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This volume deals with the numerous grammatical passages included in the voluminous ""Kitab al-'Ayn"", the earliest Arabic dictionary (8th century). The material is isolated and classified according to its various grammatical categories and then analyzed, taking account of the current knowledge of the state of Arabic grammar in its early stage of development. The disputed attribution of ""Kitab al-'Ayn"" to Halil b. Ahmad is reconsidered from the vantage point of this grammatical material.

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' ...Talmon should be commended for undertaking this venture. ' Monique Bernards, Journal of the American Oriental Society , 1999. ' It is a fitting addition to Brill's excellent Semitic languages and linguistics series edited by T. Muraoka and C.H.M. Versteegh This tome is an impressive synthesis utilizing a solid bibliography of primany and secondary sources. ' Alan S. Kaye. ' Talmon's monograph offers the reader an impressive stock of information supported by an uncommonly rich amount of sources. ' Ladislav Drozdik, Asian and African Studies , 2000.

'.. .Talmon should be commended for undertaking this venture.'<br>Monique Bernards, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1999.<br>' It is a fitting addition to Brill's excellent Semitic languages and linguistics series edited by T. Muraoka and C.H.M. VersteeghThis tome is an impressive synthesis utilizing a solid bibliography of primany and secondary sources.'<br>Alan S. Kaye.<br>' Talmon's monograph offers the reader an impressive stock of information supported by an uncommonly rich amount of sources.'<br>Ladislav Drozdik, Asian and African Studies, 2000.<br>

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Rafael Talmon, Ph.D. (1981) in Arabic, Tel Aviv University, is Professor of Arabic at the University of Haifa. He has published extensively on the early history of Arabic grammatical tradition and its relations with other linguistic traditions.

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