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A Linguistic history of Arabic

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A Linguistic history of Arabic

A Linguistic History of Arabic presents a reconstruction of proto-Arabic by the methods of historical-comparative linguistics. It challenges the traditional conceptualization of an old, Classical language evolving into the contemporary Neo-Arabic dialects. Professor Owens combines established comparative linguistic methodology with a careful reading of the classical Arabic sources, such as the grammatical and exegetical traditions. He arrives at a richer and more complex picture of early Arabic language history than is current today and in doing so establishes the basis for a comprehensive, linguistically-based understanding of the history of Arabic. The arguments are set out in a concise, case by case basis, making it accessible to students and scholars of Arabic and Islamic culture, as well as to those studying Arabic and historical linguists.

Oxford

Oxford University Press

2006

ix, 316 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm

]Oxford linguistics[

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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]285[-300( and indexes

ISBN: 0199290822

Jonathan Owens

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، Arabic language -- History

، Historical linguistics

Owens, Jonathan

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