Les voies de la transmission du Kitāb de Sībawayhi / / par Geneviève Humbert.

• Superior document: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 20
• Author: Humbert, Geneviève, 1947-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: French
• Series: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 20.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages, 21 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations

The Kitāb of Sībawayhi, compiled in the 8th century, is the oldest existant Arabic grammar. It has gone through many editions, but all are based on a copy from the 18th century. The author of this important book has discovered 11 manuscripts in addition to the 66 mentioned by F. Sezgin ( GAS , IX). More than 40 were used in this book to contribute to a new understanding of the history of the text. She has now definitively shown that all of the recensions, oriental and occidental, follow closely the—now lost—copy of al-Mubarrad (d. 9th century), which functioned as a true vulgate. Only one manuscript, found in Milan, managed to escape its influence, and adhered to the rival Kufan grammatical tradition. This manuscript provides a better version of the text and makes a new reading of the Kitāb possible

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- SĪBAWAYHI ET LE KITĀB: RETOUR AUX SOURCES -- LES ÉDITIONS DU KITĀB -- LE KITĀB DES MANUSCRITS -- LE KITĀB D’ABŪ ‘ALĪ AL-FĀRISĪ ET D’AL-MUBARRAD -- LA RECENSION ZAMAḪŠARĪ -- LE KITĀB EN OCCIDENT: I. HISTOIRE DE LA RECENSION AL-RABĀḤĪ -- LE KITĀB EN OCCIDENT: II. LA TRADITION MANUSCRITE -- COPIES ANCIENNES DU KITĀB -- CATALOGUE DES MANUSCRITS -- TABLE DES OUVRAGES CITÉS -- INDEX DES COPISTES -- INDEX DES MANUSCRITS: (CLASSÉS PAR SIGLES) -- INDEX DES CHAPITRES DU KITĀB -- INDEX GENERAL -- LISTE DES PLANCHES -- STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS.