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Hardback. Takhyil is a term from Arabic poetics denoting the evocation of images. It has a broad spectrum of connotations throughout classical philosophical poetics and rhetoric, and it is closely linked to the Greek concept of phantasia. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094693
- ISBN
- 9780906094693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.24€ 106.08
€ 111.24
€ 106.08
Hardcover. This book represents an explanation of the institution of hisba in medieval Islam, through one of the most used texts in the field. Editor(s): Dien, Mawal Izzi. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094334
- ISBN
- 9780906094334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.39€ 100.65
€ 105.39
€ 100.65
Paperback. This book investigates the morphosyntax, semantics and discourse properties of focus and wh-constructions in Hausa, and introduces readers to aspects of the syntax of a major world language unfamiliar to most linguists. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CXH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405156264
- ISBN
- 9781405156264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.41
€ 31.41
Hardcover. Through her detailed study of Mayy Ziyadah's literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary culture in early twentieth-century Egypt and its role in Egypt's Nahdah (Awakening). Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJC; DSBH; DSK; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340862
- ISBN
- 9780230340862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Paperback. An examination of the changes that the Arabic language has undergone in its transition from its roots in classical Arabic to a language able to meet the demands of twentieth-century life. Noting the changes in grammar and semantics, it illustrates how literary Arabic has become a more flexible language. Series: Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589011175
- ISBN
- 9781589011175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.57
€ 70.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 515 pages. BIC Classification: 2CXB; CBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 187 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 515
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772898445
- ISBN
- 9788772898445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61€ 65.42
€ 79.61
€ 65.42
Paperback. The specific aim of this book is to argue that translation can add depth and breadth to both contrastive linguistics as well as to discourse analysis. While the literature on either contrastive linguistics or discourse analysis has grown immensely in the last twenty years, very little of it has ventured into fusing the two perspectives. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFG; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894975
- ISBN
- 9780859894975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.06
€ 36.06
Paperback. Introduces the work of twenty-nine authors from the Arab world writing in Arabic, English, French and Hebrew. This title provides a framework for Arab writing, locating it alongside contemporary world literature. It states that Arabic literature reflects the Western postmodern condition without denying its own traditions. Editor(s): Neuwirth, Angelika; Pflitsch, Andreas; Winckler, Barbara. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Saqi Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863566943
- ISBN
- 9780863566943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.41
€ 26.99
€ 23.41
paperback. An accessibly-written, comprehensive handbook on the essential aspects of the structure of Arabic. Series: Reference Grammars. Num Pages: 736 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 2CSR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1462. Series: Reference Grammars. 734 pages, illustrations. An accessibly-written, comprehensive handbook on the essential aspects of the structure of Arabic. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 2CSR; CFK. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 33. Weight: 1400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 734
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521777711
- ISBN
- 9780521777711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.07
€ 102.07
Hardcover. Deals with two remarkable events - the worldwide transformations of the Jews in the modern age and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language. This is a book about social and cultural history addressed not only to the professional historian, and a book about Jews addressed not only to Jewish readers. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CF; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520079588
- ISBN
- 9780520079588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.38€ 44.89
€ 57.38
€ 44.89
Hardback. Spans diverse themes in the syntax of Arabic, Modern Arabic dialects and Hebrew. This work discusses topics such as are VSO and SVO, cliticization and agreement, questions and the syntax of wh-movement, cognate objects, adjectival Construct State, Though construction, Gapping, causatives, and, the syntax of negation. Editor(s): Ouhalla, Jamal (University College Dublin, Ireland); Shlonsky, Ur. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; 2CSR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402005367
- ISBN
- 9781402005367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.62
€ 187.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 28 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2CXS; YQF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 183 x 193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Milet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 28
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840597998
- ISBN
- 9781840597998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.76
€ 11.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. This fully revised second edition of "The Modern Arabic Short Story" is an anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Each story has been translated and collected with an introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641378
- ISBN
- 9780333641378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Series: My First Bilingual Book. Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2CXS; YBL. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 168 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Milet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 16
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785080470
- ISBN
- 9781785080470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.39
€ 9.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. This text, published with translation and commentary, is a work attributed to Shenoute, the 4th-5th century abbot of the White Monastry in Upper Egypt. The work is based on the theme "God never turns his face from those who truly worship him", and contains six distinct miraculous episodes. Series: Occasional Paper. Num Pages: 40 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 2CXG; DNF; DSBB; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861591190
- ISBN
- 9780861591190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.49
€ 26.99
€ 23.49
Board book. Series: My First Bilingual Book. Num Pages: 24 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2CSR; YBL; YQN. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 165 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Milet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Brdbk Blg
- Number of pages
- 24
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840597004
- ISBN
- 9781840597004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.39
€ 9.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041519
- ISBN
- 9780268041519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 538 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 814. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309438
- ISBN
- 9781477309438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.75
€ 51.99
€ 46.75
Paperback. Offers an annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. This volume includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic language, linguistics, literature, and pedagogy. Editor(s): Ryding, Karin C. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 tables, 4 figures, 8 black & white halftones, 8 b&w photos, 4 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626162488
- ISBN
- 9781626162488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Hardcover. Al-Khalil was distinguished in his own time as a lexicographer, phonologist, grammarian, educator and musicologist. This is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the contributions to Arabic intellectual history of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad, (d AH 175/AD 791). Editor(s): Ryding, Karin C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BG; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406630
- ISBN
- 9780878406630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.71
€ 46.71
paperback. Based on a modern approach incorporating recent insights, this book offers new translations and a new analysis of the procedure texts of Babylonian mathematical astronomy, the earliest known form of mathematical astronomy of the ancient world. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 618 pages, 129 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2C; 2CS; PBX; PDX; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1565.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Nature United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489988508
- ISBN
- 9781489988508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.97
€ 192.97
Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 198 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604938
- ISBN
- 9780815604938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Standard Arabic presents difficulties beyond those encountered in most foreign languages. Though increasingly popularized, it remains essentially an elitist, learned language. This textbook is designed to guide the first-year student through the difficult early stages. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521293013
- ISBN
- 9780521293013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 54.60
€ 54.99
€ 54.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Budick, Emily Miller. Translator(s): Lotan, Yael. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Toby Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592642243
- ISBN
- 9781592642243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.31
€ 16.99
€ 15.31