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EACH VOLUME IN THE CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS LANGUAGE HANDBOOK SERIES, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE MAJOR MODERN LANGUAGES OF ASIA AND AFRICA, IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE AN OUTLINE OF THE SALIENT FEATURES OF A PARTICULAR LANGUAGE AND A SUMMARY OF THE LANGUAGE SITUATION AND LANGUAGE PROBLEMS OF THE COUNTRY OR AREA IN WHICH IT IS SPOKEN. THE ARABIC LANGUAGE HANDBOOK OF THIS SERIES, WHILE NOT INTENDED AS MATERIAL FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION OR CULTURAL STUDIES, MAY BE USED BY THE LINGUISTIC SPECIALIST, THE ADVANCED STUDENT OF ARABIC, OR THE AREA SPECIALIST. ASSUMING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LINGUISTIC SOPHISTICATION ON THE PART OF THE READER, THE TEXT OUTLINES ARABIC STRUCTURE, THE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL ARABIC, AND THE LINGUISTIC PRACTICE OF THE ARABS. A SELECTIVE, PARTIALLY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVIDES FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING READILY AVAILABLE READING MATERIALS, INCLUDING BEGINNING TEXTBOOKS FOR STUDENTS OF ARABIC. THIS HANDBOOK IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR $3.00 FROM THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICATIONS, CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS, 1717 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C., 20036. (AM)