C H M Versteegh

Biographic Data

ID1444108
NAMEC H M Versteegh
GIVEN NAMESC H M
FAMILY NAMEVersteegh
SIGNATUREVERSTEEGH C H M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Nijmegen
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX1

  • The transmission and dynamics of the textual sources of Islam

    Harald Motzki, N A Boekhoff-van der Voort et al.BOOKThe transmission and dynamics of…2011

  • Approaches to Arabic Linguistics

    C H M Versteegh, Harald Motzki et al.BOOKApproaches to Arabic linguistics2007

    For a lifetime Kees Versteegh played a leading role in Arabic linguistics, dialects (diglossia, creolization, pidginization), the history of Arabic grammar, and other fields related to Arabic. From among his global contacts, colleagues contributed to a Liber Amicorum in appreciation of his stimulating efforts to reopen, deepen and complete our knowledge of Arabic Grammar and Linguistics. In three sections, History, Linguistics and Dialects, 27 co…

  • Arabic Grammar and Qurʾānic Exegesis in Early Islam

    John L Hayes, C H M VersteeghARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1997

  • Arabic Grammar & Qur'anic Exegesis in Early Islam

    Geneviève Humbert, C H M VersteeghARTICLEStudia Islamica1995

  • Arabic Grammar and Qur’ānic Exegesis in Early Islam

    C H M VersteeghBOOKArabic Grammar and Qur’ānic…1993

    This study of the earliest Qur’ānic commentaries analyzes the origin of linguistic thinking in Islam and its technical terminology

  • The Foundations of Grammar

    C H M Versteegh, Jonathan OwensARTICLEDie Welt des Islams1990

  • Arabic Grammar and Corruption of Speech

    C H M VersteeghARTICLEAl-Abhath1983

  • A Dissenting Grammarian Qutrub on Declension

    C H M VersteeghARTICLEHistoriographia Linguistica1981References: 2

    This paper is concerned with a theory held by the Arab grammarian Qutrub (d.206/821) with regard to the inflectional vowels of the noun in Arabic. Contrary to what most grammarians believed, he asserted that these vowels do not serve to indicate (syntactic) functions, but to prevent the combination of two consonants. We examine the methodological background of this theory and argue in particular that (1) Qutrub's theory about the inflectional vow…

  • Logique et grammaire au Xème siècle

    Open AccessC H M VersteeghARTICLEHistoire Épistémologie Langage1980Cited by: 3

  • The Arabic Terminology of Syntactic Position

    C H M VersteeghARTICLEArabica1978

    FoR the Arabic grammarians speech is a system in equilibrium, whether it is the result of a revelation from Allah (tawqff), or of an agreement between men (istildh). Each and every letter, word, category, has its own place and its own rights. Every phenomenon can and must be explained, and every deviation from the original form (asl) is the result of a well-defined cause ('illa), and occurs according to well-defined rules. It is the task of the g…

  • Greek elements in Arabic linguistic thinking

    C H M Versteegh, Versteegh VersteeghBOOKGreek elements in Arabic…1977

    thai most irksome and difficult part of literature, with so much labour of the memory, and with so little assistance of the understanding ' '