Introduction to Modern Literary Arabic

Name: Introduction to Modern Literary Arabic
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ISBN: 9780521047340

ISBN-10: 052104734X

ISBN-13: 9780521047340

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Cowan

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The lessons are clear, in non-technical language, and have generous examples, with plenty of exercises for translation from Arabic to English and from English to Arabic. This is the manual that students interested in Arabic as a living and expanding world language will prefer. It is the first to deal mainly with modern literary Arabic. In Mr Cowan's words: 'The purpose is to explain to the students, in as concise a manner as possible, the grammatical structure of the modern Arabic literary language as it is found today in newspapers, magazines, books, the radio, and public speaking. I have endeavoured to restrict the material to the minimum which may serve as a stepping-stone to a deeper…

Book details

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/2/1958
Binding: Hardcover
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Arabic alphabet



Pronunciation of the consonants



Vowels



Doubled consonants



'Tanwin' or nunation



Hamza



Madda



Accent



Pronunciation



Lessons 1-25


Appendix