On the History of Grammar among the Arabs.
Title:
On the History of Grammar among the Arabs.
Author:
Goldziher, Ignaz.
ISBN:
9789027276582
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1 online resource (173 pages)
Series:
Studies in the History of the Language Sciences ; v.73
Studies in the History of the Language Sciences
Contents:
ON THE HISTORY OF GRAMMAR AMONG THE ARABS: AN ESSAY IN LITERARY HISTORY -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- PREFACE -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. THE AWAKENING OF GRAMMATICAL AWARENESS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF ARABIC LINGUISTICS -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Arab traditions - ad-Du'alī -- 1.2 On the possibility of foreign influence -- CHAPTER 2. THE ATTITUDE OF ARAB LINGUISTS TO THE DIALECTS AND THE VERNACULAR -- 2.1 Dialects -- 2.1.1 On the role of the Qurayšite dialect -- 2.1.2 The preservation of ancient tribal dialects -- 2.1.3 Urban dialects -- 2.1.4 On dialectal differences -- 2.2 The vernacular -- 2.2.1 Literary Arabic vs. colloquial Arabic -- 2.2.2 The attitude of linguists towards the vernacular -- 2.2.3 Critical literature on the language of common people -- CHAPTER 3. KŪFA AND BASRA -- 3.0 Two rival towns -- 3.1 Sources for the two grammatical schools -- 3.2 'Analogists' and 'anomalists' -- CHAPTER 4. THE INFLUENCE OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARABIC LINGUISTICS -- 4.1 Linguistic philosophy -- 4.1.0 Introduction -- 4.1.1 θέσεl or φvσεl -- 4.1.2 The multiplicity of languages -- 4.1.3 Philosophical methods in Arabic linguistics -- 4.2 The method of Arabic linguistics and the science of fiqh -- 4.2.0 On the meaning of fiqh -- 4.2.1 Ibn al-Anbārī -- 4.2.2 as-Suyūtī, the encyclopaedist -- CHAPTER 5. ETYMOLOGY IN ARABIC LINGUISTICS -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Popular etymology -- 5.2 Theoretical etymology -- 5.2.1 Major and minor etymology -- 5.2.2 A three-level etymology -- 5.3 Lexicography and etymology -- NOTES -- APPENDIX: TEXTS CITED IN THE ESSAY -- INDEX -- A. Index of proper names -- B. Index of terms -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A. Primary Sources -- B. Secondary Sources.
Abstract:
This essay was written in 1878 by I. Goldziher, who is considered one of the founders and greatest masters of Islamic studies in Europe. He examines the origin and early history of Arabic grammar and some features of its later development with special regard to the cultural historical apsects of the question. Goldziher draws a picture of the most important trends and attitudes in the Arabic linguistics of the Middle Ages. The author's comprehensive historical approach enables him to integrate small, seemingly unconnected pieces into a whole system, fitting into our knowledge of other fields of Islamic culture and science. That is why his work may interest not only specialists of Arab linguistics but also historians of general linguistics and historians of Islam. Although a century and a quarter elapsed since its publication in Hungarian Goldziher's essay still has not become outdated, since no similar work has been published. The original text has been supplemented with amendments and explanations, a comprehensive and updated bibliography has also been added, together with an appendix (the original texts of the citations) and two indices.
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