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georgetown.edu>Title: A Short Reference Grammar of Iraqi Arabic Series Title: Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: Georgetown University Press http://www.press.georgetown.edu Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589010108 Author: Wallace M. Erwin Paperback: ISBN: 1589010108, Pages: 416, Price: U.S. $: 29.95 Abstract: A Short Reference Grammar of Iraqi Arabic is the only volume of its kind, reflecting Iraqi Arabic as spoken by educated Muslims in Baghdad. With all the Arabic transcribed, it is written for beginners as well as Arabic speakers wanting to learn the dialect. It covers the phonology, morphology (word formation of nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and numerals, achieved by adding prefixes and suffixes to roots), and syntax, teaching the reader how to make the sounds, form words, and construct sentences. Lingfield(s): Applied Linguistics Language Description Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (Language Code: ABV) Written In: English (Language Code: English) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=9752Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue