The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics

Sībawayhi and Early Arabic Grammatical Theory
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-22359-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 65, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1160 g

Reihe: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics

This volume is intended as the first in a series of studies on traditional Arab linguistic theories concentrating on Sibawayhi 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 Sibawayhi 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 Kitab Sibawayhi 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

Zielgruppe

Arabists, general linguistics, Semiticists, especially Syriasts and Hebraists. The book provides students and researchers with a unique reference on the Foundations of the main Semitic linguistic traditions accompanied by a detailed analysis of Kitab Sibawayhi.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marogy, Amal Elesha

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Theoretische Linguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Foreword
List of contributors

Part I Sibawayhi in the Kitab
1. The term maf'ul in Sibawayhi’s Kitab
Almog Kasher
2. Don’t be absurd: the term muhal in Sibawayhi’s Kitab
Avigail S. Noy
3. Spatial language in the Kitab of Sibawayhi – the case of the preposition fi/in
Mohammed Hnid
4. The Relation between frequency of usage and deletion in Sibawayhi’s Kitab
Hanadi Dayyeh

Part II Sibawayhi in his historical and linguistic context
5. The parsing of Sibawayhi’s Kitab, title of chapter 1, or fifty ways to lose your reader
M. G. Carter
6. Zayd, 'Amr and 'Abdullahi: theory of proper names and reference in early Arabic grammatical tradition
Amal E. Marogy
7. yaqum vs qama 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
8. A comparison between the usage of laysa in the Qur'an and laysa in Sibawayhi’s Kitab
Haruko Sakaedani
9. The mood of the verb following hatta, according to medieval Arab grammarians
Arik Sadan

Part III The Grammar of Others
10. Elements of the Syriac grammatical tradition as these relate to the origins of Arabic grammar
Daniel King
11. The medieval Karaite tradition of Hebrew grammar
Geoffrey Khan

Über Autor(innen)

Marogy, Amal Elesha
Amal E. Marogy, Ph.D. (2007) in Oriental Languages and Cultures, is lector of Arabic at Cambridge University. She is organiser of the Foundations of Arabic linguistics Conferences, FAL1 (2010) and FAL2 (2012) and her publications include Kitab Sibawayhi: Syntax and Pragmatics (2010).

Amal E. Marogy, Ph.D. (2007) in Oriental Languages and Cultures, is lector of Arabic at Cambridge University. She is organiser of the Foundations of Arabic linguistics Conferences, FAL1 (2010) and FAL2 (2012) and her publications include Kitab Sibawayhi: Syntax and Pragmatics (2010).