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G. M. Wickens - Arabic Grammar: A First Workbook - 9780521293013 - V9780521293013
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Arabic Grammar: A First Workbook

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Description for Arabic Grammar: A First Workbook Paperback. Standard Arabic presents difficulties beyond those encountered in most foreign languages. Though increasingly popularized, it remains essentially an elitist, learned language. This textbook is designed to guide the first-year student through the difficult early stages. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Standard Arabic - the language of educated discourse throughout the Arab world - presents difficulties beyond those encountered in most foreign languages. Though today it is increasingly being popularised, it remains essentially an elitist, 'learned' language. It has been used without substantial change for over thirteen centuries, in regions as distant as Spain and China, in fields as diverse as poetry and medicine, mathematics and theology. Its morphology and syntax are largely constant, but vocabulary, sense, idiom and style often vary widely. Arabic script requires a good deal of intelligent guesswork: long vowels and diphthongs are easily confused with certain consonants or with each other; short vowels are not normally indicated at all; most consonants are distinguished only by the placing of dots, and can easily be mistaken or misprinted. This is a textbook designed to guide the first-year student through the difficult early stages of learning Arabic. It avoids the dry, 'scholarly' approach; it uses modern linguistic concepts sparingly, and takes simple short-cuts where they serve an immediate, practical purpose. Professor Wickens presents the basic facts of the language in a pragmatic order; he introduces the beginner to the recurring problems, shows various ways of recognising and tackling them, and helps accustom him from the outset to deal with the unvocalised (unvowelled) texts which he will nearly always encounter.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521293013
SKU
V9780521293013
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