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Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Grammar—History [Browse]
• Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān active 8th century [Browse]

Related name

• Marogy, Amal [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 65. [More in this series]
• Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; v. 65 [More in this series]

Summary note

This volume is intended as the first in a series of studies on traditional Arab linguistic theories concentrating on Sībawayhi and his grammatical legacy. Here, the reader is introduced to the major issues and themes that have determined the development of Arabic grammar and presents Sībawayhi in the context of his intellectual and social environment. The papers make significant contributions to and offer in-depth introductions into major aspects of the foundations of Arab Linguistics, early Syriac and medieval Hebrew linguistic traditions. This is a unique reference on the three main Semitic linguistic traditions, accompanied by a detailed analysis of some grammatical and pragmatic aspects of Kitāb Sībawayhi in the light of modern theories and scholarship. Contributors include: M. G. Carter, Hanadi Dayyeh, Manuela E.B. Giolfo, Mohamed Hnid, Almog Kasher, Geoffrey Khan, Daniel King, Amal Marogy, Avigail S. Noy, Arik Sadan, Haruko Sakaedani

Notes

• Includes indexes.
• In English, with some Arabic.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language note

English

Contents

• pt. 1. Sībawayhi in the Kitāb
• pt. 2. Sībawayhi in his historical and linguistic context
• pt. 3. The grammar of others.

ISBN

• 1-280-68822-X
• 9786613665164
• 90-04-22965-5

OCLC

795120528

Doi

• 10.1163/9789004229655

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