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Dec 1, 2014 · Introduction. Certain characteristics of the Arabic language have had a strong impact on its lexicography. First and foremost is the fact that Arabic is the language of the Qur’an, the centerpiece of Islam. This in itself, as well as the expansion of Islam, gave rise to Arabic philology, including lexicography, which to this day draws from ...
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Aug 23, 2014 · Arabic Lexicography: Its History, And Its Place In The General History Of Lexicography - John A. Haywood
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The history of Arabic lexicography and terminology. Ali M. Al-Kasimi. Abstract. After the death of the Prophet Mohammad in 632 A.D., Moslem scholars were in need of understanding certain verses in the Holy Qur’an and some of the Prophet’s oral tradition and sayings. This need motivated a linguistic movement including grammar and lexicography.
But to fully appreciate the dynamics of the Arabic lexicographic activity, we will consider the following models that encapsulate the innovative approaches that it took over the centuries. These show the maximally distinct paradigmatic models in lexicography and the paradigms behind which other lexicographers lined up.
Abstract. This article is a critical survey of contemporary Arabic lexicography, covering a period beginning roughly with the first edition of the Hans Wehr dictionary and extending to present-day corpus-based machine-readable dictionaries and online lexical databases. It covers both monolingual and bilingual Arabic lexicography relating to the ...
Inappropriate use of Arabic idioms, reflected in mispronunci ation and mistranscription.4 Whereas the first phenomenon gave birth to the study of grammar, the second supplied the motivation for the evolution of lexicography. In other words, the principal impulse for the emergence of Arabic philology was the protection of the Islamic scripture.
Arabic (MSA). Corpus-based lexicography is now the norm for Arabic lexicog-raphers in the West and it has begun to take hold among lexicographers in the Arab world. The different approaches and computational methods for dealing with the divisions of Classical Arabic, MSA, and the dialects are currently being defined.
