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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.

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.

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.

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.

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