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Synopsis
This text describes the basic structure of the various forms of the Arabic language, exmaining both standard modern Arabic and modern Arabic dialect. It explains the sychronic and diachronic relationships between written and spoken dialects, discussing cross-dialect influences and paying particular attention to developing intermediate varieties of Arabic which fall between the standard variety and plain dialect. It also covers sociolinguistic aspects of variations in Arabic.
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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
"The new book Modern Arabic by C. Holes deserves a very warm welcome indeed. There is nothing quite like it in the field of Arabic Linguistics and it is written by a scholar who is familiar at firat hand both with the facts of Modern Arabic as they are in the modern Arab world, and with the classical language, its literature and the crucial place it occupies in Islamic civilization." "Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African studies", 1997 "Thanks to C. Holes we now have a book that examines in some depth the relationship between the spoken and the written language, and which provides us with a lively and erudite account of the current state of the Arabic language in its many forms." "Bibliotheca Orientalis", 1997
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- PublisherPearson Professional Education
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0582258820
- ISBN 13 9780582258822
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages384
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