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A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic

A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic

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SKU:
FBB5030
UPC:
FBB5030, 978-0879500030
Weight:
3.00 LBS
Width:
6.00 (in)
Height:
8.80 (in)
Depth:
2.30 (in)
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Author:
Hans Wehr
Media Type:
Hardcover
Pages:
1128
ISBN:
FBB5030
 
 

The author provides a useful introduction in which he discusses, clearly and precisely, the present state of the Arabic language. He points out the situations in which written and spoken varieties of Arabic are used, and remarks on the forces that influenced the development of the lexicon of Modern Arabic. He discusses both the purist movement with its normative tradition, and what might be called the laissez-faire actual usage of writers and journalists under the influence of Western modes of expression, of their everyday colloquial, or both. He then moves on to the problem of local terminology, especially for public institutions, offices, administrative matters, titles, and foods. Although such terms are included for most of the Arab countries, the list is not complete, as indeed the author recognizes (viii); readers of Arabic material characterized by a distinct regional coloring are advised to refer to dialect dictionaries and glossaries."