2024-03-29T11:23:56Zhttps://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/oai/requestoai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/26772019-04-01T09:01:53Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
The influence of English grammar, syntax, idiom and style upon contemporary literary Arabic
Aziz, Yowell Yosef
al-Ghul, Mahmud
2012-06-08T08:09:12Z
2012-06-08T08:09:12Z
1967
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2677
en
228
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/26692019-04-01T09:01:54Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
'Tawdīh makāsid al-alfiyya' by Hasan b. Kāsim al-Murādī (749/1348) : a critical edition
Al-Tikriti, Tālīb A.R.
Burton, John
2012-06-06T14:37:48Z
2012-06-06T14:37:48Z
1984
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2669
en
1149
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/29262019-03-29T16:07:03Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29com_10023_75com_10023_25col_10023_1948col_10023_79
The application of semantics to the translation of pre-Islamic poetry: with special reference to the 'Mu'allaqa' of Imru al-Qays
Husayn, 'Ala al-Din Ahmad
Burton, John
This thesis, to the best of our knowledge, is the first attempt to
apply semantics to the translation of pre-Islamic poetry. But this is a
thorny path. This poetry is some of the most ambiguous, confusing,
disorganized and perfunctorily investigated in the whole of Arabic
literature. The Mucallaga of Imru'al-Qays, our subject of study, the
crowning achievement of this poetry, is in an even worse case. The
principal problem which confronts the researcher as well as the
translator is the usual one of how best to bridge the cultural gulf of
both time and place, to set this Mucallaga in its cultural context so
as to understand its theme, and achieve the same communicative effect
of the text in translation. Commentaries and lexicons are of. little
help here, because their main interest is the denotation of single
words of this Mucallaga rather than in its organic unity. The setting
of this Mucallaga in its Semitic literary context would cast some light
on its essential theme and hence open new horizons for further comprehensive
research in this field. This is the task we embarked upon in
Chapter 1.
Confronted with fifteen main commentaries, and two English translations
of this Mucallaga, we have resorted to the current semantic
theories in the hope that in one of them we would find a happy solution
to the problem of translating these commentaries, or at'least help in
organizing them systematically. Much to our dismay, however, the bulky
literature on this subject bequeathed to us a welter of controversial
theories, perhaps because semantics is quite a new branch of linguistics.
These contradictory theories have been presented to demonstrate the
difficulty of adopting any one particular semantic theory. Nonetheless,
certain structural semantic relationships have been found to be of
highly significant application.
This, and particularly the structural semantic-relationships as
well as their employment throughout this thesis have been discussed in
Chapter II.
A theory of translation necessarily overlaps with a theory of
semantics. Chapter II made it clear that the help we might have
expected from semantics is but a pipe-dream. Instead of bemoaning,
philological, linguistic and socio-linguistic approaches to the theory
and practice of translation have been suggested. In Chapter III these
approaches have been demonstrated and applied to the translations of
(J. ) and (A. ) who, owing to the ambiguity of the text, have resorted to
the commentaries - appendices of which have been attached.
It has been concluded that the full translation of this Mucallaqa
is almost impossible because of the myriad phonological, semantic and
cultural problems. However, it has been argued that the development of
a more comprehensive semantic theory upon which an eclectic theory of
translation could depend, and a more profound and accurate investigation
of the essential theme of this Mucallaga would get rid of a lot of the
problems of research and translation.
2012-07-04T14:42:42Z
2012-07-04T14:42:42Z
1984
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2926
en
640
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/238812021-09-01T14:01:12Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29com_10023_36com_10023_12col_10023_1948col_10023_43
Title redacted
Barghi, Yasmin
Sturkenboom, Ilse
Talajooy, Saeed
2021-09-01T13:55:29Z
2021-09-01T13:55:29Z
2021-12-01
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23881
https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/129
en
2026-08-16
Thesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Print and electronic copy restricted until 16th August 2026
[38], ix, 544 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/29492019-04-01T09:01:55Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
Teaching of Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL) : a study of the communicative approach in relation to Arabic
Jadwat, Ayoob Y.
Burton, John
The study is concerned with the problem of how to improve the teaching
of Arabic as a foreign or a second language. It lays down some of the
essential foundation-work necessary for bringing about systematic and
constructive improvements in the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language
(TAFL) by investigating the contributions of modern linguistic sciences
(such as applied linguistics, educational linguistics, psycholinguistics
and sociolinguistics) to the development of foreign language (FL) teaching
and learning. A survey of the literature indicates that a 'revolution' is
currently taking place in FL teaching and that a new approach, known as
the Communicative Approach (CA), has begun to emerge and influence the
teaching of FLs in general, over the last decade or so. Since the CA
is currently being adopted to the teaching of most major FLs and since
this revolution has not yet had much impact on TAPL, the study explores
the possibility of the application of the CA to the teaching of Arabic as
a living language.
The thesis is divided into 7 chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the importance
of viewing the nature of language and FL teaching from a multidimensional
point of view. Chapter 2 outlines the general nature and importance of
the subject matter (i.e. the Arabic language) in a wide context. In order
to understand what has directly or indirectly influenced the teaching
practices of TAFL, Chapter 3 provides an overview of the development of
views of FL teaching approaches and methods in recent times, from
formalism (teacher-centred learning) to functionalism (student -centred
learning). Chapter 4 concentrates on providing an interpretation of
the current 'state of the art' of TPPL in Britain. A theoretical outline
of the CA is presented in Chapter 5. This chapter provides a working
hypothesis of a proposed integrative model for communicative competence
that can be used as a practical reference tool in the relevant areas of
communicative language development In TAPL. Chapter 6 focuses on
one of these areas; communicative syllabus design, in which the stages
in Arabic language programme development and types of communicative
syllabuses are discussed. The last chapter concludes with a suggetion
of specific further research needs in TAFL: communicative teaching
methodology, communicative materials development, communicative
testing techniques and communicative tea cher training.
2012-07-09T13:47:38Z
2012-07-09T13:47:38Z
1988
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2949
en
473 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/29442019-03-29T16:07:10Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29com_10023_75com_10023_25col_10023_1948col_10023_79
The Arab tribes from Jāhilīya to Islām : sources and historical trends
El-Sakkout, Ihab Hamdi
Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.)
This dissertation
aims
to formulate
a view of
Arabian tribalism in the
pre-
Islamic
period and
its development in Islamic times.
The first
part assesses
the historical
usability of
the literary
source
material of
the Jahiliya. The focus is
on oral
historical traditions
-
the
ayyam al-
carab. These
are
found to have
remained
textually fluid
until
the time
of
their
recording.
This fluidity
may
have
affected style and
form but did
not
substantially affect certain
historical
elements.
The
more
inter-tribal
and
less
local the
account was,
the
more reliable
it is likely to be historically. A
sample
comparison
between tribal hostility
and
tribal distribution
showed
that the
accounts seem
to be highly
consistent.
The
second part of
the thesis is
concerned
firstly
with establishing a
Jahili
profile
for two tribal
groups; secondly with
tracing the
affairs of
their
descendants into the Umayyad
period.
