Avigail Noy
Biographic Data
| ID | 1439820 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Avigail Noy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Avigail |
| FAMILY NAME | Noy |
| SIGNATURE | NOY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1076-4808 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rethinking ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī’s Theory of Metaphorical Predication (majāz fī al-ithbāt)
ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī (d. 471/1078 or 474/1081) revolutionized Arabic-Islamic theories of metaphorical language ( majāz ) when he distinguished between the mechanism of majāz on the level of the lexeme and that on the level of predication. Some modern scholars have pointed to tensions between majāz and poetic language, especially in the realm of metaphorical predication ( majāz fī al-ithbāt ). In this article I revisit key passages in al-Jurjā…
Did the Arabic Lexicographers Invent Majāz
This article argues that early Arabic philologists developed a robust, if implicit, theory of metaphorical language, one that was not dictated by theological concerns, and one that took shape outside the technical term majāz (commonly: figurative speech). The starting point of the article is the oft-cited claim found in Islamic legal theory, according to which authority over matters of majāz rested in the hands of the lexicographers (or philologi…
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Did the Arabic Lexicographers Invent Majāz
This article argues that early Arabic philologists developed a robust, if implicit, theory of metaphorical language, one that was not dictated by theological concerns, and one that took shape outside the technical term majāz (commonly: figurative speech). The starting point of the article is the oft-cited claim found in Islamic legal theory, according to which authority over matters of majāz rested in the hands of the lexicographers (or philologi…
Rethinking ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī’s Theory of Metaphorical Predication (majāz fī al-ithbāt)
ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī (d. 471/1078 or 474/1081) revolutionized Arabic-Islamic theories of metaphorical language ( majāz ) when he distinguished between the mechanism of majāz on the level of the lexeme and that on the level of predication. Some modern scholars have pointed to tensions between majāz and poetic language, especially in the realm of metaphorical predication ( majāz fī al-ithbāt ). In this article I revisit key passages in al-Jurjā…
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