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Arabische Dialektgeographie
BRILL 2005; US$ 133.00This volume is the first comprehensive and systematic description of the dialect geography of the Arabic language which discusses on the basis of 112 maps topics such as types and interpretation of maps, areal norms and their significance for Arabic and the delimitation of dialect borders. more...
Literature and Development in North Africa
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 42.95The book examines how modern global development largely privileges Western multinational interests at the expense of local or indigenous concerns in the "developing" nations of the East. The practices of development have mostly led not to economic, social, and political progressivism in local society but rather to instability, poverty, debt, and repression.... more...
Arabic Language
University of Minnesota Press 1969; US$ 67.50Arabic, with its rich literary heritage, is one of the major languages of the world. It is spoken by about one hundred million people inhabiting a wide and important area of the Middle East. Yet the language and its significant role in history are little more...
The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an
BRILL 2006; US$ 175.00Republication of Arthur Jefferys important study, The Foreign Vocabulary of the Quran , offers a new generation of scholars and students access to this foundational text. Arranged in Arabic alphabetical order, Jefferys compendium of philological scholarship remains an indispensable tool for any serious study of Quranic semantics. more...
Zeit und Gott
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00This work deals with concepts of time in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and in the Koran, placing them in relation to Hellenistic conceptions of time in Late Antique poetry. The analysis shows that just as in the much earlier field of Greek poetry, so too in Old Arabic verse time is seen as an inescapable power. The Arabic concept for endless time, dahr,... more...
Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 41.95This new edition of Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf has been revised and updated to make learning this variety of Arabic easier and more enjoyable than ever before Specially written by an expert for self-study and classroom use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to spoken Arabic of the Gulf, together with an introduction to... more...
Pens, Swords, and the Springs of Art
BRILL 2006; US$ 177.00Offering an analysis of oral poetry dueling performed at traditional Palestinian weddings, this book addresses poetry dueling as a performative and compositional device, and explores the complex linkages between this tradition and other genres of Arabic poetry. more...
Arabic Dialectology
BRILL 2009; US$ 166.00This book offers a fresh look at Arabic data in a collection of thought-provoking, new articles written by some of the best known scholars in the field. The contributors discuss topics in historical, social and spatial dialectology focusing on Arabic data investigated within modern analytical frameworks. more...
Approaches to Arabic Linguistics
BRILL 2007; US$ 390.00Covers Arabic linguistics, dialects (diglossia, creolization, pidginization), the history of Arabic grammar. more...
Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary
Dorling Kindersley 2009; US$ 14.95The newest edition to the Visual Bilingual Dictionary series, this title will help the international visitor?whether for business or recreational?adsorb essential vocabulary in Portuguese. more...









