New for this edition: additional chapters on the structure of Arabic, Bilingualism and Arabic pidgins and creoles; a full explanation of the use of conventional Arabic transcription and IPA characters; an updated bibliography and all ...

This book presumes no prior knowledge of Arabo-Islamic culture and Arabic language, and is invaluable to anyone with an interest in the History of Linguistics.

The aim of this study is a comparative analysis of the role of semantics in the linguistic theory of four grammatical traditions, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic.

The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics is a major multi-volume reference work.

This book is concerned with the notions of “pidginization” and “creolization” and the role of these processes of language learning in the history of the Arabic language.

In this volume the English translation is presented of the treatise on linguistic explanation by the 10th-century Arab grammarian az-Zağğāğī, one of the most original thinkers of the Arabic tradition.

A major new multi-volume reference work, the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics.

Analyse van de wijze waarop regeringsleiders samenwerken met hun naaste politieke medewerkers, hun 'tweede man of vrouw'.

This volume concludes the publication of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics in print.