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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Amal MarogyPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 56 Weight: 0.584kg ISBN: 9789004178168ISBN 10: 9004178163 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 08 December 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsCONTENTS Acknowledgements ............................................................................ ix Preface .................................................................................................. xi Chapter One Historical Background ........................................... 1 1. Life .................................................................................................. 4 2. Cultural and Social Milieu .......................................................... 7 2.1. Al-H ira: a Synoptic View .................................................... 7 2.2. Population ............................................................................. 11 2.3. Cultural history .................................................................... 15 2.4. Kufa-Basr a Dichotomy ........................................................ 19 2.5. The Nah wiyyun .................................................................... 22 3. The Kitab ....................................................................................... 27 3.1. Sources of the Kitab ............................................................ 30 3.1.1. Qur'an ......................................................................... 30 3.1.2. H adit (Prophetic Tradition) ................................... 33 3.1.3. Poetry ......................................................................... 34 3.2. Status of the Kitab ................................................................ 35 3.2.1. Arab Grammarians .................................................. 37 3.2.1.1. az-Zajjaji (d. 337/949) ............................... 38 3.2.1.2. as-Sirafi (d. 368/979) ................................. 39 3.2.1.3. ar-Rummani (d. 384/994) ......................... 39 3.2.1.4. Ibn Jinni (d. 392/1002) ............................. 39 3.2.1.5. Ibn al-'Anbari (d. 577/1181) .................... 40 3.2.1.6. Ibn Hisam (d. 761/1360) .......................... 40 3.2.2. Western Scholars ...................................................... 40 Summary ............................................................................................. 44 Chapter Two Complementarity .................................................... 47 1. Utterance Tuning Parameters ..................................................... 49 2. Complementarism ........................................................................ 55 2.1. Communication act as an event ........................................ 61 2.2. Istiqama, Grammaticality and the Speaker's Intention ... 74 2.3. Negotiability and Motivation ............................................. 79 2.3.1. Negotiability in Sibawayhi ...................................... 81 2.3.2. Motivated Use of Case Endings ............................. 82 2.3.3. Motivated Reduction ............................................... 84 2.4. Conventionality .................................................................... 88 2.4.1. Absolute Conventionality ....................................... 89 2.4.2. Motivated Conventionality ..................................... 91 Summary ............................................................................................. 94 Chapter Three Definiteness and Identifiability .......................... 95 1. Preliminary Observations ........................................................... 96 2. Definiteness in the Kitab ............................................................. 99 2.1. Criteria of Adjectival Qualifiability .................................. 104 2.2. Proper Nouns ....................................................................... 108 2.3. Hierarchy of Definiteness ................................................... 117 3. Definiteness and Non-Arbitrariness of Word Order .............. 123 3.1. Word Order in Arabic Nominal Sentences ..................... 125 3.1.1. Indefinite Nouns and the Initial Position ............ 130 3.1.2. Kana and its Sisters 'Kana wa 'Ah awatuha' .......... 136 3.2. Verbs and the Initial Position ............................................ 143 Summary ............................................................................................. 148 Chapter Four Mubtada', Topic and Theme ................................ 151 1. Introductory Remarks ................................................................. 152 2. Three Structural-Functional Theories ....................................... 157 2.1. Dik's Functional Grammar ................................................. 157 2.2. Information Structure and Role and Reference Grammar ............................................................................... 160 2.3. Systemic Functional Grammar .......................................... 164 2.3.1. Downing's view on Topic, Theme and the 'Initial' Position ...................................................................... 167 2.3.2. Participant's Role in Identifying Topics ................ 171 3. Mubtada' and Ibtida': an Alternative Approach to an Old Problem .......................................................................................... 178 3.1. Inverted Nominal Sentence and Types of H abars .......... 183 3.2. Reversibility of the Three Types of H abars ..................... 191 3.3. 'Inna and its Related Particles ........................................... 193 Summary ............................................................................................. 200 Chapter Five Conclusion ............................................................... 203 Bibliography ........................................................................................ 217 Index .................................................................................................... 229Reviews[L]a qualita...dell'opera che costituisce nel complesso un passo in avanti negli studi su Sibawayh e una lettura informativa e stimolante, non solo per gli studiosi interessati alla tradizione linguistica araba, ma anche per linguisti e storici della linguistica. Antonella Ghersetti, Universita Ca' Foscari, Venezia, in QSA no. 7 (2012), pp. 275-276. [L]a qualita...dell'opera che costituisce nel complesso un passo in avanti negli studi su S b;bawayh e una lettura informativa e stimolante, non solo per gli studiosi interessati alla tradizione linguistica araba, ma anche per linguisti e storici della linguistica. Antonella Ghersetti, Universita Ca' Foscari, Venezia, in QSA no. 7 (2012), pp. 275-276. Author InformationAmal E. Marogy, Ph.D. (2007) in Oriental Languages and Cultures, is lector of Arabic at the University of Cambridge and a bilingual Arabic-Aramaic speaker. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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