Cracking the Code: The Confused Traveler's Guide to Liberian English - Brossura

Sheppard, John Mark

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ISBN 10: 0983264031 ISBN 13: 9780983264033

Casa editrice: Sheppard's Books, 2012

Riassunto

"Cracking the Code: The Confused Traveler’s Guide to Liberian English" is the brainchild of John Mark Sheppard, who moved with his family from the United States to Liberia when he was just three years old. He learned Liberian English as a second language as he spent his childhood and teen years immersed in the Liberian culture. After college in the United States, John Mark returned to Liberia and began a more formal study of Liberia’s history, customs and languages. In this truly fascinating book, John Mark combines his training in linguistics with an extensive knowledge of the language he has grown to love. Besides the more than one thousand helpful explanations of specific words or phrases, "Cracking the Code: The Confused Traveler’s Guide to Liberian English" includes a fascinating history of the people groups and languages of the region, a pronunciation guide, a list of Liberian proverbs and practical, how-to-avoid-embarrassing-yourself advice for Westerners.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Sheppard's Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0983264031
• ISBN 13: 9780983264033
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 188