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The Structure of Arabic: A Workbook in the Ten Measures is a comprehensive guide and workbook in the ten measures of Arabic words, the backbone of the Arabic lexical system, and provides a systematic explanation of the root and pattern system that forms the basis of most Arabic words.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter One. Introduction to Roots
Chapter Two. Overview of the Measures System
Chapter Three. Measure I - ¿¿¿¿¿¿
Chapter Four. Measure II - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Chapter Five. Measure III - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Chapter Six. Measures V and VI - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ and ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Chapter Seven. Measure VII - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Chapter Eight. Measure VIII - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Chapter Nine. Measure X - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Chapter Ten. Measure IV - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Appendix A. Jussive and Subjunctive Moods
Appendix B. Command (Imperative) Forms
Appendix C. The Passive Voice
Appendix D. Measure IX - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Appendix E. Measures Overview Chart
About the author
David DiMeo is a retired Associate Professor and Director of the Arabic program at Western Kentucky University, USA. He has taught Arabic for over 20 years. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University and M.A. from Princeton University. He is the author of
Committed to Disillusion: Activist Writers in Egypt from the 1950s to the 1980s,
Taha Hussein's The Days: A Guided Study for Arabic Learners, co-author (with Inas Hassan) of
The Travels of Ibn Battuta: A Guided Arabic Reader and
From Ibn Sina to Sindbad: A Guided Reader to Classics of Arabic Literature, and hosts the podcast
The Golden Age of Islam.Inas Hassan holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in linguistics and Arabic grammar from Alexandria University in Egypt. She is a Teaching Professor and Coordinator of Arabic program at Loyola University, Maryland, USA. She is the co-author of the books entitled
The Travels of Ibn Battuta: A Guided Arabic Reader,
From Ibn Sina to Sindbad: A Guided Reader to Classics of Arabic Literature, and the author of the chapter "The Arabyola Portal: Integrating Trusted Arabic e-Resources into Curriculum," in
The Arabic Classroom: Context, Text and Learners (Mbaye Lo, ed.).
Summary
The Structure of Arabic: A Workbook in the Ten Measures is a comprehensive guide and workbook in the ten measures of Arabic words, the backbone of the Arabic lexical system, and provides a systematic explanation of the root and pattern system that forms the basis of most Arabic words.
