La place des ouvrages traditionnels sur les erreurs verbales (une étude descriptive et analytique : la littérature de l’écrivain d’Ibn Qutaybah ; « corriger la langue » comme exemple)

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 The Place of Islamic Scientific Heritage in Pronunciation Errors (An analytical descriptive study based on Ibn Qatibah's Book “Adab-al-Katib”) Abstract Investigating and classifying pronunciation errors plays an important role in the education of learners; thus, it is important to eliminate errors that prevent language communication. Therefore, correction of common errors in vocabulary pronunciation should be considered in preparing appropriate course content. This study reflects on previous writings on error analysis and has attempted to examine the content of Ibn Qatibah's book “Adab-al-Katib” (267- 213 AH). Part of the book, entitled "Taqvim-al-Lesan" in 35 chapters, teaches those writers (Dabiran) who had weak skills in pronunciation of words, such as converting (Ebdal), deleting and adding. The present study aims to investigate the types of identified errors based on descriptive method and content analysis (qualitative and quantitative). The results show that pronunciation errors are presented in four main types: Phonetic (change in motion, deleting, adding and converting), Morphology (change in noun structure), Syntactic (Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Conjunctions and prepositions) and Structural (semantic). According to graphs and statistical data, phonetic errors accounted for 76% of pronunciation errors and syntactic errors accounted for 3% of educational content. Among the phonetic errors, ‘Ebdal’ (in both types) had the highest rate with 78%. The above data demonstrates the special attention of applied linguists to correcting pronunciation errors in ancient times and also their innovative educational achievements as a significant advancement in special-purpose language skills training. This makes us to follow their pattern, as a precious legacy in this field.