Article: Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2; the next step in language learning.(Colloquial series )(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Toddler who choked to death eating a grape.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 2, 2005 ;     587 words ... ... Dercio, 15 - are now staying with friends in the Feltham area. She said the toddler, whom she called Mano, colloquial Portuguese for brother, was "a very happy boy". An inquest has been opened and adjourned at West London coroner's ...

Article: Portuguese language
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ... ... Portuguese, Catalan and Basque (2d ed. 1962); E. B. Williams, From Latin to Portuguese (2d ed. 1962); M. E. de Alvelos Naar, Colloquial Portuguese (1968); J. M. Câmara, The Portuguese Language (tr. 1972).

Article: Colloquial Irish.(Brief article)(Book review)
Reference & Research Book News;  May 1, 2009 ;     497 words ...9780415381291 Colloquial Irish. Ihde, Thomas et al. Routledge 2008 245 pages $23.95 Paperback The colloquial series PB1227 Although relatively few speak Irish exclusively, most natives have years of formal education in the spoken and written ...

Article: Colloquial Arabic (Levantine), rev. ed.(Brief article)(Book ...
Reference & Research Book News;  May 1, 2009 ;     483 words ... ... 9780415448574 Colloquial Arabic (Levantine), rev. ed. McLoughlin, Leslie J. Routledge 2009 227 pages $31.95 Paperback Colloquial series PJ6813 This text is intended for use in an introductory course to colloquial spoken Arabic as heard in the Levant (the ...

Article: Colloquial Bengali; the complete course for beginners.(Brief ...
Reference & Research Book News;  May 1, 2009 ;     554 words ... ... Colloquial Bengali; the complete course for beginners. Nasrin, Mithun B. Routledge 2009 280 pages $28.95 Paperback The colloquial series PK1663 This book is a beginner's introduction to Bengali, the predominant language of Bangladesh and the state of West ...

Article: The relevance of extravagance: a reply to Bart Geurts(*).
Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... construction. This can be illustrated by the history of the dative marker from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) to colloquial Portuguese, where we can observe or infer three cycles of this process. Each time, an allative or benefactive adposition ...

Article: Bedsit comedy falls flat; 'What ends up on our screens is simply ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  December 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the Czechs "zavinac" (rollmop), the Hungarians "kukac" (worm), the Turks "kulak" (ear), and in colloquial Portuguese it's "furo da senhora", which is far too filthy to translate here. So let's just call it tw@. ] To ...