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Arabic Language Handbook

Name: Arabic Language Handbook
Brand: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
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By: Mary Catherine Bateson

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Paperback | 29 May 2003

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The demand for information on learning Arabic has grown spectacularly as English-speaking people have come to realize how much there is yet to know about other parts of the world. It is fitting that this Arabic Language Handbook, complementing Georgetown University Press''s exceptional Arabic language textbooks, is the first in a new series: Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics. Sparked by the new demand, this reprint of a genuinely "gold-standard" language volume provides a streamlined reference on the structure of the Arabic language and issues in Arabic linguistics, from dialectics to literature. Originally published in 1967, the essential information on the structure of the language remains accurate, and it continues to be the most concise reference summary for researchers, linguists, students, area specialists, and others interested in Arabic.

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & Guides Language Learning & Teaching Specific Skills of Learning Language Linguistics Grammar, Syntax & Morphology

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Notations	p. xv
Map of Arabic-Speaking Countries of Northern Africa and the Middle East	p. xvi
An Outline of Arabic Structure	p. 1
General features	p. 1
Phonology	p. 3
Consonants	p. 3
Vowels	p. 5
Syllable structure	p. 6
Stress and pausal forms	p. 8
The noun	p. 9
Noun inflection	p. 9
Case and determination	p. 9
Gender	p. 12
Number	p. 12
Noun derivation	p. 15
Noun derivation by shifting vowel patterns	p. 15
Noun derivation by affixation	p. 18
The Arabic number system	p. 21
The verb	p. 23
Verbal inflection	p. 23
Person, gender, and number	p. 24
Mode	p. 25
Roots with C[subscript 1] = /' / or V	p. 25
Roots with C[subscript 2] = V or C[subscript 3]	p. 26
Roots with C[subscript 3] = V	p. 27
Verbal derivation	p. 28
The formation of primary verbs	p. 30
Derived verbs	p. 31
Passive verbs	p. 35
Non-triliteral forms	p. 36
Biliteral forms	p. 36
Quadriliteral forms: derived nouns and verbs	p. 36
The development of quadriliteral forms	p. 37
Outside the root system	p. 38
Monoliteral and biliteral particles	p. 39
Sets of particles	p. 39
Pronouns	p. 40
Personal pronouns	p. 40
Demonstrative and relative pronouns	p. 42
Syntax	p. 42
Parts of speech	p. 43
Major clause types	p. 45
Major types of noun phrases	p. 49
The role of the case and modal endings	p. 49
The History of Classical Arabic	p. 51
The Semitic family of languages	p. 51
The Arabic writing system	p. 54
Arabic literature	p. 58
Pre-Islamic literature and the Qur'an	p. 58
Umayyad literature	p. 61
[epsilon]Abbasid literature	p. 61
The Islamic sciences	p. 61
Belles lettres	p. 64
Arabic literature in decline	p. 66
Modern Arabic literature	p. 67
The influence of Arabic on other languages	p. 71
The Linguistic Practice of the Arabs	p. 75
Speech and writing in Classical Arabic	p. 75
The origins of Classical Arabic	p. 75
Classical Arabic in the Islamic Empire	p. 77
The modern use of Classical Arabic	p. 79
The modern form of Classical Arabic	p. 83
Simplifications and Colloquial influences	p. 84
Lexical development	p. 86
European influences on style and syntax	p. 90
Formal efforts at language reform	p. 92
Speech (and writing) in Colloquial Arabic	p. 93
The origins of Colloquial Arabic	p. 93
General trends of development in Colloquial Arabic	p. 96
Phonology	p. 96
Morphology	p. 97
Syntax	p. 99
Lexicon	p. 99
Summary	p. 99
Variation in Colloquial Arabic	p. 100
Contrasts between sedentary and nomadic dialects	p. 100
Eastern and Western Colloquial Arabic	p. 101
Iraqi Arabic	p. 103
Syrian Arabic	p. 104
Egyptian Arabic	p. 105
North African Arabic	p. 106
Communal dialects	p. 107
Influences of Classical Arabic and interdialectal influences	p. 108
The use of Colloquial Arabic	p. 110
Speech and writing in other languages	p. 112
Bibliography	p. 117
Supplemental Bibliography on Arabic Language	p. 123
Supplemental Bibliography on Arabic Literature	p. 125
Supplemental Bibliography on Colloquial Arabic	p. 125
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