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Article: An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic: An Elementary Grammar of the Language.
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 American Oriental Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Of all books probably the most difficult to review fairly is an elementary foreign language textbook. Such books contain no new information, so criticism must center on presentation, method, appearance, legibility, and so forth. Actually most elementary grammars are pretty good. Unless they contain gross errors or make egregious omissions - and most do not - they are helpful to students and facilitate the work of the instructor in running the course. However, every instructor in the course of time builds up his own set of crotchets and pet peeves which he cannot readily forego when looking at someone else's work. Before I unburden myself in this regard, I should state that ...
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