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Marginal Phenomena in the Grammar System, With Supporting Evidence from the Qur'an

Hassan, Tammam

Journal of qur'anic studies, 2013-06, Vol.15 (2), p.215-203 [Periódico revisado por pares]

UK: Edinburgh University Press

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  • Título:
    Marginal Phenomena in the Grammar System, With Supporting Evidence from the Qur'an
  • Autor: Hassan, Tammam
  • Assuntos: Ambiguity ; Arabic language ; Arabic literature ; Function words ; Grammar ; Islamic Studies ; Morphology ; Phonetics ; Phonology ; Phonology phonetics relationship ; Quran ; Religious literature ; Syntax ; Topics
  • É parte de: Journal of qur'anic studies, 2013-06, Vol.15 (2), p.215-203
  • Descrição: The Arabic grammar system is built on basic contextual relationships in which the essentials of expression and their signified meanings are located within the structural sciences of both phonology and morphology. The phonetic and phonological complexes of the language furnish its syntactic markers, grammatical particles ( ḥur f al-maʿ n ), indicators of deviation from the grammatical norm, and facilitate the pursuit of khiffa ('lightness of expression'). Through the framework of morphology, verbal forms and derived morphological patterns are defined, with their attendant features. The purpose of syntax is to delineate the synergy of the relationship between the two abovementioned sciences, phonology and morphology, so as to avoid ambiguity. On account of the finely-tuned links which define the relationship between the disciplinary complexes of phonology, morphology and syntax, classical grammarians attached huge importance to phonetics and morphology as key topics of grammar and its teaching. Accordingly, Arabic grammar is greatly dependent upon two fundamental pillars: ṭalab al-khiffa ('the pursuit of lightness of expression'), which is a product of the system of phonetics; and amn al-lib s ('contextual exigencies aimed at circumventing ambiguity'). Yet these two foundations are not governed by explicit strictures, and one could argue that despite their importance they are marginal phenomena within the grammar system: as topics in their own right they share much with other topics which fall under the umbrella of general linguistics.
  • Editor: UK: Edinburgh University Press
  • Idioma: Inglês;Árabe

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