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This is the first comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Igbo, the language of more than twenty million Nigerians. Prepared by a native speaker of Igbo, the dictionary focuses on words and phrases encountered in everyday life and in Igbo texts. The author includes words from all Igbo dialects and provides a convenient English index. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

What an .....ifele?
Being 50% Ibo(that's how my relatives spelled it), I thought it might be nice to learn a bit of the language of a people that make up half my being so I bought this book for a sum signifigantly less than it is offered for on this site at a used book store. I got a bit concerned when I found a bunch of spelling contradictions with the root words for Igbo names as they appeared in a book that I have on that subject("Igbo Names" by Ebo Ubahakwe)as well as running at odds with the spellings of the names of my cousins,uncles and aunts(the name element Chukwu is spelled Cukwu). That's bad enough, but when I couldn't find one of the few words one of my cousins taught me (Gommen, I think, a general greeting)in the 'G 'section at all, I started to get upset. Now I learn that roughly 2/3 of the language isn't even represented, so any thoughs of trying to speak Igbo in Nigeria without looking like either an ignorant/stupid foreigner or a primitive are out of the question. There isn't even an in-depth pronounciation guide in here! Still, it's better than nothing and you don't have to worry about tone if you're using it to translate dialogue or something similar.It's too short for regular dictionary standards let alone translation dictionaries, being a scant 283-page total while the Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English dictionary I have is a whopping 733-pages and the Harrap's Concise French and English Dictionary has a whole 997 pages! A half-way decent start but they need to release an expanded volume or three to make amends for this one.

A second step in a proverbaial 1000 miles journey
This is a commendable work. Igbo dictionaries no longer exist in the air.Now there is one to read and critique! However,there is no justification whatsoever for the author's introduction of a new orthography for thelanguage. Tone marking was grossly neglected. If this dictionary is to beused by non-native speakers it has to be revised with tones adequatelymarked, and the alphabet made to conform with existing Igbo orthography.The author may take refuge in the fact that standardization wise thelanguage appears to be in a state of flux.But, a dictionary is the properavenue towards a standard.In that regard the dictionary falls a littleshort of expectation. Most of the entries are correctly translated intoEnglish, attesting to the authors sound command of both Igbo and English.

off-base dictionary
Professor Echeruo knows too well that Igbo people live both in the eastern and mid-western parts of Nigeria. The map in the dictionary, while showing this fact, claimed that the Igbo live in eastern part of Nigeria. Also,Mike knows too well that the alphabet "c" does not exist in Igboorthography. "Chi" is inseparable with the Igbo in philosophy andcosmology. Would Professor Echeruo wish that we begin to spell it"Ci"? I believe that the "dictionary" can be vastlyimproved with many omitted words and better production.

"ch" becomes "c", "k" becomes "c" dictionary
The excitement of having a dictionary authored by one of our respected scholars everporates as soon as one sees the "dictionary" itself. Pink cover, few pages, over two thirds of Igbo words ignored. Tinylettesets, and the whole bit. Why? ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (4)

A much needed tool.
If you are studying a Hebrew passage using BDB then you need this book.This book makes it a lot easier and faster to locate a particular word in BDB.

The print is on the small side, but if you are using BDB, you are dealing with that already.

Some use this book without BDB, because they are attempting to make a rough translation.This will work well, but there are times when the English equivalent given is more appropriate the Hebrew word in general rather than the particular usage.

While there are some mistakes in this book, this is not much of a problem when you consider the scope of this book.

A big help
Brown Driver & Briggs (BDB) contains a lot of information, but its arrangement can cause a person to tear one's hair out in clumps, especially for those of us who do not use our Hebrew every day.Einspahr helps you find the listing and discussion on a particular vocable quickly and easily.Unfortunately, this volume list only words used ten times or more.I found myself making notes for words used less often.There are errors in the volume and I also found myself writing to the publisher to make them aware of the mistakes I found.On balance, this volume makes Hebrew less frustrating.I wish it had been available when I took my first year Hebrew course.

Excellent
Ancient Hebrew is not an easy language to master, and so it is often useful to have a BDB Hebrew Lexicon at hand. But that too can be difficult to use (especially if you are relatively new to Hebrew). This Index is the link between the text you are working on, and the detailed knowledge "hidden" in the Lexicon. The trouble is, the Index is so helpful I feel almost guilty using it. (Hebrew shouldn't be easy!) Just one provision, if you are over 45 you will probably want to go out and buy a magnifying glass, the print is extremely small, and can be difficult to see.

soooo helpful for using BDB
This index is so very helpful that it verges on cheating. Anyone who has translated Torah knows how very difficult it can be to strip out the grammatical parts of the word to get to the right root. BDB is useful andinteresting, but my havurah still sometimes had difficulty getting to theright entry. I found this Index to BDB at a used book store, and it hasreally speeded up our translation! It lists each BDB reference inchapter-verse order. You can instantly see which words in the passage youare translating are defined in BDB, including page number and definitionnumber. There are still difficult words that are not indexed (because theyare not referred to in BDB), so we still get some practice in figuring outthe roots! But the Index to BDB (along with the BDB, of course) is veryuseful in getting the surface translation so that we can start looking atthe meaning of the text. ... Read more