The tribal
groups of
Taghlib
and
Ghatafan
were picked
for
examination.
Both
were strong cohesive groups
in the
pre-Islamic period.
In Islamic times, Taghlibis lose importance
since
they
opted
to
remain
Christian, thus, Taghlibis
are virtually
impossible to trace. Ghatafanis
did join Islam
on a
far
greater scale and are often mentioned
in the Islamic
period.
After the
second civil war
Ghatafanis
are only ever mentioned as
individuals. Close kin
continued
to
cooperate
but
cooperation above
this level
was
only conducted within
the Qaysi faction.
The third
part
discusses
changes
in the tribal
system.
A
review of
the
functions
of modern
tribal
genealogies
illuminates the
process
by
which
genealogies can change
in
order
to
reflect changing realities.
Early Arabic
genealogies are clearly seen
to be
also naturally
dynamic
and
the
subject of
deliberate
change.
New links
reflected new realities, particularly
the
political
alliances
forged
under
the Umayyads. A belief in
a single progenitor
led to
a
move
towards
creating genealogical
links to
one ancestor, while
the
conditions of
the
conquests
let to
a regionalization of
tribalism. The
professionalization of
the
Marwanid
army enabled cross-regional
tribal
co-operation which resulted
in
dividing in two the Umayyad
army and
Arab
genealogies.
2012-07-09T09:53:00Z
2012-07-09T09:53:00Z
1994
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2944
en
279 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/70732019-07-01T10:03:00Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
A critical edition of al-Durr al-Maknūn fī al-Ma'āthir al-Mādiya min al-Qurūn of Yāsīn al-'umarī (920-1226 A.H. = 1514/15 A.D. - 1811/12 A.D.)
Al-Jamīl, Sayyār K.
Jackson, D. E. P.
This thesis is a critical edition of "al-Durr al-Maknūn fī
al-Ma'āthir al-Māḍiya min al-Ǫurūn" (DUR.) by the Iraqi historian,
Yāsīn Efendi al-Khaṭīb al-'Umarī al-Mawṣilī, 1158-1234 A.H. = 1745-
1818 A. D. covering the years 920 A. H. -1226 A. H. (= 1514/1515 A. D.-
1811/1812 A. D. ).
The present thesis consists of three parts, and is divided into
three volumes. The first part (Vol. I, Introduction and Notes) contains
the introduction to DUR., in four chapters, with a supplement. Chapter
one is composed of two sections I
the first of which deals with the
author's personality and his biography: name and nisba , titles and kunya,
birth, background, knowledge, character, mystical leanings, social
standing, and his death. The second section deals with the author's
family (the 'Umarī’s in MosuI). The second chapter is divided into two
sections, the first is a list of all the author's works; historical, poetical,
and literary, and his Naskhiyyāt. The second section is a study of the
author's historical works. This study deals analytically with each work
in turn. The third chapter is a study of the relevant MSS. The historical
structure of these MSS is examined, and the MSS of DUR. are described
individually; orthography and the style of the author…etc. are also
investigated. The fourth chapter is a study of the text of DUR. It
contains two sections. In the first section, peculiarities of the text are
outlined as are the name of the work, the sources, the work as history,
its literary forms, geographical elements and economic information.
Section two comprises a study of the historical content which is embodied
in this thesis under the following headings: a) Biographical material,
b) Annals, c) Contemporary chronicles, d) Local History. Historical
content of the biographical material is analysed, as also is the
historical material in other fields. The annals cover: 1) The Ottoman
conflict with Iran, 2) Eastern Europe, 3) The Mediterranean, 4) Russia
and Poland. Also covered in the contemporary chronicles are: 1) The
French Revolution, 2) Napoleon Bonaparte, 3) The Ashrāf of Mecca,
4) The Syrian provinces,S) Salafiyya and Wahhābiyya, 6) Istanbul,
7) Iraq. Local historical subjects covered are: 1) The local powers
in the Middle East during the 18th century, 2) Iraq during the 18th
century, and 3) The local history of Mosul. The last subject is studied
in detail because it is of considerable importance in DUR. which contains
full details of the Jalīlī house in Mosul during the 18th century. The
additional supplement deals with the methods employed in editing DUR.
This volume also contains appendices, tables, diagrams, maps,
lists and bibliographies. Of these appendices attention is drawn to
“Appe No. 1": (= Notes to the Text) which contains explanatory comments
and emendations.
The second part of the thesis (Vol. II Text) contains the text of
the first version of DUR. (= DUR. 1 : MSS v and pl.
The third part of the thesis (Vol. III, "Apparatus Criticus") contains
a comparison of the DUR. 1 and DUR. 2 MSS (= v, p, Bn, B, BR)i it also
contains the additional material from DUR. 2 (= MSS Bn, B, BR). In this
volume, there is also a supplement of additional historical material,
covering the period 1218-1226 A.H. (= 1803-1811 A.D.), taken from DUR. 2
(= MS Bn). This is compared with MSS Band BR.
2015-07-29T10:53:36Z
2015-07-29T10:53:36Z
1983
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7073
en
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
3 v. (436, 519, 734) p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/29372019-03-29T16:07:13Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29com_10023_75com_10023_25col_10023_1948col_10023_79
The Emirate of Damascus in the early Crusading period, 488-549/1095-1154
Al-Zanki, Jamal M. H. A.
Jackson, David
This study "The Emirate of Damascus During the Early
Crusading Period 488-549/1095-1154 deals with this
Emirate which was established in 488/1095, after the
defeat and the murder of Taj al-Dawla Tutush near Rayy
in 488/1095 by his nephew Sultan Berkiyaruq Ibn Sult-an
Malik-Sh5h. The dominions of Ti al-Dawla, mainly in
Syria and the Jazira divided between his elder sons King
Fakhr al-Mullik Ridwan in Aleppo and King Shams al-Muliik
Ducfaq in Damascus. The Kingdom of Damascus comprized
south Syria and some parts of the Jazira such as al-
Rahba and Mayyafäriqin.
Zahir al-Din Tughtekln, who was Atabek of King Duclaq, became the de facto ruler of Damascus during the
reign of King Duqaq 488-497/1095-1104. After the death
of Duqaq, Tughtekin was to be the real Amir of Damascus,
and his dynasty was to gain control of the Emirate until
its fall at the hands of Niir al-Din Mahmild of Aleppo in
549/1154.
In this thesis, the following matters are discussed:
1. The conditions which led to the foundation of this
Emirate.
2. The role of Tughtekin in establishing his authority
in the Emirate.
3. The foreign policy of the Emirate, and the factors
which shaped this policy.
4. The effects (on the Emirate) of the coming of the
Crusaders particularly those of Jerusalem.
S. Internal rivalries in the Emirate, and their
influence on the stability of the Emirate and its
external relations.
6. The policy of alliances adopted by the Emirate and
the factors which affected this.
7. The influence of the growing power of Zangi of
Aleppo and Mosul (521-541/1127-1146) on Damascus and
why he did not succeed in annexing Damascus to his
united front in Syria and the Jazira aimed at
challenging the power of the Crusaders.
