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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LEWH573en8https://youtu.be/_LEWH573en8?feature=shared

Watch the documentary that accompanies the book.

From neighbourly disputes over garlic-heavy cooking to memories of Ceaușescu’s heatless winters, this film explores the rich social and material universe of a Romanian apartment building. It follows the story of the ambitious block’s administrator, in his effort to mediate relationships between neighbours and maintain peace and order.

Director: Maria Șalaru | Cinematographer: Maria Șalaru | Editor: Ileana Szasz | Illustrator: Irina-Elena Nicolescu

Download a .zip file of all accompanying resources.

This file includes:

•  A Catalogue of colloquial Arabic phrasebooks discussed in the book (Word document and PDF). (Referred to in the text of the book as ‘the Catalogue’.)
• Two Gephi graphs of: a) social connections between authors of language books, learners of Arabic and other significant figures; and b) relationships of plagiarism and influence between Arabic phrasebooks. (Referred to as Graph 1 and Graph 2 respectively.)
• PDF and JPEG files providing a visualisation of the Gephi data, for users who do not have or do not wish to use network analysis software. (Referred to as above.)
• A line chart showing the number of colloquial Arabic phrasebooks each year, across all languages, in the period 1798-1945 (Graph 3, PDF and JPEG).
• A line chart showing the cumulative number of colloquial Arabic phrasebooks published in the period 1798-1945 (Graph 4, PDF and JPEG).
• A line chart showing the number of colloquial Arabic phrasebooks published each year, separated by language, in the period 1798-1945 (Graph 5, PDF and JPEG)

Access to this data set is not essential in order to follow the arguments of the book.

Listen to Soledad Zárate discuss Captioning and Subtitling for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiences on the En sincronía podcast (in Spanish).

Listen to Chris Knight discuss Chomsky, science and politics on the History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences podcast

Listen to Eleanor Dobson discuss her work on the Victorian Legacies podcast

 

To download images for A Guide to Performing Systematic Review in Health and Disease click here (.zip file)

Audio recording 0.1.1.1 to accompany section on simple consonants.

 

Audio recording 0.1.1.2 to accompany section on germinate consonant

 

Audio recording 0.1.2.1 to accompany section on long vowels

 

Audio recording 0.1.2.2 to accompany section on short vowels

 

Audio recording 0.1.3 to accompany section on stress of word

 

Audio recording 0.2 to accompany section on roots and patterns

 

Audio recording 1.1.1 to accompany section on Lesson 1: Greetings / (Hi!)

 

Audio recording 1.1.2 to accompany section on Lesson 1: Greetings / (What is your name?)

 

Audio recording 1.1.3 to accompany section on Lesson 1: Greetings / (Good evening!)

 

Audio recording 1.1.4 to accompany section on Lesson 1: Greetings / (Thank you!)

 

Audio recording 1.1.5 to accompany section on Lesson 1: Greetings / (How are you?)

 

Audio recording 1.2 to accompany section on Lesson 1: Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 1.4.12 to accompany section on Lesson 1: Transcribe and Translate

 

Audio recording 2.1 to accompany section on Lesson 2: Getting to Know Someone / (Who is this?)

 

Audio recording 2.4.12 to accompany section on Lesson 2: Transcribe and Translate

 

Audio recording 3.1.1 to accompany section on Lesson 3: Buying Vegetables and Visiting the Doctor / (Vegetables)

 

Audio recording 3.1.2 to accompany section on Lesson 3: Buying Vegetables and Visiting the Doctor / (I am sick)

 

Audio recording 3.2 to accompany section on Lesson 3: Buying Vegetables and Visiting the Doctor / Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 3.4.10 to accompany section on Lesson 3: Buying Vegetables and Visiting the Doctor / Transcribe and Translate

 

Audio recording 4.1.1 to accompany section on Lesson 4: Food, Drinks and Travelling / (do you want a drink Laban?)

