| Grammarians and Grammatical Theory in the Medieval Arabic Tradition Contributor(s): Baalbaki, Ramzi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0860789489 ISBN-13: 9780860789482 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $217.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Arabic - History |
| Dewey: 492.75 |
| LCCN: 2003057931 |
| Series: Variorum Collected Studies |
| Physical Information: (1.43 lbs) 356 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Professor Baalbaki deals here with the Arabic grammatical tradition and the analytical methods of the medieval Arab grammarians. The essays included open new perspectives on the most authoritative work on Arabic grammar, Sibawayhi's tome or Kitab, on the relation between grammatical study and other areas of linguistic enquiry such as Qur'anic readings and stylistics, and on the techniques which the grammarians employed to explain and rationalize usage and to incorporate within their system the vast body of dialectal material which the corpus comprises. The author has sought to highlight the central position which Arabic grammar enjoys within the wider Arab culture, and in so doing has examined several aspects of a legacy which has been revered over a millennium and which forms to this very day the backbone of the teaching of grammar in the Arab world. |