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georgetown.edu>Title: A Basic Course in Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Audio Files 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=1589010116 Author: Wallace M. Erwin Paperback: ISBN: 1589010116, Pages: 424, Price: U.S. $: 39.95 Comment: includes 1 audio CD with MP3 files Abstract: A comprehensive introduction to Iraqi Arabic for beginners (with Iraqi-English and English-Iraqi glossaries) this is the language spoken by educated Muslim Baghdad residents, transcribed and not in Arabic script. It does not assume prior knowledge of Arabic. A Basic Course in Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Audio Files contains ten chapters of phonology to explain the sounds, and thirty more covering grammar and vocabulary. The phonology chapters all contain extensive drills. The grammar chapters start with a dialogue or brief narrative, then explain new vocabulary and points of grammar, and conclude with drills. The book is usefully enhanced with a bound-in CD with audio MP3 files to accompany the text and drills. Lingfield(s): Applied Linguistics 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=9751Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue