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The ^APhonology of the World's Languages Ser.: The Phonology and Morphology of Arabic by Janet C. E. Watson (2002, Hardcover)
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This book is the first comprehensive account of the phonology and morphology of Arabic. It is a pioneering work of scholarship, based on the author's research in the region. Arabic is a Semitic language spoken by some 250 million people in an area stretching from Morocco in the West to parts of Iran in the East. Apart from its great intrinsic interest, the importance of the language for phonological and morphological theory lies, as the author shows, in its rich root-and-pattern morphology and its large set of guttural consonants. Dr Watson focuses on two eastern dialects, Cairene and San'ani. Cairene is typical of an advanced urban Mediterranean dialect and has a cultural importance throughout the Arab world; it is also the variety learned by most foreign speakers of Arabic. San'ani, spoken in Yemen, is representative of a conservative peninsula dialect. In addition the book makes extensive reference to other dialects as well as to classical and Modern Standard Arabic.The volume opens with an overview of the history and varieties of Arabic, and of the study of phonology within the Arab linguistic tradition. Successive chapters then cover dialectal differences and similarities, and the position of Arabic within Semitic; the phoneme system and the representation of phonological features; the syllable and syllabification; word stress; derivational morphology; inflectional morphology; lexical phonology; and post-lexical phonology. The Phonology and Morphology of Arabic will be of great interest to Arabists and comparative Semiticists, as well as to phonologists, morphologists, and linguists more generally.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199257590
ISBN-139780199257591
eBay Product ID (ePID)2293630
Product Key Features
Number of Pages324 Pages
Publication NamePhonology and Morphology of Arabic
LanguageEnglish
SubjectArabic, Linguistics / General
Publication Year2002
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorJanet C. E. Watson
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
SeriesThe ^Aphonology of the World's Languages Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight21.5 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews... a general linguist wishing to know something about the synchronic aspects of Arabic phonology and morphology is well served by this well-researched tome., "An important monograph, a step forward in the phonology account of Modern Arabic. Those who read this work will be highly rewarded, whether they are interested in general phonology or whether they search for particular descriptions of Arabic varieties."--Journal of Semitic Studies, ... wealth of interesting data and analysis ... this work has a great deal to offer to a variety of readers., "An important monograph, a step forward in the phonology account of Modern Arabic. Those who read this work will be highly rewarded, whether they are interested in general phonology or whether they search for particular descriptions of Arabic varieties."-- Journal of Semitic Studies
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal492.7/7096216
Lc Classification NumberPj6781
Table of Content1. Introduction2. The Phoneme System of Arabic3. Phonological Features4. Syllable Structure and Syllabification5. Word Stress6. Morphology7. Morphology 28. Lexical Phonology9. Post-Lexical Phonology10. Emphasis
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