Bahasa Dan Konsep Kebahasaan Dalam Muqodimah Karya Ibnu Khaldun (1332 M – 1406 M)

Abstract

This research aims to describe Ibn Khaldūn's ideas on the concepts of language that he wrote in his great work 'al-muqaddima'. A review of thisideasusing Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutic approach. This paper is descriptive, analytical, interpretative and comparative-synthesis.Interpretation is used to provide an explanation of the thought of Ibn Khaldūn based on the understanding of researcherininterpreting the texts of al-muqodimah.The comparative-synthesis aspect is carried out to compare Ibn Khaldun's linguistic ideas with modern linguistic concepts,with the aim of finding a common point of ideas between Ibn Khaldun and modern linguistic theories.Some concepts of Ibn Khaldūn language that apparently have similarities with modern language ideas are: lughah, ifādah al-kalām, fi'l lisāni, malakah, al-qoshd, fitrah, etc