Arabic Language Handbook

The demand for information on learning Arabic has grown spectacularly as English-speaking people have come to realize how much there is yet to know about other parts of the world. It is fitting that this

Mary Catherine Bateson is currently a visiting professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Foreword

xi

Preface

xiii

Notations

xv

Map of Arabic-Speaking Countries of Northern Africa and the Middle East

xvi

An Outline of Arabic Structure

1

(50)

General features

1

(2)

Phonology

3

(6)

Consonants

3

(2)

Vowels

5

(1)

Syllable structure

6

(2)

Stress and pausal forms

8

(1)

The noun

9

(14)

Noun inflection

9

(1)

Case and determination

9

(3)

Gender

12

(1)

Number

12

(3)

Noun derivation

15

(1)

Noun derivation by shifting vowel patterns

15

(3)

Noun derivation by affixation

18

(3)

The Arabic number system

21

(2)

The verb

23

(13)

Verbal inflection

23

(1)

Person, gender, and number

24

(1)

Mode

25

(1)

Roots with C1 = / / or V

25

(1)

Roots with C2 = V or C3

26

(1)

Roots with C3 = V

27

(1)

Verbal derivation

28

(2)

The formation of primary verbs

30

(1)

Derived verbs

31

(4)

Passive verbs

35

(1)

Non-triliteral forms

36

(2)

Biliteral forms

36

(1)

Quadriliteral forms: derived nouns and verbs

36

(1)

The development of quadriliteral forms

37

(1)

Outside the root system

38

(4)

Monoliteral and biliteral particles

39

(1)

Sets of particles

39

(1)

Pronouns

40

(1)

Personal pronouns

40

(2)

Demonstrative and relative pronouns

42

(1)

Syntax

42

(9)

Parts of speech

43

(2)

Major clause types

45

(4)

Major types of noun phrases

49

(1)

The role of the case and modal endings

49

(2)

The History of Classical Arabic

51

(24)

The Semitic family of languages

51

(3)

The Arabic writing system

54

(4)

Arabic literature

58

(13)

Pre-Islamic literature and the Qur'an

58

(3)

Umayyad literature

61

(1)

εAbbasid literature

61

(1)

The Islamic sciences

61

(3)

Belles lettres

64

(2)

Arabic literature in decline

66

(1)

Modern Arabic literature

67

(4)

The influence of Arabic on other languages

71

(4)

The Linguistic Practice of The Arabs

75

(42)

Speech and writing in Classical Arabic

75

(18)

The origins of Classical Arabic

75

(2)

Classical Arabic in the Islamic Empire

77

(2)

The modern use of Classical Arabic

79

(4)

The modern form of Classical Arabic

83

(1)

Simplifications and Colloquial influences

84

(2)

Lexical development

86

(4)

European influences on style and syntax

90

(2)

Formal efforts at language reform

92

(1)

Speech (and writing) in Colloquial Arabic

93

(19)

The origins of Colloquial Arabic

93

(3)

General trends of development in Colloquial Arabic

96

(1)

Phonology

96

(1)

Morphology

97

(2)

Syntax

99

(1)

Lexicon

99

(1)

Summary

99

(1)

Variation in Colloquial Arabic

100

(1)

Contrasts between sedentary and nomadic dialects

100

(1)

Eastern and Western Colloquial Arabic

101

(2)

Iraqi Arabic

103

(1)

Syrian Arabic

104

(1)

Egyptian Arabic

105

(1)

North African Arabic

106

(1)

Communal dialects

107

(1)

Influences of Classical Arabic and interdialectal influences

108

(2)

The use of Colloquial Arabic

110

(2)

Speech and writing in other languages

112

(5)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

117

(8)

Supplemental Bibliography on Arabic Language

123

(2)

Supplemental Bibliography on Arabic Literature

125

(1)

Supplemental Bibliography on Colloquial Arabic

125

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