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)