A Linguistic History of Arabic
Jonathan Owens
Oxford University Press
<em>A Linguistic History of Arabic</em> challenges the traditional accounts of the progression of classical Arabic to contemporary dialects. It presents a rich and complex picture of early Arabic language history and establishes the basis for a comprehensive, linguistically-based understanding of the history of Arabic. The arguments are set out in a manner  accessible to students and scholars of Arabic and Islamic culture, as well as to those studying Arabic and historical linguists.