The legacy of the Kitab
Subtitle: Sibawayhi's analytical methods within the context of the Arabic grammatical theory
By: by Ramzi Baalbaki.
Series: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; v. 51
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9789004168138
Subjects: Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān, -- 8th cent; Arabic language -- Grammar -- History
Other titles: Sibawayhi's analytical methods within the context of the Arabic grammatical theory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Background of the Kitab; title: Introduction; title: Early "grammatical" activity and the Kitab; title: Grammarians cited in the Kitab; title: Grammatical works contemporary with the Kitab; title: Fundamental analytical tools in the Kitab; title: Introduction; title: Sama' (attested data); title: Qiyas (analogy); title: ʻIlla (cause); title: Taqdir (suppletive insertion); title: ʻAmal (government); title: Asl (origin); title: Group membership; title: Sibawayhi's analytical methods; title: Introduction; title: The preservation of "basic rules"; title: The classification of data within a coherent system; title: The balance between form and meaning; title: The role of the speaker and listener; title: The use of mital? and Sahid?; title: The tools of checking system validity; title: The internal unity of the Kitab; title: Comparison with subsequent authors; title: Introduction; title: From Sibawayhi to Mubarrad; title: The degeneration of Sibawayhi's approach and the predominance of formal considerations; title: The pedagogical implications; title: Attempts to restore the role of meaning.