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You can also browse the shelves in the call number ranges shown below:

PB 1-431 Modern languages

PC 2001-3761 French

PC 4001-4977 Spanish

PF 3001-5999 German

PJ 6001-8517 Arabic language and literature

PL 501-889 Japanese language and literature

PL 1001-3208 Chinese language and literature

PQ 1-3999 French literature

PQ 6001-8929 Spanish literature

PT 1-4897 German literature

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New Approaches to Literature for Language Learning by Naji, Jeneen
ISBN: 9783030152567
Publication Date: 2019
This book unpacks recent changes in the landscape of literature and language teaching, and aims to find new explanations for the altered relationships between readers and writers, the democratisation of authorship, and the emergence of new ways of using language.
Spanish Visual Dictionary for Dummies by The Experts at Dummies
ISBN: 1119717132
Publication Date: 2021-07-16
Expand your Spanish vocabulary faster than you thought possible with topics arranged by themes such as transportation, getting around, restaurants and food, and handling emergencies.
Current Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse by Yun Xiao (Editor); Linda Tsung (Editor)
ISBN: 9027262985
Publication Date: 2019-04-15
This volume features a discourse empirical orientation from diverse perspectives and various methodologies, in which narratives, interviews, surveys, and large-scale databases or self-created written and spoken corpora are employed and analyzed to gain a better understanding of new developments and changes in Chinese language and discourse.
Beyond Tomorrow by Ingo Cornils
ISBN: 9781640140356
Publication Date: 2020-09-15
This book explores German science fiction's responses to the question of how humanity can match technological advances with social, ethical, and moral progress.

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