A Linguistic History of Arabic
Author:   Jonathan Owens (University of Maryland and Bayreuth University, Germany)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199290826


Pages:   330
Publication Date:   11 May 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jonathan Owens (University of Maryland and Bayreuth University, Germany)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.645kg
ISBN:  

9780199290826


ISBN 10:   0199290822
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   11 May 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction: A Language and its Secrets 2: Old Arabic, Neo-Arabic, and Comparative Linguistics 3: Case and Proto Arabic 4: Al-Idgham al-Kabiyr and Case Endings 5: Pre-Diasporic Arabic in the Diaspora: A Statistical Approach to Arabic Language History 6: Nigerian Arabic and Reconstruction of the Imperfect Verb 7: Imala 8: Suffix Pronouns and Reconstruction 9: Summary and Epilogue References

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...highly stimulating read for anyone with interest in the history of Arabic...It deserves a warm welcome. Clive Holes SOAS


Author Information

Jonathan Owens is Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland where he is on leave from his position as Professor of Arabic Linguistics at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Starting his linguistics career with a SOAS PhD on Creole Arabic Nubi of East Africa, he has taught and conducted research at universities in Libya (Garyounis), Nigeria (Maiduguri), and Jordan (Yarmouk). HIs books include A Grammar of Libyan Arabic, Harrassowitz, 1984, A Short Reference Grammar of Nigerian Arabic, Harrassowitz, 1993 and The Foundations of Grammar: an Introduction to Medieval Arabic Grammatical Theory, Benjamins,1988.

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