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The Arabic language

ISBN 9781399542692 · hardback, ISBN 9781399542708 · paperback
Third edition.
publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2026, [2026]
xxii, 522 pages
Kees Versteegh
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1.The study of Arabic -- 2. Arabic as a Semitic language -- 3. Arabs and Arabic: the epigraphic record -- 4. The language of the Arabian tribes -- 5. The emergence of New Arabic -- 6. The development of Classical Arabic -- 7. The structure of Arabic -- 8. The Arabic linguistic tradition -- 9. Middle Arabic -- 10. The study of the Arabic dialects -- 11. The dialects of Arabic -- 12. The emergence of Modern Standard Arabic -- 13. Diglossia: language variation -- 14. Bilingualism: language choice -- 15. Arabic as a mnority lnguage -- 16. Arabic Pidgins and Creoles -- 17. Arabic as a world language.

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C. H. M. Versteegh, 1947- (Author)
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ISBN 9781399542692 · hardback, ISBN 9781399542708 · paperback
Title resource
The Arabic language
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Kees Versteegh
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Third edition.
publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2026, [2026]
copyright
©2026
Extent
xxii, 522 pages
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Previous edition: 2014.
dimensions
24 cm
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