Why Do Particles (not) Operate? The Development of the Concept of iḫtiṣāṣ in Arabic Grammatical Tradition

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The Development of the Concept of iḫtiṣāṣ in Arabic Grammatical Tradition”. According to the theory of ʿamal (“syntactic effect”, “operation”) in Arabic grammatical tradition, a correspondence exists between operators' – in particular, particles' – exertion of ʿamal and their being exclusive to either nouns or verbs. This article discusses the development that this principle of iḫtiṣāṣ (lit. “specialization”) underwent, from its (probably) initial stage in Sībawayhi's al-Kitāb and al-Mubarrad's al-Muqtaḍab, to the final shape it took under Ibn al-Sarrāj and later grammarians. It also studies two explanations of a higher order provided by grammarians for this principle, in which they sought to answer the question of why such a correspondence should exist
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9-26
Number of pages18
JournalAl-Karmil: Studies in Arabic Language and Literature
Volume37-38
StatePublished - 2016

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