title: A Linguistic History of Arabic (Oxford Linguistics)
author:  Jonathan Owens 
description: <br /><strong>Jonathan Owens</strong> is Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland where he is on leave from his position as Professor of Arabic Linguistics at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Starting his linguistics career with a SOAS PhD on Creole Arabic Nubi of East Africa, he has taught and conducted research at universities in Libya (Garyounis), Nigeria (Maiduguri), and Jordan (Yarmouk). His books include <em>A Grammar of Libyan Arabic</em>, 1984, <em>A Short Reference Grammar of Nigerian Arabic</em>, 1993 and <em>The Foundations of Grammar: an Introduction to Medieval Arabic</em> <em>Grammatical Theory</em>, 1988. <br />
zlib_text: CONTEMPORARY STUDIES  
  IN DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS
  
  Vol. 40
  
  Edited by
  
  PROFESSOR GRAEME DAVIS & KARL A. BERNHARDT
  
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  PETER LANG
  
  Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien
  
  Ali Almanna
  
  SEMANTICS FOR  
  TRANSLATION STUDENTS
  
  ARABIC–ENGLISH–ARABIC
  
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  PETER LANG
  
  Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien
  
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  Names: Almanna, Ali, author.
  
  Title: Semantics for translation students : Arabic-English-Arabic / Ali
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  Description: Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2016. | Includes bibliogr