Storia dell’ellissi nel pensiero linguistico arabo

This research provides insights on the birth and development of the concept of idmar in the Arabic linguistic thought of the II/VIII-IV/X century. The idmar, translated herein as “ellipsis,” plays a central role in defining the relationship between the morphology, syntax and rhetoric within the Arabic linguistic studies. Main interrogatives that direct the research are: what is intended by “ellipsis”? What were the values that Arabic grammarians attributed to the concept of idmar? What were the theoretical and terminological changes that the concept underwent over the centuries?