Emirati Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar offers readers a reference tool
for discovering and studying in detail the specific dialect of Arabic
spoken in the United Arab Emirates. It covers all major areas of Emirati
Arabic grammar, describing in detail its phonological, morphological,
syntactic, and semantic systems. Each grammatical point is illustrated
with numerous examples drawn from native Emirati Arabic speakers and is
thoroughly discussed providing both accessible and linguistically
informed grammatical description.
This book is a useful reference for students of Gulf Arabic and/or
Modern Standard Arabic or other Arabic dialects with an interest in the
dialect spoken in the UAE, researchers interested in Arabic language and
linguistics as well as graduate students and scholars interested in
Arabic studies.