Modern Arabic: Structures, Functions, and Varieties (Longman Linguistics Library) - Softcover

Holes, Clive

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582028841 ISBN 13: 9780582028845

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Synopsis

The revised and updated edition of Modern Arabic takes into account research published in several areas of Arabic linguistics since the first edition in 1995. It includes more extensive comment on the North African Arabic vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, more information about "mixed" varieties of written Arabic that are not in MSA (especially in Egypt), updated references, explanations, and adds many new examples. Students of the Arabic language will find Modern Arabic without peer - as will those general linguists who are interested in discovering how Arabic compares structurally and sociolinguistically with European languages.

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About the Author

Clive Holes is Khalid bin Abdallah Al-Sa'ud Professor for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy.

Review

"xxx;deserves a very warm welcome indeedxxx;It will be read with pleasure and benefit by all who are interested in the Arabic language." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies "Holes is to be commended for undertaking a work with such a broad scopexxx;His assessment of modern Arabic in all its forms is honest, contrastive and comparative, and presents impressions and analyses of many categories from a fresh angle." Bibliotheca Orientalis "We believe that the advanced students of Arabic and ambitious general linguists will rightly appreciate Hole's monograph as a valuable source of useful and exciting information." Asian and African Studies

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
• ISBN 10: 0582028841
• ISBN 13: 9780582028845
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English