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Acquisition Of Egyptian Arabi
Margaret K. Omar
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Description for Acquisition Of Egyptian Arabi
Paperback. Analyses the stages in which children learn Arabic as a first language. This book makes comparisons with aspects of language acquisition of other languages, primarily English, and explores implications for the theory of language acquisition. Series: Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 8. Weight in Grams: 410.
In 1968 Margaret K. Omar (Nydell) spent four months in a small Egyptian village called Sheikh Mubarak. Located in Middle Egypt near Al-Minya, residents of Sheik Mubarak speak in a dialect closer to Sa'eedi, not the dialect spoken in Cairo. Omar spent time there conducting interviews, examinations, and taping sessions with children and families to study primary language acquisition in non-Western languages. Based on her fieldwork, Omar describes the physical and social environment in which the native language was learned, the development of early communication and speech, and when and how children learn the phonology, vocabulary, morphology, and syntactical patterns ... Read more
In 1968 Margaret K. Omar (Nydell) spent four months in a small Egyptian village called Sheikh Mubarak. Located in Middle Egypt near Al-Minya, residents of Sheik Mubarak speak in a dialect closer to Sa'eedi, not the dialect spoken in Cairo. Omar spent time there conducting interviews, examinations, and taping sessions with children and families to study primary language acquisition in non-Western languages. Based on her fieldwork, Omar describes the physical and social environment in which the native language was learned, the development of early communication and speech, and when and how children learn the phonology, vocabulary, morphology, and syntactical patterns ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics Series
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589011687
SKU
V9781589011687
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About Margaret K. Omar
Margaret K. Omar (Nydell) is the director of the Flagship Arabic Program (study abroad) at the Center for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at the University of Alexandria in Egypt. She is a specialist in Arabic dialectology and the author of many publications, including Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Westerners and the ten-video teaching module Syrian Arabic Through Video. ... Read more
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