Najdi Arabic : central Arabian / Bruce Ingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingham, Bruce.

Series:

London Oriental and African language library ; 1.

London Oriental and African language library ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Dialects--Saudi Arabia--Najd--Grammar.

Arabic language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 215 pages) : map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The region of Najd in Central Arabia has always been regarded as inaccessible, ringed by a belt of sand deserts, the Nafud, Dahana and the Rub' al-Khali and often with its population at odds with the rulers of the outer settled lands. It is however the centre of a purely Arabian culture based on a partnership between bedouin camel husbandry and settled palm cultivation. Possibly as a result of overpopulation the bedouin have periodically spread over into the lands of the Fertile Crescent. Because of their isolated position the Najdi dialect is of a very interesting and archaic type showing ver

Contents:

NAJDI ARABIC; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Najd and Surrounding Areas; 1. Najd and the Najdi dialects; 2. Phonology; 3. Morphology; 4. Sentence structure; 5. The noun phrase structure; 6. Number and gender; 7. The verb transitivity system; 8.Tense, aspectand aktionsart; 9. Modality in the sentence; 10. Time and condition structures; 11. Texts; Appendix 1. Lexicon of Najdi items; Appendix 2. Local dialect differences; Footnotes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-211) and index.

ISBN:

9786613222480

90-272-8312-5

1-283-22248-5

OCLC:

607094254