8. The reasons which helped Mir al-Din Mahmüd Ibn Zangi
of Aleppo to annex Damascus to his state in
549/1154.
9. The importance of the military power of Damascus and
Its role in protecting the Emirate.
Finally a concluding section sums up the achievement
of the Emirate of Damascus in maintaining its
Independence during the period and the role of the
Emirate in the Counter-Crusade.
2012-07-06T14:45:46Z
2012-07-06T14:45:46Z
1990
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2937
en
352p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/154162019-04-01T09:01:58Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
The philological treatment of Qu'rān similes in the works of the philologists, exegetes, literary and rhetorical theorists
Shehab, Hana Mahmood
Burton, John
Iraq. Federal government
Jāmiʻat al-Mawṣil
This thesis deals mainly with the philological aspects of the similes of the Qur'ān. It also deals with other aspects of Arabic science such as rhetoric, syntax and variant readings of some words in the verses containing similes. The thesis falls into three parts which deal with the philologists, exegetes, rhetorical and literary theorists. It explains how these authors look at the similes of the Qur'ān from all aspects, such as the philological, syntactical, or rhetorical viewpoint, although some of them do not refer specifically to the Qur'ānic simile in their books. The first part of the thesis is divided into three chapters. The first one consists of general notes about the language and the simile and about the Arabs and their use of simile in their speech. The second chapter deals with the work of the philologists and how they treat the simile of the Qur'ān in their books. The third chapter deals with the other philological matters in the Qur'ānic verses containing similes, namely homophone-antonyms and metathesis. The second part of the thesis deals with the studies of the simile of the Qur'ān by some exegeses, although they differ in their way of looking at the verses containing simile. The third part is divided into two chapters, the first deals with the treatment of the Qur'ānic simile by those who study the inimitable style of the Qur'ān in their books. These pure Qur'ānic studies show the miraculous style of the Qur'ān. The second chapter deals with books by literary and rhetorical experts who refer to the similes of the Qur'ān in the course of their study of the poetry and speech of the Arabs or their treatment of other aspects of Arabic science.
2018-07-16T08:03:21Z
2018-07-16T08:03:21Z
1985-07
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15416
en
xiii, 272 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/27172019-07-01T10:18:51Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29com_10023_75com_10023_25col_10023_1948col_10023_79
Arabic versions of the Psalter in use in Muslim Spain
Alder, Catherine
2012-06-11T09:58:23Z
2012-06-11T09:58:23Z
1953
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2717
en
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
320
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/153852019-04-01T09:02:01Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
The modernisation of Arabic vocabulary : a survey of linguistic and cultural aspects of lexical development
Araik, Fahad A. I.
Burton, John
Since the nineteenth century, the modernisation of Arabic vocabulary has been subject of a great concern for Arab scholars who are loyal to the language while aware of the need to adapt it to the demands of the modern world. This thesis attempts to present a comprehensive view of the subject by examining linguistic and extra-linguistic aspects of the process of lexical development in Modern Standard Arabic. The thesis comprises six chapters: Chapter One: is a brief introduction to the emergence of the movement for cultural and linguistic revival in the Arab world, leaders of linguistic reform, and the Arabic language academies. Chapter Two: examines the phenomenon of Ishtiqāq (Derivation) in Arabic, and its role in providing the language with native means of generating new lexical items. Chapter Three: discusses the assimilation of foreign words. It investigates the concept of borrowing in both classical and modern theory, and presents a description and analysis of this process as adopted for Modern Standard Arabic. Chapter Four: deals with the methods of Tarkīb and Naẖt (Compounding and Blending), and assesses their significance in the growth of Arabic vocabulary. Chapter Five: gives a brief introduction to the question of terminology formation and reviews the terminological activities in the Arab world which, aim at the standardization of current terminological work and the creation of a unified Arabic vocabulary. Chapter Six: provides a brief summary of the conclusions and findings of this study.
2018-07-13T14:27:51Z
2018-07-13T14:27:51Z
1991-07
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15385
en
xiii, 246 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/259592024-01-17T12:18:33Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948col_10023_874
The acquisition of Bradford English dialect features by adult speakers of Pakistani heritage
Alghamdi, Nadih Abdullah S
Elmaz, Orhan
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Sociolinguistics
Dialect acquisition
L2 variation
T-glottalling
Northern British English STRUT
H-dropping
Immigration
Adults
Bradford
This thesis examines the multiple linguistic and social factors that condition dialect acquisition in second-language speakers of English living in Bradford, UK. More specifically, it provides a quantitative analysis of non-standard, regional features in a sample of 34 adult second-language speakers from Pakistan. Speech data were gathered through sociolinguistic interviews (free conversation) and a spot-the-difference task, and demographic and attitudinal data were gathered through a questionnaire. Auditory and statistical analysis was carried out for three linguistic features: T-glottalling, the STRUT vowel, and H-dropping. The results of this study show that second-language speakers do acquire local norms of variation, but that the extent of acquisition varies greatly between speakers and variables. While Northern STRUT and T-glottalling are acquired at relatively high rates, speakers are more conservative in the acquisition of H-dropping. Additionally, some constraints are replicated in similar patterns to those exhibited by native speakers, while others are not. The results indicate that second-language variation is systematic and conditioned by a number of various factors, such as gender, level of English, and attitude towards the local community. Crucially, these factors interact to inform the speaker’s second-language identity, which affects dialect acquisition. Overall, the results replicate those of previous second-language studies of migrant communities in contact with a non-standard dialect while living in a native-speaking country.
2022-09-07T09:23:35Z
2022-09-07T09:23:35Z
2022-11-30
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/25959
https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/196
en
2023-08-17
Thesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Restricted until 17th August 2023
xix, 245 p.
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/29592019-03-29T16:07:15Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29com_10023_75com_10023_25col_10023_1948col_10023_79
The theory, practice and administration of waqf with special reference to the Malayan state of Kedah
Othman, Muhammad Zain bin Haji
Burton, John
2012-07-10T10:25:54Z
2012-07-10T10:25:54Z
1971
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2959
en
436 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/217942021-09-27T14:28:58Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
The treatment of the 'ḥāl' in 'Kitāb Sībawayhi'
Ismail, Abdul Rahim Hadj
Kimber, R. A.
