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History and development of the Arabic language : from pre-Islamic times to the age of conquests
Title
History and development of the Arabic language : from pre-Islamic times to the age of conquests / Mohamed al-Sharkawi.
ISBN
9781138821507
1138821500
9781138821521
1138821527
9781315743271
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
xxix, 243 pages : maps ; 26 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 24, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Introduction
The geography and demography of pre-Islamic Arabia
Sources of the study of Arabic. Trust worthy data
Grammarians and the dialects
Pre-Islamic Arabic. The pre-Islamic linguistic situation
Pre-Islamic dialects
Signs of development in pre-Islamic Arabic
The dual paradigm
The case system
Arabic after Islam and Diaspora. The influence of Islam and the conquests
Arabicization
The dialects
Dialect division
Classical Arabic. From pre-classical to classical
The functional load of classical Arabic
Conclusion.
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