Description of horses in the treatises of the ancient Arab linguists : Lexical study

Brahim Brahmi

doi:10.61850/lij.v6i1.162

Brahim Brahmi

Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma

This entry aims to show the interest of the ancient Arab linguists in describing describing horses and their epithets, and the names of the purebred Arabian horse and its lineages, and its horsemen in pre-Islamic times and later. peace; And other than that in terms of lengthy discussions that they singled out for him in their books...; So this chapter published their linguistic treatises, which were dominated by the lexical character, in analysis and study. In its content, it revealed the sense of the deliberative link between the topic and its discursive social context. The beginnings of the third century AH, reaching its climax in the middle of the fifth century AH.
This entry raises many questions. About the methodology of the ancient Arab linguists in dealing with this subject and the methods of their analysis of it? And what was known for its accuracy in presentation and scrutiny; Make their curriculum closer to the contemporary linguistic approach? To what extent are these linguistic topics related to the general deliberative, cognitive and cultural context? To re-raise the question: about the extent of the ancient Arabic scholars' insight into issues of their sociolinguistic reality within the framework of their defined vision. What is the inclusive complementarity?)

Keywords: horse; mare; heritage; linguistic; Arabic; lexicon; pragmatic.

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Brahmi , B. (2025). Description of horses in the treatises of the ancient Arab linguists : Lexical study . مجلة قضايا لغوية | Linguistic Issues Journal, 6(1), 118–131. https://doi.org/10.61850/lij.v6i1.162

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