Basic Emirati Arabic

A Grammar and Workbook

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung, Dimitrios Ntelitheos, Meera Al Kaabi

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Basic Emirati Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook is an elementary-level grammar book of the variety of Gulf Arabic spoken in the United Arab Emirates.In this book, a series of compact units provide brief and concise descriptions of the fundamental grammatical structures, accompanied by examples drawn from Emirati native language speakers and several exercises assessing the learner’s understanding and mastery of the grammatical structure discussed. A key to these exercises is also provided so that learners can self-assess their progress and obtain immediate feedback.This book is intended for beginner learners who would like to engage with this variety of Arabic and learn its basic grammatical structure through practice. It is additionally a valuable tool for language teachers of Emirati and Gulf Arabic as well as learners of Modern Standard Arabic who would like access to a basic reference of the dialect.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-03-26
Mått156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Grammar Workbooks
Antal sidor170
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032335711

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Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung is Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Cognitive Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. He specializes in the syntax of Emirati Arabic and the psycholinguistics of Arabic and Southeast Asian languages.Dimitrios Ntelitheos is Professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Speech Language Pathology Department at United Arab Emirates University. His research and published work focus on Malagasy, Greek, and Emirati Arabic morphological and syntactic structure and its acquisition by children.Meera Al Kaabi is an Associate Professor at the Cognitive Science Department of UAEU and a visiting scholar at NYUAD. She works in neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language disorders, and Arabic morphology. She also has a professional background in academic administration and policy development.

Preface1 Introduction2 Consonants3 Vowels4 Writing system5 Word formation6 Nouns7 Pronouns8 Form I verbs9 Form II verbs10 Form III verbs11 Form V verbs12 Form VI verbs13 Form VII verbs14 Form VIII verbs15 Form IX verbs16 Form X verbs17 Intransitive, transitive, and ditransitive verbs18 Verb nouns19 Adjectives20 Adverbs21 Prepositions22 Quantifiers23 Numerals24 Modality25 Negation26 Noun phrases27 Construct states28 Verb phrases29 Complex verb constructions30 The imperfective aspect31 The perfective aspect32 The grammatical aspect33 Relative clauses34 Questions35 Subordination36 CoordinationKey to exercisesIndex