Studies In The Linguistic Structure Of Classical Arabic (studies In Semitic Languages And Linguistics)

STUDIES IN THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF CLASSICAL ARABIC STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS EDITED BY T. MURAOKA AND C.H.M. VERSTEEGH VOLUME XXXI STUDIES IN THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF CLASSICAL ARABIC STUDIES IN THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF CLASSICAL ARABIC BY NAPHTALI KINBERG EDITED BY LEAH KINBERG AND KEES VERSTEEGH BRILL LEIDEN • BOSTON • KOLN 2001 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Die Deutsche Bibliothek-CIP-Einheitsaufhahme Qinberg, Naftali: Studies in the linguistic structure of classical Arabic / by Naphtali Kinberg. - Leiden ; Boston ; Koln : Brill, 2000 (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Vol. 31) ISBN 90-04-11765-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data LC card number 00040336 ISSN 0081-8461 ISBN 9004117652 © Copyright 2001 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS CONTENTS Preface vii 1. An investigation of the combination 'n law in Classical Arabic 1 [Journal of Semitic Studies 25, 1980, 34-45] 2. Notes on the shift from accusative constructions to prepositional phrases in Hebrew and Arabic 12 [Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 44, 1981, 8-14] 3. A study of la-'in phrases in Early Literary Arabic 21 [Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 3, 1981-1982, 203-222] 4. Adverbial clauses as topics in Arabic: Adverbial clauses in frontal position separated from their main clauses 43 [Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 6, 1985, 353-416] 5. Causal and adversative meanings of the particle lakin in Arabic 103 [Journal of the American Oriental Society 107, 1987, 61-765] 6. Some temporal, aspectual, and modal features of the Arabic structure la-qad + prefix tense verb 112 [Journal of the American Oriental Society 108, 1988, 291-295] 7. Some modal, aspectual and syntactic constraints on the use of gad in the verbal system of Classical Arabic 121 [Studia Linguistica et Orientalia Memoriae Haim Blanc Dedicata, ed. by Paul Wexler, Alexander Borg, Sasson Somekh, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1989, 170-179] 8. Figurative uses, polysemy and homonymy in systems of tense, mood and aspect 132 [Lingua 83, 1991, 319-338] 9. Semi-imperfectives and imperfectives: A case-study of aspect and tense in Arabic participial clauses 153 [Lingua 86, 1992, 301-330] 10. The concepts of elevation and depression in Medieval Arabic phonetic theory 183 [zeitschrift fur arabische Linguistik 17, 1987, 7-20] VI CONTENTS 11. Treatise on the pronunciation of the dad Introduction by Kees Versteegh Identification of the author and the title Structure of the treatise Translation of the treatise References Arabic text 197 199 201 207 227 22