LINGUIST List 17.1251

Tue Apr 25 2006

Books: Language Description/Syntax: Ryding

Editor for this issue: Maria Moreno-Rollins <marialinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Joyce Reid, A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic: Ryding
Message 1: A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic: Ryding
Date: 23-Apr-2006
From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
Subject: A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic: Ryding


Title: A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic Series Title: Reference Grammars Published: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521777712

Author: Karin C. Ryding Hardback: ISBN: 052177151X Pages: 734 Price: U.S. $ 140.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0521777712 Pages: 734 Price: U.S. $ 39.99
Abstract:

Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, this comprehensive handbookprovides a detailed yet accessible overview of Arabic wherein itsphonology, morphology and syntax can be readily accessed. Accompanied byextensive examples, it will prove an invaluable practical guide forsupporting students' textbooks, classroom work or self-study, and a usefulresource for scholars and professionals.

Contents1. Introduction to Arabic2. Modern Standard Arabic phonology and script3. Arabic word structure: an overview4. Basic Arabic sentence structures5. Arabic noun types6. Participles: active and passive7. Noun inflections: gender, humanness, number, definiteness, and case8. Construct phrases and nouns in apposition9. Noun specifiers and quantifiers10. Adjectives: form and function11. Adverbs and adverbial expressions;12. Personal pronouns13. Demonstrative pronouns and their functions14. Relative pronouns and relative clauses15. Arabic numerals and numeral phrases16. Prepositions and prepositional phrases17. Questions and question words18. Connectives and conjunctions19. Subordinating conjunctions: the particle 'inna and her sisters20. The classes of Arabic verbs21. Verb inflection: a summary22. Form I the base form of the trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nounsand participles23. Form II triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles24. Form III triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles25. Form IV triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles26. Form V triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles27. Form VI triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles28. Form VII triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles29. Form VIII triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles30. Form IX triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles31. Form X triliteral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles32. Forms XI-XV triliteral verb33. Quadriliteral verbs: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles34. Moods of the verb I: indicative and subjunctive35. Moods of the verb II: jussive and imperative36. Verbs of being, becoming, remaining, seeming37. Negation and exception38. Passive and passive-type expressions39. Conditional and opative expressions.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Description                             Syntax
Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
Written In: English (eng )

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