Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Abbreviations and Conventions vii
3. Preface ix
4. Table of contents xi
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Two General Points 13
7. 3. Farra' as Linguist 19
8. 4. Sibawayhi's Methodology 35
9. 5. Noun Complementation 55
10. 6. Sibawayh and Farra' vs. Later Grammarians 103
11. 7. Farra' as Transitional Figure 127
12. 8. Farra' and the Period of Heterogeneity 157
13. 9. Minor Writers 179
14. 10. The Development of the Basran and Kufan Schools 203
15. 11. The Structural Development of Early Arabic Syntactic Theory 221
16. Appendix I 245
17. Appendix II Arabic Quotes 261
18. Appendix III Arabic Linguists 273
19. References 275
20. Index of Arabic Grammarians 285
21. Index of Arabic Grammatical Terms 287
22. Subject Index 291