This is a revised second edition of A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language first published in 1962. It is based on and replaces Thatcher's Arabic Grammar and has a vocabulary of over 4,000 words
The author notes in his introduction that although "lexicography has not ignored the languages of the Samaritans, including their Aramaic dialect" (work was done in the late Middle Ages by members of
This textbook is intended to teach Modern Standard Arabic at the university level to speakers of English. The text presents Modern Standard Arabic functionally, but also instructs the student by way
Focusing on the relation between functional categories and lexical and phrasal categories in Arabic dialects, Benmamoun proposes that universally functional categories are specified for categorial fea
Linguists from Europe, Nigeria, and Israel explore distinctive traits of Arabic when and where it is not the dominant language. Among the topics they discuss are the Arabic language among the Mozarab
This book is designed to teach the beginner a basic vocabulary of 100 Arabic words—covering 8 everyday topics: around the home/ clothes/ around town (including transportation)/ countryside/ essentials
Designed for travelers and language students, this pocket guide for conversational Arabic contains over 8,000 entries. The words and expressions are in Romanized Arabic, so this dictionary will be mos
Achieving the right balance of amount of information, style of presentation, and depth of instruction in first-year grammars is no easy task. But Mark Futato has produced a grammar that, after years o
This course is designed for students who have completed a first-level course in Arabic and wish to pursue the subject to degree level. It aims to develop thoroughly the four basic language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening, making extensive use of authentic Arabic materials. Each of the twenty chapters is based around a particular topic relating to the culture, history, politics, geography or society of the Arab Middle East, to give students an insight into important aspects of the region. This topic-based approach allows students to tackle vocabulary and structures in a coherent and concentrated manner. Each chapter contains materials for translation into and from Arabic, aural texts, précis passages, suggested oral discussion topics, and a variety of exercises including comprehension in English and Arabic. Accompanying cassettes and a teacher's handbook are available separately.
This volume contains all the known Old Syriac inscriptions from Edessa and the area around Osthoene in Northern Mesopotamia from the first three centuries C.E., the number of which has substantially i
This book explores aspects of the Arabic Grammatical Tradition and Arabic Linguistics from both a theoretical and descriptive perspective. It also touches on issues of relevance to other disciplines,
Raji M. Rammuny's Business Arabic, Intermediate Level is intended for intermediate learners who have completed at least two regular years of Arabic study. It contains twenty-one lessons, in addition
Colloquial Portuguese CD-ROM is an exciting and easy-to-use multimedia language course. 'If you want to get to grips with any of the languages, Routledge's Colloquial Series is the best place you coul
The first book in English to explore Al-Khalnl's contributions to Arabic intellectual history. Known primarily for the creation of the first dictionary of the Arabic language and the discovery of the
