Arabic Language and Linguistics (Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series)
"A highly readable book, innovative in both coverage and content. Sure to be read with interest and profit by scholars of Arabic language and linguistics." --Alison Mackey, professor and head of applied linguistics, Georgetown University"One of the challenges facing today's research in Arabic linguistics is to connect with recent developments in general linguistics and sociolinguistics. In this volume, Bassiouney and Katz have brought together an impressive collection of articles that take up this challenge." --Kees Versteegh, emeritus professor, University of Nijmegen"A challenging collection of papers providing a snapshot of advanced research in various areas of contemporary Arabic linguistics by scholars in the vanguard of the field." --Daniel Newman, professor of Arabic, University of Durham