Kees Versteegh

Auteur de The Arabic Language

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A propos de l'auteur

Kees Versteegh is Emeritus Professor of Arabic and Islam at the University of Nijmegen. His publications include The Arabic Linguistic Tradition (1997) and Arabic Grammar and Qur'anic Exegesis in Early Islam (1993), and he was the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and afficher plus Linguistics (2006-9). afficher moins

Comprend les noms: C. H. M. Versteegh

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Œuvres de Kees Versteegh

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The Arabic Language (1997) 78 exemplaires

Encyclopedia of Arabic Language And Linguistics: A-Ed (Arabic Edition) (2005) 15 exemplaires

Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume III: The Arabic Linguistic Tradition (1997) 15 exemplaires

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Part 7 Art and Archaeology 10 exemplaires

Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Volume 2 (2006) 8 exemplaires

Encyclopedia of Arabic Language And Linguistics: Lat-pu (Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics) (2007) 8 exemplaires

Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Volume 4 (2008) 7 exemplaires

Arabic Grammar and Qur'anic Exegesis in Early Islam (1993) 5 exemplaires

The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics II: Kitāb Sībawayhi: Interpretation and Transmission (Studies in Semitic… (2015) — Directeur de publication — 5 exemplaires

The emergence of semantics in four linguistic traditions : Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Arabic (1997) 3 exemplaires

Pidginization and creolization : the case of Arabic (1984) 3 exemplaires

De honden blaffen : waarom het CDA geen oppositie kan voeren (1999) 2 exemplaires

The Explanation of Linguistic Causes Az-Zaggagi's Theory of Grammar. Introduction, translation, commentary (1995) 2 exemplaires

Encyclopedia of Arabic Language And Linguistics (2006) 2 exemplaires

Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Lingusitics, Volume V, Index 1 exemplaire

The History of linguistics in the Low Countries (1992) — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire

The history of linguistics in the Near East — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire

Studies in the history of Arabic grammar II proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on the History of Arabic Grammar,… (1990) — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire

Greek elements in Arabic linguistic thinking (1977) 1 exemplaire

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Bilingualism in Ancient Society: Language Contact and the Written Word (2002) — Contributeur — 9 exemplaires

Papers from the 5th International Conference on Historical Linguistics = Referate von der Fünften Internationalen K (1982) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires

The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies (2008) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires

History and historiography of linguistics papers from the fourth International Conference on the History of the… — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires

Papers in the history of linguistics proceedings of the third International Conference on the History of the Language… (1987) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires

The History of Linguistics in the Classical Period (Studies in the History of the Language Sciences) (1987) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires

Progress in linguistic historiography papers from the International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences… (1980) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires

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Nationalité: Netherlands

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The Arabic Language par Kees Versteegh

This book is a "must have" for the Arabic linguist. Well-researched and provides a solid background on the history and development of the Arabic language. I picked this up in Monterey, California back in 1998 and have found it to be a valuable addition to my collection.

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BLyda97112 | 1 autre critique | Jan 1, 2011 |

The Arabic Language par Kees Versteegh

This was an excellent, well researched book. It was full of history, which added context to the discussion of the dialects, and despite being a speaker, I found it full of new information. Personally, I enjoyed most the parts on the mass bedouin migrations to Egypt and the Maghreb, the story of the Banu Hilal and the Banu Sulaym, and the great amount of information on Bedouin migrations, which help explain how certain characteristics spread.
A basic knowledge of Arabic is definitely required, or it will be a tedious book to complete, and I would also say that a knowledge of linguistics would also be helpful, as the book is filled with linguistic terminology such as dipthongs, verbo-nominal compounds, infinitives, suffixes, subjunctives, etc. It would have been useful to have a glossary at the end.
The only drawback of the book is that all of the Arabic is transliterated into English. I would have found the book much easier if the words had been left in Arabic. For the next edition, I would recommend keeping the words in Arabic, and adding footnotes to the bottom of the page with the English transliterations for those who need them.
All in all, an excellent non-Arab study into the language.

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