Washita by Lane, Patrick, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Arroyo; ars poetica; assiniboine; barranquilla; bokuseki; bonsai; boxwood; bya jhator; calligraphy; close; cowichan valley poem; dispensation; drinking stone; early promises; eli, eli; for the woman who danced with the ashes of her son; hard-rock; hiragana; hunger; iki; imago; informis; in snow when creatures awaken to such beauty; incoherence; innocence; lichen white; limbo; listen; little hell's gate; meditation in the bay of otters; merlin; midden; mujo; mute swans; no stars, the wind out of the north; off valparaíso; partita in a minor; poets, talking; qu'appelle hills.…”
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Asian languages. Japanese : the spoken and written language

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The first 100 Japanese kanji : the quick and easy way to learn the basic Japanese Kanji

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Writing Japanese Katakana : an introductory Japanese language workbook by Gleeson, Jim

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Learning Japanese kanji : practice book. Volume 1 by Sato, Eriko, 1962-

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Periplus pocket Japanese dictionary : Japanese-english english-Japanese second edition by Shimada, Yuki

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Japanese Phrases Language Practice Pad : Learn Japanese in Just a Few Minutes Per Day! Second Edition (JLPT Level N5 Exam Prep). by Matsuzaki, William

Table of Contents: “…Frontcover; Title Page; Copyright; Introduction; Pronunciation; HIRAGANA AND KATAKANA CHART; JAPANESE VERBS; Tables Showing the Various Verb Forms for Each Group; HOW TO COUNT IN JAPANESE; Common Counters; HOW TO COUNT IN JAPANESE; Secondary Counters; Counting Time and Periods of Time; Counting Days; Some Useful Vocabulary; PHRASE 1; PHRASE 2; PHRASE 3; PHRASE 4; PHRASE 5; PHRASE 6; PHRASE 7; PHRASE 8; PHRASE 9; PHRASE 10; PHRASE 11; PHRASE 12; PHRASE 13; PHRASE 14; PHRASE 15; PHRASE 16; PHRASE 17; PHRASE 18; PHRASE 19; PHRASE 20; PHRASE 21; PHRASE 22; PHRASE 23; PHRASE 24; PHRASE 25.…”
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Japanese Kanji-A-Day Practice Pad. Volume 1 by Keirstead, Richard S.

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Learning Japanese Kanji Practice Book Volume 2 : (JLPT Level N4 & AP Exam) The Quick and Easy Way to Learn the Basic Japanese Kanji [Downloadable Material Included]. by Sato, Eriko

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Japanese by Iwasaki, Shōichi

Table of Contents: “…Kanji: Chinese characters; 4. Kana; Appendix A (Hiragana chart); Appendix B (Katakana chart); Chapter 3. …”
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Etudes for ClojureScript : companion exercises for introducing ClojureScript by Eisenberg, J. David

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The world's writing systems

Table of Contents: “…Cooper -- Basic cuneiform syllabary -- Other languages / Gene B Graff -- Section 4: Egyptian writing / Robert K Ritner -- Hieroglyphic -- Hieratic -- Demotic -- Meroitic script / NB Millet -- Section 5: Epigraphic Semitic scripts / M O'Connor -- Scripts in the Bronze Age (2000-1200 BCE) -- Scripts in the Iron Age and later times (from1200 BCE) -- Salient features of carious groups of texts -- Iberian scripts / Pierre Swiggers -- Berber scripts / M O'Connor -- Section 6: Anatolian hieroglyphs / H Craig Melchert -- Usage and history -- General characteristics -- Signs -- Section 7: Aegean scripts / Emmett K Bennett -- Linear B -- Scripts of Cyprus -- Minoan Linear A -- Pictographic or Cretan Hieroglyphic script -- Phaistos disk -- Section 8: Old Persian cuneiform / David D Testen -- Part 3: Decipherment -- Introduction / Peter T Daniels -- Section 9: Methods of decipherment / Peter T Daniels -- Types of decipherment -- Processes in decipherment -- Accounts of decipherment -- Section 10: Proto-Elamite script / Robert K Englund -- History of decipherment -- Basic characteristics of Proto-Elamite script and texts -- Section 11: Indus script / Asko Parpola -- Historical background and development -- Obstacles to decipherment -- Characteristics -- Section 12: Maya and other Mesoamerican scripts / Martha J Marcri -- Logographic/syllabic scripts -- Codified pictorial systems -- Section 13: Rongorongo of Easter Island / Martha J Macri -- Progress in decipherment -- Linguistic approach to decipherment -- Part 4: East Asian Writing Systems -- Introduction / William G Boltz -- Section 14: Early Chinese writing / William G Boltz -- Unit characters -- Compound characters -- Section 15: Modern Chinese writing / Victor H Mair -- Relationship to the Chinese languages -- Reform -- Section 16: Japanese writing / Janet S (Shibamoto) Smith -- Kanji -- Hiragana and katakana -- Romaji -- Other script elements -- Direction, punctuation, and organization of texts -- Conclusion -- Section 17: Korean writing / Ross King -- Chinese writing in Korea -- Hankul: general characteristics -- Symbols -- Orthography and letter shapes -- Relationship of Hankul to other scripts -- Section 18: Siniform scripts of inner Asia --Tangut / E I Kychanov -- Kitan and Jurchin / Gyorgy Kara -- Section 19: Yi script / Dingxu Shi -- Classic Yi -- Modern Yi -- Section 20: Asian calligraphy / John Stevens -- Comparative table of Sinitic characters -- Comparative table of Sinitic characters -- Part 5: European Writing Systems -- Introduction / Peter T Daniels -- Section 21: Transmission of the Phoenician script to the West / Pierre Swiggers -- Geographical and chronological aspects -- Linguistic aspects -- Problems -- Observations -- Section 22: Greek alphabet / Leslie Threatte -- Symbols -- Diacritical marks and punctuation -- Numerals -- Anatolian alphabets / Pierre Swiggers and Wolfgang Jenniges -- Phrygian -- Pamphylian and Sidetic --Lycian -- Lydian -- Carian -- Other languages -- Coptic alphabet / Robert K Ritner -- Gothic alphabet / Ernest Ebbinghaus -- Special features -- Section 23: Scripts of Italy / Larissa Bonfante -- Etruscan -- Other languages and scripts of Italy -- Section 24: Roman alphabet / Stan Knight -- Ancient Roman scripts -- Regional hands -- Insular scripts -- Carolingian Minuscule -- Gothic scripts -- Humanist scripts -- Cursive writing from the sixteenth century -- Printed word -- Section 25: Runic script / Ralph W V Elliott -- Later developments -- Section 26: Ogham / Damian McManus -- Script -- Section 27: Slavic alphabets / Paul Cubberley -- Historical background -- Forms of letters and phonological fit in old alphabets -- Glagolitic: later history -- Cyrillic: later history -- Orthography and phonotactics in Russian -- Section 28: Armenian alphabet / Avedis K Sanjian -- Symbols -- Symbol-sound correspondences -- Orthographic change and script reform -- Section 29: Georgian alphabet / Dee Ann Holisky -- Sound-symbol correspondance -- Development of mxedruli.…”


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