The Arabic lexicographical tradition : from the 2nd/8th to the 12th/18th century
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The Arabic lexicographical tradition : from the 2nd/8th to the 12th/18th century
（Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, Section 1 . The Near and Middle East ; v. 107）
Brill, c2014
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Available at 12 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A comprehensive and methodologically sophisticated history of Arabic lexicography, this book fills a serious gap in modern scholarship. Besides meticulously examining the factors that led to the emergence of lexicographical writing as of the second/eighth century, the work comprises detailed discussions of the aims, range, and approaches of the most important writings and writers of lexica specialized in specific topics and multi thematic thesauri, and the lexica arranged according to roots. The organisation of the book and the lists of works cited in the various genres make it easy for the reader to find his way through an enormous amount of material. From a broader perspective, the book highlights the relationship between Arabic lexicography and other areas of linguistic study, grammar in particular, and the centrality of Qur'an and poetry to lexicographical writing.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter One: Early Lexicographical Activity
1. The Background of Linguistic Study
2. The Speech of the Bedouins (A'rab)
3. The Collection of Data
4. The Epochs of Reliable Usage ('Usur al-ihtiGaG)
5. The Role of Garib
6. The Compilation of Lexica
7. Remarks on Contemporary Scholarship and the Originality of Arabic Lexicography
Chapter Two: Mubawwab (Onomasiological) and Specialized Lexica
1. Introduction
2. al-Garib (Strange Usage) and al-Nawadir (Rare Usage)
3. al-Amtal (Proverbs)
4. al-Nabat (Plants), al-Hayawan (Animals), Halq al-insan (Human Body), etc.
5. al-Mu'arrab (Arabized Words)
6. Lahn al-'amma (Solecism)
7. al-Addad (Words with Two Contradictory Meanings)
8. al-Mustarak (Homonyms) and al-Mutaradif (Synonyms)
9. al-Huruf/al-Aswat (Particles/Letters)
10. al-Abniya (Morphological Patterns)
11. Multithematic Works
Chapter Three: MuGannas (Semasiological) Lexica
1. Introduction
2. The Phonetic-Permutative System
3. The Alphabetical System
4. The Rhyme System
Epilogue
Bibliographical References
Indices
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