Let's Speak Twi : A Proficiency Course in Akan Language and Culture

Hall-Lew, Lauren, Marfo, Charles, Bodomo, Adams

ISBN 10: 1575866048 / ISBN 13: 9781575866048

Editore: CSLI Publications/Center for the Study of Language & Information, 2010

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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Codice articolo GRP97201404

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Titolo: Let's Speak Twi : A Proficiency Course in ...

Casa editrice: CSLI Publications/Center for the Study of Language & Information

Data di pubblicazione: 2010

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: Good

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Riassunto:

Let’s Speak Twi is an introductory language-learning textbook for speakers of English and other languages who seek proficiency in Akan Twi, the most widely used and understood native language of Ghana. Included in the book are several practice exercises and activities; an extensive range of culturally relevant topics and dialogues; lists of idiomatic, colloquial, and euphemistic expressions; a reference glossary; and tips on culturally appropriate behavior.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Adams Bodomo is associate professor in and chair of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. Charles Marfo is a lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. Lauren Hall-Lew is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in English and linguistics, philology, and phonetics at the University of Oxford.