TY  - BOOK
AU  - Versteegh,Kees
TI  - The Arabic language
SN  - 0748614362
AV  - PJ 6075 V565a 2006
U1  - 492.709 23
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Arabic language
KW  - History
KW  - Arabe
KW  - Historia
KW  - Gramática
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-262) and index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-377) and index; The development of the study of Arabic -- Arabic as a semitic language -- The earliest stages of Arabic -- Arabic in the pre-Islamic period -- The development of classical Arabic -- The structure of classical Arabic in the linguistic tradition -- The emergence of new Arabic -- Middle Arabic -- The study of the Arabic dialects -- The dialects of Arabic -- The emergence of modern standard Arabic -- Diglossia and bilingualism -- Arabic as a minority language -- Arabic as a world language
ER  -