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Grammar and Semantics in Medieval Arabic - The Study of Ibn-Hisham's 'Mughni I-Labib' (Hardcover)
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Grammar and Semantics in Medieval Arabic - The Study of Ibn-Hisham's 'Mughni I-Labib' (Hardcover)
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This study focuses on a famous work by a mediaeval Arab grammarian
who was once called the "second Sibawayhi" (the pioneer of Arabic
grammatical studies). Mughni l-Labib is an encyclopaedic work of
immense richness, in which Ibn-Hisham (d.761/1359) analyzes the
major syntactic elements of the Arabic language in a manner which
has often been described as unique. What sets this work apart in
particular from previous grammatical treatises of the mediaeval
period is Ibn-Hisham's keen awareness of some of the semantic
aspects of Arabic, many of which would normally fall within the
domain of the rhetorician. In the Mughni he looks closely at the
relationship between form and meaning, particularly in exegetical
issues, in an attempt to further an understanding of the sacred
work in the form of the Qur'an. This present study attempts to
determine why the Mughni has always been held in such high esteem.
It also assesses its significance in a wider social and historical
context by demonstrating that Arabic grammar was a discipline that
could never be studied in isolation without due consideration being
given to the interrelated Islamic science of jurisprudence.
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