Kenneth Katzner (1930–2003)

Auteur de The Languages of the World

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Comprend les noms: K. Katzner, Kenneth Katzner

Œuvres de Kenneth Katzner

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The Languages of the World (1977) 372 exemplaires

English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary (1984) 334 exemplaires

A Russian Review Text 5 exemplaires

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Date de naissance: 1930-12-02
Date de décès: 2003-05-25
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Washington, DC, USA
Lieux de résidence: Forest Hills, New York, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Études: Cornell University (BA, 1952)
Courte biographie: "After military service, he worked for Encyclopaedia Britannica and the American Heritage Dictionary, where he developed his methodology for researching and defining the different meanings of words.

Katzner worked on his English-Russian/Russian-English dictionary for 18 years. ... Katzner also worked in the U.S. government for 20 years as a Soviet specialist for the CIA and Defense Department."

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The Languages of the World par Kenneth Katzner

This book was good as far as it went. It provides a fascinating overview of some of the world's languages and how they relate to one another, as well as samples to show how they look. For language geek like myself, it's a good to just sit and flip through!

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RoanClay | 46 autres critiques | Mar 8, 2016 |

The languages of the world par Kenneth Katzner

Not a lot of in-depth analysis of the languages presented, but a wonderful opportunity to see how the various languages LOOK.

Need to know what Nakhi looks like? Urdu? Is it Swedish or Danish?

It's in here...

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MsMixte | 46 autres critiques | Nov 24, 2012 |

The Languages of the World par Kenneth Katzner

A nice book as a quick guide of all the modern languages of the world - I especially liked that it included the standard scripts used for writing each language, as well as a passage written in that language with a handy English translation with which to compare the two. As mentioned in the previous review, however, each essay was rather short and left little room for anything more than a cursory analysis. This particular edition (1995) is also quite out of date, and thus if you're looking for up-to-date, accurate information on where many of these languages stand, there are better books out there. Still, for those who want an easy lead into the subject, this is well worth giving a go.… (plus d'informations)

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Ludi_Ling | 46 autres critiques | Nov 18, 2012 |

The Languages of the World par Kenneth Katzner

A series of very short essays on language groups, followed by one-page snapshots of 200 languages. That doesn't leave much room for analysis: the individual language write ups have a paragraph in the language (in the appropriate script), a translation of the paragraph, and a one or two paragraph sketch of who speaks the language, what is its history, and how it is related to other languages. Not much, but fun for the enthusiast.

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annbury | 46 autres critiques | Sep 3, 2010 |

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