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Changing Traditions
Al-Mubarrad's Refutation of SÄ«bawayh and the Subsequent Reception of the KitÄb
Series: - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, Volume: 23
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This study deals with the development of Arabic linguistics as a distinct Islamic science. The period covered ranges from the founding father of Arabic grammar, SÄ«bawayh, up through the classical era focusing on the grammarian al-Mubarrad (d. 285 AH/898 AD).
The reader is introduced to the environment in which Arabic grammar evolved. Subsequently, al-Mubarrad's position vis-Ã -vis SÄ«bawayh and other contemporary grammarians is analyzed in depth and, finally, his decisive role in the development of Arabic linguistics is discussed.
Those interested in the intellectual history of early Islam will benefit from the study since it revises current interpretations on the development of Arabic grammar and questions the historicity of the so-called "grammatical schools". A separate edition of the oldest extant commentary on the KitÄb SÄ«bawayh, by Ibn WallÄd (d.332 AH/943 AD), is included.
The reader is introduced to the environment in which Arabic grammar evolved. Subsequently, al-Mubarrad's position vis-Ã -vis SÄ«bawayh and other contemporary grammarians is analyzed in depth and, finally, his decisive role in the development of Arabic linguistics is discussed.
Those interested in the intellectual history of early Islam will benefit from the study since it revises current interpretations on the development of Arabic grammar and questions the historicity of the so-called "grammatical schools". A separate edition of the oldest extant commentary on the KitÄb SÄ«bawayh, by Ibn WallÄd (d.332 AH/943 AD), is included.
Monique Bernards, Ph.D. (1993) in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, taught at the University of Groningen and is currently one of the research scholars carrying out the Netherlands Ulama Project (NUP).
'...the fine study which Bernards has accomplished...'
Ramzi Baalbaki, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1999.
Ramzi Baalbaki, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1999.
All those interested in the intellectual history of early Islam, transmission of knowledge in premodern society, linguistics, and the history of Arabic grammar.