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Siculo Arabic
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 390.00The development of the Siculo Arabic group of varieties in the early medieval period took place at a time when Sicily was a cross-road of two major cultures, the Latin and the Byzantine. Palermo was a melting pot of linguistic contacts - Romance, Greek and Arabic. The question of language use in Sicily under both the Islamic (213-485/827-1091) and... more...
Subject Theme and Agent in Modern Standard Arabic
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 190.00Investigates the universal categories 'subject', 'theme', and 'agent' with special reference to their functional status in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and how these three distinct functions may or may not coincide in Arabic sentences. These functions are inexplicitly characterised by classical and modern Arab linguists and Arabists alike. It has been... more...
Mehri Lexicon
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 195.00Published in 2000, Mehri Lexicon is a valuable contribution to the field of Asian Studies. more...
Arabic Grammar and Linguistics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 190.00This book explores aspects of the Arabic Grammatical Tradition and Arabic Linguistics from both a theoretical and descriptive perspective. It also touches on issues of relevance to other disciplines, particularly Qur'anic exegesis and jurisprudence. The links between the fields of language and religion are historically strong in the Arabic and Islamic... more...
Transformational Grammar Of Modern Literary Arabic
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 300.00Most studies on Arabic have dealt exclusively with either regional dialects of the language found in classic texts such as the Holy Quran. In "A Transformational Grammar of Modern Literary Arabic", Mohammad Ziad Kebbe provides the most thorough syntactic analysis available of the language used by modern writers and journalists. Drawing on Chomsky's... more...
Introduction to Qur'anic Script
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 57.95'Masterly work ... Leads the reader patiently but directly not merely into Qur'anic writing but into the heart of that Holy Book itself ... By the time we have followed Dr Ahmad to the end of this splendid work we have learned something new and indeed something uplifting about one of the world's great books.' Prof. F. E. Peters, New York University. more...
Aspects of Language Variation in Arabic Political Speech-Making
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 180.00This socio-linguistic study throws new light on variation and the defining of register in Arabic political discourse. The research is based on three dialects (Egyptian, Iraqi and Libyan) and on political speeches delivered by Gamal Abdunnasir, Saddam Hussein and Muammar Al Gadhdhafi. more...







