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The Arabic Adjective and Attribute

Stewart, Christopher Paul
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1316446547

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2011, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
The noun, verb and particle are the three parts of Arabic speech. The student of Arabic learns words whose meanings resemble those of English adjectives. However, the words themselves possess every morphological feature of the noun. The student also learns that indefinite nouns can be described by adjectival sentences and that these sentences are translated as relative clauses. However, definite nouns need a relative pronoun in order to describe them with a sentence. The student learns that the adjective comes after the noun in Arabic. However, there are instances when the reverse applies. Then, the student learns two words for “adjective” in Arabic, ¿¿¿¿¿¿ifa and na¿¿¿¿t, and there doesn’t seem to be much distinction between their uses. These features of the adjective caused the basis for this thesis. This study presents the treatment of the adjective from the perspective of three grammarians. They are Ibn as-Sarrāj (d. 928), az-Zamakhsharī (d. 1144), and ash-Shribīni (d. 1570). Ibn as-Sarrāj’s work, al-¿¿¿¿U¿¿¿¿¿¿ūl fī n-Na¿¿¿¿¿¿w, forms the basis of this study. He defines the adjective in terms of meaning and distinguishes it from the noun. He presents the rules for the attributive position and provides examples. Az-Zamakhsharī and ash-Shirbīnī serve to support the information found in al-¿¿¿¿U¿¿¿¿¿¿ūl and to show developments in the treatment of the adjective. Together, they provide answers to the problems above.
Bruce Fudge, PhD (Advisor)
Georges Tamer, PhD (Committee Member)
49 p.
Near Eastern Studies
Arabic; Adjective; ¿¿¿¿¿¿ifa; Na¿¿¿¿t

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  • Stewart, C. P. (2011). The Arabic Adjective and Attribute [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1316446547

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stewart, Christopher. The Arabic Adjective and Attribute. 2011. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1316446547.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stewart, Christopher. "The Arabic Adjective and Attribute." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1316446547

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