Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. The Book of Explanation of Linguistic Causes
6. Introduction 15
7. I. The parts of speech 22
8. II. The disagreement of the grammarians about the definitions of noun, verb and particle 43
9. III. The knowledge of the definitions of noun, verb and particle 49
10. IV. The theories about the verb and the infinitive 72
11. V. The theory of linguistic causes 87
12. VI. The theory about declension and speech 95
13. VII. The theory about the declension 101
14. VIII. The theory about the declension 109
15. IX. The theory about the declension 118
16. X. The theory about [the problem] which of these three parts — the noun, the verb and the particle 121
17. XI. The theory about the noun, the verb and the particle 135
18. XII. The theory concerning the verbs 139
19. XIII. The present verb and its real nature 142
20. XIV. What is the reason for calling grammar naḥw? 147
21. XV. The difference between ‘grammar’, ‘lexicography’, ‘declension’ and ‘glosses’ 152
22. XVI. The theory about the lexical meaning of the [words] ‘nominative’, ‘accusative’ and ‘genitive’ 157
23. XVII. The use of learning grammar 164
24. XVIII. The reason for the introduction of nunation into speech, and its different aspects 168
25. XIX. The reason for the heaviness of the verb and the lightness of the noun 177
26. XX. The reason why nouns cannot have a jussive 182
27. XXI. The reason why verbs cannot have a genitive 190
28. XXII. The theory about the dual and the plural 216
29. XXIII. The theory about the ‘alif , the y and the w in the dual and the plural 231
30. Selected problems 240
31. List of references 258
32. Abbreviations 280
33. Index of names 283
34. Index of subjects 289
35. Index of terms 301