1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707885703321

Titolo

Handbook on 21st century working women

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Employment Policy Foundation, , [2005]

©2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 96 pages) : color illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

BirdRonald E

KoziarzLawrence E

Soggetti

Women - Employment - United States - History - 20th century

Women employees - United States - Economic conditions - 20th century

Women employees - United States - Social conditions - 20th century

Women employees - United States - Economic conditions - 21st century

Women employees - United States - Social conditions - 21st century

Women employees - Economic conditions

Women employees - Social conditions

Women - Employment

Statistics.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Women's Bureau commissioned the Employment Policy Foundation to compiled and analyze data about the status of working women ... The study was conducted by Ronald E. Bird, chief economist at the Employment Policy Foundation with the valuable assistance of Lawrence E. Koziarz"--Foreword.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781789103321

Autore

Saeed John I

Titolo

Somali / / John Saeed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub., , 1999

©1999

ISBN

9789027283078 (e-book)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 295 pages)

Collana

London Oriental and African language library, , 1382-3485 ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

493/.545

Soggetti

Somali language - Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-287)and index.

Nota di contenuto

SOMALI; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations and Symbols; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Phonological units; Chapter 3. Phonological Rules; Chapter 4. Grammatical Categories; Chapter 5. Word formation; Chapter 6. Phrases; Chapter 7. Simple sentences; Chapter 8. Subordinate Clauses; Chapter 9. Discourse; Appendix I Data Sources; Appendix II Texts; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Somali is spoken by more than nine million people in the Horn of Africa and by expatriate communities in the Middle East, Europe and North America. It is the official language of Somalia and an important regional language in Ethiopia and Kenya. As a Cushitic language Somali is part of the great Afroasiatic language family whose other branches include Semitic, Berber, Chadic and Ancient Egyptian. This book provides a comprehensive description of the grammar of the language that will be of interest to non-specialists and linguists interested in typology and language comparison. The author's acce