An Andalusian lexicographer reading an Oriental grammarian
The nature of language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12099758 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georgine Ayoub (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 35-53 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Histoire Épistémologie Langage (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0750-8069 • E-ISSN: 1638-1580 |
| Publisher | EDP Sciences (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.1051/hel/2018019 |
| OpenAlex | W2913349717 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In his important dictionary, al-Muḫaṣṣaṣ , Ibn Sīda, the most distinguished Andalusian lexicographer, born in Murcia and died in Denia in 458/1066, presents, as the foundations of his work, a conception of the nature of language and the origin of speech. The latter theory is borrowed, almost literally, from al-Ḫaṣāʾiṣ , without this being stated explicitly. Al-Ḫaṣāʾiṣ , as we know, is the epistemological work of Ibn Ǧinnī, a great Baġdādi grammarian of Greek origin of the 4 th /10 th century. As Ibn Ǧinnī’s extract seems to be taken literally, Ibn Sīda’s passage has been described as a servile borrowing and has not, to our knowledge, been more extensively studied. I will try in this paper to show that this is, in fact, a reading with significant differences about some important points, leading to a somewhat different conception of language. Some aspects of Ibn Sīda’s relation to Ibn Ǧinnī’s work will be examined in this regard
Art · Epistemology · Lexicography · Linguistics · Literature · Reading (process · Relation (database · Computer Science · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
|---|