The Oxford handbook of Arabic linguistics / [edited by] Jonathan Owens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Owens, Jonathan.

Series:

Oxford handbooks in linguistics

The Oxford handbooks in linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Grammar.

Arabic language.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xv, 596 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Handbook of Arabic linguistics

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Summary:

The first one-volume, comprehensive guide to Arabic Linguistics, Twenty-four chapters written by a group of prominent scholars from across the globe Book jacket.

Contents:

1 A House of Sound Structure, of Marvelous Form and Proportion: An Introduction / Jonathan Owens Owens, Jonathan 1

2 Phonetics / Mohamed Embarki Embarki, Mohamed 23

3 Phonology / Sam Hellmuth Hellmuth, Sam 45

4 Morphology / Robert R. Ratcliffe Ratcliffe, Robert R. 71

5 Arabic Linguistic Tradition I: Nahw and sarf / Ramzi Baalbaki Baalbaki, Ramzi 92

6 The Syntax of Arabic from a Generative Perspective / Elabbas Benmamoun Benmamoun, Elabbas, Lina Choueiri Choueiri, Lina 115

7 The Philological Approach to Arabic Grammar / Lutz Edzard Edzard, Lutz 165

8 Arabic Linguistic Tradition II: Pragmatics / Pierre Larcher Larcher, Pierre 185

9 Issues in Arabic Computational Linguistics / Everhard Ditters Ditters, Everhard 213

10 Sociolinguistics / Enam Al-Wer Al-Wer, Enam 241

11 Arabic Folk Linguistics: Between Mother Tongue and Native Language / Yasir Suleiman Suleiman, Yasir 264

12 Orality, Culture, and Language / Clive Holes Holes, Clive 281

13 Dialectology / Peter Behnstedt Behnstedt, Peter, Manfred Woidich Woidich, Manfred 300

14 Codeswitching and Related Issues Involving Arabic / Eirlys Davies Davies, Eirlys, Abdelali Bentahila Bentahila, Abdelali, Jonathan Owens Owens, Jonathan 326

15 Borrowing / Maarten Kossmann Kossmann, Maarten 349

16 Psycholinguistics / Sami Boudelaa Boudelaa, Sami 369

17 Second-Language Acquisition / Karin Christina Ryding Ryding, Karin Christina 392

18 The Arabic Writing System / Peter T. Daniels Daniels, Peter T. 412

19 What Is Arabic? / Jan Retsö Retsö, Jan 433

20 History / Jonathan Owens Owens, Jonathan 451

21 The Arabic Literary Language: The Nahda (and Beyond) / Daniel L. Newman Newman, Daniel L. 472

22 Pidgins and Creoles / Mauro Tosco Tosco, Mauro, Stefano Manfredi Manfredi, Stefano 495

23 The Classical Arabic Lexicographical Tradition / Solomon I. Sara, S.J. S.J., Solomon I. Sara, 520

24 Modern Lexicography / Tim Buckwalter Buckwalter, Tim, Dilworth B. Parkinson Parkinson, Dilworth B. 539.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780199764136

0199764131

OCLC:

799025127