TY  - BOOK
AU  - Versteegh,C.H.M.
TI  - The Arabic language
SN  - 9780748645282
AV  - PJ6075 .V46 2014
U1  - 492.709 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Arabic language
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - Arabisch
KW  - gnd
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-377) and index; 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
N2  - Covers the history and development of the Arabic language from its earliest beginnings to modern times, concentrating on the difference between the classical standard language and the dialects
ER  -