Al-Sirafi's theory of 'lingua-logical' grammar: An analytical study of the grammatical work of al-Si...

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" Al-Sirafi's theory of 'lingua-logical' grammar: An analytical study of the grammatical work of al-Sirafi (Sharh[dotbelow] Kitab Sibawayhi) within the context of a discussion on language and logic in medieval Islam "
Gunaydin, Muhammet J. E. Lowry

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	15814
Doc. No	:	TL746
Call number	:	‭3211077‬
Main Entry	:	Gunaydin, Muhammet
Title & Author	:	Al-Sirafi's theory of 'lingua-logical' grammar: An analytical study of the grammatical work of al-Sirafi (Sharh[dotbelow] Kitab Sibawayhi) within the context of a discussion on language and logic in medieval Islam\ Gunaydin, Muhammet
College	:	University of Pennsylvania
Date	:	2006
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2006
Page No	:	222-222 p.
Note	:	Copyright - Copyright UMI - Dissertations Publishing 2006; Last updated - 2014-01-21; First page - n/a
Abstract	:	This is a study of the problematic relationship between language, grammar, and logic in the linguistic thought of Abu Sa`id al-Sirafi (d. 979), the judge and grammarian. It offers an analytical study of the first seven chapters of his famous work on grammar, Sharh[dotbelow] Kitab Sibawayhi within the context of the famous debate over Arabic grammar and Aristotelian logic that took place in Baghdad, in 932 C.E, between him and Abu Bishr Matta ibn Yunus (d. 940), the philosopher and logician. In the debate, against Matta's thesis that logic is an instrument by which we differentiate correct speech from incorrect and sound meaning from unsound, al-Sirafi argues that correct speech can only be distinguished from incorrect by grammatical investigation, and sound meaning from unsound by reason. Al-Sirafi further argues that grammar includes logic, and thus there is no need to study logic separately. This study examines al-Sirafi's Sharh[dotbelow] to investigate whether these ideas are based on a verifiable linguistic theory found in his Sharh[dotbelow] , or stated only for the sake of discussion during the debate. At the end of the study it is concluded that al-Sirafi's approaches to linguistic issues are consistent and complementary to each other in both the debate and the Sharh[dotbelow] . However, there is no evidence found in the Sharh[dotbelow] to support his criticism of logic put forward in the debate.
Subject	:	Language, literature and linguistics; Grammar; Language; Logic; Medieval; Islam; Arabic; Al-Sirafi, Abu Sa'id; Sharh Kitab Sibawayhi; Abu Sa'id Al-Sirafi; 0679:Language
Added Entry	:	J. E. Lowry
Added Entry	:	University of Pennsylvania