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Obras de Mario Pei

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

Obras relacionadas

How to Build a Better Vocabulary (1961) — Introducción — 263 copias
The Talisman Italian Cook Book (1950) — Introducción — 195 copias
Snoopy's Philosophy (1960) — Traductor — 70 copias
The adventure of language (1963) — Editor — 19 copias
Our language; the story of the words we use (1955) — Introducción — 13 copias
The Golden Carnation and Other Stories Told in Italy (1960) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones10 copias
Words, words, and words about dictionaries (1963) — Contribuidor — 8 copias

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Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1901
Fecha de fallecimiento
1978
Género
male
Nacionalidad
Italy (birth)
USA
Lugares de residencia
Rome, Italy
New York, New York, USA
Educación
City College of New York
Columbia University
Ocupaciones
professor
author
consultant to OSS, etc.
Organizaciones
US Army School in Monterey
NATO
University of Pittsburgh
Columbia University
Biografía breve
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 | otra reseña | 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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atufft | 2 reseñas más. | Jul 16, 2019 |
Must have linguistic classic about the origins and evolution of the English language. First Edition
 
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atufft | 3 reseñas más. | Jul 16, 2019 |
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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atufft | 3 reseñas más. | Aug 29, 2018 |

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