The History of Linguistics in the Near East

This collection of papers deals with aspects of the history of Arabic and Hebrew linguistics. These papers appeared simultaneously in Historiographia Linguistica 8:2/3 (1981). This Volume Provides An Analysis Of A Famous Medieval Arabic Grammatical Text, Al-Ājurrūmiya (c. 1300), As Commented On By As-shirbini (d. 1570). This Edition Includes The Original Text And A Translation Into English, As Well As Extensive Comments And Annotations, With The Aim Of Making Accessible Both To Arabists And Non-arabists The Main Elements Of Indigenous Arabic Linguistics, And Thereby At Least Partially Filling A Large Blank In The History Of Linguistics. Observations Sur La Genèse De La Signification Générale Et Particulière Dans Une épître De Al-marzuqi --- The Legitimate Fathers Of Speech Errors --- Les Grammairiens Arabes, La Phrase Nominale Et Le Bon Sens --- The Treatment Of Nasal Elements By Early Arab And Muslim Phoneticians --- The 'risala' Of Yehuda Ibn Quraysh And Its Place In Hebrew Linguistics --- Zum Begriff Der 'valenz' Des Verbums In Der Arabischen Nationalgrammatik --- The Use Of Proper Names As A Testing Device In Sibawayhi's Kitabarabic Grammaticalterminology In Pedro De Alcalá --- Grammaire, Logique, Etudes Linguistiques Chez Al-farabi --- Les 'partes Orationis' Dans Le Kitab Al-'usul D'ibn Al-sarraj --- Die Anfänge Der Hebräischen Grammatik In Spanien --- A Dissenting Grammarian: Qutrub On Declension --- Sekundärliteratur Zur Einheimischen Arabischen Grammatikschreibung. Edited By Cornelis H.m. Versteegh, Konrad Koerner & Hans-j. Niederehe. Essays In English, French And German. The Text Of This Volume Has Been Published Simultaneously In 'historiographia Linguistica,' Vol. Viii No 2/3, 1981. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes. 'This volume provides an analysis of a famous medieval Arabic grammatical text, al-A'jurrumiya (c. 1300), as commented on by aš-Šhirbini (d. 1570). This edition includes the original text and a translation into English, as well as extensive comments and annotations, with the aim of making accessible both to Arabists and non-Arabists the main elements of indigenous Arabic linguistics, and thereby at least partially filling a large blank in the history of linguistics.'