| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 334 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; volume 51 |
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Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 51.
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| Contents |
Preface -- The background of the Kitāb -- Introduction -- Early "grammatical" activity and the Kitāb -- Grammarians cited in the Kitāb -- Grammatical works contemporary with the Kitāb -- Fundamental analytical tools in the Kitāb -- Introduction -- Samā' (attested data) -- Qiyās (analogy) -- ʻIlla (cause) -- Taqdīr (suppletive insertion) -- ʻAmal (government) -- Aṣl (origin) -- Group membership -- Sībawayhi's analytical methods -- Introduction -- The preservation of "basic rules" -- The classification of data within a coherent system -- The balance between form and meaning -- The role of the speaker and listener -- The use of mitāl and Šāhid -- The tools of checking system validity -- The internal unity of the Kitāb -- Comparison with subsequent authors -- Introduction -- From Sībawayhi to Mubarrad -- The degeneration of Sībawayhi's approach and the predominance of formal considerations -- The pedagogical implications -- Attempts to restore the role of meaning |
| Summary |
A study of the ""Kitab of Sibawayhi"", a work in the long history of Arabic grammar. It examines the methodological concepts and methods that underline ""Sibawayhi's"" analysis of Arabic and the way in which these methods evolved at the hands of later grammarians |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references pages (307-319) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān, active 8th century. Kitāb.
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| SUBJECT |
Kitāb (Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān) fast |
| Subject |
Arabic language -- Grammar -- History
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic.
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Arabic language -- Grammar
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008014324 |
| ISBN |
9789047442301 |
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904744230X |
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9004168133 |
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9789004168138 |
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1282399276 |
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9781282399273 |
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9786612399275 |
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6612399279 |
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