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The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: Narratives, Satires, Enigmas, Burlesques, Parodies, Travesties, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Translations, Including the Most Celebrated Comic Poems of the Anti-Jacobin, Rejected Addresses, the Ingoldsby Legends, Blackwood's Magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, and Punch. 437 pages. ... Read more

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This unique reference is the first systematic guide to the history of the English-language hymn tune, as represented in printed sources from the earliest (Coverdale's Goostly Psalmes) to 1820. Using a simple numerical code to represent the first two lines of each melody, the book allows the
reader to look up any of nearly 20,000 British and American hymn tunes without advance knowledge of the composer, name, or text. Each entry provides an array of information on the tune's first printing, composer, the texts to which it was sung, and its later history. The work contains a historical
introduction; a theoretical introduction; chronological and geographical lists of sources; indexes of tunes by name, composer, text, and metre; and tables of concordances with early German and French tunes. ... Read more

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While much critical attention has been given to adult literature, African literature for children and young adults remains a neglected area. As the United States becomes an increasingly pluralistic society, it becomes all the more important for children and young adults to be exposed to books set in Africa. This bibliography includes entries for nearly 700 books written in English by both African and Western authors and published between 1873 and 1994. An additional 120 books are either discussed or mentioned in the annotations. The entries are organized in six chapters. The first chapter includes general works, while the others are devoted to particular geographic regions. Within each chapter, entries are further grouped according to genres, such as traditional literature, biography, poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, and informational books. Entries are then listed alphabetically. Each entry includes an annotation that provides a plot/content summary, thematic analysis, literary evaluation, and sensitivity to multicultural and international issues; an indication of the recommended grade level for the book is included. The books are carefully selected to give fair representation to the various regions and countries of Africa, literary genres, prominent authors and books, and literary phases; the author has tried to include all available books published in the 1980s and 1990s. The introductory essay provides an in-depth analysis of the social, political, cultural, and literary contexts of the three phases of African children's literature: colonial, postcolonial Western, and postcolonial African. This bibliography is intended for scholars, teachers, librarians, parents, students, and general readers. ... Read more

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During the past 10 years, the situation of women writers in Latin America has dramatically changed as has the interest the reading public has shown in their work. In the United States, the rise of women's studies programs has fostered a heightened awareness of literature written by women. Publishers have noted the growing significance of Latin American women writers and have responded by increasing the availability of the work of these women. Thus many anthologies now include English translations of Latin American short fiction written by women. The inclusion of Latin American short fiction in anthologies has made the work of these women more available to students, but the collections in which particular works appear are sometimes difficult to locate. This reference provides a full listing of these anthologies and the works contained in them. The first part of the volume contains entries for 165 anthologies published between 1938 and 1996. The entries are arranged alphabetically by editor or author and each provides full bibliographic information and a list of all short stories and novel excerpts by Latin American women authors contained in the work. The nationality of each author is cited parenthetically. These entries are assigned alphanumeric codes, which are cross-referenced in the volume's other indexes. The additional indexes allow the user to locate short fiction by author, country, and title. The volume concludes with a list of bibliographies of Latin American literature in translation. ... Read more

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This exhaustive bibliography contains more than 2,300 annotated entries on the lives of women in Japan. It includes books and book chapters, articles in scholarly journals and popular magazines, and published conference papers. The authors have diligently researched databases, bibliographies, and indexes, and have based their detailed annotations on a close examination of the works cited. The volume lists works published in English from 1841 to the present, and a particularly significant feature is the inclusion of literary works by Japanese women. The book is further balanced by material on non-Japanese women living in Japan. All materials are available in the United States through standard interlibrary loan sources. A valuable introduction provides detailed instructions for using the volume. The bibliography is divided into a number of broad sections on the public and private lives of women, and entries in each section are grouped in more specific categories covering home life, politics, education, religion, careers, the arts, and other areas. The sections on literature briefly introduce the lives and works of poets and prose writers, listing their individual works available in English translation. A concluding section provides access to reviews and overviews of scholarship on women in Japan. The extensive author, title, and subject indexes make this book of tremendous value to researchers in a wide range of disciplines. ... Read more

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This is a unique compilation of 819 English-language monographs, journal articles, theses, and conference papers--each briefly summarized--commenting on the phenomenon of sensationalism in journalism. Separate chapters address the practice in newspapers and television, the legal issues raised, and international manifestations. An historical overview of the subject, as well as of current practice, is provided. Entries feature both popular and scholarly contributors. Tabloid journalism is alternately praised and excoriated by the commentators, whose backgrounds are as divergent as their opinions. While sensationalism's excessiveness provides an easy target for critics, scholars' more analytical investigations draw parallels between today's tabloid headlines and more traditional folk narratives. The sociological role played by tabloid journalism is also discussed. ... Read more