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This book is the valuable Key to A New Arabic Grammar, the
bestselling introduction to the Arabic language for over thirty
years. Although A New Arabic Grammar is intended primarily as a
teaching grammar not as a 'teach yourself' work, it has become
clear that it is being used as a means of learning Arabic by many
who have no teacher, and it is principally for their benefit that
this key has been prepared. The Key contains translations of the
English and Arabic exercises, and of the supplementary reading
pieces in Arabic. Several generations of students have found the
Key a most useful tool for their studies.
This is a revised second edition of A New Arabic Grammar of the
Written Language first published in 1962. It is based on and
replaces Thatcher's Arabic Grammar and has a vocabulary of over
4,000 words, almost twice as many as in the old Thatcher, while the
number of chapters has been increased from forty-nine to fifty-two.
The Supplement contains a number of new features. Apart from
selections from the Qur'an, fables, stories, newspaper extracts,
advertisements and letters, additional material in the form of
extracts from classical and modern Arabic writings and proverbs is
included. Appendix A provides a useful introduction to the main
colloquial Arabic dialects, Appendix B, a useful reading guide, and
Appendix C, further grammatical information not supplied in the
first edition. This book will serve as a basis for a further and
deeper study of the classical language and literature and at the
same time form a good foundation for those who wish to concentrate
on the modern written language of literature and the daily press.
The authors have been careful to indicate which usages are current
in modern Arabic, and which are antique or antiquated. The
vocabulary also is both classical and modern. This is above all a
practical grammar, not an advanced reference grammar like Wright's.
It is meant for the beginner who is not familiar with the
peculiarities of Semitic languages. Nevertheless it is
comprehensive enough, the authors believe, for most students' needs
in the first two or three years of their study.
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