Demonstratives in SÄ«bawayhiâs KitÄb

Arik Sadan

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Demonstratives in SÄ«bawayhiâs KitÄb

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004365216_010

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This paper details the demonstrativesâ functions and semantic characteristics, according to SÄ«bawayhiâs KitÄb. Although SÄ«bawayhi does not devote a separate chapter to demonstratives, a scrutiny of their occurrences in his KitÄb shows that for SÄ«bawayhi demonstratives pertain to the group of al-Ê¾asmÄÊ¾ al-mubhama âthe dubious, or vague, nounsâ; they serve to indicate, or point to, nearby or far objects or persons; they have diminutive and dual forms; and they can be used as names of persons. Among the demonstratives in SÄ«bawayhiâs example sentences there are quite a few that have the meaning of a verb in the imperative, âbehold!â or âsee!â, a meaning that SÄ«bawayhi explicitly mentions.

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The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics III

The development of a tradition: Continuity and change

Series:Â Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, Volume: 94

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Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 20 Jan 2018

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- Languages and Linguistics
  - History of Linguistics & Philosophy of Language
  - Afro-Asiatic Languages
- Middle East and Islamic Studies
  - Linguistics

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