Department of Linguistics

Arabic Languages and Linguistics

Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations and spoken by more than half a billion people around the world, is of increasing importance in political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: Earliest grammatical accounts date from the 8th century, and included full syntactic, morphological and phonological analyses of the vernaculars and of Classical and Modern Standard Arabic -- the religious language of the Quran and the language of poetry. In recent years the academic study of Arabic has become increasingly sophisticated and broad.

Organizers
Graham Katz (Department of Linguistics)
Reem Bassiouney (Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies)