Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and symbols used in this book
- 1 Arabic linguistics: overview and history
- 2 Arabic phonology
- 3 Arabic phonotactics and morphophonology
- 4 Arabic syllable structure and stress
- 5 Introduction to Arabic morphology
- 6 Derivational morphology: the root/pattern system
- 7 Non-root/pattern morphology and the Arabic lexicon
- 8 Arabic inflectional morphology
- 9 Syntactic analysis and Arabic
- 10 Arabic syntax I: phrase structure
- 11 Arabic syntax II: clause structure
- Appendix A Fields of linguistics and Arabic
- Appendix B Arabic transcription/transliteration/romanization
- Appendix C Arabic nominal declensions
- Glossary of technical linguistic terms
- References
- Index
Appendix A - Fields of linguistics and Arabic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and symbols used in this book
- 1 Arabic linguistics: overview and history
- 2 Arabic phonology
- 3 Arabic phonotactics and morphophonology
- 4 Arabic syllable structure and stress
- 5 Introduction to Arabic morphology
- 6 Derivational morphology: the root/pattern system
- 7 Non-root/pattern morphology and the Arabic lexicon
- 8 Arabic inflectional morphology
- 9 Syntactic analysis and Arabic
- 10 Arabic syntax I: phrase structure
- 11 Arabic syntax II: clause structure
- Appendix A Fields of linguistics and Arabic
- Appendix B Arabic transcription/transliteration/romanization
- Appendix C Arabic nominal declensions
- Glossary of technical linguistic terms
- References
- Index
Summary
Because the main part of this book focuses on theoretical linguistics, this appendix summarizes core research interests and traditions of three other major fields of linguistics: applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and computational linguistics, as they relate to Arabic.
Applied linguistics and Arabic
The core of applied linguistics is the connection between theory and practice. The field of applied linguistics is concerned with real-world issues that involve language, such as language teaching. It also includes disciplines such as lexicography (dictionary design and compilation), language and the law (forensic linguistics), interpretation and translation, second language acquisition research, language testing, and language planning. As it relates to Arabic at the current time, applied linguistics has been heavily weighted in the direction of language teaching and learning, textbook and curricular design, proficiency testing, and teacher training. The practical needs and professional demands of teaching a greatly expanded number of students have necessitated a critical professional focus on language teaching resources and approaches.
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- ArabicA Linguistic Introduction, pp. 141 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014