Medieval Islamic Pragmatics
Subtitle: Sunni Legal Theorists' Models of Textual Communication (Arabic Linguistics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: February 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780700711024
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Islamic law; Islamic studies; Palaeography (history of writing); Pragmatics; Methodology; Religion - World Religions; Arabic; Literary Criticism; Sunna; Ethnic Studies - General; Islam - Koran & Sacred Writings; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Medieval; History; To 1500
First sentence: The term 'the principles (also the science of the principles, foundations or origins) of Islamic jurisprudence' has commonly been used as an English equivalent to the Arabic term (usl al-fiqh).