Understanding language a guide for beginning students of Greek and Latin / Donald Fairbairn.
| Author/creator | Fairbairn, Donald |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, |
| Description | xxiv, 190 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Getting 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. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010050051 |
| ISBN | 9780813218663 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |