A Student Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic

by Eckehard Schulz

Overview

This accessible grammar provides a concise and user-friendly guide to the structure of Modern Standard Arabic. Using familiar terminology and keeping theory to a minimum, it is suitable for beginning students as well as those at a more advanced level. Detailed descriptions of all types of sentences are given, and numerous tables provide a clear presentation of verbs and nouns. The most familiar grammatical terms are given in Arabic as well as in English in order to help students identify them more easily.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521541596
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/10/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Eckehard Schulz is Professor of Arabic Language and Linguistics at the University of Leipzig, an experienced teacher and translator of Arabic and the author of several books in related fields.

Table of Contents

1. Sound verbs; 2. Derived forms of the verbs; 3. Hamzated verbs; 4. Doubled verbs; 5. Weak verbs; 6. Assimilated verbs; 7. Hollow verbs; 8. Defective verbs; 9. Nouns; 10. Syntax; 11. Types of sentences; 12. Cardinal numbers; 13. Ordinal numbers.

Editorial Reviews

'The author has accomplished the noble goal of user-friendliness, while simultaneously presenting numerous intricate, interwoven details, and this, in and of itself, makes it an ideal text for a course in the structure of MSA.' WORD

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