Arabic-L:New Book:Chrestomathy of Classical Arabic Prose

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Date: 03 Nov 2008
From:rgietz at harrassowitz.de
Subject:New Book:Chrestomathy of Classical Arabic Prose

http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/title_1115.ahtml

Rudolf-Ernst Brünnow, August Fischer
Chrestomathy of Classical Arabic Prose Literature
8th, revised edition by Lutz Edzard and Amund Bjørsnøs
Porta Linguarum Orientalium, Neue Serie 17,2
2008. 324 pages, pb
ISBN 978-3-447-05801-8
EUR 32,- (D)/ sFr 56,- / ca. US 45,-

 From the preface to the eighth edition:
The text excerpts are accompanied by grammatical and lexical  
commentaries,
supplemented, where necessary, by notes pointing to historical,  
cultural,
and religious background information. The notes are conceived as a
pedagogical tool for students in their third semester of Arabic or  
above.
Elements of native Arabic grammatical theory and issues in comparative
Semitic linguistics are introduced, where appropriate. Throughout the
chrestomathy, students will find copious references to Wolfdietrich
Fischer’s Grammatik des Klassischen Arabisch (viz. Jonathan Rodgers’
English translation) and William Wright’s A Grammar of the Arabic  
Language.
Following a suggestion by August Fischer, three lexicographical and  
three
geographical textual specimens have been added to the text corpus.
The glossary is modernised in both content and style. The principal  
editions
of the text excerpts are indicated and interesting textual variants  
are noted.
Important annotated translations, where available, are mentioned as  
well.
( German edition has been published at the same time)
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