A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic
Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, this comprehensive handbook provides a detailed yet accessible overview of Arabic wherein its phonology, morphology and syntax can be readily accessed. Accompanied by extensive examples, it will prove an invaluable practical guide for supporting students' textbooks, classroom work or self-study, and a useful resource for scholars and professionals.
- Clearly structured and systematically organised to cover the essential aspects of Arabic phonology, morphology and syntax
- Numbered grammar notes for ease of reference, along with helpful glossaries of both Arabic and English linguistic terms
- Each aspect of the language discussed is illustrated with carefully-chosen examples
Product details
September 2005Paperback
9780521777711
736 pages
244 × 170 × 37 mm
1.41kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction to Arabic
- 2. Modern Standard Arabic phonology and script
- 3. Arabic word structure: an overview
- 4. Basic Arabic sentence structures
- 5. Arabic noun types
- 6. Participles: active and passive
- 7. Noun inflections: gender, humanness, number, definiteness, and case
- 8. Construct phrases and nouns in apposition
- 9. Noun specifiers and quantifiers
- 10. Adjectives: form and function
- 11. Adverbs and adverbial expressions
- 12. Personal pronouns
- 13. Demonstrative pronouns and their functions
- 14. Relative pronouns and relative clauses
- 15. Arabic numerals and numeral phrases
- 16. Prepositions and prepositional phrases
- 17. Questions and question words
- 18. Connectives and conjunctions
- 19. Subordinating conjunctions: the particle 'inna and her sisters
- 20. The classes of Arabic verbs
- 21. Verb inflection: a summary
- 22. Form I the base form of the triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns and participles
- 23. Form II triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 24. Form III triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 25. Form IV triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 26. Form V triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 27. Form VI triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 28. Form VII triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 29. Form VIII triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 30. Form IX triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 31. Form X triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 32. Forms XI-XV triliteral verb
- 33. Quadriliteral verbs: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles
- 34. Moods of the verb I: indicative and subjunctive
- 35. Moods of the verb II: jussive and imperative
- 36. Verbs of being, becoming, remaining, seeming
- 37. Negation and exception
- 38. Passive and passive-type expressions
- 39. Conditional and opative expressions.