A Grammar of Arabic models a new framework for studying varieties of Arabic comparatively, highlighting the patterns of variation and consistency, and showing how different styles, from primarily spoken and casual to primarily written and formal, are linguistically interrelated.
This non-traditional reference grammar is structured around patterns of usage rather than prescriptive rules, aligning function with form and taking advantage of general principles of language. Using data from Classical Arabic, Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, and dialects spoken in Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, the Levant, Iraq, and the Arabian Gulf, this grammar examines the actual usage of these language varieties, broadening understanding of Arabic dialects from a linguistics perspective while also giving readers the ability to engage language diversity.
Designed for instructors, researchers, and advanced students of Arabic, A Grammar of Arabic explores Arabic from an internally comparative perspective that will also be valuable to theoretical linguists.
Edited by:
Kristen Brustad (The University of Texas at Austin USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 1.330kg
ISBN: 9781138840805
ISBN 10: 1138840807
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 16 July 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1. Phonology and orthography 2. Roots, Patterns and Lexical Innovation 3. Inflection of Nominals and Verbs 4. Nouns in Context 5. Verbs in context 6. Basic sentence structures 7. Interrogatives, conditionals, negation, and exception 8. Sentence Complements 9. Mapping Out Physical and Discursive Location 10. Linguistic Tools of Rhetoric
Kristen Brustad retired as Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is the author of Syntax of Spoken Arabic and co-author of the Al-Kitaab fi Ta‘allum al- Arabiyya series.
