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Afro-Asiatic languages

Paperback. Offers an annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. This volume includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic language, linguistics, literature, and pedagogy. Editor(s): Ryding, Karin C. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 tables, 4 figures, 8 black & white halftones, 8 b&w photos, 4 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626162488
ISBN
9781626162488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.51

Paperback. Includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic language, linguistics, literature, and pedagogy. Editor(s): Bassiouney, Reem. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626160927
ISBN
9781626160927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.80

Paperback. Presents definitions of grammatical and linguistic terms for spoken Egyptian Arabic in dictionary form from 'active participles' through 'writing system'. This title includes various entries that feature definitions and examples of various grammatical features including phonology, morphology, and syntax. Series: Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; CJBG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589012608
ISBN
9781589012608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.78

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFB; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403917232
ISBN
9781403917232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

hardcover. Presents an overview of computational approaches to Arabic morphology. This title provides a showcase of the most advanced language technologies applied to one of the most vexing problems in linguistics. It covers knowledge-based and empirical-based approaches. Editor(s): Soudi, Abdelhadi; Bosch, Antal van den; Neumann, Gunter. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
2007th Edition
SKU
V9781402060458
ISBN
9781402060458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.11

Hardback. Presents a theoretical study in morphosyntax and an empirical study of Hebrew. Based on Hebrew data, this book defends the status of the root as a lexical and phonological unit and argues that roots are the primitives of word formation. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402032431
ISBN
9781402032431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.41

Paperback. Deals with the syllable structure in the two main languages spoken in Morocco. This book first deals with Tashlhiyt Berber, a language which has a syllable structure with properties which are highly unusual. It then presents an argument that our conclusions about Tashlhiyt Berber carry over to a certain extent to Moroccan Arabic. Series: International Handbooks of Linguistics. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 2CXB; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402010774
ISBN
9781402010774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 195.40

Hardback. Deals with syllable structure in the two main languages spoken in Morocco. This book's theoretical outlook is that of generative phonology. It tells how the inventories of syllable types of the two languages are very similar. Unlike Tashlhiyt, Moroccan Arabic has an epenthetic vowel, but it also allows vowelless syllables. Series: International Handbooks of Linguistics. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 2CXB; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 765.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402010767
ISBN
9781402010767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.24

paperback. Covers various themes in the syntax of Arabic, Modern Arabic dialects and Hebrew. This collection discusses topics such as VSO and SVO, cliticization and agreement, questions and the syntax of wh-movement, cognate objects, adjectival Construct State, Gapping, causatives, the syntax of negation and the semantics of the Nominal sentence. Editor(s): Ouhalla, Jamal (University College Dublin, Ireland); Shlonsky, Ur. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; 2CSR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402005374
ISBN
9781402005374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 198.12

Hardback. Spans diverse themes in the syntax of Arabic, Modern Arabic dialects and Hebrew. This work discusses topics such as are VSO and SVO, cliticization and agreement, questions and the syntax of wh-movement, cognate objects, adjectival Construct State, Though construction, Gapping, causatives, and, the syntax of negation. Editor(s): Ouhalla, Jamal (University College Dublin, Ireland); Shlonsky, Ur. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; 2CSR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402005367
ISBN
9781402005367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.61

Paperback. Writing in response to war and national crisis, al-SammAn, KhalA-feh, BarakAt, and others introduced into the Arabic literary canon aesthetic forms capable of carrying Levantine women's experiences. By assessing their feminism in such a way, this book aims to revive a critical emphasis on aesthetics in Arab women's writing. " Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349714896
ISBN
9781349714896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.62

Paperback. Friedrich Junge's pioneering introduction to the grammar of Late Egyptian, the language of the New Kingdom, fills a longstanding gap in teaching works for Ancient Egyptian. The English translation of the second German edition makes the work available to a wide audience. Translator(s): Warburton, David. Num Pages: 392 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416859
ISBN
9780900416859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.16

Hardcover. The book combines a textbook of Middle Egyptian, containing vocabulary, texts for reading and translation exercises, with a most detailed and scholarly grammar book. Series: Egyptology: Griffith Institute. Num Pages: 682 pages, 2 plates. BIC Classification: 2CXG; CJBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 224 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1740. Series: Egyptology: Griffith Institute. 682 pages, 2 plates. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2CXG; CJBG. Dimension: 280 x 224 x 41. Weight: 1756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Griffith Institute
Edition
3rd,REP
Number of pages
682
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416354
ISBN
9780900416354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.26

Hardcover. Series: Egyptology: Griffith Institute. 349 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2CXG; CBD. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 34. Weight: 842.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Griffith Institute
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416323
ISBN
9780900416323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Hardcover. Series: Islamic Studies Series. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 2CXS; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522869293
ISBN
9780522869293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.62

Hardcover. This fully revised second edition of "The Modern Arabic Short Story" is an anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Each story has been translated and collected with an introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 579.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333641361
ISBN
9780333641361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.12

Hardback. Far from being social, orthodox or merely anecdotal, modern Arabic fiction is in fact significant and radical in the world context of modern fiction, as this book shows. It includes an introduction to and critique of the short story as well as a selection of Arabic short stories, chosen and translated by the author. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333385845
ISBN
9780333385845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Hardback. In this work, Niloofar Haeri looks at the complex interactions of two dialects: Classical Arabic (the language of both religion and the state) and the Egyptian dialect of Arabic. He focuses on the political, cultural, and religious struggles to modernize Classical Arabic. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; CFB; CFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312238988
ISBN
9780312238988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardcover. Through her detailed study of Mayy Ziyadah's literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary culture in early twentieth-century Egypt and its role in Egypt's Nahdah (Awakening). Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJC; DSBH; DSK; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340862
ISBN
9780230340862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardcover. Contrary to the monolithic impression left by postcolonial theories of Orientalism, the book makes the case that Orientals did not exist solely to be gazed at. Hermes shows that there was no shortage of medieval Muslims who cast curious eyes towards the European Other and that more than a handful of them were interested in Europe. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; DSC; HRAX; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230109407
ISBN
9780230109407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.85

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