A Grammar of Arabic - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032309539 ISBN 13: 9781032309538

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

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, aligning function with form and taking advantage of general principles of language. Using data from Classical Arabic, Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, and dialects spoken in Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, the Levant, Iraq, and the Arabian Gulf, this grammar examines the actual usage of these language varieties, broadening understanding of Arabic dialects from a linguistics perspective while also giving readers the ability to engage language diversity.

Designed for instructors, researchers, and advanced students of Arabic, A Grammar of Arabic explores Arabic from an internally comparative perspective that will also be valuable to theoretical linguists.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032309539
• ISBN 13: 9781032309538
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 630
• Editor: Brustad Kristen