Beeston A.F.L. The Arabic Language Today

New York: Routledge, 2017. — 128 p. — ISBN: 978-1-138-69897-0.This book, first published in 1970, provides a description of the standard Arabic language used today as the universal means of written communication throughout the Arab world and in formal spoken communication (vernaculars differ both from each other and from the standard language). The principal emphasis is on syntax and morphology of which there exists no comprehensive account. Phonology and lexicon are treated briefly and there is a chapter on the script.Introduction and Historical Background
Phonology
The Script
The Word
Entity Terms
Amplification of Substantives
Syntactic Markers of Nouns
Theme and Predicate
The Verb
Amplification of the Predicate
Clause Conversion
Functionals
Conditional Structures
Word Order
Lexicon and Style
Script Styles