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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457760603321

Autore

Owens Jonathan

Titolo

Early Arabic grammatical theory [[electronic resource] ] : heterogeneity and standardization / / Jonathan Owens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990

ISBN

1-283-31354-5

9786613313546

90-272-7809-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 53

Disciplina

492/.75/09

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. [275]-283) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

EARLY ARABIC GRAMMATICAL THEORY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; PREFACE; Table of contents; I. INTRODUCTION; II. TWO GENERAL POINTS; III. FARRA' AS LINGUIST; IV. SIBAWAYH'S METHODOLOGY; V. NOUN COMPLEMENTATION; VI. SIBAWAYH AND FARRA' VS. LATER GRAMMARIANS; VII. FARRA' AS TRANSITIONAL FIGURE; VIII. FARRA' AND THE PERIOD OF HETEROGENEITY; IX. MINOR WRITERS; CHAPTER X. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASRAN AND KUFAN SCHOOLS; XI. THE STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY ARABIC SYNTACTIC THEORY; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II. ARABIC QUOTES

APPENDIX III. GRAMMARIANS CITED AS SOURCESREFERENCES; INDEX OF ARABIC GRAMMARIANS; INDEX OF ARABIC GRAMMATICAL TERMS; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The Arabic grammatical tradition is remarkable for having organized a large amount of descriptive material within a sophisticated formal framework. The present study seeks to elucidate the early development of this system from a theory-internal perspective; it is mainly concerned with the development of the syntactic theory as a formal object, as system of rules. This endeavor is constituted of four sub-



goals: a description of early developments, their periodization, their relation to the traditional account in terms of the Basran and Kufan schools, and their relation to modern linguistic theo