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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE book to have if you want to learn Ancient Egyptian,
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This review is from: Egyptian Grammar (Egyptology: Griffith Institute) (Hardcover)
I had read about this book and seen it in a few bibliographies and bought a copy just to see what it was like in comparison to Collier and Manley's book. I must say Gardiner suits my personal learning style better - taking it a bit by bit with lots of examples to look at and learn from and in a lot more detail than C & M. It will probably take me years to learn it properly but I am having a great time at the moment with it. I've just spent the day at the British Museum using my lately learnt skills and have thoroughly enjoyed myself.Here also I can give a promotion for Amazon.co.uk. I could not get this from the British Museum bookshop (they had had it on order for me for a year and a half) but when I lost patience and contacted Amazon I got it within the week delivered directly to my door. Well done and thankyou.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good,
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This review is from: Egyptian Grammar (Egyptology: Griffith Institute) (Hardcover)
There is a great lack in good books where one may study\learn middle egyptian thoroughly. Most books are designed only as an introduction. This book is the real deal and there is probably no better book than this (I would have actually given it 4 1/2 *'s if i could've). Though many of the theories are old and predated, this is definetely the course for someone who wants to take the language seriously, though I do recommend a "basic" introduction before you start this course (eg:- 'A Short Introduction to Middle Egyptian' by Peter Koenig). After you have read this this book, I also suggest that you join an internet forum if you want to start reading more texts and improve your translation.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An all round,In depth manual,
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This review is from: Egyptian Grammar (Egyptology: Griffith Institute) (Hardcover)
I was first drawn to this work in 1979 and studied it for 2 years. I still recall much of what I learned then.
The book is laid out in modular style with exersizes to consolidate your understanding of the texts. All of the exersizes use real expressions from tombs and stellae and reflect everyday life in Middle Egypt. I have given this work 5 stars based on the previous edition and have also studied other, more modern, linguistic translations and believe Prof Gardiner`s translations to be more syntactically accurate. He offers both translation and translitteration which allows a feel for the spoken language as well as the purely written and I find being able to vocalise the sounds aids my translations of other inscriptions not covered in the book. This is a great way to learn the language and can be read along with the author`s other works, eg. The Egyptians, which flesh out his teachings.
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