Basic Emirati Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook - Paperback

by Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung (Author), Dimitrios Ntelitheos (Author), Meera Al Kaabi (Author)

Basic Emirati Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook is an elementary-level grammar of the variety of Gulf Arabic spoken in the United Arab Emirates.

Author Biography

Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung is Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Cognitive Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. He specializes in the syntax of Emirati Arabic and the psycholinguistics of Arabic and Southeast Asian languages.

Dimitrios Ntelitheos is Professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Speech Language Pathology Department at United Arab Emirates University. His research and published work focus on Malagasy, Greek, and Emirati Arabic morphological and syntactic structure and its acquisition by children.

Meera Al Kaabi is an Associate Professor at the Cognitive Science Department of UAEU and a visiting scholar at NYUAD. She works in neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language disorders, and Arabic morphology. She also has a professional background in academic administration and policy development.