Books in the Routledge Arabic Linguistics Series series

Aims to unveil the morpho-syntax and the semantics of the Arabic verb. This book aims to bridge the gap between these approaches through an analysis of Taxis, Aspect, Tense and Modality in Standard Arabic. It indicates that the constituents of the verbal system in Arabic are differentiated through their semantic features in a markedness relation.

Examines of the interplay between urbanization, language variation and language change in fifteen major Arab cities. This book investigates topics such as: history of settlement; the linguistic impact of migration; the emergence of urban vernaculars; dialect convergence and divergence; and, code-switching, youth language and urban culture.

Spoken Arabic is different in many respects from literary Arabic. This book is concerned with speakers' intentions and the structural and pragmatic resources they employ. Based on new empirical findings from across the Arabic world this work will be of interest to both students and researchers.

Spoken Arabic is different in many respects from literary Arabic. This book is concerned with speakers' intentions and the structural and pragmatic resources they employ. Based on new empirical findings from across the Arabic world this work will be of interest to both students and researchers.

Introduces a variety of research topics on the theme of language contact. The articles investigate language contact and conflict issues across the full range of Arabic as it is used both in the Arabic world and in the diaspora.

Islamism in Egypt is more diversified in terms of its sociology and ideology than is usually assumed. Based on linguistic analysis of Islamist rhetoric, this book sheds light upon attitudes towards other Muslims, religious authority and secular society.

Introducing a variety of research topics on the theme of language contact, this book investigates language contact and conflict issues across the full range of Arabic as it is used both in the Arabic world and in the diaspora.