A Linguistic Analysis of the Qur’anic Narrative of “the Companions of the Cave” in Sura ‘Al-Kahf’ (The Cave [18]:9-26)

I. El-Wakeel
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Narratives play an essential role in human communication and culture. A well-tailored narrative, whether it is a short story or a long novel, is considered a powerful tool in influencing people’s thoughts, beliefs and therefore their behaviours. The glorious Qur’an is rich in narratives of various types. This paper focuses on studying the parable of “The Companions of the Cave” which is a very prominent narrative among the Muslim community. The present work is mainly concerned with studying the linguistic features of this parable. The investigation, presented in this paper, tackles all levels of linguistic analysis including: the phonological, lexical and morphological, grammatical, semantic, and stylistic levels. The investigation reveals a plethora of linguistic features in such short story. One of the prominent findings of this research is that the stylistic features are plentiful than the other linguistic ones given the brevity of the story. It is worth mentioning that different modes of narration have been used in this significant parable such as authorial tone, direct speeches as well as dialogues. Furthermore, the scene description as well as the employment of semantic characteristics such as synonymy, antonymy, hyperbole, hyponymy and figures of speech allow the reader/listener to construct vivid images of the story. The paper also highlights the significance of employing the various phonological features on top of them are the auditory components such as rhyme and internal-rhyme, alliteration, assonance and consonance to engage the audience, grab their attention and facilitate the memorisation of the story.
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《古兰经》Al-Kahf章中“洞穴同伴”叙述的语言学分析(洞穴bb0:9-26)
叙事在人类交流和文化中起着至关重要的作用。一篇精心编写的叙述,无论是短篇小说还是长篇小说,都被认为是影响人们思想、信仰和行为的有力工具。辉煌的《古兰经》中有丰富的各种类型的叙述。本文着重研究了在穆斯林社会中非常突出的叙事诗《洞穴同伴》。本文主要研究这一寓言的语言特征。调查,在本文中提出,处理所有层次的语言分析,包括:音系,词汇和形态,语法,语义和文体的水平。研究表明,这篇短篇小说中存在着大量的语言特征。本研究的一个突出发现是,鉴于故事的简短性,其文体特征比其他语言特征更为丰富。值得一提的是,在这个意义重大的寓言中,作者的语气、直接引语和对话等不同的叙事方式被使用。此外,场景描写以及同义词、反义词、夸张、下义、修辞等语义特征的运用使读者/听者能够构建生动的故事形象。文章还强调了利用各种音韵特征的重要性,在这些音韵特征的基础上,运用音韵、内韵、头韵、辅音、辅音等听觉成分来吸引听众,抓住他们的注意力,促进故事的记忆。
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