Arabic Grammar of the Written Language. 3rd edition

1927

Brasch PJ6307 H32 1927

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.

Apart from the various types of spoken Arabic, the language (a Central Semitic one) is mainly divided into classical (فصحى اَلتُّرَاث fuṣḥá t-turāth); and modern standard Arabic (فصحى العصر fuṣḥá l-‘aṣr). These two carry subtle differences. With the increased number of travellers (be they adventurers or tourists) to the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries, and scholars increasingly interested in the language, a plethora of ‘How to’ Arabic grammars were produced. This Rev. G.W. Thatcher’s Grammar (1927) was once owned by Charles Brasch (1909-1973), who used it while in Egypt during the early 1930s.