al-Qawaid al-Tatbiqiyya fi al-Lugha al-Arabiyya
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al-Qawaid al-Tatbiqiyya fi al-Lugha al-Arabiyya (Applied Rules of the Arabic Language) is a pedagogical work on Arabic grammar and parsing (iʿrāb) written by Dr. Nadim Husayn Daqour and published by Muʾassasat Bahsoun.
Background and Purpose
In his introduction, Daqour notes that the Arabic language is distinguished from other languages by its primary and secondary inflectional marks, which serve as the foundation for correct reading, sound expression, and accurate comprehension. He critiques conventional grammar textbooks available to students for being predominantly theoretical and lacking practical application, which often leads learners to memorize grammatical rules by rote without genuine comprehension.
Daqour intended the book to serve as an accessible guide and reference, particularly for students in intermediate education (marḥalat al-taʿlīm al-mutawassiṭa), noting that many students subsequently transition into scientific disciplines where Arabic grammar is no longer taught.
Methodology and Structure
The book adopts a method that couples theoretical rule exposition with practical applied parsing models. It draws extensively on textual evidence from the Quran, which the author describes as the vessel of the Arabic language, emphasizing that grammatical competence can only be established through recurrent practical application.
The instructional chapters provide systematic breakdowns of grammatical categories accompanied by step-by-step parsing formulas. For example, in the discussion of pronouns (al-ḍamāʾir), the work categorizes them into detached and attached forms, illustrating their syntactical roles across nominative, accusative, and genitive positions with detailed sentence-level analyses.
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