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Werken van Mario Pei

The Story of Language (1949) 467 exemplaren
The Story of the English Language (1952) 100 exemplaren
A Dictionary of Linguistics (1954) — Redacteur — 81 exemplaren
Dictionary of Foreign Terms (1974) 54 exemplaren
Language for Everybody (1956) 40 exemplaren
Getting Along in German (1957) 34 exemplaren
Talking your way around the world (1962) 30 exemplaren
Getting Along in French (1957) 26 exemplaren
World's Chief Languages (1945) 23 exemplaren
Getting Along in Spanish (1957) 22 exemplaren
New Italian Self-Taught (1959) 19 exemplaren
Double-Speak in America, (1973) 18 exemplaren
All About Language (1954) 18 exemplaren
Getting Along in Russian (1960) 17 exemplaren
Our names, where they came from and what they mean (1955) — Joint Author. — 15 exemplaren
One language for the world (1958) 14 exemplaren
The families of words (1962) 12 exemplaren
A Comparative Practical Grammar of French, Spanish and Italian (1949) — Redacteur; Redacteur — 10 exemplaren
Swords of Anjou (1953) 9 exemplaren
Our national heritage (1965) 9 exemplaren
The America We Lost (1969) 8 exemplaren
Swords for Charlemagne (1955) 8 exemplaren
The many hues of English (1967) 8 exemplaren
Getting along in Italian (1965) 7 exemplaren
Language Today (1967) 6 exemplaren
The Italian Language (1941) 2 exemplaren
Getting Along in Portuguese (1958) 2 exemplaren
First-Year French (1957) 1 exemplaar
The World's Chief Languages (1949) 1 exemplaar
Words in sheep's clothing (1969) 1 exemplaar

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How to Build a Better Vocabulary (1961) — Introductie — 263 exemplaren
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Snoopy's Philosophy (1960) — Vertaler — 70 exemplaren
The adventure of language (1963) — Redacteur — 19 exemplaren
Our language; the story of the words we use (1955) — Introductie — 13 exemplaren
The Golden Carnation and Other Stories Told in Italy (1960) — Voorwoord, sommige edities10 exemplaren
Words, words, and words about dictionaries (1963) — Medewerker — 8 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum
1901
Overlijdensdatum
1978
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Italy (birth)
USA
Woonplaatsen
Rome, Italy
New York, New York, USA
Opleiding
City College of New York
Columbia University
Beroepen
professor
author
consultant to OSS, etc.
Organisaties
US Army School in Monterey
NATO
University of Pittsburgh
Columbia University
Korte biografie
Mario Andrew Pei was born in Rome, Italy, in 1901. Like many Italians of the period, he moved with his family to New York City in 1908. Following his own father's scholarly example, he attended many public and parochial schools. He was an excellent student and was already fluent in five languages by the time he graduated from High School. He went on to learn 30 other languages, as well as the sentence structures of over 100 more languages. His education included receiving a bachelor's degree from City College of New York and a doctorate from Colombia University in 1937.

He started teaching languages at City College in 1923 and joined the Department of Romance Languages at Colombia University in 1928. In 1932, he published "The Italian Language.” During World War II, his language proficiency was put to use as a language consultant to the Office of War Information and the Office of Strategic Services. It was then at he wrote language courses and guides.

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A linguist of reknown explains his dictionary: "I have tried to include the general terminology used by linguists of a certain stature that has gained a measure of acceptance."
 
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keylawk | 1 andere bespreking | Nov 12, 2019 |
Polyglot Mario Pei writes about the evolution of language and how language changes. Must have for any classic linguistic or history library.
 
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Must have linguistic classic about the origins and evolution of the English language. First Edition
 
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Polyglot Mario Pei is widely referenced by modern linguists. His history of English language is one of his two classics. Very Good with DJ $45 2018
 
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