Arabia

Ideas reflected in modern computational linguistics

• Sibawaihi's grammar (Al-Kitab)
  • Mainly syntax, and also morphology and phonology. Just about no semantics Itkonen 131
  • The grammar of Sibawaihi and his successors consists of: lexicon, syntax, morphology, derivation Lepschy 173
  • Methodology: the 'clear case principle' Itkonen pp 132 cf. TBL, and most of linguistics
  • Governance/dependence Itkonen pp 132, pp 145, Owens (1988)
  • [.ps] [.tex] Topic-comment Itkonen 136, "important item first" Itkonen 139 cf. Information structure
  • Parts of speech Itkonen 133
  • Linear grammar Itkonen [Chosen by: Kenneth] 139
• Sibawaihi and discourse, pragmatics Itkonen pp149
  • Speaker and hearer Itkonen [Chosen by: Fredrik] 150
  • Information structure? Itkonen 150
  • Speech act theory? Itkonen 151
  • Langue/parole distinction Itkonen 151
  • Ellipsis Itkonen pp 152
  • Mustaqim/acceptable Itkonen 152 cf. Information structure, Austin's notion of felicity, etc [ Chosen by:Rebecca ]

Ideas that might be worth reviving