Credentials:
Ph.D; UC Berkeley; Chair, D/English and Linguistics, American University of Sharjah (UAE)
This monograph is an important contribution to the study of lexical acquisition and the larger question of developing a standard Arabic as a second language through literacy. Since large numbers of individuals learn Arabic for religious as well as economic reasons in Africa , Central Asia and East Asia this topic has implications far beyond its focused discussion of semantic and formal properties in the process of analyzing Arabic words into patterns and underlying roots.
Market:
Linguistics, Arabic language studies, Arabic as a Second Language, Education (language); Magrebi/Berber studies
ISBN:
Cloth: 1-930901-38-0
Publisher:
ACADEMICA PRESS
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