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The foundations of grammar : an introduction to medieval Arabic grammatical theory /
The Arabic grammatical tradition is one of the great traditions in the history of linguistics, yet it is also one that is comparatively unknown to modern western linguistics. The purpose of the present book is to provide an introduction to this grammatical tradition not merely by summarizing it, but...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1988.
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| Series: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ;
v. 45. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | The Arabic grammatical tradition is one of the great traditions in the history of linguistics, yet it is also one that is comparatively unknown to modern western linguistics. The purpose of the present book is to provide an introduction to this grammatical tradition not merely by summarizing it, but by putting it into a perspective that will make it accessible to any linguist trained in the western tradition. The reader should not by put off by the word 'medieval': Arabic grammatical theory shares a number of fundamental similarities with modern linguistic theory. Indeed, one might argue that. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 371 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-357). |
| ISBN: | 9789027278630 9027278636 9027245282 9789027245281 1283313774 9781283313773 9786613313775 6613313777 |
| ISSN: | 0304-0720 ; |