TY - GEN

T1 - Linguistics and islamic studies in historical perspective: the case of interdisciplinary communication

T2 - 8th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics, IMCIC 2017

AU - Bernikova, Olga

AU - Redkin, Oleg

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - Islamic Studies and the Arabic language are indivisible from each other starting from the appearance of Islam and formation of the Classical language. The present paper demonstrates correlation between linguistics and religion in historical perspective with regard to peculiarities of the Arabic language which distinguish it from other prophetic languages. Arabic is considered to be one of the most powerful examples of a sacred language in the history. The authors underline the role of written tradition in Islamic Studies and analyze the importance of the text of the Qur?ān for those who study Islamic civilization. Without understanding of the polyphony of this sacred text, indivisible unity of its form and content it is impossible to understand social developments both in present and past. The text of the Qur?ān like any other phenomenon is a multifaceted object that should be studied from different points of view.

AB - Islamic Studies and the Arabic language are indivisible from each other starting from the appearance of Islam and formation of the Classical language. The present paper demonstrates correlation between linguistics and religion in historical perspective with regard to peculiarities of the Arabic language which distinguish it from other prophetic languages. Arabic is considered to be one of the most powerful examples of a sacred language in the history. The authors underline the role of written tradition in Islamic Studies and analyze the importance of the text of the Qur?ān for those who study Islamic civilization. Without understanding of the polyphony of this sacred text, indivisible unity of its form and content it is impossible to understand social developments both in present and past. The text of the Qur?ān like any other phenomenon is a multifaceted object that should be studied from different points of view.

KW - Arabic

KW - Islamic Studies

KW - Linguistics

KW - Qur?ān

KW - Religion

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049011139&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85049011139

VL - 2017-March

SP - 311

EP - 315

BT - IMCIC 2017 - 8th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics, Proceedings

PB - International Institute of Informatics and Systemics

Y2 - 20 March 2017 through 23 March 2017

ER -