Book review
The foundations of Arab linguistics V. Kitāb Sībawayhi, The Critical Theory. Edited by Manuel Sartori & Francesco Binaghi ( Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics , 107).
Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2022. ISBN 978-90-04-51589-5 (E-Book) €143.99 / 978-90-04-51584-0 (Hardback) €126.14

Reviewed by Jonathan Owens
Bayreuth University
Publication history

Date received: 20 November 2024

Date accepted: 29 November 2024

Published online: 20 December 2024

Table of contents

This is a welcome and broad-ranging collection of articles built around the work of Sibawayhi, containing thirteen articles appropriately including established scholars such as Giuliano Lancioni and Michael Carter and younger entrants such as Ilyass Amharar.

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