Table of Contents

TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLITERATION SYSTEMS, INTRODUCTION The problem and its dimensions Purpose and justification Language 1 ARABIC WORD STRUCTURE 1.1 The word 1.2 Standard Arabic stems 1.3 Lexical patterns 1.4 Arabic syllabic structure 1.5 Stress 2 LEXICAL GROWTH THROUGH DERIVATION AND ANALOGY 2 LEXICAL GROWTH THROUGH DERIVATION AND ANALOGY 2.1 Concepts and definitions The concept of al-Qiy s (analogy) 2.2 Growth of vocabulary: historical background 2.3 Lexical adaptation in the first renaissance 2.4 Analogical derivation and modern scientific vocabulary 3 COMPOUNDING: ITS ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE 3.1 The concept of Naht 3.2 Naht in medieval Arabic 3.3 Naht in modern Standard Arabic 3.3.4 Types of naht construction in modern scientific Arabic 3.4 Al-Murakkabu 1-Mazjiyy (mixed compound) Double nisbah formations 4 ARABICIZATION: A METHOD OF LEXICAL EXPANSION IN ARABIC INTRODUCTION 4.1 Preliminaries and definitions 4.2 History and development 4.3 Borrowing as viewed by Arab writers 4.4 Analogical arabicization: its significance 5 THE QUESTIONNAIRE 5.1 Reasons and objectives 5.2 About the questionnaire 5.3 Results and findings

About the Author

Abdul Sahib Mehdi Ali Head of the Department of Translation al-Mustansiriyyah University, Baghdad.