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

• Autore: Owens Jonathan
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Disciplina: 492/.75/09
• Soggetto topico: Arabic language - Grammar - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Early Arabic Grammatical Theory
• ISBN: 1-283-31354-5; 9786613313546; 90-272-7809-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457760603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series III, . -Studies in the history of the language sciences ; ; v. 53.