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The foundations of Arabic linguistics III : the development of a tradition: continuity and change /

The foundations of Arabic linguistics III : the development of a tradition: continuity and change / edited by Georgine Ayoub, Kees Versteegh. - 1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics ; 94 . - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 94. Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004328068. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- List of Contributors -- Introduction / Case and Reference / The Grammatical and Lexicographical Traditions / A Twelfth Century League Table of Arab Grammarians / Blind Spots in Raḍī l-Dīn al-ʾAstarābāḏī’s Grammar of Numerals / Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics in al-Sīrāfī and Ibn Sīnā / Early Pedagogical Grammars of Arabic / What is Meant by al-ḥāl al-muqaddara? / Demonstratives in Sībawayhi’s Kitāb / How Have the Descriptions of taḥḏīr Changed? / Origin and Conceptual Evolution of the Term taḫṣīṣ in Arabic Grammar / The Classification of the Verb in the Arab Grammatical Tradition / Learning Arabic in the Islamic World / Back Matter -- Index. Georgine Ayoub and Kees Versteegh -- Georgine Ayoub -- Ramzi Baalbaki -- Michael G. Carter -- Jean N. Druel -- Manuela E.B. Giolfo and Wilfrid Hodges -- Almog Kasher -- Aryeh Levin -- Arik Sadan -- Haruko Sakaedani -- Manuel Sartori -- Zeinab A. Taha -- Kees Versteegh --

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All contributions deal with the reception of theories in the Arabic grammatical tradition from the time of Sībawayhi (d. end of the 8th century C.E.) to the later grammarians in the 14th century C.E.. After Sībawayhi, considerable changes in the linguistic situation took place. The language of the Arab Bedouin described by him died as a native language. Grammars also changed, even if grammarians used for the most part the data given by Sībawayhi. This volume aims to determine continuities and changes in Arabic grammars, providing a new perspective on the impact of cultural and historical developments and on the founding principles of Sībawayhi's Kitāb .

9789004365216

10.1163/9789004365216 DOI


Arabic language--Grammar--History.

PJ6106 / .F68 2018

492.7/5