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A Linguistic History of Arabic presents a reconstruction of proto-Arabic by the methods of historical-comparative linguistics. It challenges the traditional conceptualization of an old, Classical language evolving into the contemporary Neo-Arabic dialects. Professor Owens combines established comparative linguistic methodology with a careful reading of the classical Arabic sources, such as the grammatical and exegetical traditions. He arrives at a richer and more complex picture of early Arabic language history than is current today and in doing so establishes the basis for a comprehensive, linguistically-based understanding of the history of Arabic. The arguments are set out in a concise, case by case basis, making it accessible to students and scholars of Arabic and Islamic culture, as well as to those studying Arabic and historical linguists.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics Historical & comparative linguistics

• Full title: Linguistic History of Arabic
• Author: Jonathan Owens
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 330
• EAN: 9780199290826
• ISBN: 0199290822
• ID: 04531855
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 645 g
• Dimensions: 242 × 164 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. May 2006

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