Orientalist Studies on the Arabic Grammatical Heritage

The book “Orientalists and the Arabic Grammatical Heritage” by Dr. Abdel Moneim Jadami is an in-depth study of the influence of Orientalists on the understanding and analysis of the Arabic grammatical heritage. The book offers a critical reading of how Orientalists approached the Arabic language and its grammatical tools through their own methodologies, shedding light on the misconceptions and assumptions that often surrounded their interpretations of this heritage. The book also examines the impact of these studies on the development of Arabic grammar, showing how Orientalists played a dual role in highlighting some missing dimensions in traditional Arabic studies while simultaneously imposing some Western concepts that may be far removed from the specificities of the Arabic language. The book reviews the positions of Orientalists who studied Arabic grammar, demonstrating how their views influenced the reconstruction of some aspects of Arab understanding of grammatical language, as well as the critical approaches through which misconceptions arising from this influence can be corrected.