A Linguistic History of Arabic, Jonathan Owens.
A Linguistic History of Arabic presents a reconstruction of proto-Arabic by the methods of historical-comparative linguistics. It challenges the traditional conceptualization of an old, Classical language evolving into the contemporary Neo-Arabic dialects. Professor Owens combines established comparative linguistic methodology with a careful reading of the classical Arabic sources, such as the grammatical and exegetical traditions. He arrives at a richer and more complex picture of early Arabic language history than is current today and in doing so establishes the basis for a comprehensive, linguistically-based understanding of the history of Arabic. The arguments are set out in a concise, case by case basis, making it accessible to students and scholars of Arabic and Islamic culture, as well as to those studying Arabic and historical linguists.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: A Language and its Secrets
2. Old Arabic, Neo-Arabic, and Comparative Linguistics
3. Case and Proto Arabic
4. Al-Idgham al-Kabiyr and Case Endings
5. Pre-Diasporic Arabic in the Diaspora: A Statistical Approach to Arabic Language History
6. Nigerian Arabic and Reconstruction of the Imperfect Verb
7. Imala
8. Suffix Pronouns and Reconstruction
9. Summary and Epilogue
Appendix
References
Index
Url: Página del libro en la web Oxford University Press.
A Linguistic History of Arabic presents a reconstruction of proto-Arabic by the methods of historical-comparative linguistics. It challenges the traditional conceptualization of an old, Classical language evolving into the contemporary Neo-Arabic dialects. Professor Owens combines established comparative linguistic methodology with a careful reading of the classical Arabic sources, such as the grammatical and exegetical traditions. He arrives at a richer and more complex picture of early Arabic language history than is current today and in doing so establishes the basis for a comprehensive, linguistically-based understanding of the history of Arabic. The arguments are set out in a concise, case by case basis, making it accessible to students and scholars of Arabic and Islamic culture, as well as to those studying Arabic and historical linguists.Table of Contents
1. Introduction: A Language and its Secrets
2. Old Arabic, Neo-Arabic, and Comparative Linguistics
3. Case and Proto Arabic
4. Al-Idgham al-Kabiyr and Case Endings
5. Pre-Diasporic Arabic in the Diaspora: A Statistical Approach to Arabic Language History
6. Nigerian Arabic and Reconstruction of the Imperfect Verb
7. Imala
8. Suffix Pronouns and Reconstruction
9. Summary and Epilogue
Appendix
References
Index
Url: Página del libro en la web Oxford University Press.