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An introduction to Koranic and classical Arabic : an elementary grammar of the language

Title: An introduction to Koranic and classical Arabic : an elementary grammar of the language / Wheeler M. Thackston.
Author: Thackston, W. M. (Wheeler McIntosh), 1944-
Publication: Bethesda, Md. : Iranbooks, ©1994.

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Description

xxv, 327 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Cultural Studies. Reference. W.M. Thackston's AN INTRODUCTION TO KORANIC AND CLASSICAL ARABIC is an elementary-level grammar of standard classical Arabic, the literary norm of the Arabic language that has not changed appreciably in fourteen hundred years. An indispensable tool for all who are interested in Islamic religion, science, and literature, the language presented in this book will enable the learner to study firsthand the primary sources of Islamic civilization and the classics of the Islamic Near East. W.M. Thackston is Professor of the Practice in Persian and Other Near Eastern Languages at Harvard University, where he has taught Persian and Arabic for over twenty years. Author of numerous books and articles on the languages and literatures of the Near East, his works include a new English translation of the Baburnama, A Century of Princes: Sources on Timurid History and Art, and Tales from Luristan: Tales, Fables and Folk Poetry from the Lur of Bala-Gariva.

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Genre/Form

Textbooks
Textbooks – for English speakers
Grammars (form)
Educational tools (form)
Textbooks.

Note

Spine title: Koranic and classical Arabic.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

0936347406
9780936347400

LCCN

94001289

OCLC

ocm29913796
29913796
SCSB-2021531

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library