This guide provides an overview of the salient features of the Japanese language from the perspective of the beginning-level English-speaking learner. Chapters address these topics: the Japanese language and its historic and cultural setting; phonology (sounds and syllables, word accentuation; loanwords; connected speech); writing (scripts,…

This phrasebook is intended to help Americans coming into contact with Vietnamese overcome the communication barrier. It is not intended as a pedagogical aid for those wishing to learn Vietnamese. The vocabulary items used in the sentences cover only the most common and basic situations. An additional 1500-word English-Vietnamese glossary is…

This phrasebook serves to introduce a new Vietnamese resident to the daily activities of life in the U.S. and is intended as a handy reference book which the user can carry around for immediate reference when an English phrase or word is needed. The phrases and supplementary vocabulary in the nineteen units cover a wide range of situations,…