Arabic Grammar in Its Formative Age: Kitab al-'Ayn and Its Attribution to Halil b.Ahmad (Studies in Semitic Languages & Linguistics): Kitāb ... in Semitic Languages and Linguistics) - Hardcover

Talmon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004108122 ISBN 13: 9789004108127

Publisher: Brill, 1997

Synopsis

This volume establishes the importance of the large grammatical material found in the earliest Arabic dictionary, a unique contemporary of Sibawaihi's Kitab (late 8th century). Aspects of the early Arabic grammatical tradition and the medieval adab literature depicting exemplary heroes of the past are involved in this study of authenticity of the source and its attribution.

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Review:

'...Talmon should be commended for undertaking this venture.'
Monique Bernards, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1999.
'It is a fitting addition to Brill's excellent Semitic languages and linguistics series edited by T. Muraoka and C.H.M. Versteegh...This tome is an impressive synthesis utilizing a solid bibliography of primany and secondary sources.'
Alan S. Kaye.
'Talmon's monograph offers the reader an impressive stock of information supported by an uncommonly rich amount of sources.'
Ladislav Drozdik, Asian and African Studies, 2000.

Synopsis:

This volume deals with the numerous grammatical passages included in the voluminous "Kitab al-'Ayn", the earliest Arabic dictionary (8th century). The material is isolated and classified according to its various grammatical categories and then analyzed, taking account of the current knowledge of the state of Arabic grammar in its early stage of development. The disputed attribution of "Kitab al-'Ayn" to Halil b. Ahmad is reconsidered from the vantage point of this grammatical material.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 9004108122
• ISBN 13: 9789004108127
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448