Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Part I The Hebrew tradition
5. 1. Introduction 3
6. 2. Terminology 4
7. 3. Intra-Biblical tradition 6
8. 4. Rabbinic exegetical tradition 8
9. 5. Language and exegesis in the medieval Jewish tradition 17
10. 6. The logical and philosophical tradition of medieval Judaism 28
11. 7. Conclusion 39
12. 8. Suggestions for further reading 40
13. 9. Bibliographical references 41
14. Part II The Sanskrit tradition
15. 1. Introduction 51
16. 2. Terminology 56
17. 3. Awareness of language and meaning in early Vedic texts and ancillary disciplines 61
18. 4. Nirukta 71
19. 5. The exegetic guidelines of early Mīmāṁsā 74
20. 6. Grammar and semantics in the early Pāṇinian tradition 84
21. 7. Logic, ontology and semantics in Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika 98
22. 8. Challenging the Brahminical tradition 103
23. 9. Bhartṛhari's discussion of linguistic and semantic theories 110
24. 10. Developments after the Vākyapadīya 123
25. 11. Conclusion 131
26. 12. Suggestions for further reading 134
27. 13. Bibliographical references 137
28. Part III The Greek tradition
29. 1. Introduction 149
30. 2. Terminology 151
31. 3. Folk linguistics, etymology, magic 155
32. 4. Pre-Alexandrian exegesis (6th–4th centuries <sc>BCE</sc>) 163
33. 5. The intellectuals’ debate in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE of language, truth, knowledge and reality 168
34. 6. Plato 177
35. 7. Aristotle 188
36. 8. The Hellenistic period 200
37. 9. Apollonius Dyscolus 206
38. 10. Augustine 210
39. 11. Semantics and translation 213
40. 12. Conclusion 216
41. 13. Suggestions for further reading 218
42. 14. Bibliographical references 220
43. Part IV The Arabic tradition
44. 1. Introduction 227
45. 2. From speaker to text 233
46. 3. From text to language 239
47. 4. The role of semantics in Arabic linguistic theory 244
48. 5. The relationship between logic and grammar 251
49. 6. The relationship between rhetoric and grammar 259
50. 7. Towards a theory of signification 266
51. 8. Conclusion 274
52. 9. Suggestions for further reading 277
53. 10. Bibliographical references 279
54. Meaning in four linguistic traditions
55. 1. Introduction 285
56. 2. From exegesis to semantics 286
57. 3. The role of canonical texts 287
58. 4. Beginnings of linguistic thought within canonical texts 289
59. 5. Exegesis 290
60. 6. Beginnings of semantic theory 293
61. 7. The locus of meaning 294
62. 8. Incongruity between form and meaning 295
63. 9. The nature and origin of language 295
64. 10. Contacts between languages 296
65. 11. An area of disagreement 298
66. Chronological Table 302
67. Index of names 305
68. Index of subjects 311