

In 1996 he had been corresponding on his latest project, an edition, translation and critical study of a phonetic treatise on the pronunciation of the letter dad, which he was very enthusiastic about. We had all been aware of the fact that he had been seriously ill for quite some time, but we believed or wished to believe that he had recovered and was starting again with his research projects. Naphtali's death came as a shock to us all. PREFACE On August 6, 1997, our friend and colleague Naphtali Kinberg died he was just 49 years old. Treatise on the pronunciation of the dad Introduction by Kees Versteegh Identification of the author and the title Structure of the treatise Translation of the treatise References Arabic text The concepts of elevation and depression in Medieval Arabic phonetic theory 183 ġ1. Semi-imperfectives and imperfectives: A case-study of aspect and tense in Arabic participial clauses 153 10. Figurative uses, polysemy and homonymy in systems of tense, mood and aspect 132 9. Some modal, aspectual and syntactic constraints on the use of gad in the verbal system of Classical Arabic 121 8. Some temporal, aspectual, and modal features of the Arabic structure la-qad + prefix tense verb 112 7.

Causal and adversative meanings of the particle lakin in Arabic 103 6. Adverbial clauses as topics in Arabic: Adverbial clauses in frontal position separated from their main clauses 43 5. A study of la-'in phrases in Early Literary Arabic 21 4. Notes on the shift from accusative constructions to prepositional phrases in Hebrew and Arabic 12 3. An investigation of the combination 'n law in Classical Arabic 1 2. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. © Copyright 2001 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data LC card number 00040336 Leiden Boston Koln : Brill, 2000 (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics Vol.

STUDIES IN THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF CLASSICAL ARABIC BY NAPHTALI KINBERGĭie Deutsche Bibliothek-CIP-Einheitsaufhahme Qinberg, Naftali: Studies in the linguistic structure of classical Arabic / by Naphtali Kinberg. VOLUME XXXI STUDIES IN THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF CLASSICAL ARABIC STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS EDITED BY T. Muslims don't make a difference between greeting dead and living people.STUDIES IN THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF CLASSICAL ARABIC So according to a quote of al-Khattabi in tuhfat al ahodi (a commentary on sunan at-Tirmidhi) on this hadith.

While the Prophet (Peace be upon him) in his sunna also used the wording with "as-Salaamu alaikum السلام عليكم أهل دار قوم مؤمنين" when visiting the gravyard. Note that this has it's origin in Arabic costumes of the time as they used to greet or send a greeting to a dead person this way, as the poet said: all this five expressions can be referenced from the sunna, even if i only referenced one!īut what you should never do is greet or begin greeting by saying 'alaika ('alaikum) as-salam see here. Both are perfectly fine and good answers!