This dissertation is a study of the treatment of the circumstantial accusative (ḥāl) in the Book of Sībawayhi. The study is aiming at two important goals. Firstly, it is aiming at a complete transformation of Sībawayhi's style into modern idiomatic English. Secondly, it presents the major discussions of the circumstantial accusative in the Book of Sībawayhi. To achieve these goals the relevant section of the Book have been re-arranged into six chapters. The first three chapters concentrate on the categories of word in which a circumstantial accusative may occur. It begins with the discussion of the circumstantial accusative of an adjective, which is followed by the discussion of the circumstantial accusative of a verbal noun and finally of a non-verbal noun. The presentation of these discussions in such an order is based on the priority of each of them in accordance with Sībawayhi's point of view. These chapters are further divided into a number of sub-headings in order to point out the pattern of the sentences in which the circumstantial accusative occurs. For example, the circumstantial accusative may occur in either a verbal or a nominal sentence. The fourth chapter presents Sībawayhi's view concerning the occurrence of the circumstantial accusative in a definite form. It contains a collection of rare examples of this definite circumstantial accusative. Furthermore, it is arranged into a sequence of sub-headings which manifest Sībawayhi's view concerning the degree of rarity of the various types of the definite circumstantial accusative. For example, Sībawayhi regards the definite verbal noun, despite its being exceptional, as the most acceptable form of the definite circumstantial accusative. It is followed by the definite non-verbal noun and finally the definite adjective. The last two chapters concentrate on the discussion of the noun to which a circumstantial accusative refers (ṣāḥibu l-ḥāl) and the agent of the circumstantial accusative (‘āmilu l-ḥāl) respectively. Sībawayhi points out that ṣāḥibu l-ḥāl should be definite. Therefore, he describes its occurrence in an indefinite form as ugly. As far as the agent of the circumstantial accusative is concerned, Sībawayhi recognizes two distinct types of the agent. Firstly, it may be a single word such as a verb or derivative noun such as 'ismu l-fā‘il, 'ismu l-maf‘ūl etc. Secondly, it may be a proposition or a nominal sentence the meaning of which contains the meaning of a verb. Both types of agent, however, are regarded by Sībawayhi as equivalent.
2021-04-08T08:37:33Z
2021-04-08T08:37:33Z
1985
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/21794
en
133p
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/154212019-04-01T09:02:04Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
A critical edition of Sharḥ al-Jumal li al-Zajjājī by Abū al-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad b. Bābshād b. Mohamed Al-Naḥwī
Rejab, Ishak b. Mohamed Rejab
Burton, John
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
The present edition of Sharḥ al-Jumal li al-Zajjājī, written by Abū al-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad b. Bābshād is mainly based on Ẕ MS. No. 1687. This manuscript consists of 312 folios and is divided into two volumes. This thesis presents a critical edition of volume one only; it is hoped that the second volume of this lengthy work may soon be edited also. The present edition is preceded by an introduction which includes a general discussion of the work, of the MSS. used in this edition, of the authorship of Sharḥ al-Jumal and the quotations from the Qur'ān, qirā'āt, Ḥadīth and Poetry that appear in it. Ibn Bābshād intellectual background and grammatical doctrine are also discussed.
2018-07-16T09:36:03Z
2018-07-16T09:36:03Z
1975-12
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15421
en
vi, 93, 720
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/207042021-07-29T13:44:52Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
From ḥadīṯ to adab : the development of ʿilm narratives in Classical Arabic literature ; a case study on the Kitāb al-adab of Ibn Abī Šayba (d. 235/849) and the Kitāb al-ʿilm of Ibn Qutayba (d. 276/889)
Samba Campos, Estrella
Dmitriev, Kirill
University of St Andrews. School of Modern Languages
Knowledge (ʿilm)
Education (adab)
Classical Arabic literature
Late antiquity
Formative Islam
Early ʿAbbāsid literature
Ḥadīṯ
Ibn Abī Šayba
Ibn Qutayba
Thematic criticism
Premodern literatures and thought
Medieval epistemology
Medieval pedagogical narratives
This thesis is a study on ʿilm as a literary phenomenon in the early ʿAbbāsid Arabic works on ḥadīṯ and adab. It examines the correlation between ʿilm and adab on the basis of selected foundational and pioneering Arabic primary sources from the second/eight-third/ninth centuries.
ʿIlm is the term that designates the religious understanding of the Qurʾān and ḥadīṯ. The research on ḥadīṯ has overshadowed the impact of ʿilm and its literary manifestations. There has been a significant shortcoming of studies on ʿilm as a sole concept with no published contributions on the narrative aspects of ʿilm literature to date. Moreover, there is an established division in the perception of ʿilm and adab, isolating both these literary phenomena from one another. Their correlation has been largely overlooked in scholarship.
This study aims at understanding ʿilm beyond ḥadīṯ focusing on a set of thematic subjects and narrative elements. It explores the interdependence of ʿilm and adab and suggests a novel perspective to overcome the dichotomy in their definition and interpretation that has been prevalent in research until now. The interconnection of ʿilm as expert knowledge and adab as conduct praxis and etiquette triggered religious narratives and social-cultural constructions of meanings that cross-pollinated one another. This thesis demonstrates that while ʿilm represented the authoritative notion, adab provided a broader potential, promoting literary creativity and a new epistemological significance to ʿilm.
The examination of ʿilm as a literary phenomenon, i.e. as a discourse characterised by specific narrative, thematic and structural elements, unveils the intertextual framework spanning from ḥadīṯ to adab, in which both ʿilm and adab were developed in the premodern Arabic literature and thought.
2020-09-30T13:08:11Z
2020-09-30T13:08:11Z
2020-12-02
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/20704
https://doi.org/10.17630/10023-20704
en
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
2025-09-04
Thesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Print and electronic copy restricted until 4th September 2025
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
xi, 275 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
Department of Arabic and Persian
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/173662021-02-19T13:17:39Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
Cultural specific phenomena in classical Arabic phraseology : a case study on the works of Ibn al-Khaṭīb
Abdullah, Abdullah
Dmitriev, Kirill
Jāmiʻat al-Kuwayt
Lisān ad-Dīn Ibn al-Khaṭīb
Arabic
al-Andalus
Phraseology
Culture
The thesis is a study on classical Arabic phraseology on the basis of prose works by Lisān ad-Dīn Ibn al-Khaṭīb (d. 776/1374). It reinvestigates the linguistic concept of a phraseme from a theoretical perspective and adopts the approach of cultural analysis to a selected corpus of classical Arabic phasemes. The results indicate that classical Arabic phrasemes, whether referential or communicative, have four main source domains: historical references, nature, material culture and habitus, and Islamic religious motivations (with either religious or non-religious target domains). The cultural phenomenon that motivates most of them is cultural modelling, although it does not contribute to their fixedness. Two other cultural phenomena – cultural symbolism and quotation – were found to have the strongest impact on phrasemes’ fixedness levels, albeit with some exceptions.
