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  • Perspectives on Arabic Linguisticsby Elabbas Benmamoun; Mushira Eid; Niloofar Haeri

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1998; US$ 158.00

    The papers in this volume address core areas in contemporary Arabic linguistics: syntax, phonology, and variation studies. The papers in the syntax sections address different topics from the perspective of the Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995) and subsequent work. The topics in this section are adverbs and adjectives, resumptive pronouns, gapping and... more...

  • Perspectives on Arabic Linguisticsby Mushira Eid

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1996; US$ 165.00

    This volume includes ten papers selected from the Eighth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, held at the University of Masschusetts, Amherst, 1994. Six of them deal with the syntax of Arabic two with phonology, and two with variation. The topics represented in the volume include binding in Arabic, the analysis of negation and negative polarity... more...

  • Perspectives on Arabic Linguisticsby Mushira Eid; Dilworth B. Parkinson

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1996; US$ 165.00

    This volume includes twelve papers selected from the Ninth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, held at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., 1995. Three of the papers deal with codeswitching with Arabic, two with the acquisition of Arabic, and four with different aspects of Arabic grammatical structure. The volume also includes three papers presenting... more...

  • Jordanian Arabic between Diglossia and Bilingualismby Salah M. Suleiman

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1985; US$ 102.00

    Suleiman provides a linguistic analysis of Jordanian Arabic spoken by educated groups and in particular by students at Yarmouk University. He investigates the extent to which spoken Jordanian Arabic is affected by the classical-colloquial dichotomy (i.e. the extent to which diglossia is involved). In addition, the influence of language contact between... more...

  • Malteseby Marie Azzopardi-Alexander; Albert Borg

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 61.95

    Focusing primarily on Standard Maltese, the authors clarify many areas which, until now, remain undefined, with emphasis on syntax and intonation. English loanwords continue to find their way into Standard Maltese, especially as the Maltese inhabitants become increasingly bilingual, and the variations are studied, as well as their morphological behavior.... more...

  • Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume IIIby Kees Versteegh

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 55.95

    Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Vol 3 is devoted to a linguistic tradition that lies outside the Western mainstream, namely that of the Middle East. The reader is introduced to the major issues and themes that have determined the development of the Arabic linguistic tradition. Each chapter contains a short extract from a translated `landmark' text... more...

  • Naguib Mahfouzby Rasheed El-Enany

    Routledge 1993; US$ 41.95

    A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. Included is a full biography and systematic analysis of the writer's works. more...

  • Colloquial Arabic of Egyptby Jane Wightwick; Mahmoud Gaafar

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95

    COLLOQUIAL ARABIC OF EGYPT is easy to use and completely up to date! Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Arabic of Egypt. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes COLLOQUIAL ARABIC OF EGYPT your best choice in personal language... more...

  • Cultural Encounters in Translation from Arabicby Said Faiq

    Multilingual Matters 2004; US$ 44.95

    Mainstream translation studies hitherto have tended to neglect Arabic. This volume evaluates the ways in which translating from Arabic has helped to form and deform cultural identities, approaching the subject from a variety of perspectives: politics, economics, ethics and poetics. more...

  • Tradition, modernity, and postmodernity in Arabic literatureby K. Abdel-Malek; W.B. Hallaq

    BRILL 2000; US$ 232.00

    This volume offers a collection of essays by a group of scholars of Arabic literature. It explores various manifestations of traditional as well as modern and postmodern themes and techniques in Arabic literature. more...