Arabic Language and Linguistics.

Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, is spoken by more than half a billion people around the world and is of increasing importance in today's political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date...

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Main Author: Bassiouney, Reem
Other Authors: Katz, E. Graham
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2012.
Series:Georgetown University Round Table on Languages & Linguistics Series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, is spoken by more than half a billion people around the world and is of increasing importance in today's political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date from the 8th century and include full syntactic, morphological, and phonological analyses of the vernaculars and of Classical Arabic. In recent years the academic study of Arabic has become increasingly sophisticated and broad. This state-of-the-art volume presents the most recent research in Arabic ling.
Item Description:Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks
Physical Description:1 online resource (247 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781589018914
1589018915