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Bosnian,
Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook
With Exercises and Basic
Grammar
Ronelle Alexander and Ellen Elias-Bursac
These are the first comprehensive learning
materials after the breakup of the former Yugoslavia and the
emergence of three component languages, Bosnian, Croatian, and
Serbian. The textbook and the grammar
can be used separately or together, while the audio
materials are designed to supplement the textbook. Each of
the three items is sold separately.
With the disintegration of Yugoslavia has
come a shifting of linguistic boundaries, chiefly along political
lines. Out of this complex situation three official languages
have emerged: Croatian in Croatia, Serbian in Serbia, and both
these languages plus Bosnian in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian,
Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook introduces the student to all
three. Dialogues and exercises appear in each language, presented
side by side for easy comparison; in addition, Serbian is rendered
in both its Latin and its Cyrillic spellings. Teachers may choose
a single language to use in the classroom, or they may want to
familiarize students with all three. Features of the textbook
include:
- All dialogues, exercises, and homework
assignments available in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian
- Classroom exercises designed for both
small-group and full-class work, allowing for maximum oral participation
- Reading selections written by Bosnian,
Croatian, and Serbian authors especially for this book
- Vocabulary lists for each individual section
and full glossaries at the end of the book
- A short animated film, on an accompanying
DVD, for use with chapter 15
- Brief grammar explanations after each
dialogue, with cross-reference to more detailed grammar chapters
in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Grammar.
"This textbook is the most
grammatically and culturally accurate of any BCS materials available.
It is the best adapted to the diverse needs of my students, who
often combine Croatian heritage, Bosnian contacts, and Serbian
preoccupations in the same classroom."—Wayles Browne,
Cornell University
Ronelle Alexander is professor of Slavic languages and
literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. She is
the author of Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook
and Reference Grammar 1 and Intensive
Bulgarian: A Textbook and Reference Grammar 2. Ellen
Elias-Bursac is a language teacher and a literary translator.
She taught BCS for ten years at the Harvard University Department
of Slavic Languages and Literatures and now lives in Europe.
For more information on this and related
materials, see www.bcsgrammarandtextbook.org
Also, for more information contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email:
publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu
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Ronelle Alexander and Ellen Elias-Bursac
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August 2006
500 pp. 8 1/2 x 11
50 b/w illustrations and four maps
ISBN: 0-299-21204-1
Paper with DVD $39.95 x
ISBN-13: 978-0-299-21204-9
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