Arabic

In this succinct introduction to modern Arabic literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Paul Starkey traces its development from the medieval Arabic literary tradition - beginning in the sixth-century with nomadic Bedouin poetry and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447102483Author Issam K HalayqaFormat PaperbackPage Count 217Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 476g

The first comparative grammar of the Semitic languages, by H. Zimmern, was published a hundred years ago and the last original work of this kind was issued in Russian in 1972 by B.M. Grande. The present grammar, designed to come out in the centenary of...

This volume is published in honour of Professor Takamitsu Muraoka on the occasion of his retirement from the Chair of Hebrew, Israelite Antiquities and Ugaritic at Leiden University, a date which coincides with the celebration of his sixty-fifth birthday...

This lexicon complements the critical edition (OLA 141) and translation (OLA 166) of Yusuf al-Shirbini's celebrated portrait of Egyptian rural society in the seventeenth century, Hazz al-Quhuf bi-Sharh Qasid Abi Shaduf (Brains Confounded by the Ode of...

This volume presents transliterations of all the unpublished Sargonic material in the Louvre Museum except that from Lagash and Susa. Nearly all the texts are administrative documents concerning animals (mainly sheep and goats, but also bovines) and...

Al-cArabiyya is the annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. Al-cArabiyya includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic...

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The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Sociolinguistics comprises 22 chapters encompassing various aspects in the study of Arabic dialects within their sociolinguistic context. This is a novel volume, which not only includes the traditional topics in...

Research into Translation and Training in Arab Academic Institutions provides insights into the current issues and challenges facing in-service and trainee Arabic translators and interpreters, both professionally and academically. This book addresses...

Thematic Structure and Para-Syntax: Arabic as a Case Study presents a structural analysis of Arabic, providing an alternative to the traditional notions of theme and rheme. Taking Arabic as a case study, this book claims that approaches to thematic...

Al-'Arabiyya is the annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. Al-'Arabiyya includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic...

Al- ' Arabiyya is the annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. Al- ' Arabiyya includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic...

Al-Carabiyya is the annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. Al-Carabiyya includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic...

Al-cArabiyya is the annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. Al-cArabiyya includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic...

In 1968 Margaret K. Omar (Nydell) spent four months in a small Egyptian village called Sheikh Mubarak. Located in Middle Egypt near Al-Minya, residents of Sheik Mubarak speak in a dialect closer to Sa'eedi, not the dialect spoken in Cairo. Omar spent...

A comprehensive introduction to Iraqi Arabic for beginners (with Iraqi-English and English-Iraqi glossaries), this is the language spoken by Muslim Baghdad residents, transcribed and not in Arabic script. It does not assume prior knowledge of Arabic. "A...

From the 700s B.C.E. to the late 300s B.C.E., Aramaic was the international language of the ancient Near East. With the arrival of Alexander the Great in the 300s, Greek supplanted Aramaic, but Aramaic did not disappear. Although it gradually broke apart...

In the late 1950s, Iraqi Jews were either forced or chose to leave Iraq for Israel. Finding it impossible to continue writing in Arabic in Israel, many Iraqi Jewish novelists faced the literary challenge of switching to Hebrew. Focusing on the literary...

Examines the social functions of attitude dative pronouns in four Arabic dialects Analysing data from a variety of sources, including soap operas, movies, plays, talk shows and other audiovisual material, this book examines attitude datives - pragmatic...

Explores the dynamic relationships between language, politics and society in the Middle EastPublished in honour of Professor Yasir Suleiman, this collection acknowledges his contribution to the field of language and society in general, and to that of...

A one-stop shop for developing your Arabic writing skills, packed with practical exercises and drills Designed for intermediate and advanced learners of Arabic who are looking to develop and refine their writing skills Gives students theoretical and...

Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb is a corpus-based study that unveils the morpho-syntax and the semantics of the Arabic verb. Approaches to verbal grammatical categories - the constituents of verbal systems - often rely on either...

Working with Arabic Prepositions: Structures and Functions is a reference book focusing on Arabic prepositions, their structure and usage. The system of Arabic prepositions is complex, and the textbook aims to assist students at the lower intermediate...

In Arabic in Israel, Muhammad Amara analyses the status of Arabic following the creation of the State of Israel and documents its impact on the individual and collective identity of Israel's Palestinian Arab citizens. The interplay of language and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962153099Author Mahmoud Al-BatalFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint The American Association of Teachers of ArabicPublisher The American Association of...

Close readings of nine contemporary Arab novelists who use Sufism as a literary strategy. Although Sufi characters - saints, dervishes, wanderers - occur regularly in modern Arabic literature, a select group of novelists seeks to interrogate Sufism as a...

This book contains 17 studies by leading international scholars working on a wide range of topics in Arabic socio-linguistics, divided into four parts. The studies in Part 1 address questions of national language planning in a diglossic situation, with...

This is a comprehensive study of the Jewish and Muslim dialect networks of Morocco in its traditional boundaries, covering twenty-two Muslim and some thirty Jewish dialects of Moroccan Arabic.Book InformationISBN 9780700715145Author Jeffrey HeathFormat...

While most courses in Egyptian Arabic teach the essentials of syntax, morphology, and vocabulary, this second in a series of three books takes the student a step beyond and focuses on colorful expressions used by native speakers. The learner will advance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903103296Author Mahmoud GaafarFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint GW Publishing,ChinnorPublisher GW Publishing,ChinnorWeight(grams) 108g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903103104Author Mahmoud GaafarFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint GW Publishing,ChinnorPublisher GW Publishing,ChinnorWeight(grams) 108g

'Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part One), second edition, offers a groundbreaking introduction to Arabic as it is written and spoken by native speakers. It combines a grounding in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) with an innovative integration of the spoken Levantine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474462198Author John MaceFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569023471Author Moha EnnajiFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Red Sea Press,U.S.Publisher Red Sea Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 365g

Combining theory and practice, this book is a model for Arabic translation and prepares students for the translation industry. Containing twenty-two translation approaches, An Introduction to Arabic Translation provides the normative principles to...

Combining theory and practice, this book is a model for Arabic translation and prepares students for the translation industry. Containing twenty-two translation approaches, An Introduction to Arabic Translation provides the normative principles to...

Using Numbers in Arabic is an invaluable reference for the intermediate to advanced learner of Arabic. The proper use of numbers can often be perplexing for students of the Arabic language. While most Arabic grammars and textbooks include a chapter or...

The Routledge Course in Arabic Business Translation: Arabic-English-Arabic is an essential coursebook for university students wishing to develop their skills in translating different types of business texts between English and Arabic. Practical in its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780071837408Author WightwickFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint McGraw-Hill Inc.,USPublisher McGraw-Hill Education - EuropeWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...