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Phonology and Morphology of Arabic

Janet C. E. Watson
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      This text provides a comprehensive account of the phonology and morphology of Arabic. 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 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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Janet C. E. Watson EAN: 9780199257591 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 609 g HEIGHT: 242 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-04-11 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Arabic, Phonetics, phonology, Grammar, syntax and morphology

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      Janet C. E. Watson has held lectureships in Arabic at the universities of Edinburgh, Durham and Salford, and has also taught at the University of Manchester. She travels regularly to the Middle East and has spent extended periods of time in Yemen and Egypt. A fluent speaker of Yemeni Arabic, her recent research work has concentrated on the phonology of Arabic. Her previous book publications include A Syntax of San'ani Arabic (1993), Sbahtu! A Course inSan'ani Arabic (1996) and Wasf San'a: Texts in San'ani Arabic (2000).
      This text provides a comprehensive account of the phonology and morphology of Arabic. 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 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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Janet C. E. Watson EAN: 9780199257591 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 609 g HEIGHT: 242 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-04-11 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Arabic, Phonetics, phonology, Grammar, syntax and morphology

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      Janet C. E. Watson has held lectureships in Arabic at the universities of Edinburgh, Durham and Salford, and has also taught at the University of Manchester. She travels regularly to the Middle East and has spent extended periods of time in Yemen and Egypt. A fluent speaker of Yemeni Arabic, her recent research work has concentrated on the phonology of Arabic. Her previous book publications include A Syntax of San'ani Arabic (1993), Sbahtu! A Course inSan'ani Arabic (1996) and Wasf San'a: Texts in San'ani Arabic (2000).

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