The Foundations of Arab Linguistics V: __Kitāb Sībawayhi__, The Critical Theory

The book is a collection of ten research papers in which leading scholars approach different aspects of the study of Arabic grammar in medieval times, starting with the venerable figure of Sibawayhi (d. 180/796?) and spanning from al-Andalus to the Islamic East. ‎Contents ‎Notes on Contributors ‎Introduction (Sartori and Binaghi) ‎Part 1. The Critical Theory of Sībawayhi’s Kitāb ‎Chapter 1. Ṭūl al-kalām in the Kitāb (Carter) ‎Chapter 2. ‘A Little Yesterday’: The “Canonical” Text of Sībawayhi’s Teaching Confronted to Two Unedited Manuscripts of the Kitāb (Amharar and Druel) ‎Chapter 3. Arabic Grammar and Qurʾānic Scholarship in 2nd/8th Century’s Basra: A Comparative Analysis of the Qurʾānic Material Found in the Kitāb Sībawayhi and in al-ʾAḫfaš al-ʾAwsaṭ’s Maʿānī al-Qurʾān (Villano and Lancioni) ‎Chapter 4. The Arabic Linguistic Tradition after Sībawayhi: A Study in the Profile of the Speaker (Dayyeh) ‎Chapter 5. Referencing Sībawayhi: The Reception of the Kitāb as a Source (Olivieri) ‎Chapter 6. Grammar and the radd Genre in al-Andalus (Binaghi) ‎Part 2. Further Developments of the Critical Theory ‎Chapter 7. Fārābī against the Grammarians?? (Hodges and Giolfo) ‎Chapter 8. Ibn al-Sarrāǧ’s Classification of Pseudo-Objects and the Grammatical Concept of faḍla (Okazaki) ‎Chapter 9. Suprasegmental Criteria in Medieval Arabic Grammar (Sartori) ‎Chapter 10. On Interpretation of the Pronoun huwa in 112/1 of the Qurʾān: Tafsīr and Grammar (Sakaedani) ‎Index Operum ‎Index Nominum ‎Index Rerum This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Fifth Conference on the Foundations of Arab Linguistics (FALV, Cambridge, 2018). The first part of the book deals with Sībawayhi's Kitābb, the oldest known treatise of Arabic grammar: after providing insights on some of its specific terminology, these chapters evaluate its place as a source within the long-term tradition of grammatical studies. The second part of the book focuses on parallel developments in the Arabic grammatical theory, both in the classical and postclassical periods up to the 15th century. Some contributions also address the relationship between grammar and other disciplines, notably philosophy and Qur'ānic exegesis. As such, this volume aims to deepen our knowledge of the development of linguistic theories in the Islamicate world--back cover This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Fifth Conference on the Foundations of Arab Linguistics (FAL V, Cambridge, 2018). The first part of the book deals with Sibawayhi's 'Kitab', the oldest known treatise of Arabic grammar: after providing insights on some of its specific terminology, these chapters evaluate its place as a source within the long-term tradition of grammatical studies. The second part of the book focuses on parallel developments in the Arabic grammatical theory, both in the classical and postclassical periods up to the 15th century. Some contributions also address the relationship between grammar and other disciplines, notably philosophy and Qur'anic exegesis. As such, this volume aims to deepen our knowledge of the development of linguistic theories in the Islamicate world This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Fifth Conference on the Foundations of Arab Linguistics (FAL V, Cambridge, 2018). The first part of the book deals with Sībawayhi's Kitāb, the oldest known treatise of Arabic grammar: after providing insights on some of its specific terminology, these chapters evaluate its place as a source within the long-term tradition of grammatical studies. The second part of the book focuses on parallel developments in the Arabic grammatical theory, both in the classical and postclassical periods up to the 15th century. Some contributions also address the relationship between grammar and other disciplines, notably philosophy and Qurʾānic exegesis. As such, this volume aims to deepen our knowledge of the development of linguistic theories in the Islamicate world. The book is a collection of ten research papers in which leading scholars approach different aspects of the study of Arabic grammar in medieval times, starting with the venerable figure of Sībawayhi (d. 180/796?) and spanning from al-Andalus to the Islamic East. Each volume is a selection of the papers presented at the the Foundations of Arabic Linguistics Conference, held in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge