Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics
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The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online comprehensively covers all aspects of Arabic languages and linguistics. It is interdisciplinary in scope and represents different schools and approaches in order to be as objective and versatile as possible. The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online is cross-searchable and cross-referenced, and is equipped with a browsable index. All relevant fields in Arabic linguistics, both general and language specific are covered and the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online includes topics from interdisciplinary fields, such as anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and computer science.
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The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online comprehensively covers all aspects of Arabic languages and linguistics. It is interdisciplinary in scope and represents different schools and approaches in order to be as objective and versatile as possible. The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online is cross-searchable and cross-referenced, and is equipped with a browsable index. All relevant fields in Arabic linguistics, both general and language specific are covered and the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online includes topics from interdisciplinary fields, such as anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and computer science.
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Muštarak
(2,042 words)
Muštarak (or, currently,
al-muštarak al-lafḍī) is used in Arabic rhetoric and grammar to indicate the ‘homonymous polysemic word’ (lit. ‘the common one’). The question at the origin of the lexical category of
muštarak is ‘how the nouns apply to the
nominatum (the named things)’ (see, for instance, Ibn Fāris [d. 395/1004],
Ṣāḥibī 114,
bāb al-ʾasmāʾ kayfa taqaʿu ʿalā l-musammayāt). In the most general and common state of affairs, every thing gets its own noun, such as
rajul ‘man’,
faras ‘horse’, and so on (Ibn Fāris,
Ṣāḥibī 327), but there are also single ‘things’ with many nouns,…
Date:
2018-04-01
Mutarādif
(1,673 words)
The term
mutarādif means ‘synonym’; in addition to this technical term, other expressions are found in Arabic medieval works:
muwāfiq li- ‘corresponding to’,
makāna ‘in the place of’ (Gully 1994:38–39). The question of synonymy was dealt with by medieval Muslim scholars from both a practical and a theoretical point of view. Of the former type are works such as al-ʾAṣmaʿī's (d. 213/828)
Mā xtalafa ʾalfāḍu-hu wa-ttafaqat maʿānī-hi ‘A collection of synonymous words and expressions’, a sort of mirror image of works bearing titles such as
Mā ttafaqa lafḍu-hu wa-xtalafa maʿnā-hu ‘A collec…
Date:
2018-04-01
Muwaššaḥ
(6,492 words)
The Appearance of the Muwaššaḥ in al-ʾAndalus: Description and Definition In Muslim Spain, the
muwaššaḥ – or ‘girdle poem’ (strophic poetry in classical Arabic) – was developed from the end of the tenth century onwards together with the strophic genre of the
zajal in colloquial Arabic. This colloquial was a Western Arabic dialect, which we call
ʾandalusī. Although the
muwaššaḥ is normally conceived in classical Arabic, we find in it quotations in colloquial Arabic and, in the last part of the poem (the
xarja or ‘exit refrain’), in Romance language. Both strophic genres norma…
Date:
2018-04-01