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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455094003321

Autore

Baʻlabakkī Ramzī

Titolo

The legacy of the Kitab [[electronic resource] ] : Sibawayhi's analytical methods within the context of the Arabic grammatical theory / / by Ramzi Baalbaki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-282-39927-6

9786612399275

90-474-4230-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Collana

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 51

Disciplina

492.75

Soggetti

Arabic language - Grammar - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.