Marked word order in the Qurān and its English translations : patterns and motivations / / by Dr. Ahmed Saleh Elimam

• Autore: Elimam Ahmed Saleh
• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.122521
• Soggetto topico: Arabic language - Word order
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN""; ""APPENDIX""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""
• Sommario/riassunto: The literature on Balaghah (the art of Arabic eloquence) and commentaries on the Quran stress that the style of the Quran is beautiful, eloquent and inimitable. This literature identifies word order as one of the most distinctive aspects of Quranic style. One of the main reasons for this is that, compared to English, Arabic has fewer restrictions on word order, thanks to its elaborate verb inflection system and case marking. This flexibility allows for the foregrounding of some elements within the sentence, resulting in a marked (or non-canonical) word order and fulfilling certain discursive f
• Titolo autorizzato: Marked word order in the Qurān and its English translations
• ISBN: 1-4438-5367-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790855903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II