A Reference Grammar of Syrian Arabic

by Mark W. Cowell

Serves both as a text for beginning students of the language and as a guide to this dialect for Arabists and linguists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878400095
• ISBN13: 9780878400096
• Release Date: January 1964
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 587 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good Comprehsive Review

This is not for beginners but it is a good comprehensive review of the Syrian dialect.

Highly Recommended

There are some books out there about Levantine Arabic, but most of them deal with Palestinian Arabic, Levantine Arabic with a taste of Egyptian Arabic in terms of glossary and grammar. This book is simply awesome for anyone intersted in Syrian Arabic. It's the most complete work on Syrian Arabic I've been able to find. I have bought all the books I could find on Levantine or Eastern Arabic thinking they dealt with Syrian or Lebanese Arabic, only to find out they dealt with the Arabic Colloquial spoken in Jerusalem, Palestine. But this is purely Syrian, and also highlights the differences with Lebanese, Palestinian and Jordanian Arabic, when these are relevant. Excellent work!