Arabic and Persian: Recent submissions
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The relationship between Arabic Allāh and Syriac Allāhā
(2012-10) - Journal articleVarious etymologies have been proposed for Arabic allāh but also for Syriac allāhā. It has often been proposed that the Arabic word was borrowed from Syriac. This article takes a comprehensive look at the linguistic evidence ... -
Innovation in the novels of Muḥammad Barrāda, Idwār al-Kharrāṭ, Ilyās Khūrī and Fu'ād al-Takarlī, (1979-1999)
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThis thesis is a detailed literary analysis of the innovative elements in the novels of four of the most significant contemporary Arab authors: the Moroccan Muhammad Barrāda, the Egyptian Idwār al-Kharrāṭ, the Lebanese ... -
A phonological description of Modern Standard Arabic
(University of St Andrews, 1981) - ThesisThe present work is concerned with some aspects of the phonology of Modern Standard Arabic. The thesis is divided into two parts: Part I, dealing with the theoretical background, consists of three chapters, and each chapter ... -
A description of 'aspectual' phenomena in Arabic
(University of St Andrews, 1986) - ThesisThe present work is mainly concerned with a description of the morphological and syntactic analyses of the predicative aspectual phenomena in Modern Standard Arabic using Axiomatic Functionalism as its theoretical ... -
The theory, practice and administration of waqf with special reference to the Malayan state of Kedah
(University of St Andrews, 1971) - Thesis