Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assistant Professor, Department of Theology and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.
2
Doctor of Theology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran
10.22034/api.2022.705961
Abstract
The study of meaning and its transmission through language, which manifests itself in different emotional, declarative, interrogative, and imperative forms, is examined in various branches of pragmatics. From a pragmatic perspective, a sentence can have different roles in different contexts and contexts, the more common roles being primary meaning and other roles being secondary meanings. Accordingly, imperative statements can also play different roles. Since the Holy Quran is a manifestation of the semantic-pragmatic roles of imperative statements in order to increase the power of influence and instill meanings in the audience, the present study attempts to analyze the linguistic functions of the imperative statements of Surah Al-Ankabut, to examine the communicative potential of this Surah and the extent of its impact on the audience. For this purpose, relying on the descriptive-analytical method, the text-oriented and user-oriented features of the verses, along with the chain and super-chain elements effective in the meanings of the imperative statements of this surah, have been analyzed. The results indicate that the imperative statements of Surah Al-Ankabut are used in the roles of guidance, warning, permanence, threat, incapacitation, and insult, respectively. Considering that most of these statements are addressed to the people of falsehood, it is understood that religious logic is based primarily on guidance and guidance, and if the misguided oppose, they are first warned, and if they increase their rebellion, they are considered weak and helpless and promised God's punishment. This type of communication between the Quran and the audience is a decisive proof of its linguistic miracle.
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