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Download full textBelkin, V.M. – 1964
The author notes the problems arising from the dichotomy between literary Arabic and the spoken varieties. The thousand-year-old system of teaching literary Arabic, the archaic elements of grammar, and the writing system are discussed. The written history of the literary language is presented in three stages--(1) the pre-Islamic classical, (2) the…
Descriptors: Arabic, Dialect Studies, Language Research, Language Usage
