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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457739703321

Autore

Ryding Karin C.

Titolo

A reference grammar of modern standard Arabic / / Karin C. Ryding [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-107-71345-5

1-280-20299-8

0-511-48697-9

0-511-12214-4

0-511-11535-0

0-511-19880-9

0-511-29965-6

0-511-11480-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 708 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Reference grammars

Disciplina

492.7/82421

Soggetti

Arabic language - Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 691-699) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction to Arabic; 2 Phonology and script; 3 Arabic word structure: an overview; 4 Basic Arabic sentence structures; 5 Arabic noun types; 6 Participles: active and passive; 7 Noun inflections: gender, humanness, number, definiteness, and case; 8 Construct phrases and nouns in apposition; 9 Noun specifiers and quantifiers; 10 Adjectives: function and form; 11 Adverbs and adverbial expressions; 12 Personal pronouns; 13 Demonstrative pronouns; 14 Relative pronouns and relative clause

15 Numerals and numeral phrases16 Prepositions and prepositional phrase; 17 Questions and question words; 18 Connectives and conjunctions; 19 Subordinating conjunctions: the partic innaand her sisters; 20 Verb classes; 21 Verb inflection: a summary; 22 Form I: The base form triliteral verb; 23 Form II; 24 Form III triliteral verb; 25 Form IV triliteral verb; 26 Form V triliteral verb; 27 Form VI triliteral verb; 28 Form VII triliteral verb; 29 Form VIII triliteral verb; 30 Form IX triliteral



verb; 31 Form X triliteral verb; 32 Forms XI-XV triliteral verb; 33 Quadriliteral verbs

34 Moods of the verb I: indicative and subjunctive35 Moods of the verb II: jussive and im p; 36 Verbs of being, becoming, remaining, seeming...; 37 Negation and exception; 38 Passive and passive-type expressions; 39 Conditional and optative expressions; Appendix I: How to use an Arabic dicti; Appendix II: Glossary of technical term; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic is a comprehensive handbook on the structure of Arabic. Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, it provides a detailed yet accessible overview of Modern Standard Arabic in which the essential aspects of its phonology, morphology and syntax can be readily looked up and understood. Accompanied by extensive carefully-chosen examples, it will prove invaluable as a practical guide for supporting students' textbooks, classroom work or self-study, and will also be a useful resource for scholars and professionals wishing to develop an understanding of the key features of the language. Grammar notes are numbered for ease of reference, and a section is included on how to use an Arabic dictionary, as well as helpful glossaries of Arabic and English linguistic terms and a useful bibliography. Clearly structured and systematically organised, this book is set to become the standard guide to the grammar of contemporary Arabic.