Working with Arabic Prepositions

Structures and Functions

Ronak Husni, Aziza Zaher

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781138297616
• eBook ISBN: 9781000029529
• Topic: Lingue e linguistica
• Subtopic: Lingue

Working with Arabic Prepositions: Structures and Functions is a reference book focusing on Arabic prepositions, their structure and usage.

The system of Arabic prepositions is complex, and the textbook aims to assist students at the lower intermediate to advanced level understand it in an accessible way. This is an area in which students can experience great difficulty, and the aim of this book is to explain clearly the structures and functions of Arabic prepositions and their usage in Modern Standard Arabic and media Arabic. Drills and exercises are provided to enable readers to practice what they have learned in the chapters.

This book will be an ideal source of information for undergraduate students studying Arabic, as well as graduate studies and additional courses in the major dialect areas, and a very useful resource for teachers of Arabic as a foreign language.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 The basics of Arabic prepositions
• 2 One-letter prepositions
• 3 Two-letter prepositions
• 4 Three-letter prepositions
• 5 Four-letter prepositions
• 6 Locative adverbs
• 7 Analysis of examples of errors by students
• Glossary of common verbs with prepositions
• Answer key
• Bibliography
• Index