THIS DICTIONARY OF IRAQI ARABIC IS BASED, IN FORMAT, ON THE ENGLISH-GERMAN SECTION OF THE BILINGUAL GERMAN AND ENGLISH "DICTIONARY OF EVERYDAY USAGE," PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY. THE AIM OF THIS WORK HAS BEEN TO PRESENT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, A DICTIONARY FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS CONTAINING THE BASIC VOCABULARY OF THE IRAQI DIALECT.…

THE ENGLISH ENTRIES IN THIS DICTIONARY OF MOROCCAN ARABIC ARE BASED ON THE ENGLISH-GERMAN SECTION OF THE BILINGUAL GERMAN AND ENGLISH "DICTIONARY OF EVERYDAY USAGE," PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY. A NUMBER OF CHANGES WERE NECESSARY, BOTH IN FORM AND CONTENT, TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN AND MOROCCAN…

THIS DICTIONARY IS BASED ON THE DIALECT OF DAMASCUS, AS SPOKEN BY EDUCATED MUSLIMS. DAMASCUS OCCUPIES A CENTRAL POSITION IN MORE THAN THE OBVIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL SENSE. THE CITY IS A MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER OF THE AREA AND, HISTORICALLY, AN IMPORTANT SEAT OF ISLAMIC CULTURE AND LEARNING. A NUMBER OF POLITICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL…

THE PRESENT STUDY IS A TRANSLATION OF THE WORK "STROI ARABSKOGO YAZYKA" BY THE EMINENT RUSSIAN LINGUIST AND SEMITICS SCHOLAR, N.Y. YUSHMANOV. IT DEALS CONCISELY WITH THE POSITION OF ARABIC AMONG THE SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND THE RELATION OF THE LITERARY (CLASSICAL) LANGUAGE TO THE VARIOUS MODERN SPOKEN DIALECTS, AND PRESENTS A CONDENSED BUT…

THIS BOOK PRESENTS AN OUTLINE OF COLLOQUIAL IRAQI ARABIC AS SPOKEN BY EDUCATED MUSLIMS IN BAGHDAD. ALTHOUGH IT WAS DESIGNED TO SERVE PRIMARILY AS A REFERENCE WORK FOR STUDENTS ENGAGED IN ACQUIRING A PRACTICAL COMMAND OF THE LANGUAGE, THE AUTHOR HOPED THAT IT WOULD ALSO PROVE USEFUL TO OTHERS WHOSE INTERESTS LIE IN THE FIELD OF LINGUSTICS OR…

THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A PRACTICAL REFERENCE GRAMMAR FOR THE STUDENT WHO HAS ALREADY HAD AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN MOROCCAN ARABIC. ALL THAT IS ATTEMPTED IS AN ORDERLY CATALOGING OF THE PRINCIPAL GRAMMATICAL FACTS OF THE LANGUAGE. NO EXERCISES OR GLOSSARIES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL…

ARABIC, AS IT IS USED IN EVERYDAY CONVERSATION BY EDUCATED CITY-DWELLING SYRIANS, AND MOST PARTICULARLY BY NATIVES OF DAMASCUS, IS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK. THIS REFERENCE GRAMMAR IS INTENDED, FIRST OF ALL, FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY ACQUIRED, OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING, AN ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF SYRIAN ARABIC, AND WHO WISH TO ENHANCE…

THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF TWO MAJOR PARTS, LESSONS AND DIALOGS. BOTH THE LESSONS AND THE DIALOGS ARE ACCOMPANIED THROUGHOUT WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. PRELIMINARY MATERIAL ON PRONUNCIATION, WITH DRILLS, PRECEDES THE LESSONS. APPENDED TO THE LESSONS ARE A GLOSSARY AND AN INDEX OF GRAMMATICAL POINTS COVERED. EACH LESSON CONSISTS OF FOUR PARTS--(1) TEXT,…

THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY SPEAKERS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH IN ATTEMPTING TO MASTER THE PRONUNCIATION OF EGYPTIAN ARABIC WERE ANALYZED DURING THE REPORTED RESEARCH. THE LANGUAGE UNDER CONSIDERATION WAS THE URBAN COLLOQUIAL ARABIC OF THE EGYPTIAN DELTA. THIS STUDY DEALT WITH THE SEGMENTAL PHONEMES ONLY, WITH SOME REFERENCE TO STRESS AND…

THIS REPORT IS BASED ON PAPERS GIVEN AT THE ARABIC TEACHERS' WORKSHOP HELD IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, JUNE 8-18, 1965. THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS--(1) METHODS OF TEACHING MODERN STANDARD ARABIC, (2) CONTENT OF ELEMENTARY ARABIC INSTRUCTION, (3) SELECTIVE LIST OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR MODERN STANDARD ARABIC. THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF…

THIS DOCUMENT WAS PREPARED AS A TEXTBOOK FOR AN INTENSIVE COURSE IN THE SPOKEN ARABIC LANGUAGE OF DAMASCUS, SYRIA. CONTAINED IN THE TEXT ARE DETAILED GRAMMATICAL INFORMATION, STRUCTURAL AND PRONUNCIATION INFORMATION, AND A CUMULATIVE ARABIC-ENGLISH VOCABULARY. (JH)