THE IDEA OF 'MULTIPLE MEANINGS' IN AL-JURJANI' S THEORY O F COMPOSITION
Abstract
Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjânî introduces an idea of 'multiple meanings' in the context of
his theory of construction (na?m) where he analyzes Arabic syntactic structure and
grammatical principles from a semantic point of view. His analysis represents an approach to grammar based on the formal functions of grammatical categories as they affect the surface structure of linguistic utterance {lafı), hence the meaning {mcfna) of a
statement {kalâm). For him there is a multiple correspondences and interplay between
structure of thought, deep structure and surface structure of a statement. From this
standpoint, there is not only one 'meaning' in a text, instead, there are 'meanings' that
intertwiningly coexist in one and the same text. The surface structure of the text itself,
however, offers only a 'glimpse' of these 'multiple meanings' to a reader in accordance
with his own conditions.
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Primary Language
English
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Muhammet Günaydın
This is me
Publication Date
April 19, 2012
Submission Date
April 19, 2012
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Published in Issue
Year 2008 Number: 17