Sibawaihi , c.760-793, Persian grammarian, considered the most important Arabic grammarian. His book al-Kitah fi'l nahwi is the first complete Arabic grammar, upon which all other Arabic grammars are based. It classified words according to function and established rules for vowel endings. The work is filled with quotations from poetry, prose, proverbs, and the Qur'an.
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The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/1997; Smyth, William; 823 words;
... of books. Al-Qadi discusses the organizing principles used in biographical dictionaries, and Baalbaki considers the book of Sibawaihi - the seminal work on Arabic grammar. Turning to poetry, Annemarie Schimmel considers the metaphor of the book and the resonance ...
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Arabic dialect history and historical linguistic mythology.
The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2003; Owens, Jonathan; 15033 words;
... apparently included among the forms not appropriate for Koran recitation, if it can be identified with Sibawaihi's 'jiim' which is like a 'shiin'. Sibawaihi's socio-aesthetic judgments, of course, are not to be confused with a proto form. 5. Strictly ...
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Violent youth groups in Indonesia: the cases of Yogyakarta and Nusa Tenggara Barat.
SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia; 4/1/2003; Kristiansen, Stein; 10083 words;
... Pam Swakarsa to be established in the NTB, informally in late 1998, formally on 8 April 1999. Its leader was Tuan Guru Haji Sibawaihi, a charismatic Muslim leader in East Lombok. The ideological basis is twofold: Pancasila (the official state ideology) and ...
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