The Arabic language / Kees Versteegh.
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TextLanguage: English, Arabic Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014Edition: Second editionDescription: xix, 410 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780748645282; 0748645284; 9780748645275; 0748645276Subject(s): Arabic language -- History | Arabic language | ArabischGenre/Form: History. | History.DDC classification: 492.709 LOC classification: PJ6075 | .V46 2014| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes some Arabic.
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.
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.
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