Kitab Sibawayhi : syntax and pragmatics / by Amal Marogy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marogy, Amal.

Series:

Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 56.

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Grammar--History.

Arabic language.

Arabic language--Grammar.

Kitāb (Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān).

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

Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2010.

Summary:

This book presents a comprehensive portrait of the Kitāb Sībawayhi . It offers new insights into its historical and linguistic arguments and underlines their strong correlation. The decisive historical argument highlights al-Ḥīra’s role, not only as the centre of pre-Islamic Arabic culture, but also as the matrix within which early Arab linguistics grew and developed. The Kitāb ’s value as a communicative grammar forms the crux of the linguistic argument. The complementarity of syntax and pragmatics is established as a condition sine qua non for Sībawayhi’s analysis of language. The benefits of a complementary approach are reflected in the analysis of nominal sentences and related notions of ibtidā’ and definiteness. The pragmatic principle of identifiability is uncovered as the ultimate determiner of word order.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Amal E. Marogy

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / Amal E. Marogy

COMPLEMENTARITY / Amal E. Marogy

DEFINITENESS AND IDENTIFIABILITY / Amal E. Marogy

MUBTADAʾ, TOPIC AND THEME / Amal E. Marogy

CONCLUSION / Amal E. Marogy

BIBLIOGRAPHY / Amal E. Marogy

LIST OF TERMS / Amal E. Marogy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789047440529

9047440528

OCLC:

993089071

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047440529 DOI