Elabbas Benmamoun

Comparative Grammar of Arabic Varieties

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This grammar reference provides a detailed parallel and comparative study of a number of Arabic language varieties spanning the major regions of the Arab world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2028
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9780415824606
• ISBN-10: 0415824605
• Artikelnr.: 39146960

Autorenporträt

Elabbas Benmamoun is a Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics as the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign. He previosuly studied at University College London and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Overview of the Arabic language, its history and diversity.
Chapter 2. Background on the five varieties under study (Moroccan,
Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, and Standard Arabic). Chapter 3. Verbal and
Nominal Morphology of the five varieties (verbal and nominal paradigms,
their features and distributions). Chapter 4. Tense , Aspect, and Modality
in the five varieties. Chapter 5. Agreement and Concord in the five
varieties. Chapter 6. Negation and Negative Constructions in the five
varieties. Chapter 7. Nominal Constructions in the five varieties. Chapter
8. Relative Clauses, Questions, and Conditionals in the five varieties.
Chapter 9. Verb classes and verbal alternations in the five varieties.
Chapter 10. Prepositions and Particles in the five varieties. Chapter 11.
Morpho-syntax of Diglossic discourse. Chapter 12. Diachronic issues in the
five varieties and their historical relations with each other. Chapter 13.
Acquisition of Arabic as First Language, Second Language, and Heritage
Language.