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An Introduction to Egyptian Arabic by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih. Revised 1981. 405 pages. ISBN: 0-932098- 09-06. $35.00. This volume serves as a formal course text of Egyptian Arabic for college students. It consists of lengthy treatment of Egyptian Arabic phonology; Basic Units, Conversations, extensive Grammatical Notes and Drills; and word lists, tests, stories, anecdotes, proverbs and an English-Arabic Lexicon. Accompanying tapes available separately through the U-M Language Resource Center.

A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic - Volume I by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih and A. Fathy Bahig, in association with El-Said M. Badawi and Carolyn G. Killean. 1978. 454 pages. ISBN: 0-932098-11-8. $35.00. Conversations, Cultural Texts, Sociolinguistic Notes. Designed for intermediate-advanced students. Part One consists of conversations in phonetic transcription and Arabic script (with translations), "texts" discussing one or more important ideas of each conversation and comprehensive sociolinguistic notes. Part Two includes 50 "Cultural Texts" discussing cultural points which are not dealt with in Part One. Part Three is an Appendix of useful information. Part Four is a System of Transcriptions. Part Five is a vocabulary list. Accompanying tapes available separately through the U-M Language Resource Center.

A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic -Volume II by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, El-Said M. Badawi and Zaki N. Abdel-Malek in association with Ernest N. McCarus. 1978. 396 pages. ISBN: 0-932098-12-6. $35.00. Proverbs and Metaphoric Expressions. Designed for intermediate-advanced students; includes 695 proverbs and 276 metaphoric expressions in transcription and Arabic script with translation and annotation. Accompanying tapes available separately through the U-M Language Resource Center.

A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic - Volume III by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, Zaki N. Abdel-Malek and El-Said M. Badawi in association with Ernest N. McCarus. 1979. 337 pages. ISBN: 0-932098-13-4. $35.00. A reference Grammar of Egyptian Arabic: grammatical and linguistic terms in dictionary format. No tapes available.

A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic -Volume IV by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, El-Said M. Badawi and Zaki N. Abdel-Malek in association with Ernest N. McCarus. 1979. 494 pages. ISBN: 0-932098-14-2. $35.00. Lexicon, arranged in 34 cultural categories. Part I: Egyptian Arabic- English; Part II: English-Egyptian-Arabic. No tapes available.

A Course in Levantine Arabic by Ernest McCarus, Handi Qafisheh, Raji Rammuny. 1978. 335 pages. ISBN 0-916798-07-0. $35.00. The present version, like the first edition, is designed for college students and business and government employees who intend to use Levantine Arabic for travel, business or government service. This book does not presuppose any prior knowledge of Arabic. The book contains thirty lessons including a wide variety of dialogue topics, grammatical explanations and exercises.

An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih. 1982. 460 pages. ISBN: 0-932098-80-7- X. $35.00. This volume consist of six parts: Phonology, Basic Units, Conversations, Verb tables, Glossary of Technical and Grammatical Terminology and Lexicon (English-Moroccan Arabic and Moroccan Arabic-English). It is designed to serve as a formal course text for two semesters. It is intended as a textbook and a grammar for college students and as a manual for researchers in social sciences. Accompanying tapes available separately through the U-M Language Resource Center.

Advanced Moroccan Arabic by Ernest T. Abdel Massih. 1974. 244 pages. ISBN: 0-932098-08- 8. $35.00. This five-part volume is based on the author's An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic. The thirty-eight texts of this book serve as an introduction to Moroccan ethnology, culture, history, folklore and literature, in addition to giving the reader a more sophisticated exposure to the syntax of the language. Accompanying tapes available separately through the U-M Language Resource Center.

A Sample Lexicon of Pan-Arabic by Ernest T. Abdel Massih. 1975. 157 pages. ISBN: 0-932098-10-X. $15.00. This volume includes 5,405 of the basic high-frequency spoken Arabic words compatible in form with Modern Literary Arabic - words that are widely and clearly recognizable with maximum applicability throughout the Arab countries and are an excellent means of communication for the user. No tapes available.