Indispensible not only to English speaking students of its subject but to native Arab linguists as well.

- Khalil I. Semaan, in the Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1983,

The present work is massively erudite, sound in scholarship, and (as has been said) almost over-rich in example and reference. It is also, surprisingly often, human, even personal and witty. Close, or for that matter casual, study of any part of it is not only rewarding but positively enjoyable.

- G. M. Wickens, in the Journal of Semitic Studies, 1985,

[T]here can be no doubt that C.’s approach is a perfectly legitimate one, and it may even be considered very attractive for those outsiders who wish to get acquainted with the aims and methods of the Arab grammarians. [...] Having profited from C.’s explanations and observations one will be prepared for the study of more difficult texts.

- Kees Versteegh, in Bibliotheca Orientalis, 1984,