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

John Mark Sheppard

ISBN 10: 0983264031 / ISBN 13: 9780983264033

Editore: Sheppard's Books, 2012

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"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.

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Titolo: Cracking the Code: The Confused Traveler's ...
Casa editrice: Sheppard's Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
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