The Early Islamic Grammatical Tradition

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Contents: General editor's preface Introduction.The Beginnings of Arabic Grammar: The origins of Arabic grammar, M.G. Carter The logic of Ibn al-Muqaffa' and the origins of Arabic grammar, Gerard Troupeau Grammar and exegesis: the origins of Kufan grammar and the Tafsir Muqatil, Kees Versteegh On the Greek influence on Arabic grammar, Frithiof Rundgren Schacht's theory in the light of recent discoveries concerning the origins of Arabic grammar, Rafael Talmon Indian influence on early Arab phonetics - or coincidence?, Vivien Law. Analytical Methods of the Grammarians: Language and logic in classical Islam, Muhsin Mahdi Aspects of debate and explanation among Arab grammarians, Georges Bohas The relation between nahw and balaga: a comparative study of the methods of Sibawayhi and Gurgani, Ramzi Baalbaki The fundamental principles of the Arab grammarians' theory of 'amal, Aryeh Levin The notion of 'illa in Arabic linguistic thinking, Yasir Suleiman. Major Themes in Grammatical Study: The syntactic basis of Arabic word classification, Jonathan Owens Speech consists entirely of noun, verb and particle:elaboration and discussion of the theory of parts of speech in the Arabic grammatical tradition, Jean-Patrick Guillaume Noun, substantive and adjective according to Arab grammarians, Werner Diem Subject and predicate in Arab grammatical tradition, Gideon Goldenberg Relationships between linguistics and other sciences in Arabo-Islamic society, Pierre Larcher. Index.