A Grammar of the Arabic Language

Title	A Grammar of the Arabic Language
Publication Date:	1811
Subject	1776, Alphabet, Arabic language, Grammar, India, Pronunciation
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Harvard Library
Library Asset ID	LCCN: 2021667045
Record ID	TN_cdi_loca_primary_2021667045
Library Location	ONLINE ACCESS
Date	1811
Notes	The Scottish orientalist John Richardson (circa 1740--95) was born in Edinburgh. He studied law as well as Arabic and Persian in London. He was much influenced by his friend, the philologist William Jones, with whom he worked in the 1770s on A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic and English, based on Franciscus Meninski's 1680--87 Thesaurus linguarum orientalium. The grammar book presented here was first published in 1776. It is modeled after Jones's Persian grammar of 1771, which had been very well-received by the public. Richardson's grammar, like Jones's, claims to mix ease with entertainment in the study of Arabic. Richardson especially hoped the book would appeal to those in the service of the British East India Company. The work is comprised of five "books," each of which is in turn divided into several chapters. Book I is dedicated to the Arabic alphabet and pronunciation. Book II discusses nouns and declension, book III verbs and conjugations. Special prefixes are tackled in book IV, and syntax in book V. English and Arabic texts are often interwoven to complement each other, except when Richardson uses quotations from Arabic classics, in verse or prose, to highlight his points. The quotations are followed by English translations, giving the grammar a literary flavor. This 1811 edition was published in London and is dedicated to the "Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and Directors" of the "Honourable United Company of Merchants," another name for the British East India Company.
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A Grammar of the Arabic Language

Publication Date 1811

Subject 1776, Alphabet, Arabic language, Grammar, India, Pronunciation

Type Book

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Harvard Library

Library Asset ID LCCN: 2021667045

Record ID TN_cdi_loca_primary_2021667045

Library Location ONLINE ACCESS

Date 1811

Notes The Scottish orientalist John Richardson (circa 1740--95) was born in Edinburgh. He studied law as well as Arabic and Persian in London. He was much influenced by his friend, the philologist William Jones, with whom he worked in the 1770s on A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic and English, based on Franciscus Meninski's 1680--87 Thesaurus linguarum orientalium. The grammar book presented here was first published in 1776. It is modeled after Jones's Persian grammar of 1771, which had been very well-received by the public. Richardson's grammar, like Jones's, claims to mix ease with entertainment in the study of Arabic. Richardson especially hoped the book would appeal to those in the service of the British East India Company. The work is comprised of five "books," each of which is in turn divided into several chapters. Book I is dedicated to the Arabic alphabet and pronunciation. Book II discusses nouns and declension, book III verbs and conjugations. Special prefixes are tackled in book IV, and syntax in book V. English and Arabic texts are often interwoven to complement each other, except when Richardson uses quotations from Arabic classics, in verse or prose, to highlight his points. The quotations are followed by English translations, giving the grammar a literary flavor. This 1811 edition was published in London and is dedicated to the "Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and Directors" of the "Honourable United Company of Merchants," another name for the British East India Company.

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