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Œuvres de Mario Pei

The Story of Language (1949) 467 exemplaires
The Story of the English Language (1952) 100 exemplaires
A Dictionary of Linguistics (1954) — Directeur de publication — 81 exemplaires
Dictionary of Foreign Terms (1974) 54 exemplaires
Language for Everybody (1956) 40 exemplaires
Getting Along in German (1957) 34 exemplaires
Talking your way around the world (1962) 30 exemplaires
Glossary of Linguistic Terminology (1966) 29 exemplaires
World's Chief Languages (1945) 23 exemplaires
Getting Along in Spanish (1957) 22 exemplaires
New Italian Self-Taught (1959) 19 exemplaires
Double-Speak in America, (1973) 18 exemplaires
All About Language (1954) 18 exemplaires
Getting Along in Russian (1960) 17 exemplaires
Our names, where they came from and what they mean (1955) — Joint Author. — 15 exemplaires
One language for the world (1958) 14 exemplaires
The families of words (1962) 12 exemplaires
A Comparative Practical Grammar of French, Spanish and Italian (1949) — Directeur de publication; Directeur de publication — 10 exemplaires
Swords of Anjou (1953) 9 exemplaires
Our national heritage (1965) 9 exemplaires
The America We Lost (1969) 8 exemplaires
Swords for Charlemagne (1955) 8 exemplaires
The many hues of English (1967) 8 exemplaires
Getting along in Italian (1965) 7 exemplaires
Language Today (1967) 6 exemplaires
The Italian Language (1941) 2 exemplaires
Getting Along in Portuguese (1958) 2 exemplaires
First-Year French (1957) 1 exemplaire
The World's Chief Languages (1949) 1 exemplaire
Words in sheep's clothing (1969) 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

How to Build a Better Vocabulary (1961) — Introduction — 267 exemplaires
The Talisman Italian Cook Book (1950) — Introduction — 197 exemplaires
Snoopy's Philosophy (1960) — Traducteur — 70 exemplaires
The Living Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language (1971) — Introduction — 61 exemplaires
The adventure of language (1963) — Directeur de publication — 19 exemplaires
Our language; the story of the words we use (1955) — Introduction — 13 exemplaires
The Golden Carnation and Other Stories Told in Italy (1960) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions10 exemplaires
Words, words, and words about dictionaries (1963) — Contributeur — 9 exemplaires

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Date de naissance
1901
Date de décès
1978
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Italy (birth)
USA
Lieux de résidence
Rome, Italy
New York, New York, USA
Études
City College of New York
Columbia University
Professions
professor
author
consultant to OSS, etc.
Organisations
US Army School in Monterey
NATO
University of Pittsburgh
Columbia University
Courte biographie
Mario Andrew Pei was born in Rome, Italy, in 1901. Like many Italians of the period, he moved with his family to New York City in 1908. Following his own father's scholarly example, he attended many public and parochial schools. He was an excellent student and was already fluent in five languages by the time he graduated from High School. He went on to learn 30 other languages, as well as the sentence structures of over 100 more languages. His education included receiving a bachelor's degree from City College of New York and a doctorate from Colombia University in 1937.

He started teaching languages at City College in 1923 and joined the Department of Romance Languages at Colombia University in 1928. In 1932, he published "The Italian Language.” During World War II, his language proficiency was put to use as a language consultant to the Office of War Information and the Office of Strategic Services. It was then at he wrote language courses and guides.

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A linguist of reknown explains his dictionary: "I have tried to include the general terminology used by linguists of a certain stature that has gained a measure of acceptance."
 
Signalé
keylawk | 1 autre critique | Nov 12, 2019 |
Polyglot Mario Pei writes about the evolution of language and how language changes. Must have for any classic linguistic or history library.
 
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atufft | 2 autres critiques | Jul 16, 2019 |
Must have linguistic classic about the origins and evolution of the English language. First Edition
 
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atufft | 3 autres critiques | Jul 16, 2019 |
Polyglot Mario Pei is widely referenced by modern linguists. His history of English language is one of his two classics. Very Good with DJ $45 2018
 
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atufft | 3 autres critiques | Aug 29, 2018 |

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Œuvres
58
Aussi par
10
Membres
1,811
Popularité
#14,204
Évaluation
3.9
Critiques
17
ISBN
91
Langues
2
Favoris
1

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