Arabic

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A much-needed study of pre-Islamic poetry from Arabia, which fills a key gap in understanding not only the history of Arabian poetry, but also of Arabian ethos and ideology. What emerges is a complex, stylized discourse which reflects a distinctive cosmology.

Covers the history and development of the Arabic language from its earliest beginnings to modern times, concentrating on the difference between the classical standard language and the dialects.