Bergen Studies on the Middle East and Africa : 2

Herbjørn Jenssen:

The Subtleties and Secrets of the Arabic Language

Contents

1. The ilm al-balagha in Western scholarship (1)

2. Al-Qazwini and his time (14)
   • The madrasa system and the textbook genres (20)
   • The language that was Arabic (27)

3. The Talkhis: An overview (32)

4. Grammar, Logic, and the 'ilm al-ma'ani (46)

5. 'Ilm al-ma'ani I: The utterance (65)
   • The three parts of the utterance: How the 'modes' (ahwal) interact with the 'situation' (hal) (75)

6. 'Ilm al-ma'ani II: qasr, insha' and wasl (99)
   • Restriction (qasr): Statement and implication (99)
   • Performatives (insha'): Form and function (108)
   • Conjunction and Disjunction: The interaction between sentences (116)
   • Brevity, Lengthiness and Balanced length: Precision versus Efficiency (126)

7. Conclusions (131)
   • The science of meanings (131)
   • The science of eloquence (135)

   Bibliography (140)

Read an introduction to this volume

C. Hurst & Co (Publishers) Ltd.,
38 King Street, London WC2E 8JT,
England

Phone +44-171-240 2666; fax +44-171-240-2667,
E-mail: hurst@atlas.co.uk

Publication date: Already published 1998
x, 146 pp.; £ 22. ISBN 185065-307-0