Basic Emirati Arabic

A Grammar and Workbook
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-33571-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

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Basic Emirati Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook is an elementary-level grammar book of the variety of Gulf Arabic spoken in the United Arab Emirates.

In this book, a series of compact units provide brief and concise descriptions of the fundamental grammatical structures, accompanied by examples drawn from Emirati native language speakers and several exercises assessing the learner’s understanding and mastery of the grammatical structure discussed. A key to these exercises is also provided so that learners can self-assess their progress and obtain immediate feedback.

This book is intended for beginner learners who would like to engage with this variety of Arabic and learn its basic grammatical structure through practice. It is additionally a valuable tool for language teachers of Emirati and Gulf Arabic as well as learners of Modern Standard Arabic who would like access to a basic reference of the dialect.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsz-Cheung Leung, Tommi

Ntelitheos, Dimitrios

Al Kaabi, Meera

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1          Introduction

2          Consonants

3          Vowels

4          Writing system

5          Word formation

6          Nouns

7          Pronouns

8          Form I verbs

9          Form II verbs

10        Form III verbs

11        Form V verbs

12        Form VI verbs

13        Form VII verbs

14        Form VIII verbs

15        Form IX verbs

16        Form X verbs

17        Intransitive, transitive, and ditransitive verbs

18        Verb nouns

19        Adjectives

20        Adverbs

21        Prepositions

22        Quantifiers

23        Numerals

24        Modality

25        Negation

26        Noun phrases

27        Construct states

28        Verb phrases

29        Complex verb constructions

30        The imperfective aspect

31        The perfective aspect

32        The grammatical aspect

33        Relative clauses

34        Questions

35        Subordination

36        Coordination

Key to exercises

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung is Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Cognitive Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. He specializes in the syntax of Emirati Arabic and the psycholinguistics of Arabic and Southeast Asian languages.

Dimitrios Ntelitheos is Professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Speech Language Pathology Department at United Arab Emirates University. His research and published work focus on Malagasy, Greek, and Emirati Arabic morphological and syntactic structure and its acquisition by children.

Meera Al Kaabi is an Associate Professor at the Cognitive Science Department of UAEU and a visiting scholar at NYUAD. She works in neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language disorders, and Arabic morphology. She also has a professional background in academic administration and policy development.