The Phonology and Morphology of Arabic

This is an account of the phonology and morphology of modern spoken Arabic, the first to be published in any language and based largely on the author's research. Dr Watson's approach is theoretically innovative and aware, but accessible to Arabic language specialists outside linguistics. Broad in coverage, this is an important and pioneering book.

Janet C. E. Watson has held lectureships in Arabic at the universities of Edinburgh, Durham, and Salford, and has also taught at the University of Manchester. She travels regularly to the Middle East and has spent extended periods of time in Yemen and Egypt. A fluent speaker of Yemeni Arabic, her recent research work has concentrated on the phonology of Arabic. Her previous publications include A Syntax of San'ani Arabic (1993), Sbahtu! A Course in San'ani Arabic (1996), and Wasf San'a: Texts in San'ani Arabic (2000).

1: Introduction
2: The Phoneme System of Arabic
3: Phonological Features
4: Syllable Structure and Syllabification
5: Word Stress
6: Morphology
7: Morphology 2
8: Lexical Phonology
9: Post-Lexical Phonology
10: Emphasis
References
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects