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Rafael Talmon

رافائيل طلمون

Notable figure 1948–2004 · Source: University of Haifa, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, "In memoriam of Prof. Rafi Talmon" · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Talmon, Rafael (1948-2004), University of Haifa (1980-2004)

Field: Arabic grammatical tradition

Affiliation

Grammarian; Arabic Grammar in its Formative Age (1997)

Biography

Born in Haifa, he studied at its university and taught Arabic there from 1980 until his death. In Arabic Grammar in its Formative Age (Leiden, 1997) he examined the attribution of Kitab al-ʿAyn to al-Khalil ibn Ahmad and its grammatical material, and in Eighth-Century Iraqi Grammar (2003) he traced grammar before al-Khalil and Sibawayhi through some 240 excerpts from the earliest sources.