(Routledge Library Editions: Language & Literature of the Middle East) 1st Edition
by Georges Bohas (Author), Jean-Patrick Guillaume (Author), Djamel Eddine Kouloughli (Author)
The importance and richness of the
Arabic linguistic tradition, largely neglected by Western literature,
is amply demonstrated by this book, first published in 1990. Written by
three experts in the field, it provides us with a comprehensive survey
of the historical constitution and theoretical structure of the Arabic
linguistic tradition from its beginnings in the eighth century to its
mature state around the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Besides
grammar, the book covers such fields as rhetoric, grammatical semantics,
and methodological issues, and pays particular attention to the most
representative works of the classical period. It also has the unique
benefit of containing the historical background.
