Arabic Grammar: A First Workbook by Wickens, G. M

Hardback. Very Good.

Cambridge, Eng. ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Paperback. Very good(+) to near fine copy.. Octavo in red wrappers; 171 pages; 24 cm.; light edgewear to wrappers; two-inch light crease to cover; o/w wrappers are clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square; a gently used copy. In English. Abstract: "Standard Arabic - the language of educated discourse throughout the Arab world - presents difficulties beyond those encountered in most foreign languages. Though today it is increasingly being popularised, it remains essentially an elitist, 'learned' language. It has been used without substantial change for over thirteen centuries, in regions as distant as Spain and China, in fields as diverse as poetry and medicine, mathematics and theology. Its morphology and syntax are largely constant, but vocabulary, sense, idiom and style often vary widely. Arabic script requires a good deal of intelligent guesswork: long vowels and diphthongs are… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.