4. Arabic in the Pre-Islamic Period

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to First Edition vii
4. Preface to Second Edition ix
5. Figures and Maps xii
6. Tables xiii
7. Note on Transcription and Glossing xiv
8. 1. The Study of Arabic in the West 1
9. 2. Arabic as a Semitic Language 10
10. 3. The Earliest Stages of Arabic 26
11. 4. Arabic in the Pre-Islamic Period 42
12. 5. The Development of Classical Arabic 60
13. 6. The Structure of Arabic 85
14. 7. The Arabic Linguistic Tradition 107
15. 8. The Emergence of New Arabic 126
16. 9. Middle Arabic 152
17. 10. The Study of the Arabic Dialects 172
18. 11. The Dialects of Arabic 192
19. 12. The Emergence of Modern Standard Arabic 221
20. 13. Diglossia 241
21. 14. Bilingualism 259
22. 15. Arabic as a Minority Language 276
23. 16. Arabic Pidgins and Creoles 299
24. 17. Arabic as a World Language 313
25. Bibliography 333
26. Abbreviations 378
27. Index 382