The Arabic Lexicographical Tradition: From the 2nd/8th to the 12th/18th Century

Author:   Ramzi Baalbaki
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   107
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9789004273979


Pages:   490
Publication Date:   28 May 2014
Format:   Hardback
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A comprehensive and methodologically sophisticated history of Arabic lexicography, this book fills a serious gap in modern scholarship. Besides meticulously examining the factors that led to the emergence of lexicographical writing as of the second/eighth century, the work comprises detailed discussions of the aims, range, and approaches of the most important writings and writers of lexica specialized in specific topics and multi thematic thesauri, and the lexica arranged according to roots. The organisation of the book and the lists of works cited in the various genres make it easy for the reader to find his way through an enormous amount of material. From a broader perspective, the book highlights the relationship between Arabic lexicography and other areas of linguistic study, grammar in particular, and the centrality of Qurʾan and poetry to lexicographical writing.

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Author:   Ramzi Baalbaki
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   107
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.893kg
ISBN:  

9789004273979


ISBN 10:   9004273972
Pages:   490
Publication Date:   28 May 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface Chapter One: Early Lexicographical Activity 1. The Background of Linguistic Study 2. The Speech of the Bedouins (Aʿrāb) 3. The Collection of Data 4. The Epochs of Reliable Usage (ʿUṣūr al-iḥtiǧāǧ) 5. The Role of Ġarīb 6. The Compilation of Lexica 7. Remarks on Contemporary Scholarship and the Originality of Arabic Lexicography Chapter Two: Mubawwab (Onomasiological) and Specialized Lexica 1. Introduction 2. al-Ġarīb (Strange Usage) and al-Nawādir (Rare Usage) 3. al-Amṯāl (Proverbs) 4. al-Nabāt (Plants), al-Ḥayawān (Animals), Ḫalq al-insān (Human Body), etc. 5. al-Muʿarrab (Arabized Words) 6. Laḥn al-ʿāmma (Solecism) 7. al-Aḍdād (Words with Two Contradictory Meanings) 8. al-Muštarak (Homonyms) and al-Mutarādif (Synonyms) 9. al-Ḥurūf/al-Aṣwāt (Particles/Letters) 10. al-Abniya (Morphological Patterns) 11. Multithematic Works Chapter Three: Muǧannas (Semasiological) Lexica 1. Introduction 2. The Phonetic-Permutative System 3. The Alphabetical System 4. The Rhyme System Epilogue Bibliographical References Indices

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Ramzi Baalbaki, the very renowned researcher on the history of Arabic Language and Linguistics, after long years of extensive publication in the field, provides the reader with this seminal work on the Lexicographical Arabic tradition. It is indeed a milestone in the history of studies on the extremely rich tradition of Arabic Lexical works, as well as a good reference for everybody interested in discovering the subtleties and intricacies of the Arabic language. [...] This is definitely a solid piece of research, an impressive work that provides an invaluable service to researchers in the field of Arabic lexicography. Ignacio Ferrando, Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes 105 (2015), 433-434. Obwohl der Inhalt dieser gehaltvollen Studie nur rudimentar dargestelt werden konnte, wird dem Leser nicht verborgen geblieben sein, dass B. ein grundlegendes Werk zu einem Teilbereich der arabischen Literaturgeschichte geschaffen hat, das hinsichtlich Klarheit der Darstellung, Materialreichtum und Zuverlassigkeit der Angaben nichts zu wunschen ubrig lasst. Man darf es getrost als Jahrhundertwerk bezeichnen, denn die mannigfachen Beobachtungen und neuen Erkenntnisse, die der Autor fur uns parat halt, werden auch in Jahrzehnten kaum uberholt sein. Kurzum, die Leistung Baalbakis is gar nicht hoch genug zu schatzen und sollte uns allen ein Vorbild sein und gleichzeitig als Anspron dienen, die Erforschung der Geschichte der arabischen Lexikographie voranzutreiben . Reinhart Weipert in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 110, 4/5 (2015).


