Early medieval Arabic : studies on al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad / edited by Karin C. Ryding.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ryding, Karin C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Khalīl ibn Aḥmad, 718?-786?.

Khalīl ibn Aḥmad.

Philologists--Iraq--Baṣrah--Biography.

Philologists.

Iraq--Baṣrah.

Arabic language.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 144 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [1998]

Summary:

The first book in English on the founder of Arabic linguistic theory, Al-Khalil was a distinguished lexicographer, phonologist, grammarian, educator, and musicologist.

Contents:

Another Khalil: Courtier, Teacher, and Sage / Michael G. Carter 16

Kitab al-'ayn and Jamharat al-lugha / Ramzi Baalbaki 44

Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad and Music / Eckhard Neubauer 63

Aspects of the Genitive: Taxonomy in al-Jumal fi al-nahw / Karin C. Ryding 92.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0878406638

OCLC:

37527681