Departure from Communicative Norms in the Qur'an
Insights from al-Jurjānī and al-Zamakhsharī
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22318859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | BADRI NAJIB ZUBIR (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 69-81 |
| Publication date | 2000-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Qur'anic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-3591 • E-ISSN: 1755-1730 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/jqs.2000.2.2.69 |
| OpenAlex | W2061848411 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article discusses the occurrence of the phenomenon of ‘departure from communicative norms’ in the Qur'an based on the insights of two eminent Qur'anic scholars: al-Jurjānī and al-Zamakhsharī. These two scholars argued that the Qur'an does contain instances where what is said defies what is normally expected in the context in which the utterance involved is produced. To them, such instances call for interpretation, and with this approach they opened up an interesting new territory in Qur'anic interpretation. This article analyses their approach and compares it to an influential theory in Western linguistic scholarship – the Gricean maxims
Epistemology · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Utterance · Families in Therapy and Culture · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |