The foundations of Arabic linguistics : Sibawayhi and early Arabic grammatical theory / edited by Amal Elesha Marogy ; with a foreword by M.G. Carter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marogy, Amal.

Series:

Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 65.

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Grammar--History.

Arabic language.

Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān, active 8th century.

Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

In English, with some Arabic.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613665164

9781280688225

128068822X

9789004229655

9004229655

OCLC:

795120528

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004229655 DOI