The position of the modern linguists on the intonation of the ancient grammarians

Abstract

The many Arabs linguists studied the concept of intonation in ancient Arab scholars. We have shed the light on this study within two axes: The first axis, the position of modern Arab linguists on the terminology indicative of intonation to grammarians. Many moderns believe that grammarians were familiar with intonation, Even if they do not include the rules of intonation in their books, because they used a number of terms to indicate intonation. Especially when Sibawayh and Ibn Jinni. As for the second axis, the position of modern Arab linguists on leaving rules for intonation by grammarians. A number of them criticized the ancient grammarians for not establishing rules for intonation. Some Modern Arab linguists have tried to find out the reasons for grammarians not to study the intonation in Arabic. As well as the results, that resulted from that.