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Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume IIIby Kees Versteegh
Routledge 1997; US$ 52.95This book introduces the reader to the major issues and themes that have determined the development of the Arabic linguistic tradition. It is invaluable to anyone with an interest in the history of Linguistics. more...
Cultural Encounters in Translation from Arabicby Said Faiq
Multilingual Matters 2004; US$ 44.95Mainstream 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...
Language and Change in the Arab Middle Eastby Ami Ayalon
Oxford University Press 1987; US$ 95.00In this study of the rise of modern Arabic, the author analyses language to document the sudden and profound transformation undergone by Middle Eastern societies under the impact of 19th century European expansion and influence. more...
Arabic Rhetoricby Hussein Abdul-Raof
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 44.95Explores the history, disciplines, order and pragmatic functions of Arabic speech acts. This book offers an understanding of Arabic rhetoric and employs examples from modern standard Arabic. It also provides a glossary of over 448 rhetorical expressions listed in English with their translations. more...
Investigating Arabicby Alaa Elgibali
BRILL 2004; US$ 119.00This book represents a major contribution to the field of Arabic linguistics. It gives in depth treatments of the current issues in Arabic linguistics and makes excellent readings for graduate courses and for linguists at large. more...
Arabic Computational Morphologyby Abdelhadi Soudi; Antal van den Bosch; Gunter Neumann
Springer 2007; US$ 169.00The morphology of Arabic poses special challenges to computational natural language processing systems. The exceptional degree of ambiguity in the writing system, the rich morphology, and the highly complex word formation process of roots and patterns all contribute to making computational approaches to Arabic very challenging. Indeed many computational linguists across the world have taken up this challenge over time, and many of the researchers with a track record in this research area have contributed to this book. The book's subtitle aims to reflect that widely different computational approaches to the Arabic morphological system have been proposed. These accounts fall into two main paradigms: the knowledge-based and the empirical.... more...
Arabic Languageby Anwar G. Chejne
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...
Approaches to Arabic Linguisticsby Everhard Ditters; Harald Motzki
BRILL 2007; US$ 390.00Covers Arabic linguistics, dialects (diglossia, creolization, pidginization), the history of Arabic grammar. more...
The Legacy of the Kitabby Ramzi Baalbaki
BRILL 2008; US$ 181.00A study of the "Kitab of Sibawayhi", a work in the long history of Arabic grammar. It examines the methodological concepts and methods that underline "Sibawayhi's" analysis of Arabic and the way in which these methods evolved at the hands of later grammarians. more...
Eyewitness Travel Guides: 15-Minute Arabicby DK Publishing
Dorling Kindersley 2009; US$ 19.95Whether on vacation or traveling for business, learn Arabic in only 15 minutes a day with this situation-based and easy-to-use course and ready-reference. more...









