RARE monograph on various aspects of Arabic language in different periods from pre-Islamic to modern. The author - Cornelis Henricus Maria Versteegh, better known as Kees Versteegh (b.1947), is a Dutch linguist and Arabist, professor of Islamic studies and the Arabic language at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, whose research and views on the Arabic language and its evolution have been described as groundbreaking. 225x155mm. XIII+194 pages. Hardcover. Cover and spine stained and yellowing/age-stained. Text block upper edge age-stained. Cover edges and corners, and spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare monograph on Arabic language, written by one of the most influential Arabists, is in good condition.