Arabic-L:LING:New Book on Early Arabic Linguistics

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Date: 20 Mar 2003
From: CTenaglia at Eisenbrauns.com
Subject:New Book on Early Arabic Linguistics


"Eighth-Century Iraqi Grammar: A Critical Exploration of Pre-Halilian
Arabic
Linguistics." Harvard Semitic Studies 53. Rafael Talmon. Harvard Semitic
Museum / Eisenbrauns. 2003. Pp. xiv + 347. Hardback. ISBN 1-57506-912-1.
List $44.95, Sale $41.80

Arabic grammatical thinking provides one of the richest and most
significant
contributions of medieval Islamic sciences to the history of human
civilization. For the first time this book traces down its formation
during
the second century of Islam (eighth century A.D.), before the age of
famous
Halil b. Ahmad and his disciple Sibawayhi. Some 240 excerpts extracted
from
the earliest sources of the eighth and ninth centuries create a unique
database, which is then analyzed critically. Consequently a clear scheme
emerges of the sophisticated grammar of this pre-Halilian era. As a
result,
Halil's and Sibawayhi's revolt on this tradition is considered in
detail.

Contents:

Introduction

PART 1: GRAMMARIANS AND THEIR TEACHING
Chapter 1: Grammarians and Their Milieux according to the Early Sources
Chapter 2: Pre-Halilian Grammatical Teaching: A Data Survey in the Early
Sources Chapter 3: Textual Confrontation: Establishment of Historical
Relations among the Early Texts

PART 2: HALIL'S FORERUNNERS AND THE HALILIAN REFORMATION Chapter 1: The
Structure of Pre-Sibawayhian Grammar Introduction Chapter 2: Halil's and
Sibawayhi's Reformation

List of Abbreviations
Bibliography
Indexes

http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~I~TALEIGHTH

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