Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 492.782421
EAN: 9780415130851
ISBN: 0415130859
Label: Routledge
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 704
Publication Date: 2003-02
Publisher: Routledge
Studio: Routledge
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Summary: mecca
Comment: this is meant for upper-intermediate and advanced learners.Descriptive grammar with full transliteration of the sentences.exhaustive details.hundreds of example sentences.I suggest to buy this book together with 'a reference grammar of modern standard arabic' by karin ryding to get the maximum.
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Summary: Essential grammar for the advanced-intermediate student
Comment: This volume is perhaps the most important contemporary Arabic descriptive grammar in English. It is based on texts from the 1990s with a preference for texts other than high literature. In its 800 pages, it covers most of modern Arabic grammar and syntax.
As a reference grammar, it will not be necessary (perhaps not even useful) to the student until he is at least at intermediate level. The grammatical terminology is highly technical - there is a useful glossary of terms in the back - and has rather idiosyncratic variations from terms that have become standard over the last century and a half (e.g. the 'accusative' case becomes the 'dependant' case). This is annoying: more seriously in my opinion, no attempt at all is made to provide native Arabic terms. Grammar is illustrated by a wealth of examples, presented in unpointed Arabic script, in a formal transliteration (i.e. with i'rab transliterated) and in translation (sometimes two where the idiom differs vastly between English and Arabic). This is excellent, and mitigates my strongest criticism of the book - it is littered with typos, especially in the Arabic script. Fortunately with the transliteration, one has a check. It is disappointing that Routledge who, after all, are charging a vast sum equivalent to a Harissowitz or Brill book for the hard-back edition haven't tried to emulate the editorial standards of the serious academic presses.
However, despite complaints, this is a work that will amply repay study. I would still recommend the student to use a good teaching grammar - I like Haywood and Nahmad - before and as a guide to 'recommended' usage, especially as Haywood and Nahmad has reference to Arabic terminology (Wright could serve as a terminological reference for the more advanced Classical Arabic student, and indeed goes far beyond H&N in covering terminology). Finally, thanks to Routledge for bringing this book out at a price that a student can (just about) afford.
Karin Ryding's "Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic", which I thought might be comparable, is a fairly normal reference grammar of MSA, and would be as good as Haywood and Nahmad (perhaps better) for students of modern Arabic. It compliments Modern Written Arabic, and would be better as a first reference.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: mecca
Comment: this is meant for upper-intermediate and advanced learners.Descriptive grammar with full transliteration of the sentences.exhaustive details.hundreds of example sentences.I suggest to buy this book together with 'a reference grammar of modern standard arabic' by karin ryding to get the maximum.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Essential grammar for the advanced-intermediate student
Comment: This volume is perhaps the most important contemporary Arabic descriptive grammar in English. It is based on texts from the 1990s with a preference for texts other than high literature. In its 800 pages, it covers most of modern Arabic grammar and syntax.
As a reference grammar, it will not be necessary (perhaps not even useful) to the student until he is at least at intermediate level. The grammatical terminology is highly technical - there is a useful glossary of terms in the back - and has rather idiosyncratic variations from terms that have become standard over the last century and a half (e.g. the 'accusative' case becomes the 'dependant' case). This is annoying: more seriously in my opinion, no attempt at all is made to provide native Arabic terms. Grammar is illustrated by a wealth of examples, presented in unpointed Arabic script, in a formal transliteration (i.e. with i'rab transliterated) and in translation (sometimes two where the idiom differs vastly between English and Arabic). This is excellent, and mitigates my strongest criticism of the book - it is littered with typos, especially in the Arabic script. Fortunately with the transliteration, one has a check. It is disappointing that Routledge who, after all, are charging a vast sum equivalent to a Harissowitz or Brill book for the hard-back edition haven't tried to emulate the editorial standards of the serious academic presses.
However, despite complaints, this is a work that will amply repay study. I would still recommend the student to use a good teaching grammar - I like Haywood and Nahmad - before and as a guide to 'recommended' usage, especially as Haywood and Nahmad has reference to Arabic terminology (Wright could serve as a terminological reference for the more advanced Classical Arabic student, and indeed goes far beyond H&N in covering terminology). Finally, thanks to Routledge for bringing this book out at a price that a student can (just about) afford.
Karin Ryding's "Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic", which I thought might be comparable, is a fairly normal reference grammar of MSA, and would be as good as Haywood and Nahmad (perhaps better) for students of modern Arabic. It compliments Modern Written Arabic, and would be better as a first reference.
Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to the grammar of Modern Written Arabic. The Grammar presents an accessible and systematic description of the language, focusing on real patterns of use in contemporary written Arabic, from street signs to high literature. Examples are drawn from authentic texts, both literary and journalistic, published since 1990. This comprehensive work will be an invaluable resource for intermediate and advanced students of Arabic and to anyone interested in Arabic linguistics and the way modern written Arabic works.
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