The Arabic Language by Kees Versteegh (2014, Hardcover, Revised edition,New Edition)

Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

0748645284

9780748645282

176470828

Kees Versteegh

Arabic Language

Hardcover

English

2014

Language Course

416 Pages

6.4in

1.3in

9.4in

27.4 Oz

Pj6075.V46 2014

Revised Edition,New Edition

2

Preface; List of Figures and Maps; Note on Transcription and Glossing; 1. The Study of Arabic in the West; 2. Arabic as a Semitic Language; 3. The Earliest Stages of Arabic; 4. Arabic in the Pre-Islamic Period; 5. The Development of Classical Arabic; 6. The Structure of Arabic; 7. The Arabic Linguistic Tradition; 8. The Emergence of New Arabic; 9. Middle Arabic; 10. The Study of the Arabic Dialects; 11. The Dialects of Arabic; 12. The Emergence of Modern Standard Arabic; 13. Diglossia; 14. Bilingualism; 15. Arabic as a Minority Language; 16. Arabic Pidgins and Creoles; 17. Arabic as a World Language; Bibliography; List of Abbreviations; Index.

2014

Arabic, Islam / General, Linguistics / General

492.7

Scholarly & Professional

21

Yes

Foreign Language Study, Religion, Language Arts & Disciplines