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The explanation of linguistic causes [electronic resource]

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The ultimate aim of every linguistic tradition is to go beyond the purely descriptive level and seek an explanation for linguistic phenomena. Traditions differ, however, with regard to the class of linguistic phenomena they wish to explain and the framework in which they define their explanation. In this volume the English translation is presented of the treatise on linguistic explanation by the 10th-century Arab grammarian az-Zaggagi, one of the most original thinkers of the Arabic tradition. He worked in a period in which the influence of Greek logic and philosophy made itself felt in almost

כותר The explanation of linguistic causes [electronic resource] : az-Zaǧǧāǧī's theory of grammar : introduction, translation, commentary / Kees Versteegh.
מהדורה 1st ed.
מוציא לאור Amsterdam
Philadelphia : J. Benjamins
שנה c1995
הערות Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English
הערת תוכן ותקציר THE EXPLANATION OF LINGUISTIC CAUSES
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Table of contents
Preface
IntroductionAz-Zaggagiand his book on the explanation of linguistic causes
The book of explanation of linguistic causes
Chapter I. The parts of speech
Chapter II. The disagreement of the grammarians about the definitions of noun, verb, and particle
Chapter III. The knowledge of the definitions of noun, verb, and particle
Chapter IV. The theories about the verb and the infinitive: which one of them is derived from the other?
Chapter V. The theory of linguistic causes
Chapter VI. The theory about declension and speech: which one of them is prior to the other?Chapter VII. The theory about the declension: why was it introduced into speech?
Chapter VIII. The theory about the declension: is it a vowel or a consonant?
Chapter IX. The theory about the declension: why does it occur at the end of the word rather than at the beginning or in the middle?
Chapter X. The theory about [the problem] which of these three parts - the noun, the verb, and the particle - is entitled to declension?
Chapter XI. The theory about the noun, the verb, and the particle: which one of them comes first in rank and hierarchy?Chapter XII. The theory concerning the verbs: which one of them is prior to the others?
Chapter XIII. The present verb and its real nature
Chapter XIV. What is the reason for calling grammar nahw?
Chapter XV. The difference between 'grammar', 'lexicography', 'declension' and 'glosses'
Chapter XVI. The theory about the lexical meaning of the [words] 'nominative', 'accusative', and ' genitive'
Chapter XVII. The use of learning grammar
Chapter XVIII. The reason for the introduction of nunation into speech, and its different aspectsChapter XIX. The reason for the heaviness of the verb and the lightness of the noun
Chapter XX. The reason why nouns cannot have a jussive
Chapter XXI. The reason why verbs cannot have a genitive
Chapter XXII. The theory about the dual and the plural
Chapter XXIII. The theory about the 'alif, the y, and the w in the dual and the plural: are they the declension or the consonants of the declension?
Selected problems
List of references
List of abbreviations
Index of names
Index of subjects
Index of terms
סדרה Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720
v. 75
היקף החומר 1 online resource (326 p.)
שפה אנגלית
מספר מערכת 997010705744605171
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