Modern Written Arabic
eBook - PDF

Modern Written Arabic

A Comprehensive Grammar

  1. 908 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Modern Written Arabic

A Comprehensive Grammar

About this book

Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Arabic grammar.

The Grammar presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in contemporary written Arabic. Data is taken from actual written Arabic, both literary and non-literary, observed or published since 1990. Sources range from street signs to high literature.

This comprehensive work is an invaluable resource for anyone at the intermediate to advanced level, from students through to teachers and linguists. It is ideal for use in colleges, universities and adult classes of all types.

The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Arabic grammar. It offers a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language, and provides full and clear explanations.

Features include:

  • detailed treatment of the common grammatical structures and parts of speech
  • extensive exemplification
  • particular attention to areas of confusion and difficulty

  • Arabic-English parallels highlighted throughout the book
  • an extensive index and numbered paragraphs for ease-of-reference

Elsaid Badawi was Professor of Arabic Language and Linguistics at the American University in Cairo. Michael G. Carter is Honorary Professor at Sydney University. Adrian Gully is an Independent Professional Interpreter and Translator. Maher Awad is Senior Lecturer of Arabic at Rice University.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. List of abbreviations
  8. Transliteration system
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Forms
  11. 2 Noun phrase structure
  12. 3 The basic sentence
  13. 4 Negatives
  14. 5 Adjectival and relative clauses
  15. 6 Coordinated sentences
  16. 7 Subordination
  17. 8 Conditionals
  18. 9 Exceptives
  19. 10 Interrogatives, indirect speech
  20. 11 Hypersentence and discourse
  21. 12 Lexicon
  22. Bibliography
  23. Glossary
  24. Arabic index
  25. Index