CLASSIFICATION OF LETTERS IN THE WORK "MIFTAHU-L-ULUM"
Keywords:
Abu Ya'qub al-Sakkaki, Miftah al-'Ulum, morphology (ṣarf), phonetics, consonants.Abstract
This scholarly article examines the phonetic views of Abu Ya'qub al-Sakkaki as presented in his work Miftah al-'Ulum (The Key to the Sciences). This work stands as a rare and invaluable source on Arabic grammar, having been utilized for centuries as a primary textbook in madrasahs (Islamic schools). Al-Sakkaki's unique scholarly insights concerning the smallest units that constitute a word, namely the letters, have been acknowledged and commended by leading scholars in the field of linguistics.
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