Author: Yaron Matras
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: introduction, linguistic, romani
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 2002-07-01
List price: $142.00
ISBN-10: 0521631653
ISBN-13: 9780521631655

Romani is a language of Indo-Aryan origin which is spoken in Europe by the people known as "Gypsies"--who usually refer to themselves as Rom. There are more than 3.5 million speakers, and their language has attracted increasing interest from scholars as well as language planners in governments and other organizations during the past ten years. This book is the first comprehensive overview in English of Romani, its structure, history, typology and dialects. It will provide an indispensable reference work for all interested in this fascinating language.

Authors:Peter Bakker, Yaron Matras,
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: linguistics, romani, information, sources, library, including, modern, bibliography, guide
Number of Pages: 365
Published: 2003-12
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 9027237549
ISBN-13: 9789027237545

Authors:Yaron Matras, Peter Bakker,
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Keywords: trends, linguistics, studies, monographs, advances, empirical, language, debate, theoretical, mixed
Number of Pages: 325
Published: 2003-12-01
List price: $147.00
ISBN-10: 3110177765
ISBN-13: 9783110177763

Mixed Languages are speech varieties that arise in bilingual settings, often as markers of ethnic separateness. They combine structures inherited from different parent languages, often resulting in odd and unique splits that present a challenge to theories of contact-induced change as well as genetic classification. This collection of articles is devoted to the theoretical and empirical controversies that surround the study of Mixed Languages. Issues include definitions and prototypes, similarities and differences to other contact languages such as pidgins and creoles, the role of cod

Authors:Matt Stone, John Matras,
Publisher: Motorbooks
Keywords: drive, cars
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2006-10-15
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 076032414X
ISBN-13: 9780760324141

What began as a solution for transportation has evolved into a desire for speed, luxury, personal expression, and freedom. For many, the thrill of the drive has eclipsed the pure utility of the automobile. And the pursuit of that thrill is the driving force behind 365 Cars You Must Drive. From the Ford Model T to the Porsche Carrera GT, there are certain cars that any self-respecting auto enthusiast just has to know--and experience from the driver’s seat. With homage to the greatest cars and good-natured mockery of the strangest, authors Matt Stone, Executive Editor of M

Author: Yaron Z. Eliav
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Keywords: place, memory, time, mount, mountain, temple, god
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2008-12-30
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 080189106X
ISBN-13: 9780801891069

This provocative study of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount unravels popular scholarly paradigms about the origins of this contested sacred site and its significance in Jewish and Christian traditions. In God’s Mountain, Yaron Z. Eliav reconstructs the early story of the Temple Mount, exploring the way the site was developed as a physical entity, religious concept, and cultural image. He traces the Temple Mount’s origins and investigates its history, explicating the factors that shaped it both physically and conceptually.Eliav refutes the popular tradition that situates the Temple Mou

Author: Ruth Yaron
Publisher: F. J. Roberts Publishing Company
Keywords: food, baby, super
Number of Pages: 608
Published: 1998-06
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0965260313
ISBN-13: 9780965260312

ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING you should know about feeding your baby and toddler from beginning solid foods through age three years. How and when to start your baby on solid foods, with detailed information on the best and safest high chair, spoons, bibs, and other feeding equipment. Which foods to introduce to your baby during each month of his first year, with details on proper food consistency, amount, and temperature. How much you can expect your baby to eat and drink during the months of her first year with information on her digestive system at each age. Interesting details on your

Author: Yaron Peleg
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Keywords: romance, brief, intifadas, culture, israeli
Number of Pages: 170
Published: 2008-12-01
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0292718772
ISBN-13: 9780292718777

Over the past two decades, profound changes in Israel opened its society to powerful outside forces and the dominance of global capitalism. As a result, the centrality of Zionism as an organizing ideology waned, prompting expressions of anxiety in Israel about the coming of a post-Zionist age. The fears about the end of Zionism were quelled, however, by the Palestinian uprising in 2000, which spurred at least a partial return to more traditional perceptions of homeland. Looking at Israeli literature of the late twentieth century, Yaron Peleg shows how a young, urban class of Israelis felt alie