نوع مقاله : پژوهشی
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
The Noble Qur'an, in its effort to clarify concepts and create mental imagery for maximum influence on human thought and behavior, pays close attention to human cognitive processes, including metaphorical thinking. To explain abstract or non-experienced phenomena, the Qur'an frequently uses concrete and perceptible conceptual metaphors, manifesting them through linguistic expressions. This study aims to explore the conceptual metaphor of "weight" and its related vocabulary as one of the sensory source domains and to identify its corresponding target conceptual domains and mappings in the Qur'an. The research employs a descriptive-analytical method, utilizing both deductive and inductive reasoning. According to the study’s findings, the lexical roots of the Arabic terms “thaqal”, "khiffa", "wazn", and "wizr" are linguistic manifestations of the conceptual metaphor of "weight" in the Qur'an. These terms clarify and elucidate conceptual domains such as action, punishment, human inclinations, thought, speech, responsibility, and events, all of which are metaphorically described as having weight. Among the source domains, the term “thaqal” is the most frequent, while "khiffa" appears the least. As for the target conceptual domains, the most frequent is the domain of "action", where sub-concepts include any action that carries weight, whether good or bad. Thus, righteous deeds are described as heavy, while unrighteous deeds are described as light, with accountable beings gaining metaphorical weight based on their good or bad deeds. The least frequent target conceptual domains are related to the domain of "speech".
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