THE EXPLANATION OF LINGUISTIC CAUSES -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction Az-Zaggagī and his book on the explanation of linguistic causes -- NOTES -- The book of explanation of linguistic causes -- Introduction -- NOTES -- Chapter I. The parts of speech -- NOTES -- Chapter II. The disagreement of the grammarians about the definitions of noun, verb, and particle -- NOTES -- Chapter III. The knowledge of the definitions of noun, verb, and particle -- Definition of the noun -- Definition of the verb -- Definition of the particle -- NOTES -- Chapter IV. The theories about the verb and the infinitive: which one of them is derived from the other? -- NOTES -- Chapter V. The theory of linguistic causes -- NOTES -- Chapter VI. The theory about declension and speech: which one of them is prior to the other? -- NOTES -- Chapter VII. The theory about the declension: why was it introduced into speech? -- NOTES -- Chapter VIII. The theory about the declension: is it a vowel or a consonant? -- NOTES -- Chapter IX. The theory about the declension: why does it occur at the end of the word rather than at the beginning or in the middle? -- NOTES -- Chapter X. The theory about [the problem] which of these three parts - the noun, the verb, and the particle - is entitled to declension? -- NOTES -- Chapter XI. The theory about the noun, the verb, and the particle: which one of them comes first in rank and hierarchy? -- NOTES -- Chapter XII. The theory concerning the verbs: which one of them is prior to the others? -- NOTES -- Chapter XIII. The present verb and its real nature -- NOTES -- Chapter XIV. What is the reason for calling grammar nahw? -- NOTES -- Chapter XV. The difference between 'grammar', 'lexicography', 'declension' and 'glosses' -- NOTES.

Chapter XVI. The theory about the lexical meaning of the [words] 'nominative', 'accusative', and ' genitive' -- NOTES -- Chapter XVII. The use of learning grammar -- NOTES -- Chapter XVIII. The reason for the introduction of nunation into speech, and its different aspects -- NOTES -- Chapter XIX. The reason for the heaviness of the verb and the lightness of the noun -- NOTES -- Chapter XX. The reason why nouns cannot have a jussive -- NOTES -- Chapter XXI. The reason why verbs cannot have a genitive -- NOTES -- Chapter XXII. The theory about the dual and the plural -- NOTES -- Chapter XXIII. The theory about the 'alif, the y, and the w in the dual and the plural: are they the declension or the consonants of the declension? -- NOTES -- Selected problems -- Excerpt from his annotations -- Problem about the dual -- NOTES -- List of references -- A) Primary sources -- B) Secondary sources -- List of abbreviations -- Index of names -- Index of subjects -- Index of terms.