Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface

Preface

Preface to This Edition

The Background of the Kitab

The State of Kitab Criticism

Grammar and Law

‘Grammar’ and ‘nahw’

The Principles and Criteria of the Kitab

Twenty Dirhams

In Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Arabic Terms and Proper Names

Index of Qur'anic Citations

Index of Poetic Citations

About the Author

Michael C. Carter is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney. He has held positions at Duke University, New York University, and Oslo University. His publications include Arab Linguistics: An Introductory Classical Text with Translation and Notes (Benjamins, 1981); Sibawayhi (OUP/Tauris, 2004), and Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar, with Elsaid Badawi and Adrian Gully (Routledge, 2003, rev. ed. 2015).

Reviews

In general, the book is an in-depth study of the early history of Arabic grammar. I sincerely recommend it to graduate students and researchers in Arabic linguistics and related fields. Historians of general linguistics will also undoubtedly find it informative and helpful. --Mohamed Mohamed Yunis Ali, WORAL, Qatar Foundation, Doha