Interpreting Quranic Rhetorical Questions As Indirect Speech Acts
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15538652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Riaz Ahmed Dr Muhammad Asif Gul (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | S11 |
| Pages | 264-272 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | MIGRATION LETTERS (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-8984 • E-ISSN: 1741-8992 |
| Publisher | Dewspublication (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.59670/ml.v21is11.10690 |
| OpenAlex | W4399833513 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This study presents a qualitative analysis of a set of rhetorical questions in the Holy Quran. The data set consists of 33 rhetorical questions that start with exactly same syntactic phrase. Considering rhetorical questions as indirect speech acts, the illocutionary force of each question in the data set has been explored and it has been shown that they perform a variety of illocutionary acts depending on their context, addressee and content. About their interconnection in engendering readers’ emotional involvement that heightens their psychological impact and argumentative effect, it was also found that the set shared several similarities. Minor differences were also visible
Argumentative · Context (archaeology · Linguistics · Phrase · Rhetorical question · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Families in Therapy and Culture · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |