29.4753, Books: The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia: van Ess

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Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:23:43
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia: van Ess

 


Title: The Spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia 
Series Title: LINCOM Orientalia 87  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: lincom-shop.eu/LIOR-87-The-Spoken-Arabic-of-Mesopotamia/en 


Author: John van Ess

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862889044 Pages: 272 Price: Europe EURO 76.80


Abstract:

The object of this book is to assist the reader in acquiring a knowledge of
the spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia. Only so much of the literary language has
been inserted as is required by those who prefer thus to approach the
colloquial.

It is important to remember that in this manual the colloquial must not be
regarded as a transliteration of that in the character. For while the written
language retains the forms and grammar of an earlier age, the Arabic spoken in
Mesopotamia today, though its direct descendant, is much simplified in
structure and has acquired many dialectical peculiarities. It may be urged
that transliteration is a concession to weakness; but its justification lies in
the fact that this book has been written to meet the special needs of those to
whom the element of time is of prime importance, and who desire chiefly a
working knowledge of the colloquial. The words used are universally understood
in Mesopotamia. (Re-edition. Originally published 1918 in Oxford).
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Language Documentation

Subject Language(s): Arabic, Mesopotamian (acm)


Written In: English  (eng)

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