What Mean?: Where Russians Go Wrong in English

by Lynn Visson

As Lynn Visson explores in this fascinating book, sometimes simply knowing a language is not enough to ensure good communication. Speaking a language without understanding the culture in which it is spoken can lead to misunderstandings and miscommunication. WHAT MEAN? explores the problems of language and culture facing both Russians speaking English and Americans speaking Russian. An introduction to the basic issues of the link between language and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781813220
• ISBN13: 9780781813228
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.6"