Kees Versteegh & C. H. M. Versteegh - The Arabic language (2014, Edinburgh University Press) - libgen.li
Figures and Maps Figures 2.1 The traditional classification of the Semitic languages
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2.2 The genealogy of the Semitic languages (Hetzron 1974, 1976)
15
3.1 The development of Arabic script
38
Maps 3.1 North Arabia and the Fertile Crescent before Islam
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4.1 Available data on the pre-Islamic dialects
48
4.2 Disappearance of the
hamza in the pre-Islamic dialects
50
10.1 Pronominal prefixes of the first person of the imperfect verb
in the Egyptian Delta
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10.2 Pronominal suffixes of the first person in the Yemenite dialects
179
10.3 Reflexes of /q/ and /j/ in the Egyptian Delta
181
10.4 Medieval trade centres in the Egyptian Delta
181
10.5 Tribal areas in North Arabia
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11.1 The perfect verb in the Yemenite dialects
195
11.2 Arab tribes in the central African
Baggara belt
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11.3 Berber-speaking areas in North Africa
212
Tables A Transcription of Arabic characters
xiv
B Additional signs used in transcription
xvi
C Abbreviations used in glossing
xviii
2.1 The Arabic consonantal system
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6.1 Prefix conjugation of
yaktubu/kataba ‘to write’
90
6.2 Suffix conjugation of
yaktubu/kataba ‘to write’
90
6.3 Nominal endings of
jamīl ‘beautiful’ 92
6.4 The verbal measures
96
7.1 The endings of nouns and imperfect verbs
112
8.1 Genitive exponents in Arabic dialects
145
8.2 Aspectual markers in Arabic dialects
145
11.1 The verbal paradigm in Najdī Arabic
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11.2 The verbal paradigm in Damascene Arabic
200
11.3 The distribution of
gilit and
qǝltu dialects
202
11.4 The verbal paradigm of Muslim Baġdādī
203
11.5 The verbal paradigm in Cairene Arabic
210
11.6 The verbal paradigm of Moroccan Arabic
214
11.7 The formation of the passive in Ḥassāniyya
215
12.1 Approved patterns of word formation in Modern Standard Arabic
230
13.1 The five levels of Egyptian Arabic according to Badawī (1973)
244
13.2 Distribution of /q/ in spoken Egyptian
245
14.1 Language proficiency of literates in North Africa
267
14.2 Preferred language varieties in the media in Morocco
268
15.1 The verbal paradigm of the loan verb
kanta ‘to sing’
(< Italian
cantare ) in Maltese
279
15.2 The verbal paradigm in Nigerian Arabic
289