ARAB2320 | INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC LINGUISTICS

Definition of the term linguistics in general and Arabic linguistics in particular, definition of language, its functions, its levels, relationship of linguistics to other sciences, efforts of Arab scholars in this science; Arabic phonology, organs of speech, manner and place of articulation, sound description, consonants and vowels, phonemes: segmentals and suprasegmentals, accent, intonation, and juncture; syllables, assimilation, dissimilation, similitude, elision, Imala (slanting). 

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ARAB135 | ARABIC LANGUAGE SKILLS 1