17 results for “linguistics”

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classical Sibawaih

...c language and remains the foundational reference in Arabic linguistics.

medieval Ibn Jinni

...hasa'is, a pioneering work on Arabic morphology and general linguistics that explored the philosophy of language with remarkable so...

tabii Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali

...s for Arabic grammar, which became the foundation of Arabic linguistics. He also introduced diacritical marks (tashkeel) to help no...

classical al-Farra'

... author of Ma'ani al-Quran, a foundational work for Quranic linguistics.

tabi al-Kisa'i al-Kufi

...s; also the leading grammarian of the Kufi school of Arabic linguistics.

classical al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Founder of Arabic prosody and compiler of al-'Ayn, the first Arabic dictionary; also credited with developing the Arabic vowel system.

classical Sibawayhi

Author of al-Kitab, the foundational work of Arabic grammar; student of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad; considered 'the Imam of grammarians'.

classical al-Azhari (linguist)

Major Arabic lexicographer; author of Tahdhib al-Lughah, an 15-volume dictionary of classical Arabic.

classical al-Hariri of Basra

Arabic literary genius; author of the Maqamat al-Hariri, one of the most celebrated works of Arabic prose literature.

classical Tha'lab

Leading scholar of the Kufi grammatical school; teacher of al-Hariri's teachers and a legendary Arabic lexicographer.

classical Abu 'Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam

A leading early scholar of Arabic linguistics, hadith, and Quranic studies. His Gharib al-Hadith and Fada...

classical al-Biruni

...mathematics, physics, geography, history, pharmacology, and linguistics.

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