TY - CHAP
T1 - Abstract principles in Arabic grammatical theory
T2 - The operator assigning the independent mood
AU - Kasher, Almog
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The Baṣran grammarians are generally credited with the view that the operator assigning the independent mood to verbs is their filling positions of nouns. The text of the Kitāb shows, on the one hand, that Sībawayhi indeed regards filling positions of nouns as the operator of this mood; on the other hand, his explanation seems to be founded on a ‘background principle’ of the default status of this mood. Later grammarians generally adopt the ‘Baṣran’ view, but do not regard it as a formalization of this ‘background principle’. Yet, elements of Sībawayhi’s theory regarding this operator are incorporated into their discussions, which facilitated the reading of later theories into the Kitāb.
AB - The Baṣran grammarians are generally credited with the view that the operator assigning the independent mood to verbs is their filling positions of nouns. The text of the Kitāb shows, on the one hand, that Sībawayhi indeed regards filling positions of nouns as the operator of this mood; on the other hand, his explanation seems to be founded on a ‘background principle’ of the default status of this mood. Later grammarians generally adopt the ‘Baṣran’ view, but do not regard it as a formalization of this ‘background principle’. Yet, elements of Sībawayhi’s theory regarding this operator are incorporated into their discussions, which facilitated the reading of later theories into the Kitāb.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85056541861&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/9789004302662_008
DO - 10.1163/9789004302662_008
M3 - فصل
T3 - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics
SP - 120
EP - 137
BT - The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics II
A2 - Marogy, Amal Elesha
A2 - Versteegh, Kees
PB - Brill Academic Publishers
ER -