2019-03-25T12:42:47Z
2019-03-25T12:42:47Z
2019-06-27
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17366
https://doi.org/10.17630/10023-17366
en
ix, 317 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/178582021-03-15T15:19:11Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
Of kings and clowns : representations of leadership in contemporary Egyptian theatre, 1967-2018
Manucharyan, Tiran
Cobham, Catherine
Caiani, Fabio
University of St Andrews. 7th century Scholarship
Russell Trust
Armenian General Benevolent Union
Arabic theatre
Egyptian theatre
Contemporary theatre
Abū al-ʿIlā al-Salāmūnī
Lenin al-Ramlī
Fatḥiya al-ʿAssāl
Naksa
Arab Spring
Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm
Yūsuf Idrīs
Majdī al-Ḥamzāwī
Arabic literature
Egyptian literature
Intellectuals
Al-masraḥ al-Miṣrī
Alternative characters
Revolution
Committed literature
Al-adab al-multazim
This research explores the development of the discourse of power and the role in the development of this discourse of the arts and artists as dramatised in contemporary Egyptian theatre from 1967 to 2018. While Egyptian theatre of the pre-1967 and post-2011 periods has received comparably more scholarly attention in Western academia, the post-1967 period has generally been neglected. This period has been described as one of decline and as such of no scholarly interest. Through detailed analyses of Egyptian plays of the period in question, predominantly those by Abū al-ʿIlā al-Salāmūnī and Lenin al-Ramlī, this study fills an important gap in existing scholarship by linking the pre-1967 and post-2011 developments in Egyptian theatre. As such, it aims to achieve a better understanding of the revolutionary and post-revolutionary developments in Egyptian theatre in the context of the socio-political and cultural life of the country. The prologue introduces the topic and the concerns of the research. The six content chapters are grouped into two chronological periods. Chapters one to four focus on the plays of the last three decades of the twentieth century, and chapters five and six examine twenty-first-century plays. Chapter one examines the representations in the plays of characters who practise leadership. Chapter two discusses the self-reflexive technique of representing intellectual leadership in the form of theatre within theatre. Chapter three discusses the representations of common members of society and society as a whole. Chapter four is devoted to analyses of female characters in Egyptian plays. Chapter five looks at al-Salāmūnī’s and al-Ramlī’s work in the early twenty-first century, examining their returns to the issues discussed in the previous chapters. Chapter six identifies how the 2011 revolution and the events following it have been reflected in theatre. The epilogue summarises the conclusions of the research.
2019-06-10T13:58:51Z
2019-06-10T13:58:51Z
2019-06-27
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17858
https://doi.org/10.17630/10023-17858
en
2024-05-29
Thesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Print and electronic copy restricted until 29th May 2024
vii, 308 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/29362019-04-01T09:02:11Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
The principles of abrogation : with special reference to the 'Usūl' of al-Jassās
Akram, Mohammad
Burton, John
I have
prepared a critical edition of the
portion on a1-Nasikh
wa-l mansukh
from Usul al-Jassas
(Usul
al-figh), by Abu Bakr Ahmad
b.
'Ali
a1-Razi a1-jassas
(d. 370 A. H. ). The
manuscript, used in
this edition,
is preserved under
229 Usul: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriya.
I have
also prepared separate notes
in
order to elucidate and compare
this work with
the views of the renowned Muslim scholars such as
Shafi
'1,
Tabari, Nahhas, Razi, Sarakhsi
and many others. The
manuscript
itself is edited carefully so that to the best
of my
knowledge
no incorrect materials
have failed to be
mentioned
in the footnotes.
I have
also provided references to the Qur'anic
verses and
athar
mentioned
in this work of
jassas.
To discuss the subject of al-Nasikh wa-l mansukh,
I have
also
prepared an introduction. This
section consists of eight chapters.
The first
chapter
is devoted to the description
of the
manuscript and
text along with
the importance
of Usul al-Jassas. The second chapter
is designed to provide
details
of the author's life
and
his
works.
The
third
chapter
deals
with the basic
sources of
Islamic law
and throws
light
on the background
of the phenomenon of naskh. In this chapter
the views of anti-traditionists are also recorded. The fourth
chapter
provides
details
about the principles of abrogation
- whether special
or general together
with the significance of naskh. It also discusses
the problem of the
change of the gibla and informs
us that
naskh
is a
speciality of the Fugaha'.
In
chapters
five to seven,
I have discussed the three
modes
of naskh
described by the Usulis. They are: naskh al-hukm du-na
al-tilawa, naskh al-tilawa
duna
al-hukm and naskh al-hukm wa al-
tilawa. The first
mode
involves the discussion
of the problem of
wasiyya
(bequest)
and
cidda
(waiting
period).
The
second mode
investigates the origin of the Islamic stoning penalty
for
adultery.
The third mode
is
concerned with the Tafsir
of
Q. 87,6-7. In the
final
chapter,
I have
examined jassas'
concept of the relationship of
the Qur'an
with the sunna and vice versa
in the formation
of the ahkam.
2012-07-06T14:22:06Z
2012-07-06T14:22:06Z
1987
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2936
en
241,ca. 225p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/286692023-11-13T12:24:31Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
Post-2003 Iraqi fiction. Voice, audiences, and narrative authority
Pozzoli, Federico
Osti, Letizia
Caiani, Fabio
Iraqi fiction
Narratology
Voice
Trauma studies
The thesis addresses the non-realist trend of Iraqi fiction written after the US occupation of 2003. In particular, it focuses on the construction and characterisation of non-mimetic voices in this production. Within the frame of post-classical narratology, the thesis asks how the thematic and poetic attention to the traumas of war and migration runs parallel with the construction of narrating-‘I’s that exceed the conventional limits of first-person narration. Such overextended ‘I’s are conceived of as technical supplements, miniature narratives that complement and counterpoint the storyworld – a concept the thesis summarises with the Arabic manṭiq ‘point of articulation’. The thesis is divided into two sections. The first discusses texts in which non-fictional narrative paradigms are unsettled by the challenges of the post-war conjuncture: in particular, it addresses fantastic elaborations of the childhood story (Chapter One) and the ‘asylum story’ demanded of asylum seekers (Chapter Two). The second section is devoted to downright unnatural, anti-mimetic narrative forms. It focuses on two tropes of what has been labelled the Iraqi Gothic: the dead narrator (chapter Three), and the disembodied voice (chapter Four). The analysis of these four paradigmatic narrators of post-2003 Iraqi fiction (the child, the asylum seeker, the dead, and the abstract first-person voice) allows the thesis to address, along with narratological problems, issues relating to the ethics of narration in a traumatic context. Furthermore, the focus on voice involves a questioning of the link between narrative and experience in Iraq.
2023-11-10T12:01:27Z
2023-11-10T12:01:27Z
2023-11-29
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/28669
https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/656
en
2028-11-03
Thesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Restricted until 3 November 2028
205
The University of St Andrews
Università degli Studi di Milano
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/153792019-04-01T09:02:12Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
A critical study and evaluation of the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language in Saudi Arabia : with reference to textbook analysis
Nasban, Mohammed Suleiman
Teaching Arabic as foreign language is a fairly new field of study, particularly in Western Universities. The aim of this thesis is to discuss one aspect of this field by concentrating on text-book analysis and evaluation. In carrying out this task we have formulated a set of questions to serve as parameters in the collection and analysis of data relevant to this task (appendix II). The subject of this practical study is vol. 1, entitled "Arabic for Beginners" of a series of books used for teaching Arabic to foreign adults at the Arabic Language Institute. Our study utilises a number of notions and considerations which are applicable to text-book analysis and evaluation generally. In Appendix I we deal with some of these points in an attempt to specify the theoretical dimension presupposed by our practical analysis. The thesis contains two main parts:- the theoretical part which deals with different aspects belonging to the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language, including the characteristics of the Arabic language and the teaching of sounds, vocabulary, constructions, and culture. The practical part, on the other hand, is concerned with the practical application and the outcome of the analysis of the text-book in terms of a set of criteria which may have applicability outside the immediate realm of Arabic foreign language teaching. The thesis contains four chapters. Chapter one deals with the characteristics of the Arabic language and its importance as a foreign language; it also concentrates on the objectives of Arabic language teaching as well as on the problem of syllabus design in relation to this language. Chapter two gives a general outline of the institutes and the materials of teaching Arabic as a foreign language in Saudi Arabia. Chapter three deals with the importance of sounds, vocabulary, constructions and culture, paying attention to their place in the text-book of teaching Arabic as a foreign Language. Chapter four sets out the results of applying the criteria of text-book evaluation to the book under investigation, pointing out its positive and negative features in the areas of sounds, vocabulary, constructions and culture.
