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This volume contains sixteen contributions from the fourth conference on the Foundations of Arabic linguistics (Genova, 2016), all having to do with the development of linguistic theory in the Arabic grammatical tradition, starting from Sibawayhi's Kitab (end of the 8th century C.E.) and its continuing evolution in later grammarians up till the 14th century C.E. The scope of this volume includes the links between grammar and other disciplines, such as lexicography and logic, and the reception of Arabic grammar in the Persian and Malay linguistic tradition.

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Manuela E.B. Golfo, lecturer in Arabic at Exeter University 2008-2013, is lecturer in Arabic and Arabic philology at Genoa University and chercheuse associee at IREMAM, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Universite, from which she holds a Ph.D. in Arabic linguistics. She was the organizer of the fourth FAL conference (2016). Kees Versteegh is emeritus professor of Arabic and Islam at the University of Nijmegen. He specializes in historical linguistics and the history of linguistics. He published The Arabic language (revised ed. 2014) and was editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Arabic language and linguistics (2006-2009). Contributors are: Hassina Aliane, Georgine Ayoub, Ramzi Baalbaki, Michael G. Carter, Hanadi Dayyeh, Joseph Dichy, Jean Druel, Manuela E.B. Giolfo, Wilfrid Hodges, Eva Jeremias, Almog Kasher, Aryeh Levin, Arik Sadan, Haruko Sakaedani, Manuel Sartori, Beata Sheyhatovitch, and Kees Versteegh.

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