Includes the Arabic text of Ibn Wallād's Kitāb al-Intiṣār, edited by Monique Bernards.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary Material -- PREFACE -- Setting the stage -- SĪBAWAYH, HIS KITĀB, AND THE SCHOOLS OF BASRA AND KUFA ACCORDING TO THE CLASSICAL ARAB TRADITION -- AN OVERVIEW OF AL-MUBARRAD’S LIFE, SOCIAL CONTACTS AND THE CULTURAL MILIEU OF THE TIME -- Grammaticalities -- AL-MUBARRAD’S GRAMMATICAL POSITION: HIS ORIGINALITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS CRITICISM -- ILLUSTRATION OF AL-MUBARRAD’S GRAMMATICAL POSITION: AN ANALYSIS OF FOUR GRAMMATICAL ISSUES -- The reception of Sībawayh's book -- SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH -- INVENTORY OF THE INTIṢĀR -- LIST OF OVERLAPPING ITEMS FROM THE DERENBOURG EDITION OF THE KITĀB SĪBAWAYH AND THE INTIṢĀR -- EXPLICIT REFERENCES TO SĪBAWAYH IN AL-MUBARRAD’S MUQTAḌAB -- REFERENCES -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF GRAMMATICAL ITEMS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITION OF THE INTIṢĀR.

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This study deals with the development of Arabic linguistics as a distinct Islamic science. The period covered ranges from the founding father of Arabic grammar, Sībawayh, up through the classical era focusing on the grammarian al-Mubarrad (d. 285 AH/898 AD). The reader is introduced to the environment in which Arabic grammar evolved. Subsequently, al-Mubarrad's position vis-à-vis Sībawayh and other contemporary grammarians is analyzed in depth and, finally, his decisive role in the development of Arabic linguistics is discussed. Those interested in the intellectual history of early Islam will benefit from the study since it revises current interpretations on the development of Arabic grammar and questions the historicity of the so-called \'grammatical schools\'. A separate edition of the oldest extant commentary on the Kitāb Sībawayh , by Ibn Wallād (d.332 AH/943 AD), is included.

In English and Arabic.