A Grammar of Arabic

by: Kristen Brustad (Editor)

Publisher:

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2024/7/16

Language: English

Print Length: 608 pages

ISBN-10: 1032309539

ISBN-13: 9781032309538

Book Description

A Grammar of Arabic models a new framework for studying varieties of Arabic comparatively, highlighting the pattes 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 pattes of usage rather than prescriptive rules, aligning function with form and taking advantage of general principles of language. Using data from Classical Arabic, Arabic, Mode 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 inteally comparative perspective that will also be valuable to theoretical linguists.

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A Grammar of Arabic models a new framework for studying varieties of Arabic comparatively, highlighting the pattes 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 pattes of usage rather than prescriptive rules, aligning function with form and taking advantage of general principles of language. Using data from Classical Arabic, Arabic, Mode 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 inteally comparative perspective that will also be valuable to theoretical linguists.