This dissertation gives a comprehensive picture of the theory of governance in Arabic traditional grammar. This theory is based on the change of inflectional markers. This change of inflectional form is shown in the governance relations of the three word classes of nouns, verbs,…
This dissertation examines when and how case endings were lost between the Old Arabic and modern sedentary Arabic dialects, focusing on the extent and role of the fewer than usual three case distinctions in pre- and early Islamic times. It addresses two historical linguistics is…
Addad (plural of didd "opposite") is the term employed by Arab philologists to designate the Arabic words of which each denotes two opposite meanings such as jawn "dark" and "bright". The peculiarity of this phenomenon in Arabic has attracted the attention of scholars of differe…
In the present study, an analysis of the ruling family of Ur III Umma is used to answer questions about patterns of succession and the extent of royal influence on provincial customs as well an attempt to broaden the understanding of the private sphere in opposition to the nonpr…