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This volume deals with the numerous grammatical passages included in the voluminous Kitāb al-‘Ayn, the earliest Arabic dictionary (8th century). This material is isolated and classified according to its various grammatical categories and then analyzed, taking due account of the current knowledge of the state of Arabic grammar in its early stage of development.
The much disputed attribution of Kitāb al-‘Ayn to h̬alīl b. Aḥmad is reconsidered from the vantage point of this grammatical material. This reconsideration involves a critical study of the vast medieval literature about ̬alīl's personality and the question of attribution of this early Arabic dictionary.
In addition to the author's analysis, the volume includes an appendix with citations of the original grammatical passages of this dictionary with useful indices.
The much disputed attribution of Kitāb al-‘Ayn to h̬alīl b. Aḥmad is reconsidered from the vantage point of this grammatical material. This reconsideration involves a critical study of the vast medieval literature about ̬alīl's personality and the question of attribution of this early Arabic dictionary.
In addition to the author's analysis, the volume includes an appendix with citations of the original grammatical passages of this dictionary with useful indices.
Price: $326.00
Pages: 438
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics
Publication Date:
01 July 1997
ISBN: 9789004108127
Format: Other
'...Talmon should be commended for undertaking this venture.'
Monique Bernards, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1999.
'It is a fitting addition to Brill's excellent Semitic languages and linguistics series edited by T. Muraoka and C.H.M. Versteegh…This tome is an impressive synthesis utilizing a solid bibliography of primany and secondary sources.'
Alan S. Kaye.
'Talmon's monograph offers the reader an impressive stock of information supported by an uncommonly rich amount of sources.'
Ladislav Drozdik, Asian and African Studies, 2000.
Monique Bernards, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1999.
'It is a fitting addition to Brill's excellent Semitic languages and linguistics series edited by T. Muraoka and C.H.M. Versteegh…This tome is an impressive synthesis utilizing a solid bibliography of primany and secondary sources.'
Alan S. Kaye.
'Talmon's monograph offers the reader an impressive stock of information supported by an uncommonly rich amount of sources.'
Ladislav Drozdik, Asian and African Studies, 2000.
Rafael Talmon, Ph.D. (1981) in Arabic, Tel Aviv University, is Professor of Arabic at the University of Haifa. He has published extensively on the early history of Arabic grammatical tradition and its relations with other linguistic traditions.