In this book, Antar Abdellah presents perspectives on the theory of language and the applications of language teaching and language learning. The Linguistics part handles issues in Semantics, Phonology and a review of the government theory in Syntax. The perspectives on teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) mark the application of language theories in language teaching. Two case studies are presented; problems and suggestions in teaching the Arabic sound system and in teaching word roots and the broken plural. The last part of the book ; perspectives on TEFL, handles case studies on...