 

Audio recording 4.1.2 to accompany section on Lesson 4: Food, Drinks and Travelling / (when are you travelling?)

 

Audio recording 4.2 to accompany section on Lesson 4: Food, Drinks and Travelling / Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 4.4.9 to accompany section on Lesson 4: Food, Drinks and Travelling / Transcribe and Translate

 

Audio recording 5.1.1 to accompany section on Lesson 5: Work, Studies and Place of Origin / (how are the kids?)

 

Audio recording 5.1.2 to accompany section on Lesson 5: Work, Studies and Place of Origin / (where is he from?)

 

Audio recording 5.2 to accompany section on Lesson 5: Work, Studies and Place of Origin / Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 5.4.10 to accompany section on Lesson 5: Work, Studies and Place of Origin / Transcribe and Translate

 

Audio recording 6.1.1 to accompany section on Lesson 6: Inviting someone to eat, Locations and Transportation / (what did you eat today?)

 

 

Audio recording 2.2 to accompany section on Lesson 2: Getting to Know Someone / Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 6.1.2 to accompany section on Lesson 6: Inviting someone to eat, Locations and Transportation / (this or that?)

 

Audio recording 6.1.3 to accompany section on Lesson 6: Inviting someone to eat, Locations and Transportation / (bus, train, bicycle

 

Audio recording 6.2 to accompany section on Lesson 6: Inviting someone to eat, Locations and Transportation / Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 6.4.12 to accompany section on Lesson 6: Inviting someone to eat, Locations and Transportation / Transcribe and Translate

 

Audio recording 7.1.1 to accompany section on Lesson 7: Family, Shopping, Dating / (your family)

 

Audio recording 7.1.2 to accompany section on Lesson 7: Family, Shopping, Dating / (what did you buy?)

 

Audio recording 7.1.3 to accompany section on Lesson 7: Family, Shopping, Dating / (I am inviting you)

 

Audio recording 7.2 to accompany section on Lesson 7: Family, Shopping, Dating / Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 7.4.10 to accompany section on Lesson 7: Family, Shopping, Dating / Transcribe and Translate

 

Audio recording 8.1.1 to accompany section on Lesson 8: Giving Directions, Cooking, Immigration Stories / (how do I get to the city hall?)

 

Audio recording 8.1.2 to accompany section on Lesson 8: Giving Directions, Cooking, Immigration Stories / (blessed be your hands!)

 

Audio recording 8.1.3 to accompany section on Lesson 8: Giving Directions, Cooking, Immigration Stories / (one-way ticket)

 

Audio recording 8.2 to accompany section on Lesson 8: Giving Directions, Cooking, Immigration Stories / Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 8.4.12 to accompany section on Lesson 8: Giving Directions, Cooking, Immigration Stories / Transcribe and Translate

 

Audio recording 9.1 to accompany section on Lesson 9: Gossiping / (do not ask!)

 

Audio recording 9.1 to accompany section on Lesson 9: Gossiping / Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 9.4.12 to accompany section on Lesson 9: Gossiping / Transcribe and Translate

 

Audio recording 10.1.1 to accompany section on Lesson 10: Seasons and Short Stories / (Summer and Winter)

 

Audio recording 10.1.2 to accompany section on Lesson 10: Seasons and Short Stories / (one helps the other)

 

Audio recording 10.1.3 to accompany section on Lesson 10: Seasons and Short Stories / (fortune teller)

 

Audio recording 10.2 to accompany section on Lesson 10: Seasons and Short Stories / Vocabulary

 

Audio recording 10.4.12 to accompany section on Lesson 10: Seasons and Short Stories / Transcribe and Translate

Watch a lecture by the authors, presented by the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL).

Listen to a lecture by the authors, presented by the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL).

Listen to Jack Green and Ros Henry discuss Olga Tufnell’s ‘Perfect Journey’ on the New Books in Archaeology podcast

 

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