2018-07-13T13:22:40Z
2018-07-13T13:22:40Z
1991-07
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15379
en
386 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/286772023-11-13T10:56:25Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
The image of utopia in modern Persian poetry from 1941 to 1988
Sajjadi, Seyedehparisa
Talajooy, Saeed
Santander UK. Santander Universities. Santander 600 Scholarship
Utopia
Arman-shahr
1953 coup
Socialist utopia
Loveable utopia
Death of utopia
Mehdi Akhavan-sales
Ahmad Shamlou
Simin Behbahani
Fereydun Moshiri
This thesis explores the portrayal of utopia in modern Persian poetry between 1941 and 1988. The study begins by examining classical utopias in the Persian-speaking world and then delves into the transformations of utopias during the early modern period in Iran. It further investigates the influence of four significant events: the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941 during World War II, the August 1953 coup, the 1979 revolution, and the eight-year Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) on the representation of utopia in modern Persian poetry. Four prominent modern Persian poets are analysed in this study: Mehdi Akhāvan-sāles, Simin Behbahāni, Ahmad Shamlou, and Fereydun Moshiri. The first three poets pioneered new styles in Modern Persian poetry, while the last one is among the most-read poets of Iran.
The analysis reveals that the first three events had a profound impact on the literary nature of utopia and the conveyed themes. The political liberation that followed the occupation of Iran led to the prevalence of utopias with socialist themes in the poetry of these poets. However, with the 1953 coup and the ensuing atmosphere of despair and turmoil engulfing society, the poems shifted towards dystopian themes. Within this context, two approaches to dystopia emerged. Firstly, society was depicted as an unchangeable dystopia, reflecting the concept of the demise of utopia. Subsequently, a concept known as ‘loveable dystopia’ took shape, as the poets utilized the sense of spatial belonging to portray the dialectical tension between the dystopian environment and their emotional attachment to it.
As social activities intensified and the 1979 revolution approached, hopes for constructing a utopia were rekindled in the poets’ compositions. However, this hope fades away quickly. Despite expectations, the eight-year Iran-Iraq war did not have a significant influence on the utopian literature of this period. In their final utopian works, Shamlou and Akhavān-sāles go back to the portrayal of a dystopia from which there is no escape, while Behbahāni and Moshiri embraced a more optimistic stance. They presented their last utopian visions with hopes for their realization of a utopia in an unknown future.
2023-11-10T14:36:08Z
2023-11-10T14:36:08Z
2023-11-29
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/28677
https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/658
en
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
236
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/37072019-06-10T13:43:32Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
Innovation in the novels of Muḥammad Barrāda, Idwār al-Kharrāṭ, Ilyās Khūrī and Fu'ād al-Takarlī, (1979-1999)
Caiani, Fabio
Cobham, Catherine
This thesis is a detailed literary analysis of the innovative elements in the novels of four of the most significant contemporary Arab authors: the Moroccan Muhammad Barrāda, the Egyptian Idwār al-Kharrāṭ, the Lebanese Ilyās Khūrī and the Iraqi Fu'ād al-Takarlī.
These novels were published between 1979 and 1999, a period during which the work of these authors reached literary maturity. While this thesis (unlike many critical studies of Arabic fiction written in English) is based on close textual analysis of the texts in question, it
places its findings within a wider framework: its introduction (the first part of an essay on literary innovation) defines what is meant by innovation in the Arabic novel; its conclusion (the second part of that essay), is an attempt to connect the innovative methods adopted by the above mentioned writers with the wider literary scene: it shows how these writers have contributed to promoting some of the main innovative trends of the Arabic novel in the last few decades. In adopting a literary approach to these novels, we have considered how the writers' formal choices and techniques have shaped the content of their texts. In this way, we have not only highlighted the importance which the novelists' socio-political discourse assumes in Arab societies, but have also underlined how this discourse is more or less successful because of its artistic merits. The first chapter of this thesis deals with the highly fragmented nature of these texts (lack of ordered development or plot); the second chapter tackles the problems inherent in narrative voice and the position of the authors within their texts; the third chapter explores the intertextual connections these writers use to shape a certain discourse; the fourth chapter deals with the way these novelists promote a self-referential kind of fiction.
2013-06-17T14:14:29Z
2013-06-17T14:14:29Z
2005
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3707
en
250 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/71382019-04-01T09:02:13Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
Nature and death in the poetry of al-Malā'ika, al-Shābbī and Shukrī, and certain English Romantic poets : a comparative study
Hussein, Ronak Hassan
Suleiman, Muhammad Yasir Ibrahim Hammad
Romanticism
The first part of this thesis, divided into two
chapters, deals with the early background of European
Romanticism; the reasons behind its appearance and
problems of definition. There follows a discussion on
the question of the originality of Arabic Romanticism,
with ,a brief review of the roots and main literary groups
of this movement in Arabic poetry.
Part two examines the influence of English poetry
and thought on three Arab Romantic poets: Nāzik Sādiq
al-Malā'ika, Abū al-Qāsim al-Shābbī and
Abd aI-Rahmān Shukrī.
This is discussed parallel with the channels of
this influence.
The main focus of this research is however, to show
the ways in which al-Malā'ika, al-Shābbī and Shukrī perceived and reflected nature and death in their poetry.
Their attitudes towards certain phenomena in nature
such as the countryside, night, the sea, childhood and
moral and social lessons of nature are compared with
certain attitudes of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats and
Shelley.
Themes such as life and death, fear of death,
fatalism, immortality and death as a welcome experience
are also the concern of this thesis, with a comparison of
these themes in the poetry of the Arab and English
Romantic poets.
However, owing to the popularity of Keats and
Shelley with the three Arab Romantic poets, this thesis
concentrates on their poetry.
This research has selected only certain phenomena
and themes from nature--and death because of the dominance
of these subjects in the poetry of al-Malā'ika, al-Shābbī and Shukrī. The translations of Arabic poetry in this thesis are
intended to convey the general sense of the source texts,
rather than to give a precise rendering of these texts
into English.
2015-08-06T13:26:39Z
2015-08-06T13:26:39Z
1989
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7138
en
369 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/238932021-09-03T08:44:08Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948col_10023_874
Title redacted
Sonboldel, Farshad
Talajooy, Saeed
Trustees of the "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial"
2021-09-03T07:06:47Z
2021-09-03T07:06:47Z
2021-12-01
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23893
https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/130
en
2026-09-01
Thesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Print and electronic copy restricted until 1st September 2026
278 p.
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/29762019-04-01T09:02:14Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
A description of 'aspectual' phenomena in Arabic
Sitrak, Sami J.
