This guide's focus is modern literary Arabic, particularly the style employed by newspapers. The authors, experienced teachers, begin each chapter with a text embodying the points to be discussed. The carefully chosen vocabulary terms are those that arise most often in spoken and written Arabic, and a vocabulary list appears in the appendix. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1957.
Say It in Arabic by Dover Contains over 1,000 useful sentences and phrases for travel or everyday living abroad: food, shopping, medical aid, courtesy, hotels, travel, and other situations.
Arabic Grammar by W. Wright, W. Robertson Smith, M. J. de Goeje The sine qua non resource for English-speaking students wishing to master the intricacies of Arabic. Although it is purely a reference grammar, it cites many examples of sentences, phrases, and figures of speech.
