The foundations of grammar [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to medieval Arabic grammatical theory / / Jonathan Owens
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| Autore: |
Owens Jonathan
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| Titolo: |
The foundations of grammar [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to medieval Arabic grammatical theory / / Jonathan Owens
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (383 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 492/.75/09 |
| Soggetto topico: | Arabic language - Grammar - Theory, etc - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-357) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | THE FOUNDATIONS OF GRAMMAR AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL ARABIC GRAMMATICAL THEORY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Symbols and conventions; PREFACE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, CLASS and DEPENDENCY; 3. MORPHOLOGY; 4. WORD CLASSES; 5. THE NOUN PHRASE; 6. TRANSITIVITY; 7. ELLIPSIS; 8. MARKEDNESS IN ARABIC THEORY; 9. SYNTAX, SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS; NOTES; APPENDIX I. LIST OF MEDIEVAL ARABIC LINGUISTICS WHOSE WORKS ARE CITED; APPENDIX II. BRIEF SUMMARY OF GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTIONS; APPENDIX III. ORIGINAL ARABIC QUOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| INDEX OF NAMES FROM THE CLASSICAL PERIODSUBJECT INDEX; INDEX OF ARABIC GRAMMATICAL TERMS | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Arabic grammatical tradition is one of the great traditions in the history of linguistics, yet it is also one that is comparatively unknown to modern western linguistics. The purpose of the present book is to provide an introduction to this grammatical tradition not merely by summarizing it, but by putting it into a perspective that will make it accessible to any linguist trained in the western tradition. The reader should not by put off by the word 'medieval': Arabic grammatical theory shares a number of fundamental similarities with modern linguistic theory. Indeed, one might argue that |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The foundations of grammar |
| ISBN: | 1-283-31377-4 |
| 9786613313775 | |
| 90-272-7863-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458054703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series III, . -Studies in the history of the language sciences ; ; v. 45.