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The articles published in this volume were presented at a joint Swedish-Polish conference. Even if Swedish - or in a wider perspective - Scandinavian literature at the turn of the twentieth century was one of the most important sources of inspiration for Polish modernism, modernism still constitutes an interesting but at the same time somewhat unclear and problematic phenomenon for Swedish and Polish researchers. Both in Swedish and Polish literature - but for completely different reasons - there is an ongoing discussion about not only the origin, features and different periods of modernism, but also its actual existence and effect on the cultures and literatures of both countries.

One of the goals of the conference therefore was to answer some of the important questions regarding the relation between, for example, modernism and avant-garde: modernism and modernity; and modernism and post-modernism etc. The contributions to the conference deal not just with modernism in the cultures of the two countries, but also, and above all, with the nature of modernism in the literatures of neighboring countries, that is, Swedish, Polish, Finland-Swedish and, in one contribution, Russian modernism, all seen from a Scandinavian and a Polish perspective. ... Read more

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Publisher: London, PaulPublication date: 1893Subjects: Swedish language -- GrammarNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: Cambridge, [Mass.] : Metcalf and companyPublication date: 1847Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Featuring pronunciation, a menu guide, a mini-dictionary, hotel information, and emergency phrases.

Whether you're trying to order dinner or get back to your hotel, you cannot make your way without knowing what to say, and the Eyewitness Travel Guide Phrase Books are the perfect guide for tongue-tied tourists. These compact, user-friendly books fit right into your pocket or purse, and meet the communications needs of the tourist and business traveler alike. Based on an innovative system of imitated pronunciation, phrases are organized into logical and practical divisions, including time; food and drink; air travel; bus, taxi, and subway information; shopping; health and medical care; and much more. Typical replies to questions you may be asked, as well as signs and instructions you're likely to see or hear, are also given. The guides also include a carefully selected mini-dictionary, and useful conversion tables translating distance, clothing sizes, and weight. ... Read more

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Compact Swedish, a stand-alone 10-lesson (5 hours) program, teaches beginning language strategies for essential communication and traveling needs, plus an introduction to reading. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (11)

Weak for Pimsleur
Let me first say that I am a huge fan of Pimsleur Spanish... It's by far the greatest language product I've ever come across.Russian is also amazing and the best.I highly recommend Pimsleur to people but the Swedish product is not up to the standard of the others.

It's of course the great Pimsleur method but it is too short and doesn't nearly cover the amount of material that would be covered in 10 lessons of the Spanish course... The middle 4-5 lessons have you saying "I want something to eat" or drink non-stop over and over and over again... It's ridiculous how little you learn in the middle 50% of this product.

There were so many more useful verbs and things to be covered and half the product is wasted on saying you want something to eat.It gets incredibly annoying and then picks up the learning pace towards the end in a way that should have been maintained throughout.Overall not terribly useful or well planned.

Pretty basic
I got Pimsleur Swedish from our local library, not here.

The language material is well presented, but extremely limited due to the high level of repetition.The repetition is great for learning, but when you're done with the 5 CDs, you've learned about 50 words.The effect is sort of like Dr Seuss, without the humor.

I appreciate the good timing, which gives the student plenty of time to repeat every sentence. It's also good for practicing intonation.But you need about 5x as many CDs to learn a useful piece of Swedish.

i thought i could never learn a 2nd language
This is a great study guide to buy.Each lession is 30 minutes long so i just play them in the morning when im getting ready for school. This is coming from a A-D-D 21 year old that has trouble with memorizing and picking up things quickly. i was so surprised with how easy they break it down. This product is for anyone that thinks they cant do it!

worth it for beginners
i'm decent at picking up a new language, so this might be biased: i found this series to be quite useful, in large part because you hear someone speaking the language so frequently during the lesson... i'm on lesson 6 and can at least understand responses when i speak swedish with other swedes... where this fails is the "reading accompaniment" - it is only for getting to know how words sound, and really should also define the word and perhaps even give the user homework to do: i.e., verbs to study, conjugations to practice... overall, for a beginners series, this was very useful and i use it on the plane, in the car... much better than the Rosetta Stone series, where i'd be parked in front of the computer...at least for listening comprehension, Pimsleur's got Rosetta beat.

Dips Your Ties in the Pool of Swedish
10 disc set is good for getting your toes wet but is incredibly short and a little too repetitive for my tastes.For example, I didn't need to be told that "klockan nio" was nine o'clock at least fifteen times, I had that mastered after two times.One realizes after completing the discs that not much material has really been covered.On the other hand, it is great for getting to know the flavor of the language and helps with pronounciation.I used it as complement to the Rosetta Stone software and various grammar books I purchased in attempting to teach myself the language.I considered it a good purchase but it is a bit pricey for what you are getting. ... Read more

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Designed to be a child's very first foreign language dictionary (5-10 years). 500 entries, each accompanied by a large illustration. ... Read more

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A Disappointing Dictionary in Swedish
I bought this book for my family as my wife is Swedish and we are raising our kids in both languages.I returned it as the book really didn't have a Swedish to English section that actually had all the 28 letters of the Swedish alphabet.The phoenetic pronunciations were difficult to decipher and did not seem correct as I had learned them from a native speaker. The content was poorly organized,and the illustrations were a boring, 50's, retro sytle that did not grab my attention and were less likely to interest my kids.A bit disappointing in all.I might be acceptable as a way to introduce kids to Swedish if you have no previous exposure to the language.I prefer the DK publishing Inc., (My First Word Book)photographic style for a Children's Dictionary. I wish they would publish one in English and Swedish. ... Read more