Austin: University of Texas, 1965. - 309 p.
This college-level text consists of a set of drills and notes on the basic or commonly used phrase and sentence pattes of Cairo Arabic. A reference grammar, with phonology, morphology, and syntax is provided in 30 lessons. Each lesson is designed to be used with tape recordings. The transcription of the text reflects the "prestige usage" of the Cairo dialect. Entries in the text glossary are limited to the vocabulary used in the lessons and to comparisons of adjectives, modals, verb and noun phases, and subordinators.
This college-level text consists of a set of drills and notes on the basic or commonly used phrase and sentence pattes of Cairo Arabic. A reference grammar, with phonology, morphology, and syntax is provided in 30 lessons. Each lesson is designed to be used with tape recordings. The transcription of the text reflects the "prestige usage" of the Cairo dialect. Entries in the text glossary are limited to the vocabulary used in the lessons and to comparisons of adjectives, modals, verb and noun phases, and subordinators.