ABSTRACT

Emirati Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar offers readers a reference tool for discovering and studying in detail the specific dialect of Arabic spoken in the United Arab Emirates. It covers all major areas of Emirati Arabic grammar, describing in detail its phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic systems. Each grammatical point is illustrated with numerous examples drawn from native Emirati Arabic speakers and is thoroughly discussed providing both accessible and linguistically informed grammatical description.

This book is a useful reference for students of Gulf Arabic and/or Modern Standard Arabic or other Arabic dialects with an interest in the dialect spoken in the UAE, researchers interested in Arabic language and linguistics as well as graduate students and scholars interested in Arabic studies.

chapter Chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|10 pages

The sounds of Emirati Arabic

chapter Chapter 3|16 pages

Phonological processes

chapter Chapter 4|13 pages

Morphology and word formation

chapter Chapter 5|127 pages

Syntactic categories and parts of speech

chapter Chapter 6|36 pages

The noun phrase

chapter Chapter 7|22 pages

The verb phrase

chapter Chapter 8|20 pages

Aspect

chapter Chapter 9|24 pages

Mood and modality

chapter Chapter 10|28 pages

Negation

chapter Chapter 11|16 pages

Word order

chapter Chapter 12|10 pages

Relative clauses

chapter Chapter 13|29 pages

Questions

chapter Chapter 14|21 pages

Subordination

chapter Chapter 15|28 pages

Coordination

chapter Chapter 16|13 pages

Ellipsis

chapter Chapter 17|17 pages

Interjections

chapter Chapter 18|25 pages

Speech conventions