The Standard Language Ideology of the Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians of the ʿAbbasid Period
As a discipline, the study of Biblical Hebrew grammar began largely among Arabic-speaking Jews of the Middle Ages, particularly in the ʿAbbasid period (750–1258 CE). Indeed, it has long been acknowledged by scholars that the Hebrew grammatical tradition, in many ways, grew up out of and alongside th...
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| description | As a discipline, the study of Biblical Hebrew grammar began largely among Arabic-speaking Jews of the Middle Ages, particularly in the ʿAbbasid period (750–1258 CE). Indeed, it has long been acknowledged by scholars that the Hebrew grammatical tradition, in many ways, grew up out of and alongside the Arabic grammatical tradition. Many concepts present in Hebrew grammar have their origins in the writings of Arabic grammarians of the ʿAbbasid period. And yet, as recent linguistic and anthropological work has shown, setting down ‘the grammar’ of a language can be as much an ideological or political activity as an academic one.
In addition to the language itself, speech communities also share beliefs and attitudes about that language—what linguistic anthropologists would term a ‘language ideology’. Language ideology can have a dramatic impact on what forms of the language one regards as acceptable and what sort of rules one imposes on and through their description of the language. Nevertheless, while much work has been done on the interface between Hebrew and Arabic grammar and literature in the Middle Ages, interface of their respective language ideologies has yet to be treated theoretically or systematically.
In the present book, then, we survey six specific characteristics of a ‘standard language ideology’ that appear in both the writings of the Hebrew grammarians who wrote in Judeo-Arabic and the Arabic grammarians during the ʿAbbasid period. Such striking lines of linguistic-ideological similarity suggest that it may not have been only grammatical concepts or literary genres that the medieval Hebrew grammarians inherited from the Arabic grammatical tradition, but a way of thinking about language as well. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1319032025-03-21T04:58:02Z The Standard Language Ideology of the Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians of the ʿAbbasid Period Kantor, Benjamin Paul Biblical Hebrew Grammar;Arabic-speaking Jews;Language Ideology;ʿAbbasid Period;Standard Language Ideology;Medieval Hebrew Grammarians As a discipline, the study of Biblical Hebrew grammar began largely among Arabic-speaking Jews of the Middle Ages, particularly in the ʿAbbasid period (750–1258 CE). Indeed, it has long been acknowledged by scholars that the Hebrew grammatical tradition, in many ways, grew up out of and alongside the Arabic grammatical tradition. Many concepts present in Hebrew grammar have their origins in the writings of Arabic grammarians of the ʿAbbasid period. And yet, as recent linguistic and anthropological work has shown, setting down ‘the grammar’ of a language can be as much an ideological or political activity as an academic one. In addition to the language itself, speech communities also share beliefs and attitudes about that language—what linguistic anthropologists would term a ‘language ideology’. Language ideology can have a dramatic impact on what forms of the language one regards as acceptable and what sort of rules one imposes on and through their description of the language. Nevertheless, while much work has been done on the interface between Hebrew and Arabic grammar and literature in the Middle Ages, interface of their respective language ideologies has yet to be treated theoretically or systematically. In the present book, then, we survey six specific characteristics of a ‘standard language ideology’ that appear in both the writings of the Hebrew grammarians who wrote in Judeo-Arabic and the Arabic grammarians during the ʿAbbasid period. Such striking lines of linguistic-ideological similarity suggest that it may not have been only grammatical concepts or literary genres that the medieval Hebrew grammarians inherited from the Arabic grammatical tradition, but a way of thinking about language as well. 2023-12-12T04:18:50Z 2023-12-12T04:18:50Z 2023-12-11T09:12:49Z 2023 book OCN: 1411183271 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86043 9781805111825 9781805111832 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/131903 eng Semitic Languages and Cultures open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86043/1/9781805111849.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86043/1/9781805111849.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86043/1/9781805111849.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0382 10.11647/OBP.0382 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 9781805111825 9781805111832 ScholarLed 235 Cambridge open access |
| spellingShingle | Biblical Hebrew Grammar;Arabic-speaking Jews;Language Ideology;ʿAbbasid Period;Standard Language Ideology;Medieval Hebrew Grammarians Kantor, Benjamin Paul The Standard Language Ideology of the Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians of the ʿAbbasid Period |
| title | The Standard Language Ideology of the Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians of the ʿAbbasid Period |
| title_full | The Standard Language Ideology of the Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians of the ʿAbbasid Period |
| title_fullStr | The Standard Language Ideology of the Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians of the ʿAbbasid Period |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Standard Language Ideology of the Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians of the ʿAbbasid Period |
| title_short | The Standard Language Ideology of the Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians of the ʿAbbasid Period |
| title_sort | standard language ideology of the hebrew and arabic grammarians of the ʿabbasid period |
| topic | Biblical Hebrew Grammar;Arabic-speaking Jews;Language Ideology;ʿAbbasid Period;Standard Language Ideology;Medieval Hebrew Grammarians |
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