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Date: 16 Aug 2012
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Subject:New Book:the Subjuntive in Arabic

Title: The Subjunctive Mood in Arabic Grammatical Thought
Series Title: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics

Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Brill
           http://www.brill.nl


Book URL: http://www.brill.nl/subjunctive-mood-arabic-grammatical-thought


Author: Arik Sadan

Hardback: ISBN:  9789004232952 Pages: 402 Price: Europe EURO 136
Hardback: ISBN:  9789004232952 Pages: 402 Price: U.S. $ 189


Abstract:

In "The Subjunctive Mood in Arabic Grammatical Thought" Arik Sadan outlines
the grammatical theories on the naṣb (subjunctive mood) in Classical
Arabic. Examining over 160 treatises written by 85 grammarians,
lexicographers and Qurʾān commentators, the author defines and
characterizes the opinions of medieval Arab grammarians concerning this
mood in the verbal system of Classical Arabic. Special attention is given
to the prominent early grammarians Sībawayhi (d. ca. 180/796) and al-Farrāʾ
(d. 207/822), who represent the Schools of al-Baṣra and al-Kūfa
respectively.

The analysis of the grammarians' views enables the author to draw several
important conclusions and hypotheses on the syntactic environments of the
subjunctive mood, the dialectal differences relating to its employment and
the historical changes and developments it underwent.

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