The Word in Arabic (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 62) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004201432 ISBN 13: 9789004201439

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2011

Synopsis

This book is the first volume devoted to the issues raised by the definition of ‘word’ in Arabic. Papers include studies on the history of Arabic grammatical and rhetorical traditions, current theoretical and applied linguistics, and language contact.

About this title

About the Author:

Giuliano Lancioni, Ph. D. (1995) in Linguistics, Roma Tre University, is Professor of Linguistics at Roma Tre University. He has published extensively on the history of the Arabic grammatical tradition and on Arabic generative and computational linguistics.

Lidia Bettini is professor of Arabic language and literature at the University of Florence. Her research interests include Arabic medieval linguistic thinking and modern Arabic Bedouin dialects. Her recent publications include the volumes Contes féminins de la Haute Jézireh syrienne – Matériaux ethno–linguistiques d’un parler nomade oriental, (Firenze, 2006) and Min sawalif al–?arim fi l–Jazira al–suriyya al–‘ulya, published by the Ministry of Culture of the Syrian Arab Republic, Damascus.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9004201432
• ISBN 13: 9789004201439
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 267
• Editor: Lancioni Giuliano, Bettini Lidia