17.820, Books: Historical Linguistics: Owens

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From: Jenny Breaker < jenny.breaker at oup.com >
Subject: A Linguistic History of Arabic: Owens 

	
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Subject: A Linguistic History of Arabic: Owens 
 



Title: A Linguistic History of Arabic 
Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-929082-2 


Author: Jonathan Owens, Bayreuth University

Hardback: ISBN: 0199290822 Pages: 320 Price: U.K. £ 60.00


Abstract:

A Linguistic History of Arabic presents a reconstruction of proto-Arabic by
the methods of historical-comparative linguistics. It challenges the
traditional conceptualization of an old, Classical language evolving into
the contemporary Neo-Arabic dialects. 

Professor Owens combines established comparative linguistic methodology
with a careful reading of the classical Arabic sources, such as the
grammatical and exegetical traditions. He arrives at a richer and more
complex picture of early Arabic language history than is current today and
in doing so establishes the basis for a comprehensive, linguistically-based
understanding of the history of Arabic. The arguments are set out in a
concise, case by case basis, making it accessible to students and scholars
of Arabic and Islamic culture, as well as to those studying Arabic and
historical linguists. 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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