A Study of Evidential Constructions in the Discourse of the Holy Quran from Aikhenvald (2004): A Case Study of Hood's Surah

نوع المستند : Original Article

المؤلفون

1 PH.D. Student, Department of Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 قسم اللغة الإنجلیزیة وآدابها واللغویات ، کلیة اللغة وآدابها ، جامعة کردستان ، سنندج ، کردستان ، إیران

3 M.A. in TEFL, English Department of Kermanshah ACECR, Institute of Higher Education, Kermanshah, Iran

المستخلص

Language is an effective tool in the guidance of man, and the audience of the Holy Quran, the Book of Allah, man. The purpose of this study is to examine the evidential constructions found in the blessed Surah Hood verses . Evidentiality is a linguistic tool to indicate the source of news, which in its secondary sense is also used to indicate the truth of speech. The authors sought to show what constructions of the Qur'an were used in this sura of the Qur'an, and which of the constructions has more frequency than the res. The findings showed that although the divine speech itself is a credible and solid document among the people and Muslims، in the verses of the Holy Quran, written in Arabic, the linguistic tool of evidentiality such as the present simple, simple past, and simple future, the construction of a report، and evidential words have been used. The results showed that present times are simple, past simple, present, and future, report constructions, emphasis, and demonstratives are other evidential constructions used in this sura, and as such, from the highest to the lowest used. Also, the future time, unlike us human beings, is considered first-hand evidence for God, because all things are in his hands and their occurrence is certain. In addition, from the examination of the verses, we found that God, when using the construction of a report, accurately mentions the sources, persons, and groups, so that the speech would be clear, and decisive. Generally,

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