Roberts, D.
The present work is mainly concerned with a description of
the morphological and syntactic analyses of the predicative aspectual
phenomena in Modern Standard Arabic using Axiomatic Functionalism
as its theoretical framework.
The thesis consists of an introduction, three major parts, and
a conclusion. The introduction deals with a brief overview of the
Axiomatic Functionalist theory. Part one, which comprises four
chapters, offers a brief account of the theoretical background of this
work as well as presenting the predicative (verbal and non-verbal)
aspectual phenomena in MSA. Chapter I discusses the term 'aspect',
and the relation between lexical and grammatical aspect. Chapter II
discusses the Arabic language, particularly the category of 'aspect'.
Chapter III discusses the interaction between punctuality and aspect.
Chapter IV is exclusively devoted to methodology; it explains an
explanation of the essential and relevant theoretical notions in grammar,
uniting the description to the theory. It also provides a step-by-step
application of successive criteria for discriminating between
morphological complexes and syntactic complexes.
The second part (Chaps. V & VI), deals with morphological
analysis. Chapter V analyses the category of verb in Arabic. For this
purpose the following paradigms are set up: Verb-root, Aspect, Voice,
Person, Gender, and Number. Each of these contains monemes which
which are constituents of the verbal entity. These monemes commute
with each other yielding a difference in the message conveyed. The
chapter concludes that entities of the verb category in Arabic may
contain the constituent monemes verb-root,
perfective,
imperfective,
active,
passive,
first person, second person, third person, masculine,
feminine,
singular, dual, and plural. Chapter VI deals with the
realisational as pect of the constituent monemes of the complex pleremes
in chapter V. It also deals with the distribution of the allomorphs of
the constituent monemes in question.
Part three (Chaps. VII - IX), deals with the syntactic
description of the aspectual phenomena in MSA. Chapter VII sets up
the distributional unit (model) which accounts for the relations within
the VPB syntagm. This chapter tests the adequacy of the model by
establishing all the VPB syntagms which map onto it. These syntagms
vary according to the type of the verbal nucleus in each of them,
(transitive or intransitive and of what kind). It further deals with
types of non-verbal nucleus I
and the realisations of the predicative
based syntagms (verbal and non-verbal). Chapter VIII deals in detail
with the syntactic relations within the predicative syntagms. It also
deals with the syntactic structures of various as pectual phenomena in
MSA. Chapter IX discusses the syntactic relation within the functional
syntagm in MSA which may form an immediate constituent in a
predicative based syntagm.
A final brief 'Conclusion' points out the need for further research
and development in Axiomatic Functionalism in the field of "semantic
syntagm-analysis".
2012-07-13T08:28:17Z
2012-07-13T08:28:17Z
1986
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2976
en
342p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/27702019-04-01T09:02:14Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
Studies in two transmissions of the Qur'an
Brockett, Adrian Alan
Burton, John
Two transmissions of the Qur'an can be found in printed copies
today. One stems from Kufa and the other from Medina. They are
more commonly called by the names of their respective second-century
transmitters, Hafs and 'Wars.
This thesis examines the relationship between these two transmissions,
as exemplified in the first five suras.
The Hafs transmission is found in printed Qur'an copies from all but
West and North-West Africa, which employ the War transmission. The
Hafs transmission is therefore the transmission found in the vast majority
of printed copies of the Qur'an, and printed copies of the 'Wars transmission
are rare in comparison.
There is no doubt that copies according to other transmissions have
existed as well, but none has apparently been printed. The Basrans al—Xalil
and Sibawayhi, for instance, had texts that differed in places from both the
Hafs and 'Wars transmissions. And the existence of manuscripts according
to the Basran reading-system of abu 'Amr by way of al—Duri has been
testified in the Sudan this century.
The Qur'an according to this last transmission has in fact been printed
at the head and side of the pages of editions of al—Zamaxari's commentary
a1—Kaf, but these are not considered by Muslims as Qur'an copies
proper. They are type-set and have occasional misprints, and at times
do not tally with data on the reading-system of abu 'Amr given in works
on Qur'an readings.
Qur'an copies according to transmissions such as these or others might
therefore still exist in manuscript, but would not readily be consultable.
So it would be of use to document differences between those transmissions
that actually are available in print.
On a general level, this provides a step towards a critical apparatus
of the Qur'an, and on a more specific one, it provides the data for this
thesis.
2012-06-13T15:42:54Z
2012-06-13T15:42:54Z
1985
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2770
en
293
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
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Shāfiʻī and the interpretation of the role of the Qurʾān and the Ḥadīth
Abdul Hamid bin Othman, Haji, 1939-
Burton, John
This thesis deals with Shafi’i's theories on the
role in usul al-fiqh of the Qur’an and the hadith.
By detailed reference to Shifi’i’s writings, it becomes
clear that his chief concern was with the role of the sunna of
the Prophet, Islamic scholars in previous generations had referred
to a number of sources in defence of regional attitudes. Their
failure to produce a theory of sources enabled Shaf’i to charge
them with inconsistency. Certain scholars of his own generation
were apparently alleging the sufficiency of the Qur’an source.
Inter-school squabbles involving the first group of scholars represented
in Shafi’i’s view as great a threat to the overriding
importance which the party known as ahl al-hadith desired to secure
for the hadith of the Prophet as did the more direct assault of
the second group's insistence upon the primary significance of
the Qur’an source. An attempt is made to show that Shaf’i’s
source theories were constructed in response to the arguments of
both groups and were directed to the creation of a unifying principle
which would solve the problem of ikhtilaf al-muslimin while
simultaneously guaranteeing minimum disruption for the fiqh conclusions
which Shafi’i’ had espoused. Since he proposed to document
these conclusions on the basis of the sunna, Shafi’i’s
theories were designed to place the sunna beyond further scholarly
attack.
The study consists of nine chapters. Chapter one examines
Shafi’ i's intellectual life, his acquaintance with scholars
from different regions and of different schools. Chapter two
deals with the materials employed by his predecessors to document
their legal doctrines, and Shafi’i’s handling of these materials
in his efforts to systematize the sunni fiqh. Chapters three,
four and five deal with his endeavour to establish the overriding
importance for the sunni fiqh, of the sunna embodied in the hadith
of the Prophet. Chapter nine discusses his views on the isnad.
Chapters six and seven examine his endeavour to establish a necessary
connection between the Qur’an and the sunna, and the resultant
subjection of the qur’an to the sunna by means of the Shafi’i
theory of bayan and exclusion (takhsis). Chapter eight deals with
his views on qiyas, the only form of legal reasoning of which he
approved, and the resultant curtailing of independent legal reasoning
and, thereby, of the development of the fiqh.
