Tense and Text in Classical Arabic
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1. The Problem
1.2. Autonomous or Contextual Meaning(s) of the Verb
1.3. The Method
1.3.1. Methodological Principles
1.3.2. An Outline of the Analytical Procedure
1.4. Language and Corpus Definition
1.4.1. Classical Arabic
1.4.2. Classical Arabic Prose
1.5. The Structure and Scope of the Study
1.6. Technical Remarks
Chapter 2. The Verb in Arabic Grammatical Tradition
2.1. Two Frames of Discussion
2.2. The Semantological Frame
2.3. The Grammatical Frame
2.3.1. ʾiʿrāb and bināʾ
2.3.2. The Term al-muḍāriʿ
2.4. Summary
Chapter 3. The Verb in Arabistic Literature
3.1. The Verbal System in Arabic and Semitic
3.2. The Question of Tense or Aspect
3.3. Summary
Chapter 4. The Structure of Context
4.1. The Conceptualization of Context
4.2. Deictic Reference
4.3. Text Types
4.4. Interdependency
4.5. Clause Types
4.6. Lexical Classes
4.7. Summary
Chapter 5. The Verbal Inventory
5.1. Inventory of Forms
5.2. Indicative Verbal Forms
5.2.1. Simple Forms
5.2.2. Modified Forms
5.2.2.1. The Modifier qad
5.2.2.2. The Modifier la-
5.2.2.3. The Modifier sawfa/sa-
5.2.3. Compound Forms
5.3. Modal Verbal Forms
5.4. Negated Verbal Forms
5.5. Summary
Chapter 6. The Syntagmatic Structure of the Clause
6.1. The Inter-clausal Syntagm
6.1.2. Dependency Status
6.1.3. Linking Devices
6.2. The Intra-clausal Syntagm
6.2.1. Word Order and Agreement
6.2.2. Clausal Operators
6.2.2.1. Operators of Embedded Clauses
6.2.2.2. Operators of Non-embedded Clauses
6.3. Summary
Chapter 7. The Verbal Paradigm in Embedded Clauses
7.1. Preliminaries
7.2. Substantival (Content) ʾanna-clauses
7.3. Adjectival/Relative Clauses
7.3.1. llaḏī-clauses
7.3.2. Asyndetic Adjectival Clauses
7.3.3. mā-clauses
7.3.4. man-clauses
7.4. Adverbial ḥīna-clauses
7.5. Summary
Chapter 8. The Predicative Paradigm
8.1. Preliminaries
8.2. Verbal Complexes
8.2.1. kāna-compounds
8.2.2. Modifying Verbs
8.2.3. Motion and State Verbs
8.2.4. Perception and Permission Verbs
8.2.5. Speech Verbs
8.3. Circumstantial Clauses
8.4. Mutually Dependent Clauses
8.4.1. Setting Clauses
8.4.2. Presentative Clauses
8.5. Summary
Chapter 9. The Verbal Paradigm in the Dialogue
9.1. Preliminaries
9.2. Declarative Clauses
9.2.1. Plain Declaratives
9.2.2. Argumentative ʾinna-clauses
9.2.3. Asseverative ʾinna la-clauses
9.2.4. Negative Clauses
9.3. Performative Clauses
9.4. Optative Clauses
9.5. Interrogative Clauses
9.6. Summary
Chapter 10. The Verbal Paradigm in the Narrative
10.1. Preliminaries
10.2. The Main-line: faʿala-initiated Chains
10.2.1. The faʿala conn-faʿala Pattern
10.2.2. The faʿala yafʿalu/fāʿilan Pattern
10.2.3. The faʿala fa-yafʿalu Pattern
10.3. The Background
10.3.1. Free and Dependent Clauses
10.3.2. Eventive and Descriptive Background
10.4. Setting-presentative Constructions
10.4.1. Setting and Preposed Temporal Clauses
10.4.2. Presentative Clauses
10.5. Generic Narratives
10.6. Summary
Chapter 11. The Verbal Paradigm in the Generic Utterance
11.1. Preliminaries
11.2. The Structure of Generic Clauses
11.3. Indicative Verbal Forms in Generic Clauses
11.4. Modal Verbal Forms in Generic Clauses
11.5. Summary
Chapter 12. Conclusions
References
Index
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