Referencing SÄ«bawayhi: The Reception of the KitÄb as a Source

Simona Olivieri

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Abstract

The KitÄb SÄ«bawayhi epitomizes the linguistic debate that took place among the Arabic scholars in the first and second centuries after the hiÇ§ra and outlines how early grammarians interpreted major linguistic themes.

SÄ«bawayhiâs (d.Â 180/796?) contribution to the development of the linguistic tradition is so significant that the KitÄb essentially became a grammatical source for later scholars, alongside the QurÊ¾Än, the kalÄm al-Ê¿arab, and the pre-Islamic poetry.

The pioneering terminology established by SÄ«bawayhi as well as his arguments would in fact be evoked by grammarians belonging to the most diverse traditions, in spite of the difficulties that scholars were confronted with when approaching the text, for the KitÄb was never easy to interpret. Similarly, the data available in the KitÄb would often be re-utilized: shortage in the availability of first-hand data provided established sources on which there was scholarly agreement with the status of reference texts.

This contribution thus aims to discuss the major aspects of the reception of the KitÄb SÄ«bawayhi, as well as the reasons why the reference to SÄ«bawayhiâs assertions would evidently provide legitimacy to the linguistic arguments adduced, by accounting for the credit bestowed on the author of the KitÄb and on the data presented therein. Finally, a discussion on the difficulties in distinguishing between the distinctiveness of the text itself and the interpretations set forth by later grammarians and commentators is introduced, so as to present the reception of some ambiguous references.

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The Foundations of Arab Linguistics V

KitÄb SÄ«bawayhi, The Critical Theory

Series:Â Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, Volume: 107

Cover The Foundations of Arab Linguistics V

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004515895

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 09 Jun 2022

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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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PartÂ 1 The Critical Theory of SÄ«bawayhiâs KitÄb

PartÂ 2 Further Developments of the Critical Theory

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ChapterÂ 5 Referencing SÄ«bawayhi: The Reception of the KitÄb as a Source

KitÄb SÄ«bawayhi, The Critical Theory