Colleges

Course Contents
First: Introduction to Lexicology
The discussion addresses the term "lexicon" from both linguistic and technical perspectives, clarifying its ancient usage in our heritage and the time it became associated with language dictionaries. It also discusses the function of a lexicon and the relationship between lexicology and linguistics.
Talking about the most famous types of dictionaries; which are: linguistic dictionaries, dictionaries of Arabized words, and translation dictionaries. ,
Glossaries of terms, encyclopedias. .
Second: Defining the term "Semantics":
The discussion addresses meaning: its nature and types, which are: lexicographical meaning, phonetic meaning, and meaning
Morphology, grammatical .
Third: The Origin of the Arabic Lexicon
The discussion addresses the preliminary efforts that preceded the emergence of dictionaries among the Arabs, such as the collection of language and the linguists' methodology in it. ,
And the linguistic books and treatises that the Arab lexicographers relied on, then the discussion about the appearance of the first Arabic lexicon, which is
The Dictionary of the Eye by Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (d. 175 AH). .
Fourth: Old Arabic Lexical Schools:
The discussion generally covers the old Arabic lexicographical schools and the most famous dictionaries belonging to them, and it stops at a specific
Specifically with the rhyming school of thought, and arranged by the roots of words; because most of the dictionaries that scholars refer to
belongs to them.
Fifth: Modern Arabic Dictionaries:
In it, there is a general discussion of the most important dictionaries that appeared in the modern era, their pioneers, and their arrangement methods, and it is
Standing specifically at Al-Mu'jam al-Wasit and Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, which were issued by the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. .
Required book:
Arabic Lexicographical Works, Their Beginnings and Development, by Dr. Emil Yaacoub. .
Support
1 – The Arabic Lexicon, Dr. Hussein Nassar. .
2 – Language and its Dictionaries in the Arab Library, Dr. Abd al-Latif al-Sufi. .
3 - The Arabic Lexicon: Research in Material and Application, by Dr. Riad Zaki Qassem. .
4. Semantics and the Arabic Lexicon, Abdul Qadir Abu Sharifa et al. .
5 - Al-Muzhir, Al-Suyuti. .
6 – Al-Sahibi, Ibn Faris. .
7 – Semantics, Dr. Ahmed Mukhtar Omar. .
6 – The Significance of Vocabulary, Dr. Ibrahim Anis.