The legacy of the Kitāb : Sībawayhi's analytical methods within the context of the Arabic grammatical theory / by Ramzi Baalbaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baʻlabakkī, Ramzī.

Series:

Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 51.

Brill eBook titles 2008

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān, active 8th century. Kitāb.

Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān.

Arabic language--History.

Arabic language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Sībawayhi's analytical methods within the context of the Arabic grammatical theory

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive study of the Kitāb of Sībawayhi (d. 180/796), undoubtedly the most authoritative work in the long history of Arabic grammar. It carefully examines the methodological concepts and methods that underline Sībawayhi’s analysis of Arabic and the way in which these methods evolved at the hands of later grammarians. Placing the Kitāb within the context of early Arabic philological activity, this book analyzes a wide range of its passages and demonstrates the coherency of its author’s system of grammatical analysis and the interrelatedness of his analytical tools and notions. In particular, Sībawayhi’s huge influence on the overall Arabic grammatical tradition is highlighted throughout the book. This notwithstanding, it is argued that most later grammarians largely neglect the semantic dimension which vividly features in Sībawayhi’s approach to language as a social behavior and his reconstruction of the internal thinking of the speaker and the listener.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / R. Baalbaki

Chapter Two. Fundamental analytical tools in the Kitāb / R. Baalbaki

Chapter Three. Sῑbawayhi’s analytical methods / R. Baalbaki

Chapter Four. Comparison with subsequent authors / R. Baalbaki

Bibliographical references / R. Baalbaki

Indices / R. Baalbaki.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-319) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612399275

9781282399273

1282399276

9789047442301

904744230X

OCLC:

592756373

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004168138.i-338 DOI