The Near and Middle East. Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten. A comparative lexical study of Qurʼānic Arabic

Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session. Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations & symbols Introduction 1. Past lexical studies 1.1 Muslim lexicography 1.2 Jewish Medieval scholarship: the exegetical background 1.3 Early modern and modern Semitic lexicology 1.3.1 The recourse to Arabic lexical sources 1.4 The Common Semitic vocabulary 1.5 Lexicostatistical studies: the Semitic languages 1.5.1 Lexicostatistical studies: the Arabic dialects 2. The Qur'ānic Text 2.1 'āriba and musta'raba 2.2 The ancient Arabs 2.3 The Arabic language 2.3.1 The earliest attestations 2.3.2 The 'arabiyya question and Qur'ānic Arabic 2.4 The Qur'ān: etymology and compilation 2.5 The Qur'ānic lexicon 2.5.1 Loanwords in the Qur'ān 2.5.2 Lexical miscellanea 3. The lexical corpus 3.1 The choice of the languages 3.2 The lexical grid 4. Diachronic semantic observations 4.1 Introduction 4.1.1 Context, meaning, and glosses 4.2 Extensive lexical community between Arabic and other Semitic languages 4.3 Semantic retention in Arabic and in other Semitic languages 4.4 Semantic specialization in Arabic 4.5 Other lexical cases 4.6 Summing-up 5. Discussion of the figures 5.1 The basic figures 5.2 Distribution of the lexical resources 5.3 Distribution by semantic classification 5.4 Areal distribution of the lexical material 5.4.1 Distribution patterns 1—4 5.4.2 The other distribution patterns 5—18 5.5 The Common Semitic element in the Qur'ānic lexicon 5.6 Lexical exclusivity in Arabic 6. Summary and conclusions 6.1 General historical and linguistic background 6.2 Concluding remarks 6.2.1 This research in general 6.2.2 A brief outline of the findings Appendix: General lexical notes Bibliographical references Index of Arabic Lexical Items General Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z

this Work Does Not Aim To Be An Etymological Dictionary Of Qur'ānic Arabic, Nor Does It Attempt To Suggest Some New Genetic Classification Of The Semitic Languages. Rather, It Offers Insights Into The Internal Lexical Relationships Attested In A Number Of Semitic Varieties.
the Work Is Based On A Quantitative Analysis Of A Substantial Corpus Of The Arabic Lexicon With A View To Investigating Lexical Relationships Within A Number Of Semitic Languages. Qur'ānic Arabic Is The Source Of A Lexical Mass Comparison Exercise Involving Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Phoenician, Epigraphic South Arabian And Ge‘ez.
moreover, The Lexical Links Identified In This Study Are In Themselves Linguistic Indicators Of The Various Degrees Of Cultural Proximity Characterising The Various Semitic Languages.

This work does not aim to be an etymological dictionary of Qur'ānic Arabic, nor does it attempt to suggest some new genetic classification of the Semitic languages. Rather, it offers insights into the internal lexical relationships attested in a number of Semitic varieties. The work is based on a quantitative analysis of a substantial corpus of the Arabic lexicon with a view to investigating lexical relationships within a number of Semitic languages. Qur'ānic Arabic is the source of a lexical mass comparison exercise involving Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, Phoenician, Epigraphic South Arabian and Ge‘ez. Moreover, the lexical links identified in this study are in themselves linguistic indicators of the various degrees of cultural proximity characterising the various Semitic languages.