Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University

ISBN-13: 9789004343030 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 508 str.

Ahmad Al-Jallad

Opis

The writing of Arabic s linguistic history is by definition an interdisciplinary effort, the result of collaboration between historical linguists, epigraphists, dialectologists, and historians. The present volume seeks to catalyse a dialogue between scholars in various fields who are interested in Arabic s past and to illustrate how much there is to be gained by looking beyond the traditional sources and methods. It contains 15 innovative studies ranging from pre-Islamic epigraphy to the modern spoken dialect, and from comparative Semitics to Middle Arabic. The combination of these perspectives hopes to stand as an important methodological intervention, encouraging a shift in the way Arabic s linguistic history is written."