Ramadan Abd al-Tawwab
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Ramadan Abd al-Tawwab (d. 1422 AH / 2001 CE) was an Egyptian linguist, philologist, and professor who served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Ain Shams University.
Academic Career and Scholarship
Abd al-Tawwab completed his doctoral studies in Germany, receiving his degree from the University of Munich in 1962 with a dissertation examining the classical philological treatise al-Gharib al-Musannaf by Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam. Following his return to Egypt, he taught Arabic language and linguistics, later becoming the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Ain Shams University.
His scholarship focused on Arabic philology, comparative Semitic linguistics, dialectology, and the editing of classical texts. He published research in numerous academic journals across Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Europe, and contributed to the dialects committee at the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. Among his best-known original publications are his foundational textbook al-Madkhal ila Ilm al-Lugha wa Manahij al-Bahth al-Lughawi (Introduction to Linguistics and Linguistic Research Methodologies) and his collection of philological papers, Buhuth wa Maqalat fi al-Lugha (Researches and Articles on Language).
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This work is a textbook on general linguistics and comparative philology. It introduces modern linguistic theories and research methodologies while connecting them directly to classical Arabic linguistic heritage and Semitic comparative studies.
This volume is a collection of philological and linguistic studies examining phonetics, morphology, dialects, linguistic historiography, and research methodology. It brings together scholarly papers and articles written over a span of up to fifteen years.