authors whose works are useful for the study of the fifth century B.C. Resources for art and archeology are also included.
www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/ets/offsite.language.html   (1306 words)

  
 Collection Development Language and Literature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bibliographies, both for individual authors and for movements and periods, are acquired.
A list of authors of literary works is maintained in consultation with appropriate faculty.
For studying language and culture, representative foreign language serials should be available in the library.
libweb.sfasu.edu /ref/collect/language.htm   (1470 words)

  
 ThinkQuest : Library : Authors
In the author section of our page you will find a brief biography of Margaret Peterson Haddix, a list of her books, and some answers to an e-mail interview with Mrs.
Famous Authors and Their Creations is about authors, their famous books, their lives and book reviews.
We've taken ten of the most popular children's authors and researched their personal stories, as well as compiled an annotated book list and the web links for each one.
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 Language list   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
C is often described, with a mixture of fondness and disdain varying according to the speaker, as "a language that combines all the elegance and power of assembly language with all the readability and maintainability of assembly language".
ICI is a programming language with a dynamic, object based data model with the flow control constructs and operators of C. It is designed for use in many environments, including embedded systems, as an adjunct to other programs and as a text based interface to compiled libraries.
One way of placing it in the "space of languages" is to say that it aims to be as efficient as C, C++, or Fortran, as elegant as and safer than Eiffel, and support higher-order functions and iteration abstraction as well as Common Lisp, CLU or Scheme.
sk.nvg.org /lang/lang.html   (5710 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Hugo Language Course: Polish In Three Months: Books: DK Publishing,Danusia Stok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Now learning a foreign language can be enjoyable as well as challenging, and not require a trip back to the classroom.
Available in both book-only or book-and-cassette format, these Three-Month Language Courses are outstanding self-study programs designed for the individual seeking to acquire a good working knowledge of a language in a short amount of time.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943: A list by "aniol_kobieta"
www.amazon.com /Hugo-Language-Course-Polish-Months/dp/0789442175   (1111 words)

  
 Linguist List - Web Resource Listings
Dictionary of The Spoken Taino Language: A tri-lingual Taino, Spanish and English dictionary of the Taino language.
Dictionary of the Scots Language: The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) comprises electronic editions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the Scottish National Dictionary (SND).
Scottish Language Dictionaries: Scottish Language Dictionaries (SLD) aims in particular to develop Scottish lexicography, building on the achievements of the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the Scottish National Dictionary Association (SNDA).
linguistlist.org /sp/Dict.html   (5832 words)

  
 LINGUIST List 17.2154: Sociolinguistics: Stevenson; Mar-Molinero (2006)
This LINGUIST List issue is a review of a book published by one of our supporting publishers, commissioned by our book review editorial staff.
We welcome discussion of this book review on the list, and particularly invite the author(s) or editor(s) of this book to join in.
'languages' (a term better suited for the arena of politics, p.
linguistlist.org /issues/17/17-2154.html   (3216 words)

  
 Fiction_L Archives (2004) - Arabic & Polish language books
Postings are in chronological order (as received by the list server), with the original posting at the top of the page.
Copyright of Fiction_L postings belongs to their respective authors; postings may only be reused with the author's permission.
Compiled lists (compilations of titles or authors from earlier postings on a particular topic) may not be reused for commercial purposes.
www.webrary.org /MaillistF/msg/2004/1/Re.ArabicPolishlanguagebo.html   (353 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Authors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Eclectics Authors - Official web pages for several published authors of genre fiction including romance, mystery, and western.
Meet the Author - This site features audio clips of authors describing and introducing their books in their own words.
WPL Author Catalog - Annotated links to large author indexes, organized by nationalities/time periods and genres.
dmoz.org /Arts/Literature/Authors   (535 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Polish: A Language Map (Language Map Series): Books: Kristine K. Kershul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
These unique Language Maps™ are phrasebooks in a laminated, fold-out "map" format.
Language Quest - Learn Polish — Learn Polish using our wide selection of software, audio, video, dictionaries and other foreign language resources for adults and children.
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can make it available as an eBook on Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com /Polish-Language-Map/dp/0944502776   (821 words)

  
 Polish World Literature Literature Arts
- A list of Polish literary works from Medieval times to the present in English translation that are available in print and on the Web.
- Everything you always wanted to know about Polish Literature: concise information on Polish authors and book market and an offer of financial support for publishers who wish to publish translations of Polish Literature.
- PG6001 - PG6840 (Polish Language) and PG7001 - PG7900 (Polish Literature).
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/Polish   (146 words)

  
 authors
These authors debuted in 2004 and are eligible for the award in '05 and '06.
These authors debuted in 2003 and are eligible for the award in '04 and '05.
He is the author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles and strategic defense manuals.
www.sff.net /campbell-awards/authors.htm   (9380 words)

  
 Spanish food, Polish language | Ask MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
An odd one and a tough call, perhaps, but it would make life easier: are there any Polish speakers out there who could point me to a Polish-language recipe site containing recipes for Spanish dishes, in Polish?
Yet another list, this time from Gazeta Wyborcza, one of europe's largest non-tabloid newspapers.
She's great at cooking Polish food, not so good at speaking/reading Spanish, or at cooking Spanish food.
ask.metafilter.com /mefi/36636   (242 words)

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