Deze kleine grammatica bevat een beknopte en overzichtelijke samenvatting van de grammatica van het Nieuwgrieks. Aan deze grammatica liggen recente publicaties ten grondslag. De auteur heeft zich beperkt tot het hoogst noodzakelijke, zodat de cursist zich niet onnodig hoeft te buigen over details.

HIER ZIJN WIJ!

… neemt je mee in de wereld van dove mensen.

Van de dovencultuur tot de Nederlandse Gebarentaal.

Het vertelt aan de hand van prachtige illustraties de geschiedenis van dove mensen in Nederland. En het geeft antwoord op veelgestelde vragen over dove mensen. Hoe werkt gebarentaal eigenlijk? Wat ís dovencultuur? Wat is een naamgebaar? En hoe kom je eraan? Heeft doof-zijn ook voordelen? Hoe ervaren dove mensen de maatschappij? En hoe kan ik het best met dove mensen praten?

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