Stylistics Studies of the Holy Quran

Stylistics Studies of the Holy Quran

Examining the visual schemas of the Holy Quran based on Johnson's theory (Case study of Surah Ankabut)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
ali asvadi 1
ali akbar imani 2
jalil hajipour talebi 3
1 Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Arabic literature group, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, guilan University, kharazmi, Iran. Corresponding Author
2 Assistant Professor of the Department of Islamic Studies, kharazmi, Tehran,Iran
3 Ph.D. student, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Kharazmi University, Iran.
10.22034/sshq.2024.451975.1455
Abstract
Cognitive linguistics is one of the most important topics in linguistics that establishes a relationship between language and thought and includes various theories such as conceptual metaphor, image schemas, etc. In the Holy Qur'an, many abstract concepts are expressed in the form of a set of objective concepts, the examination of which has a significant effect on the correct understanding of the meaning of the Qur'an; The present study aims to explain the hidden meanings and beauties as well as the abstract concepts in this surah by examining the types of image schemas in Surah Ankabut using the cognitive linguistics approach and descriptive analytical method. Based on the available data from Surah Ankabut, the movement schema was the most frequent schema; After that, the volume schema and then the power schema are in the second and third places. However, in this surah, movement schema plays an essential role in understanding abstract concepts. By using visual schemas, many abstract and non-objective concepts become objective and concrete for the audience, which plays a significant role in the accurate and deep understanding of the Holy Quran.
Keywords
"The Holy Quran"
"cognitive linguistics"
"visual schemas
Johnson's theory"
"Surah Ankabut"

Subjects


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Stylistics Studies of the Holy Quran
Volume 9, Issue 1 - Serial Number 16
Ninth year, first issue, sixteenth consecutive, spring and summer 2025
May 2025
Pages 96-119

  • Receive Date 26 April 2024
  • Revise Date 21 July 2024
  • Accept Date 24 July 2024
  • Publish Date 21 April 2025