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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815799003321

Autore

Baʻlabakkī Ramzī

Titolo

The Arabic lexicographical tradition : from the 2nd/8th to the 12th/18th century / / by Ramzi Baalbaki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27401-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (499 p.)

Collana

Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, the Near and Middle East, , 0169-9423 ; ; Volume 107

Disciplina

492.703

Soggetti

Arabic language - Lexicography - History

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Early Lexicographical Activity -- 2 Mubawwab (Onomasiological) and Specialized Lexica -- 3 Muǧannas (Semasiological) Lexica -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical References -- Index of Names -- Index of Books.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive and methodologically sophisticated history of Arabic lexicography, this book fills a serious gap in modern scholarship. Besides meticulously examining the factors that led to the emergence of lexicographical writing as of the second/eighth century, the work comprises detailed discussions of the aims, range, and approaches of the most important writings and writers of lexica specialized in specific topics and multi thematic thesauri, and the lexica arranged according to roots. The organisation of the book and the lists of works cited in the various genres make it easy for the reader to find his way through an enormous amount of material. From a broader perspective, the book highlights the relationship between Arabic lexicography and other areas of linguistic study, grammar in particular, and the centrality of Qurʾan and poetry to lexicographical writing.