Arabic grammar and linguistics

Number of pages: 416 pages Publisher: Takween for Studies and Research - Britain In the modern era, the issue of Arabic grammar was raised in the Arab East, and many questions arose about the effectiveness of this grammar, its development, and its sufficiency in describing and interpreting the current and old Arabic language alike. This indication was not meant for grammar alone, but rather there was an overwhelming wave from a group of researchers who received Western knowledge at the beginning of the modern renaissance, and experienced a cultural revolution in the West. They tried to transfer it to the Arab world, so movements emerged to revive Arabic grammar historically and critically, to open a dialogue with contemporary Western linguistic trends in the Arab world, either for Arabic grammar or re-reading it anew, or demanding its change and proposing an alternative supported strongly by modern linguistics. In this book, the author addressed Arabic grammar in relation to contemporary linguistic trends, both traditional, descriptive, and transformational generative, describing the projects presented by Arab linguists and criticizing them.