Spoken Hungarian (Spoken Language Series) [Paperback]

Thomas A. Sebeok (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1977 | ISBN-10: 0879501200 | ISBN-13: 978-0879501204 | Edition: First Edition

Everyday speech of educated Hungarians in urban centers of Hungary.

--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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Text: English, Hungarian

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Spoken Language Services; First Edition edition (August 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879501200
• ISBN-13: 978-0879501204
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,803,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #62 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Nonfiction > More Languages > Hungarian
  • #93 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Hungarian
  • #93 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Hungarian > Instruction

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for WWII, but dated because of political events., February 10, 2005

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Lee V. Douglas (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spoken Hungarian (Spoken Language Series) (Paperback)

This comes from the original Spoken Languages series developed at the Army's behest by the American Council of Learned Societies to teach languages to soldiers fast. It uses the same method that is used today by the State Department to teach languages to its personnel. The original series produced better materials for frequently-studied languages such as French, Spanish and Russian than it did for those less studied. This course, I have been told by Hungarian refugees from the communist regime, is somewhat outdated because of political correctness. It may not be the best choice for the current language.

See "Hungarian basic course," and "Hungarian verbs & essentials of grammar,"also listed on Amazon.