Arabic Grammar in Its Formative Age: Kitab Al-Ayn and Its Attribution to Halil B. Ahmad (STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS) (English and Arabic Edition) - Hardcover

Talmon, Rafael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004108122 ISBN 13: 9789004108127

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 1997

Synopsis

This volume deals with the numerous grammatical passages included in the voluminous Kitāb al-'Ayn, the earliest Arabic dictionary (8th century). This material is isolated and classified according to its various grammatical categories and then analyzed, taking due account of the current knowledge of the state of Arabic grammar in its early stage of development.
The much disputed attribution of Kitāb al-'Ayn to h̬alīl b. Aḥmad is reconsidered from the vantage point of this grammatical material. This reconsideration involves a critical study of the vast medieval literature about ̬alīl's personality and the question of attribution of this early Arabic dictionary.
In addition to the author's analysis, the volume includes an appendix with citations of the original grammatical passages of this dictionary with useful indices.

About this title

About the Author:

Rafael Talmon, Ph.D. (1981) in Arabic, Tel Aviv University, is Professor of Arabic at the University of Haifa. He has published extensively on the early history of Arabic grammatical tradition and its relations with other linguistic traditions.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Arabic

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 9004108122
• ISBN 13: 9789004108127
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 437