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LEADER: 01502cam a2200253 a 4500
001 2010050051
003 DLC
005 20110805083101.0
008 101130s2011 dcua 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010050051
020 $a9780813218663 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aPA111$b.F35 2011
082 00 $a485$222
100 1 $aFairbairn, Donald.
245 10 $aUnderstanding language :$ba guide for beginning students of Greek and Latin /$cDonald Fairbairn.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bCatholic University of America Press,$c2011.
300 $axxiv, 190 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aGetting started. Learning a foreign language: the bad news and the good news -- Studying a dead language: why bother? -- Building blocks of language -- Nouns and the words that go with them. Expressing the relations between nouns -- Adjectives, articles, and pronouns -- Verbs: the heart of communication. What do verbs do? -- Finite verb forms: a closer look at tense and mood -- -- Special (non-finite) verbal forms: infinitives and participles -- Looking at sentences as a whole -- Words, phrases, clauses: putting them together -- Reading a Greek or Latin sentence: some suggestions.
650 0 $aGreek language$xGrammar, Comparative$xLatin.
650 0 $aLatin language$xGrammar, Comparative$xGreek.
650 0 $aGreek language$vTextbooks for foreign speakers$xEnglish.
650 0 $aLatin language$vTextbooks for foreign speakers$xEnglish.