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Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Grammar—History [Browse]
• Sibawayh, Amr ibn Uthman 8th cent [Browse]

Related name

• Marogy, Amal [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 65. [More in this series]
• Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 65

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

• Preliminary Material
• The Term Mafʿūl in Sībawayhi’s Kitāb / Almog Kasher
• Don’t Be Absurd: The Term Muḥāl in Sībawayhi’s Kitāb / Avigail S. Noy
• Spatial Language in the Kitāb of Sībawayhi—The Case of the Preposition fī/in / Mohamed Hnid
• The Relation between Frequency of Usage and Deletion in Sībawayhi’s Kitāb / Hanadi Dayyeh
• The Parsing of Sībawayhi’s Kitāb, Title of Chapter 1, or Fifty Ways to Lose Your Reader / M.G. Carter
• Zayd, ʿAmr and ʿAbdullāhi: Theory of Proper Names and Reference in Early Arabic Grammatical Tradition / Amal E. Marogy
• yaqum vs qāma in the Conditional Context: A Relativistic Interpretation of the Frontier between the Prefixed and the Suffixed Conjugations of the Arabic Language / Manuela E.B. Giolfo
• A Comparison between the Usage of laysa in the Qurʾān and laysa in Sībawayhi’s Kitāb / Haruko Sakaedani
• The Mood of the Verb Following Ḥattā, according to Medieval Arab Grammarians / Arik Sadan
• Elements of the Syriac Grammatical Tradition as these Relate to the Origins of Arabic Grammar / Daniel King
• The Medieval Karaite Tradition of Hebrew Grammar / Geoffrey Khan
• Subject Index
• Index of Names.

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ISBN

• 9786613665164
• 9781280688225
• 128068822X
• 9789004229655
• 9004229655

LCCN

2012007523

OCLC

795120528

Doi

• 10.1163/9789004229655

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