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An introductory guide for students of Arabic language, Arabic historical linguistics and Arabic sociolinguistics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to First Edition
- Preface to Second Edition
- List of Figures and Maps
- List of Tables
- Note on Transcription and Glossing
- 1. The Study of Arabic in the West
- 2. Arabic as a Semitic Language
- 3. The Earliest Stages of Arabic
- 4. Arabic in the Pre-Islamic Period
- 5. The Development of Classical Arabic
- 6. The Structure of Arabic
- 7. The Arabic Linguistic Tradition
- 8. The Emergence of New Arabic
- 9. Middle Arabic
- 10. The Study of the Arabic Dialects
- 11. The Dialects of Arabic
- 12. The Emergence of Modern Standard Arabic
- 13. Diglossia
- 14. Bilingualism
- 15. Arabic as a Minority Language
- 16. Arabic Pidgins and Creoles
- 17. Arabic as a World Language
- Bibliography
- List of Abbreviations
- Index
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