Publications
24 publications spanning journal articles, conference proceedings, and edited volumes.
2024
Rhetorical Structures in Classical Arabic Poetry: A Comparative Reading
Muhammad Ahmad — Journal of Arabic Literature
Journal ArticleView →Morphosyntactic Variation in Modern Standard Arabic Media Discourse
Muhammad Ahmad, Fatima Nuraini — International Conference on Arabic Linguistics
Conference Paper
2023
Qur'anic Exegesis and the Semantics of Metaphor in al-Zamakhshari
Muhammad Ahmad — Studies in Islamic Philology
Journal ArticleView →Teaching Classical Arabic Grammar in the Digital Age
Muhammad Ahmad, Ibrahim Suleiman — Journal of Arabic Language Pedagogy
Journal ArticleThe Maqama Genre and Its Afterlives in Modern Arabic Fiction
Muhammad Ahmad — Comparative Literature Review
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2022
Case Marking and Information Structure in Classical Arabic Syntax
Muhammad Ahmad, Aisha Bello — Annual Conference on Semitic Linguistics
Conference PaperArabic Lexicography from al-Khalil to the Digital Corpus
Muhammad Ahmad — Historiography of Linguistics
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2021
Prosody and Meter in Pre-Islamic Odes: A Reassessment
Muhammad Ahmad — Approaches to Classical Arabic Studies (edited volume)
Book ChapterDiglossia and Identity: Code-Switching Among Arabic-Speaking Youth in West Africa
Muhammad Ahmad, Zainab Adamu — Journal of Sociolinguistics
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2020
Ibn Jinni and the Theory of Linguistic Derivation Revisited
Muhammad Ahmad — Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik
Journal ArticleView →Narrative Voice in the Modern Arabic Novel: Naguib Mahfouz Reconsidered
Muhammad Ahmad — World Literature Today Symposium
Conference Paper
2019
The Balagha Tradition and Its Relevance to Modern Stylistics
Muhammad Ahmad, Umar Farouk — Journal of Arabic Rhetoric Studies
Journal ArticleView →Manuscript Traditions of al-Mutanabbi's Diwan: A Textual Comparison
Muhammad Ahmad — Journal of Islamic Manuscripts
Journal Article
2018
Second Language Acquisition of Arabic Morphology Among Non-Native Speakers
Muhammad Ahmad, Hadiza Musa — Applied Linguistics in the Arab World (edited volume)
Book ChapterThe Qasida Form in Contemporary Nigerian Arabic Poetry
Muhammad Ahmad — African Journal of Arabic Studies
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2017
Grammatical Theorization in Sibawayh's al-Kitab: A Structural Analysis
Muhammad Ahmad — Working Papers in Arabic Grammar
Working PaperTranslation and Loss: Rendering Arabic Rhetorical Devices in English
Muhammad Ahmad, Grace Okafor — Translation Studies Quarterly
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2016
Arabic Language Policy and Education in Post-Colonial West Africa
Muhammad Ahmad — Comparative Education Conference
Conference Paper
2015
The Concept of I'jaz in Classical Qur'anic Scholarship
Muhammad Ahmad — Journal of Qur'anic Studies
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2014
Oral Tradition and Written Text in Early Arabic Poetry Transmission
Muhammad Ahmad, Yusuf Danladi — Studies in Oral Literature
Journal Article
2013
A Contrastive Study of Arabic and Hausa Phonological Systems
Muhammad Ahmad — West African Linguistics Society Proceedings
Conference Paper
2012
The Role of Isnad in Establishing Textual Authority in Classical Arabic Literature
Muhammad Ahmad — Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
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2010
Foundations of Arabic Syntactic Theory: A Pedagogical Introduction
Muhammad Ahmad — Introductory Readings in Arabic Linguistics (edited volume)
Book Chapter
2009
On the Origins of the I'rab System in Early Arabic Grammar
Muhammad Ahmad — Journal of Semitic Studies
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