2012-06-11T08:59:29Z
2012-06-11T08:59:29Z
1976
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2713
en
408
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/153762019-04-01T09:02:17Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
Phoenician personal names
Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi Joseph
Honeyman, Alexander Mackie
2018-07-13T13:01:23Z
2018-07-13T13:01:23Z
1963-07
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15376
en
v, 297, 21 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/153922019-04-01T09:02:19Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
A critical edition of the linguistic dictionary Tahḏīb Al-Khawāṣ Min Durrat Al-Ghawwāṣ a critical edition by Ibn Manẓūr, 711/1311
Al-Hussaini, Mohammad Ali
Burton, John
Iraq. Wizārat al-Taʻlīm al-ʻĀlī wa-al-Baḥth al-ʻIlmī
After studying this linguistic dictionary in manuscript: Al-Tahḏīb by Ibn Manẓūr, I realised the importance of studying and editing the manuscript. This research on Tahḏīb and the development of lexical studies and linguistics led me to note the strong relationships between classical and modern studies especially in Arabic linguistics. Here we can follow the developments of texts and the ideas behind them, both in dictionaries of different schools and in general linguistic works, from the beginnings of the study of the Arabic language, tracing the influence of Arabic studies on that of some eastern and western languages in the mediaeval period. Arabic grammar was developed by treating problems in spoken language. People were in need of rules to help them acquire correct style, to be able to understand the meaning of Qur’ān and Ḥadīth. The scholars, whose work has influenced present-day Arab linguistics and grammatical theory, based their studies on Qur’ānic texts and quotations taken from early poetry. The method of study was generally inductive. Moving from the particular to the general, the scholars discussed various language phenomena in booklets and books concerned with texts, listing words which they had heard from Arabs employing their own local usages and dialects. These indexes became the data of the lexicons and linguistic books. From the first study of Arabic, the linguists dealt with Al-Laḥn, the phenomena affecting the pronunciation of Arabic, observing the errors in the speech of the ordinary people, of the educated people, and even of the scholars. Al-Durrah by Al-Ḥarīrī was one of the most famous works in Arabic linguistics. To treat the scholars' errors rather than those of the ordinary people, it follows no system or method in its structure. Ibn Manẓūr had to classify its lexical items and to arrange them on his Lisān Al-Arab system, with a special critical approach. Some books written before Al-Durrah had the same aim to note Al-Laḥn. In Al-Durrah we can follow the train of those books, which dealt with linguistic materials, especially Adab Al-Kātib by Ibn Qutaiba which we consider an ancient precursor of Al-Durrah and on the other hand of Al- Tahḏīb, the dictionary which we are here editing for the first time.
2018-07-13T15:21:20Z
2018-07-13T15:21:20Z
1979
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15392
en
xi, 105, 333, 82, xxii
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/28852019-03-29T16:07:39Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29com_10023_75com_10023_25col_10023_1948col_10023_79
A critical edition of 'Al-ta'rīkh al-islāmī al-mukhtasar' by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm ibn 'Abdullāh ibn Alī ibn Abī al-Dam al-Hamawī (583/1187-642/1244)
Al-Jomard, Jazeel Abdul Jabbar
Jackson, D. E. P.
This thesis presents a critical edition of a medieval Arabic
text, which is widely known under the insufficiently attested title
"al-Ta'rikh al-Muzaffari'.. It is ascribed to a celebrated historian
and scholar of the first half of the 7th/13th century, Shihab al-Din abu
Ishaq Ibrahim b. abi al-Dam al-Hamawi al-Shafi'i (583/1187-642/1244),
40
a native and Qadi (judge) of Hamah.
The thesis consists of two parts, the introductory study and then
the text. The introductory study facilitates the understanding of the
problems the text raises and clarifies the more important issues
surrounding it.
The first chapter is intended to serve as a historical background.
A brief account, therefore, of the Ayyubid empire, together with a brief
history of Hamah, Ibn abi al-Dam's native town, is presented to shed light on the author's time.
The second chapter of the introduction is devoted to examining the
author's life. The sources concerning this part of the study are few.
Some of the author's own works are still missing, others are at present
inaccessible. From the obtainable works either printed or in MSS, a
reconstruction of the author's life and times has been made.
Sections I and 2 of the third and final chapter of the introductory
study discuss the reliability of the ascription of the work to Ibn abTal-Dam
and the controversial question of whether the title is original, and if it is
not, what other title it could have had. The rest of this chapter has
been devoted to Investigating and examining the MSS. in which the text
has been preserved and transcribed ever since the original was composed.
In the absence of the original, I have chosen the oldest and in
my opinion, the most complete of the only five surviving copies so far
identified and located. This copy, which is referred to in this thesis by
the abbreviation Bo, was written in (695/1295) by a native of Hamah, 53
years after the death of the author. All the other four are almost
definitely of a more recent date.
The second part of this thesis is the text, edited on the basis of
the oldest MS. which is preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The
text has been transcribed retaining the conventions, orthographic and
grammatical of the copyist wherever possible. Additions and
modifications have been avoided unless in their absence the sense of the
passage is obscured to the point of incomprehensibility. In these cases
other copies, A. of Alexandria Municipal Library, E. of Edinburgh University
Library, and Rand P2. of Bankipore Public Library were consulted and all
differenced between these MSS. , however minor, are shown and detailed
in the footnotes.
The text, then is supplemented by indices of towns, places,
tribes, sects and nations, which are followed by a bibliography and maps.
2012-07-02T12:09:01Z
2012-07-02T12:09:01Z
1984
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2885
en
750
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/154182019-04-01T09:02:21Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29col_10023_1948
The compilation of pharmacological ideas during the Abbāsid Caliphate : with special reference to a section of 'Al-Hāwī' of Al-Rāzī
Taha, Mohamad bin
Jackson, D. E. P.
Suleiman, M. Y. I. H.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Malaysia. Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam
This is a study of the transmission of medical ideas of the ancient world into Arabian medicine. It is concerned with pharmacological ideas in particular, with special reference to al-Ḥāwī (Liber Continens) of al-Rāzī (Rhazes). The First Part of this thesis outlines the medical knowledge of the ancient Mesopotamian (Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians), Egyptians, Indians, Persians and Greeks, and the exchanges in the knowledge between them. The Second Part is a view of the translation efforts during the period of the early Abbasid Caliphate, as most foreign medical works were translated during this period by the most celebrated and competent translators in the Arabian world. This part also includes a list of some of the medical works which were translated into Arabic, giving some view of how they were transmitted and came down to the Muslims. The Third Part gives a view of the life of al-Rāzī and the significance of his work in brief. Then it deals with his al-Ḥāwī, an original work written at the end of the ninth century or early tenth century A.D., that is after the translation effort had culminated, showing the kind of impact this movement had on the medical works of Muslims. Then this part examines a section consisting of two chapters of volume I of al-Ḥāwī it examines some foreign influences, especially on drugs. This is followed by the translation of this reference text and the conclusion.
2018-07-16T08:55:10Z
2018-07-16T08:55:10Z
1988-07
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15418
en
v, 188 p.
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews
oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/26682019-03-29T16:07:43Zcom_10023_1946com_10023_29com_10023_75com_10023_25col_10023_1948col_10023_79
Jews in Yemen in 17th-19th century according to Hebrew sources with comparison with Arabi Yamani sources
Abd El Aal, Nour Hoda Hasan
Burton, John
2012-06-06T14:25:26Z
2012-06-06T14:25:26Z
1970
Thesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2668
en
247
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews