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1 online resource |
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Comprehensive grammars |
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Comprehensive grammars.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Transliteration system -- Introduction -- Readership -- Issues of definition -- Principles of the book -- Data, sources and principles of selection -- Relationship to other works -- Transliteration -- Presentation -- Translation -- Technical matters -- Arrangement and use -- 1 Forms -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Phonology -- 1.2 Orthography -- 1.3 Punctuation -- 1.4 Morphology -- 1.5 Inflection |
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1.6 Uninflected words: particles1.7 Uninflected and partially inflected nominals -- 1.8 Inflected classes -- 1.9 Verb morphology -- 1.10 Derived stems -- 1.11 Noun patterns, deverbals -- 1.12 Morphosyntactic categories: number, gender, definiteness, case, agreement -- 2 Noun phrase structure -- 2.0 Noun phrase, general characterization -- 2.1 Adjectival qualification -- 2.2 Apposition -- 2.3 Annexation -- 2.4 Dependent elements -- 2.5 Adverbs and adverbials -- 2.6 Prepositions -- 2.7 Prepositionals -- 2.8 Emphasizers -- 2.9 Nominal determiners |
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2.10 Verbal noun and participial phrases2.11 Comparatives and superlatives -- 2.12 Cardinal numbers -- 2.13 Ordinal numbers -- 2.14 Miscellaneous numerical items -- 2.15 Vocatives -- 2.16 Exclamations -- 2.17 Oaths and exclamations -- 2.18 Negative nouns -- 2.19 Coordination (phrasal) -- 2.20 Other phrasal units -- 3 The basic sentence -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Equational sentence -- 3.2 Equational sentence modifiers -- 3.3 Topic-comment sentences -- 3.4 Anticipatory pronoun dÌ£amır al-Å¡a â€?n ØœÙ?يرØÙ?Ø?Ø£Ù? |
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3.5 Separating pronoun dÌ£amıral-fasÌ£lØœÙ?يرØÙ?Ù?ØæÙ?3.6 Negative equational sentences -- 3.7 Verbal sentence -- 3.8 Verbal agreement in number and gender -- 3.9 Agent emphasis -- 3.10 Aspect and tense -- 3.11 Transitivity and intransitivity -- 3.12 Passive verbs -- 3.13 Reflexive verbs -- 3.14 Reciprocity -- 3.15 Impersonal, auxiliary and modal verbs -- 3.16 kÄ?naÙ?ØÙ?â€?beâ€? -- 3.17 Verbs of becoming and duration -- 3.18 Verbs of existence -- 3.19 Verbs of non-existence -- 3.20 Verbs denoting â€?canâ€?, â€?be ableâ€?, â€?wantâ€? |
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3.21 Verbs denoting â€?againâ€?, â€?stillâ€?, â€?nearlyâ€?, â€?hardlyâ€?, â€?almostâ€?3.22 Verbs of beginning and continuing -- 3.23 Other compound verbs and idiomatic structures -- 3.24 Miscellaneous verb phrases and structures -- 3.25 Optatives -- 3.26 Energetic form and oaths -- 3.27 Exclamatory verbs -- 3.28 Exclamatory sentences with wa- Ù?, rubba, رØ?Ù?kamÙ?Ù?and other interrogatives -- 3.29 Dependent noun objects and complements -- 3.30 Restrictives -- 3.31 â€?iḏÄ?ØÆØ°Øand â€?iḏØÆØ°of surprise -- 4 Negatives -- 4.0 Introduction |
| Summary |
Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Arabic grammar. The Grammar presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in contemporary written Arabic. Data is taken from actual written Arabic, both literary and non-literary, observed or published since 1990. Sources range from street signs to high literature. This comprehensive work is an invaluable resource for anyone at the intermediate to advanced level, from students through to teachers and linguists. It is ideal for use in colleges, universities and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English and Arabic |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 21, 2015) |
| Subject |
Arabic language -- Grammar.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic.
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Arabic language -- Grammar.
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Arabiska språket.
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Grammatik.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Carter, M. G., author.
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Gully, Adrian, author.
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Awad, Maher, contributor
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| ISBN |
9781317929840 |
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1317929845 |
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9781317929833 |
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1317929837 |
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9781317929826 |
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1317929829 |
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