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Das Standardwerk in aktualisierter Auflage <BR> <BR>Jahrhundertelang wurden Esten, Letten und Litauer von mächtigen Rittern, Großgrundbesitzern und finanzkräftigen Stadtbürgern regiert. Erst der schwedische Absolutismus, die Altersschwäche des russischen Kaiserreiches, die Industrialisierung und die Nationalbewegungen des 19. Jahrhunderts haben die Entstehung der heutigen baltischen Staaten ermöglicht. <BR>

Eine der wichtigsten und engagiertesten Stimmen der rumänischen GegenwartsliteraturLetitia und Sorin arbeiten in einem Kulturinstitut im Rumänien der siebziger Jahre. Sie lieben sich - heimlich. Im Schatten einer Lenin-Statue oder in der schmuddeligen Wohnung eines Freundes. Sorin sucht die wahre Liebe und Letitia eine Flucht aus ihrem traurigen Eheleben. Beide sind sie gefangen in den Strukturen ihrer Familien und den Einschränkungen des kommunistischen Systems, kurz vor der Machtübernahme Ceaüescus. Eine Zwischenzeit, die von Freiheit, Sex, Konsum und Momentglück geprägt ist. Gabriela Adame¿teanu gelingt es meisterhaft, die Geschichten mehrerer Generationen zu verweben und diese Zeit des Übergangs lebendig werden zu lassen. Ein Provisorium, das nach Glück und Sehnsucht schmeckt und nach ebenso viel Vergänglichkeit.'Gabriela Adame¿teanu ist in die literarische Landschaft Rumäniens eingefallen wie ein Sonnenstrahl.' Lettre International

Baltische Herrenhäuser, erbaut, bewohnt und bewirtschaftet von der adeligen Oberschicht meist deutscher, aber auch schwedischer, polnischer und russischer Herkunft, prägten den ländlichen Raum des heutigen Estland und Lettland bis ins frühe 20. Jahrhundert. Das Herrenhaus als Wohnort der Grundbesitzer war der zentrale und oft architektonisch am aufwendigsten gestaltete Teil eines Gutshofs. Dieser stellte eine Lebensform dar, in der Wohnen und Arbeiten eine räumliche Einheit bildeten. Dem deutschbaltischen Adel gehörten einige Hundert Familien an, die bis zu siebzig Prozent der Landfläche in Alt-Livland besaßen und damit auch wirtschaftliche und politische Macht ausübten. Mit der Entstehung der Nationalstaaten Estland und Lettland nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg endete die herausgehobene Stellung dieser Oberschicht. Von dem erhaltenen bauhistorischen Erbe wartet neben einigen Dutzend herausragend rekonstruierter Beispiele die Mehrzahl auf ihre Instandsetzung und eine sinnvolle neue Nutzung. Anhand ausgewählter Beispiele werden adelige Herrenhäuser und Gutsanlagen sowie ihre Geschichte vorgestellt. Einige der ältesten Herrenhäuser gingen aus umgebauten Burgen der Ordensritter hervor. Noch im 18. Jahrhundert wurden die meisten Gebäude aus Holz errichtet. Die Mehrheit der noch erhaltenen Herrenhäuser entstand im 19. Jahrhundert in den verschiedenen Spielarten des Historismus.

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Guide de conversation Français-Letton et dictionnaire concis de 1500 motsLa collection de guides de conversation "Tout ira bien!", publiée par T&P Books, est conçue pour les gens qui voyagent par affaire ou par plaisir. Les guides contiennent l'essentiel pour la communication de base. Il s'agit d'une série indispensable de phrases pour "survivre" à l'étranger. Certains des sujets inclus dans ce guide de conversation sont: demander des directions, les affiches, les transports, acheter un billet, à l'hôtel, au restaurant, le shopping, les salutations, les connaissances, la communication, la reconnaissance, les problèmes de santé, les excuses, les adieux et plus. Ce livre contient beaucoup de phrases qui ont été groupées par thèmes. Une autre section du livre contient un petit dictionnaire de plus de 1500 mots les plus utilisés. Le dictionnaire inclut beaucoup de termes gastronomiques et peut être utile lorsque vous faites le marché ou commandez des plats au restaurant. Emmenez avec vous un guide de conversation "Tout ira bien!" sur la route et vous aurez un compagnon de voyage irremplaçable qui vous aidera à vous sortir de toutes les situations et vous enseignera à ne pas avoir peur de parler aux étrangers. Guide de conversation Letton, guide conversation Letton, Guide Letton, parler Letton, glossaire Letton, phrases Lettonnes, voyage Letton, s'exprimer en Letton, Guide Touristique Letton, Letton debutant, conversation Letton, expressions Lettonnes, Letton expressions, Letton voyage expressions, Letton pour le voyage, Letton de voyage

This book is a collection of articles dealing with various aspects of the Baltic languages (Lithuanian, Latvian and Latgalian), which have only marginally featured in the discourse of theoretical linguistics and linguistic typology. The aim of the book is to bridge the gap between the study of the Baltic languages, on the one hand, and the current agenda of the theoretical and typological approaches to language, on the other. The book comprises 13 articles dealing with various aspects of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, and their interactions, plus a lengthy introduction, whose aim is to outline the state of the art in the research on the Baltic languages. The contributions are data-driven, being based on field-work, corpus research, and data published in the sources not accessible to the general linguistic audience. On the other hand, all contributions are informed in the relevant contemporary linguistic theories and in the advances of linguistic typology. Some of the contributions aim at a more detailed, accurate and theoretically informed description of the data, others look at the Baltic material from a more theoretical point of view, still others assume an areal-typological or contact perspective.

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