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Date: 01 Jun 2011
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: New Book:the Arabic Verb

Title: The Arabic Verb 
Subtitle: Form and meaning in the vowel-lengthening patterns 
Series Title: Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 63  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SFSL%2063 


Author: Warwick Danks

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027286956 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027286956 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027215734 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027215734 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027215734 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 111.30


Abstract:

The Arabic verbal system is, for most grammarians, the keystone of 
the language. Notable for the regularity of its patterns, it presents the 
linguist with an unparalleled opportunity to explore the Saussurean 
notion of the indivisible sign: form and meaning. Whilst Arabic forms 
are well-documented, the elucidation of the corresponding meanings 
has proved more challenging. Beginning with an examination of the 
verbal morphology of Modern Standard Arabic, including an evaluation 
of the significance of the consonantal root, this volume then 
concentrates on establishing the function of the vowel-lengthening 
verbal patterns (III and VI). It explores issues of mutuality and 
reciprocity, valency and transitivity, ultimately focusing on atelic 
lexical aspect as the unified meaning of these patterns. This study is 
rich in data and relies extensively upon contemporary examples (with 
transliteration and translation) to illustrate its arguments, adopting an 
empirical structuralist approach which is aimed both at general 
linguists and at specialist Arabists. 

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