One of the interesting features in Arabic linguistics is the
reference to causes and principles in the explanation of many
linguistic phenomena. This scientific approach seems to have
developed from the middle of the 8th century and onwards with the
influence of Greek philosophy on Arabic linguistics and on other
disciplines. The present book provides information on several
causes and principles in Arabic morphology and phonology, with a
strong focus on the words, letters and vowels. Examples, qur'anic
quotations and verses are presented in both Arabic script and Roman
transcription and different theories are explored. Some of the
causes that are discussed are the choice of a certain letter or
vowel to a form, different phonological changes such as the elision
or the addition of a vowel or a letter and the likes or dislikes of
certain combinations. The references to several works of
linguistics from the classical period until our days elucidate many
intricacies and reflect the interests of several linguists in these
topics.Joyce Akesson has studied the Semitic languages at Lund's
University, Sweden, and has previously been a lecturer there during
many years. Beside the present book, she is the author of "A Study
in Arabic Phonology" (Pallas Athena 2010), "The Basics &
Intricacies of Arabic Morphology" (Pallas Athena 2010), "The
Phonological Changes due to the Hamza and Weak Consonant in Arabic"
(Pallas Athena 2010), "A Study of the Assimilation and Substitution
in Arabic" (Pallas Athena 2010), "The Essentials of the Class of
the Strong Verb in Arabic" (Pallas Athena 2010), "The Complexity of
the Irregular Verbal Nominal Forms & the Phonological Changes
in Arabic" (Pallas Athena Distribution 2009), "Arabic Morphology
and Phonology: Based on the Marah Al-Arwah by Ahmad B. Ali B.
Masud" (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, Brill
Academic Publishers 2001) and "Ahmad B. 'Ali B. Mas'Ud on Arabic
Morphology Marah Al-Arwah: Part 1: The Strong Verb" (Studia
Orientalia Ludensia, Vol 4, Brill Academic Pub 1990). She has also
published several articles about Arabic linguistics in two
Journals, the Journal of Arabic Linguistics (the ZAL or Zeitschrift
f r Arabische Linguistik) Wiesbaden, and the previous Acta
Orientalia, Denmark. She has also written a lemma about sarf
"morphology/phonology in the Encyclopaedia of Arabic Language and
Linguistics, vol. 4. Leiden: Brill, 20.
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