CONTENTS -- 1. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ARABIC IN ARAB-MUSLIM SOCIETY -- A Medium of Artistic and Correct Expression -- An Instrument of Religion -- A Medium of Culture -- Mainstay of Contemporary Nationalism -- The Views of the Reformers -- The Views of the Theorists -- 2. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LANGUAGE -- 3. THE CODIFICATION OF THE LANGUAGE AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES -- 4. THE DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH, AND DECLINE OF THE LANGUAGE -- The State of Arabic in Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Times (c. 500-661) -- The State of Arabic under the Umayyads and 'Abbāsids (661-1258) -- The Umayyads of Damascus (661-750) -- The 'Abbāsids (750-1258) -- The Period of Decline (1258-c. 1800) -- 5. THE ARAB WORLD CONFRONTS THE WEST -- The Reform Movement -- An Interpretation of Islām -- Re-establishment of the Caliphate -- Emancipation of Women -- Islām and Social Institutions -- Political and Cultural Results -- 6. THE REVIVAL OF LITERARY ARABIC IN MODERN TIMES -- Egypt and North Africa -- The Fertile Crescent -- Joint Efforts of the Arab States -- 7. LEADERS OF THE LINGUISTIC MOVEMENT AND LINGUISTIC STUDIES -- Egypt -- The Fertile Crescent -- 8. PROBLEMS AND PROPOSALS FOR THE REFORM OF ARABIC -- The Coining of Technico-Scientific Terminology (wad' al-mustalahāt al-'ilmiyyah) -- The Arabic Script -- The Classical Arabic (fushā) versus the Colloquial ('āmmiyyah) -- 9. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- LIST OF PERIODICALS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Western Works and Articles -- Arabic Works and Articles -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.