The foundations of Arabic linguistics, IV : The Evolution of Theory / Manuela E. B. Giolfo, Kees Versteegh.

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English
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1st ed.
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Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2019.
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This volume contains sixteen contributions from the fourth conference on the Foundations of Arabic linguistics (Genova, 2016), all having to do with the development of linguistic theory in the Arabic grammatical tradition, starting from Sībawayhi's Kitāb (end of the 8th century C.E.) and its continuing evolution in later grammarians up till the 14th century C.E. The scope of this volume includes the links between grammar and other disciplines, such as lexicography and logic, and the reception of Arabic grammar in the Persian and Malay linguistic tradition.
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Volume 2 contains contributions from the second Foundations of Arabic Linguistics Conference, hosted by the University of Cambridge in 2012.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Notes on Contributors
  • The Evolution of Theory in the Arabic Linguistic Tradition / Manuela E.B. Giolfo and Kees Versteegh
  • Contribution to a Modern Reading of Sībawayhi / Hassina Aliane
  • Pronouns in Sībawayhi’s Kitāb and Related Concepts: ḍamīr, ʾiḍmār, muḍmar / Georgine Ayoub
  • Grammar for Beginners and Ibn Hišām’s Approach to Issues of ʾiʿrāb / Ramzi Baalbaki
  • Sallaṭa/tasallaṭa, a Possible Parallel for ‘Govern’? / Michael G. Carter
  • The Notion of taqdīm wa-taʾḫīr in al-Kitāb and Its Development in the Arabic Grammatical Tradition until the 4th/10th Century / Hanadi Dayyeh
  • The Intriguing Issue of Dictionary Arrangement in Medieval Arabic Lexicography / Joseph Dichy
  • Can Ambrosiana X 56 Sup. Improve Our Understanding of Sībawayhi’s Grammar? / Jean Druel
  • Conditionality: Syntax and Meaning in al-Sīrāfī and Ibn Sīnā / Manuela E.B. Giolfo and Wilfrid Hodges
  • The Technical Terms taqdīr and taḫfīf in Persian Classical Sources / Éva M. Jeremiás
  • How to Parse Effective Objects according to Arab Grammarians? A Dissenting Opinion on al-mafʿūl al-muṭlaq / Almog Kasher
  • The Phenomenon of ittisāʿ al-kalām in Old Arabic / Aryeh Levin
  • Which Verbal Nouns Can Function as Adverbial Accusatives of State or Condition (ḥāl) according to Sībawayhi and Later Grammarians? / Arik Sadan
  • What is Definiteness in Arabic? Focusing on Proper Nouns for Genera and ʾasmāʾ mubhama ‘Ambiguous Nouns’ / Haruko Sakaedani
  • Definition and Determination in Medieval Arabic Grammatical Thought / Manuel Sartori
  • The Concept of tawṭiʾa in the Medieval Arabic Grammatical Tradition / Beata Sheyhatovitch
  • Malay Grammar between Arab and Western Model / Kees Versteegh
  • Back Matter
  • Index.
ISBN
  • 9789004389694
  • 9004389695
OCLC
933446460
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  • 10.1163/9789004389694
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