Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-262) and index.
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1. The Development of the Study of Arabic -- 2. Arabic as a Semitic Language -- 3. The Earliest Stages of Arabic -- 4. Arabic in the Pre-Islamic Period -- 5. The Development of Classical Arabic -- 6. The Structure of Classical Arabic in the Linguistic Tradition -- 7. The Emergence of New Arabic -- 8. Middle Arabic -- 9. The Study of the Arabic Dialects -- 10. The Dialects of Arabic -- 11. The Emergence of Modern Standard Arabic -- 12. Diglossia and Bilingualism -- 13. Arabic as a Minority Language -- 14. Arabic as a World Language.