630 Pages
by
Routledge
630 Pages
by
Routledge
630 Pages
by
Routledge
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A Grammar of Arabic models a new framework for studying varieties of Arabic comparatively, highlighting the patterns 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 patterns of usage rather than prescriptive rules,... Read more
Introduction
1. Phonology and orthography
2. Roots, Patterns and Lexical Innovation
3. Inflection of Nominals and Verbs
4. Nouns in Context
5. Verbs in context
6. Basic sentence structures
7. Interrogatives, conditionals, negation, and exception
8. Sentence Complements
9. Mapping Out Physical and Discursive Location
10. Linguistic Tools of Rhetoric
Biography
Kristen Brustad retired as Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is the author of Syntax of Spoken Arabic and co-author of the Al-Kitaab fi Ta‘allum al- Arabiyya series.