This is definitely a solid piece of research, an impressive work that provides an invaluable service to researchers in the field of Arabic lexicography. Ignacio Ferrando in Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes 105 (2015), 433-434.


Ramzi Baalbaki, the very renowned researcher on the history of Arabic Language and Linguistics, after long years of extensive publication in the field, provides the reader with this seminal work on the Lexicographical Arabic tradition. It is indeed a milestone in the history of studies on the extremely rich tradition of Arabic Lexical works, as well as a good reference for everybody interested in discovering the subtleties and intricacies of the Arabic language. [...] This is definitely a solid piece of research, an impressive work that provides an invaluable service to researchers in the field of Arabic lexicography. Ignacio Ferrando, Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes 105 (2015), 433-434. Obwohl der Inhalt dieser gehaltvollen Studie nur rudimentar dargestelt werden konnte, wird dem Leser nicht verborgen geblieben sein, dass B. ein grundlegendes Werk zu einem Teilbereich der arabischen Literaturgeschichte geschaffen hat, das hinsichtlich Klarheit der Darstellung, Materialreichtum und Zuverlassigkeit der Angaben nichts zu wunschen ubrig lasst. Man darf es getrost als Jahrhundertwerk bezeichnen, denn die mannigfachen Beobachtungen und neuen Erkenntnisse, die der Autor fur uns parat halt, werden auch in Jahrzehnten kaum uberholt sein. Kurzum, die Leistung Baalbakis is gar nicht hoch genug zu schatzen und sollte uns allen ein Vorbild sein und gleichzeitig als Anspron dienen, die Erforschung der Geschichte der arabischen Lexikographie voranzutreiben . Reinhart Weipert in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 110, 4/5 (2015).


...eine willkommene und fundierte Erganzung der Literatur uber die arabische Lexikographie . Vivian Strotmann in Die Welt des Islams 57 (2017) 227-229. This work will be extremely helpful for specialists, but it is also accessible to-nonspecialists, and does a wonderful job of expressing why Arabic lexicography is relevant and interesting even for those who do not speak Arabic. It allows readers to challenge their preconceptions about dictionaries and the kind of work that dictionaries do. David Lennington in Al-Abhath 64 (2016) Ramzi Baalbaki, the very renowned researcher on the history of Arabic Language and Linguistics, after long years of extensive publication in the field, provides the reader with this seminal work on the Lexicographical Arabic tradition. It is indeed a milestone in the history of studies on the extremely rich tradition of Arabic Lexical works, as well as a good reference for everybody interested in discovering the subtleties and intricacies of the Arabic language. [...] This is definitely a solid piece of research, an impressive work that provides an invaluable service to researchers in the field of Arabic lexicography. Ignacio Ferrando, Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes 105 (2015), 433-434. Obwohl der Inhalt dieser gehaltvollen Studie nur rudimentar dargestelt werden konnte, wird dem Leser nicht verborgen geblieben sein, dass B. ein grundlegendes Werk zu einem Teilbereich der arabischen Literaturgeschichte geschaffen hat, das hinsichtlich Klarheit der Darstellung, Materialreichtum und Zuverlassigkeit der Angaben nichts zu wunschen ubrig lasst. Man darf es getrost als Jahrhundertwerk bezeichnen, denn die mannigfachen Beobachtungen und neuen Erkenntnisse, die der Autor fur uns parat halt, werden auch in Jahrzehnten kaum uberholt sein. Kurzum, die Leistung Baalbakis is gar nicht hoch genug zu schatzen und sollte uns allen ein Vorbild sein und gleichzeitig als Anspron dienen, die Erforschung der Geschichte der arabischen Lexikographie voranzutreiben . Reinhart Weipert in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 110, 4/5 (2015).


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Ramzi Baalbaki, Ph.D. (1978), University of London, is the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut. He is also the Chair of the Academic Council of the Doha Arabic Historical Dictionary project. He has published extensively both in English and Arabic on the history of the Arabic grammatical and lexicographical traditions.

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