New book: Comparative Semitic

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Comparative Morphology of Standard and Egyptian Arabic
Hassan A. H. Gadalla, Assiut University

The major concern of this book is the comparison of the morphological
aspects of Standard Arabic (SA) and Egyptian Arabic (EA). It is divided
into five chapters. Chapter One provides a phonological outline of SA
and EA. It also analyses morphological basics and the morphosyntactic
preliminaries of the two varieties. Chapter Two is devoted to the
morphology of triradical and quadriradical verbs. In addition, the
inflection of verbs for aspect/mood and voice and a treatment of verbal
affixes and verb derivation are provided.
Chapter Three deals with the morphology of primary and deverbal nouns.
Moreover, the divergence between definite and indefinite nouns and the
inflection of nouns for case, gender and number are explained. The
formation of the diminutive is also illustrated. Chapter Four handles
the morphology of adjectival stems. Then, the difference between
definite and indefinite adjectives and the inflection of adjectives for
case, gender, number and degree are analyzed. Furthermore, participial
forms and relational adjectives are discussed. Chapter Five is related
to the morphology of closed-list classes, including pronouns,
prepositions, adverbs, as well as interrogative and responsive
particles. Finally, negative and possessive particles are exhibited.

ISBN 3 89586 972 4.
LINCOM Studies in Afro-Asiatic Linguistics 05.
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