Foundations of Arab Linguistics

A group of scholars passionate about the history of Arab linguistics

FAL 4 (Genova, 2016)

The proceedings of this fourth conference were published in this volume:

The foundations of Arabic linguistics IV: The evolution of theory (edited by Manuela E. B. Giolfo & Kees Versteegh), Leiden: Brill, 2019 (“Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics; 97).

This volume includes:

  • “Contribution to a modern reading of Sībawayhi” by Hassina Aliane (pages 10–29)
  • “Pronouns in Sībawayhi’s Kitāb and related concepts: ḍamīr, ʾiḍmār, muḍmar” by Georgine Ayoub (pages 30–60)
  • “Grammar for beginners and Ibn Hišām’s approach to issues of ʾiʿrāb” by Ramzi Baalbaki (pages 61–88)
  • Sallaṭa/tasallaṭa, a possible parallel for ‘govern’?” by Michael G. Carter (pages 89–105)
  • “The notion of taqdīm wa-taʾḫīr in al-Kitāb and its development in the Arabic grammatical tradition until the 4ᵗʰ/10ᵗʰ century” by Hanadi Dayyeh (pages 106–122)
  • “The intriguing issue of dictionary arrangement in medieval Arabic lexicography” by Joseph Dichy (pages 123–132)
  • “Can Ambrosiana X 56 Sup. improve our understanding of Sībawayhi’s grammar?” by Jean Druel (pages 133–156)
  • “Conditionality: syntax and meaning in al-Sīrāfī and Ibn Sīnā” by Manuela E. B. Giolfo & Wilfrid Hodges (pages 157–181)
  • “The technical terms taqdīr and taḫfīf in Persian classical sources” by Éva M. Jeremiás (pages 182–197)
  • “How to parse effective objects according to Arab grammarians? A dissenting opinion on al-mafʿūl al-muṭlaq” by Almog Kasher (pages 198–211)
  • “The phenomenon of ittisāʿ al-kalām in old Arabic” by Aryeh Levin (pages 212–224)
  • “Which verbal nouns can function as adverbial accusatives of state or condition (ḥāl) according to Sībawayhi and later grammarians?” by Arik Sadan (pages 225–232)
  • “What is definiteness in Arabic? Focusing on proper nouns for genera and ʾasmāʾ mubhama ‘ambiguous nouns’” by Haruko Sakaedani (pages 233–252)
  • “Definition and determination in medieval Arabic grammatical thought” by Manuel Sartori (pages 253–273)
  • “The concept of tawṭiʾa in the medieval Arabic grammatical tradition” by Beata Sheyhatovitch (pages 274–294)
  • “Malay grammar between Arab and Western model” by Kees Versteegh (pages 295–318)

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