Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume III The Arabic Linguistic Tradition

Name: Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume III The Arabic Linguistic Tradition
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ISBN: 9780415157575

ISBN-10: 0415157579

ISBN-13: 9780415157575

Edition: 2nd 1997

Authors: Kees Versteegh

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Landmarks in Linguistic Thought: The Arabic Linguistic Traditionintroduces the major issues and themes that have determined the development of the Arabic linguistic tradition. Each chapter contains a short extract from a translated "landmark" text followed by a commentary which places the text in its social and intellectual context. The chosen texts frequently offer scope for comparison with the Western tradition. By contrasting the two systems, the Western and the Arabic, this book serves to highlight the characteristics of two very different systems and thus will stimulate new ideas about the history of linguistics. This book presumes no prior knowledge of Arab-Islamic culture or Arabic…

Book details

List price: $67.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/2/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.46" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.638

Kees Versteegh is professor of Arabic and Islam at the University of Nijmegen.



Introduction



Linguistics and Exegesis



Ai-Khalï¿½l and the Arabic Lexicon



Sï¿½bawayhi and the Beginnings of Arabic Grammar



The Debate Between Logic and Grammar



The Development of Linguistic Theory



The Relationship Between Speech and Thought



The 'ikhwï¿½n A&sbdot;-&Sbdot;afï¿½' on the Theory of Sound and Meaning



The Origin of Speech



A New Semantic Approach to Linguistics



The Conventional Character of Language



Ibn Ma&dbdot;ï¿½' and the Refutation of the Grammarians



Ibn Khaldï¿½n on the History of Arabic



The Arabic Model and Other Languages


Further Reading


Bibliographical References


Index