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.…

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…

In light of a growing body of research on language death, this paper examines the situation of Judeo-Arabic, an ethnolect of Jews from Arabic-speaking countries with various written and spoken forms. More specifically, the fate of the Iraqi variety of Judeo-Arabic is discussed, particularly in the context of Montreal, Canada. Educational…

EACH VOLUME IN THE CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS LANGUAGE HANDBOOK SERIES, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE MAJOR MODERN LANGUAGES OF ASIA AND AFRICA, IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE AN OUTLINE OF THE SALIENT FEATURES OF A PARTICULAR LANGUAGE AND A SUMMARY OF THE LANGUAGE SITUATION AND LANGUAGE PROBLEMS OF THE COUNTRY OR AREA IN WHICH IT IS SPOKEN. THE ARABIC…