Paleografi (skriftens historia)

På Rökstenen, som står nära sjön Tåkern i Östergötland, återfinns världens längsta och mest komplicerade runinskrift. Stenen har varit känd sedan 1600-talet och trots att man ägnat över 150 år åt att studera den har ingen lyckats nå fram till en t...

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RTK en Internationell succé - nu i svensk version. Syftet med denna bok är att erbjuda den som studerar japanska en enkel metod för att koordinera de japanska skrivtecknens skrivning och betydelse på ett sådant sätt att de båda blir lättare att mi...

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Mästarens handbok i konsten att läsa, skriva och tolka runor! Vad kan du om runor? Förundras du av de gåtfulla inristningarna från forntiden? Har du försökt att tolka runskrift? Sveriges främste runmästare Lars Magnar Enoksen har skrivit en ny han...

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Bronsålderns hällbilder har alltid fascinerat både yrkesarkeologen och den intresserade allmänheten. Hällristningar finns i de flesta av Sydsveriges landskap. De mest kända finns i Tanum i norra Bohuslän, Att även Södermanland är ett område rikt p...

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De egyptiska hieroglyferna utgör med sina flera hund¿ra bildtecken en egen spännande värld. Jean Winand, professor i egyptologi i Liège, berättar här om hur hieroglyf-systemet var konstruerat, om dess upp¿komst och hur det utvecklades under sin tr...

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Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters. Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters helps students quickly learn the essential Chinese characters that are fundamental to the language...

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Learn to read, write, and speak everyday Japanese with manga stories! If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips, making it easy to learn and remembe...

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Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive Japanese workbook that is perfect for self-study or use in a classroom setting. Written Japanese combines three different types of characters: the Chinese characters known as kanji, ...

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Put simply, practice is the most effective method of mastering written Japanese. The large, open format of Writing Japanese Hiragana invites the student to pick up a pencil and get started! Two phonetic syllabaries, hiragana and katakana, and a se...

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The method that's helped thousands in the U.S. and Japan learn Japanese successfully. The Japanese language has two basic writing systems, hiragana, and katakana, in addition to the one that uses Chinese characters or Kanji. This handy book teache...

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Bronsålderns hällristningar är en typ av fornlämningar som sätter fantasin i rörelse hos både arkeologer och allmänheten. Hällristningar av denna typ finns i de flesta av Sydsveriges landskap. Framför allt är det hällristningarna i Tanumsområdet i...

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The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is through its stories--especially when they're told in two languages! Korean Stories for Language Learners introduces 42 traditional Korean folktales with bilingual Korean and English ve...

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For beginning learners of Vietnamese, here's everything needed to learn the language effectively! Speak, read and write Vietnamese as it's actually used in real-life contexts in Vietnam today. This book has everything you need to learn the languag...

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Vad är en runsten? Vad är en runa? Runstenar i Sverige går igenom över 200 utvalda svenska runstenar med fakta, bilder, tolkningar och anekdoter.

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Offers a full introduction to and survey of runes and runology: their history, how they were used, and their interpretation. Runes, often considered magical symbols of mystery and power, are in fact an alphabetic form of writing. Derived from one ...

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The aim of this book is to provide the student of Japanese with a simple method for correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such a way as to make them both easy to remember. It is intended not only for the beginner, but a...

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Learn the basics of the Thai language quickly with this essential book! Reading & Writing Thai is the perfect way to begin learning the Thai language. It teaches you how to pronounce, read, and write all the sounds and letters, including the d...

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The quick and easy way to learn the basic Japanese kanji! Learning Japanese Kanji Practice Book is intended for beginning students or experienced speakers who need to practice their written Japanese. Kanji are an essential part of the Japanese lan...

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Enoksen förklarar runornas mysterier på ett rättframt, livfullt och oakademiskt vis. Svenska Dagbladet I spåren av det ökande intresset för historia har nyfikenheten för våra äldsta skrivtecken vuxit fram. Mycket har skrivits om runor; mycket har ...

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Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills! Japanese Folktales for Language Learners presents 22 traditional stories in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages, with detailed notes and exercises aimed at begin...

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A great story can lead a reader on a journey of discovery--especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with English and Japane...

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A handy resource for travel, classroom learning and international business! The Tuttle Pocket Korean Dictionary is the most up-to-date pocket Korean dictionary available; It covers the most up-to-date terms and expressions used daily in the Korean...

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Författaren Lars Rask ger först en instruktiv lektion i den ädla konsten att läsa en runsten och tar sedan med läsaren till många spännande och fantasieggande runstenar i Nordens länder - såväl de mest berömda som tidigare förbisedda. De valda run...

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Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding Longlisted for the Cundill History Prize A New York Times Notable Book A riveting, masterfully researched acc...

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Learn over 2,000 Japanese Kanji characters with this user-friendly Japanese language-learning book. This unique Kanji study guide provides a comprehensive introduction to all the Kanji characters on the Japanese Ministry of Education's official Jo...

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A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Mandarin--whether you're 5 or 100! This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Mandarin Chinese words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Mandarin characters--w...

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This is a comprehensive beginning-level Japanese textbook and language learning program. Elementary Japanese is designed for students who are just beginning their study of the Japanese language at the first-year college level or on their own. The ...

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LEARN TO WRITE ARABIC IN 4 LESSONS Simple and intuitive writing workbook for beginners and those who want to improve their writing. Learning is progressive and linear. Can't write Arabic? Is your writing passable due to unsuitable media? It's nice...

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The method that's helped thousands in the U.S. and Japan learn Japanese successfully. The Japanese language has two primary writing systems, kanji characters--which are based on Chinese characters and hiragana and katakana--a mnemonic based alphab...

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Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only the study of Greek and Roman literature and the Bible but also all other studies of langua...

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