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Urdu vocabulary
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- Book Synopsis
- This textbook will help intermediate students gain advanced levels of proficiency in Urdu. By learning about the mechanics of word-building through contextualising explanations and practical exercises, learners will develop their comprehension skills in reading, writing and speaking. Each module is based on a register from another language and follows the same structure with a self-explanatory introduction illustrated by carefully chosen examples and a range of exercises to improve and test learners' skills. Urdu Vocabulary complements college-level Urdu language and literature courses as well as self-study, making it an ideal resource for students, translators, researchers and scholars.
- About The Author
- Gregory Maxwell Bruce is Assistant Professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Picture Gallery (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) which is the first and only English translation of Niga¯rista¯n by Mu?i¯ni¯ Juvaini¯ and is compiled from Edward Rehatsek's (1819-1891) original manuscript, Niga¯rista¯n: A Facsimile Edition (Mazda Publishers, 2023), Urdu Vocabulary (Edinburgh University Press, 2021), and Turkey, Egypt, and Syria: A Travelogue (Syracuse University Press, 2020). His shorter writings about the history of Persian and Persianate intellectual history and literature in South Asia can be found, inter alia, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, the Encyclopaedia of Islam, Iranian Studies, and SUFI.N.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781474467209
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press, (31 May 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 344
- Weight
- 744 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 244 x 172 x 30 mm
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