Approaches to Arabic linguistics : presented to Kees Versteegh on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday /
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007. |
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| Description: | xxxii, 757 p. : ill., port. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 49 Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 49. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6644462 |
| Summary: | For a lifetime Kees Versteegh played a leading role in Arabic linguistics, dialects (diglossia, creolization, pidginization), the history of Arabic grammar, and other fields related to Arabic. From among his global contacts, colleagues contributed to a Liber Amicorum in appreciation of his stimulating efforts to reopen, deepen and complete our knowledge of Arabic Grammar and Linguistics.<br>In three sections, History, Linguistics and Dialects, 27 contributors discuss (alphabetically): bilingual verb construction; contractual language; current developments; language description; language use; lexicology; organization of language; pause; sentence types; and specific topics: ʾallaḏī; featuring; government; homonymy; ʾiḍmār; inflection; maṣdar; the origin of grammatical tradition; variety conflicts; and verbal schematic (ir)regularities; waqf; and ẓarf.<br> |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 757 p. : ill., port. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004160156 9004160159 |