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This is the first book-length study of Arabic lexicography in the post-formative period (ca. 1200-1800). It provides a window into the dynamics of the discipline and the intellectual debates that unfolded in the study of the Arabic language. With a focus on speech errors and loanwords, the author explains how scholars integrated new language phenomena into tradition. By reading the dictionary as a form of commentary that departs from its master text to expand and challenge its content, this book offers a new understanding of the vibrant field of Arabic lexicography and commentary culture at large.

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Author:   Colinda Lindermann
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.455kg
ISBN:  

9789004729018

ISBN 10:   9004729011
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   24 July 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Figures Note on Transliteration and Translation Introduction: From Legend to Discipline  1 The Return to Philology  2 The End of the Formative Period  3 Aspects of adab  4 The Boundaries of Language in the Post-formative Period 1 The Dictionary as a Commentary  1 The Commentary Tradition  2 How to Invite Commentary  3 A Focus on ḥadīth  4 Conclusion 2 Anthologies of Errors: Laḥn al-ʿāmma in the Post-formative Period  1 Laḥn al-ʿāmma in the Post-formative Period  2 A Genre of Its Own: Engagement with al-Ḥarīrī’s Durrat al-ghawwāṣ  3 From the Classic to the Contemporary: ghalaṭ mashhūr  4 Benevolent Approaches to laḥn  5 Conclusion 3 The Social Life of Loanwords: Five Hundred Years of taʿrīb  1 Taʿrīb Historically  2 From al-Jawālīqī to al-Muḥibbī: Loanwords in the Post-formative Period  3 Loanwords as Pretext  4 Conclusion Conclusion Abstract — ملخص Bibliography Index of Names and Works Index of Subjects and Terms

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Colinda Lindermann (Dr. phil., Freie Universität Berlin, 2025) works as a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium. Her research interests include Islamic intellectual history and history of knowledge, Arabic language scholarship and comparative philology, and pre-Islamic poetry.

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