Arabic Grammar and LinguisticsYasir Suleiman This book explores aspects of the Arabic Grammatical Tradition and Arabic Linguistics from both a theoretical and descriptive perspective. It also touches on issues of relevance to other disciplines, particularly Qur'anic exegesis and jurisprudence. The links between the fields of language and religion are historically strong in the Arabic and Islamic traditions as so much time and effort was spent by grammarians in interpreting the precise meanings of two of the main sources of Islamic jurisprudence - the Quran and Hadith. Prof Suleiman has assembled an international team of experts in this area and presents a thorough review of the sources and arguments. The book will be of interest to all students, researchers and teachers of Arabic Language and Culture. |
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action Addad adhaban al-Sharq al-Awsat analysis anna Arab grammarians Arabic grammatical tradition Arabic language Arabic Linguistics autonomy Baalbaki Beirut Cairo commentary constituents context definition denoting discussion Egyptian Arabic elements example explanation extralinguistic concept fa'il fi'l folktale function genre Goldenberg grammatical category grammaticalization hadath hadha hasanan headline Ibn Hisham Ibn Usfur Ibn Ya‘Ish Idah inna inner object interpretation Iraqi Arabic kana language later grammarians lexeme lexical literary Arabic llaha logic maful mutlaq main clause Majaz masdar meaning medieval Arabic grammatical MGIT modal expressions modem Muhammad narration negation nexus nominal noun occur Palestinian particle perfect aspect pronoun Qur'an repetition reverse gender reference sadaqa semantic sense sentence Sharh shay'an Sibawayhi speech status style Suleiman syntactic syntax Tafsir technical grammatical term theory tothe translation verb verbal Versteegh vocative wa-la word yaba yumma Zajjaji Zayd ibn Zayd ibn Ali Zaydan