Jordanian Journal of Arabic Language And Literature

Textual Standards and Functional Dimensions and Values of Grammarians' Stories in Translation Books: A Phonological and Morphological Study

Othman Salem Qawaqzeh, Baeth Faisal AlHroob, Muhammad Hassan Bakheat — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

This attempted to examine the textual standards and functional dimensions, and values of grammarians' stories in translation books from a phonological and morphological perspective. Each grammarian's story represented a comprehensive text with integrated dimensions that consisted of three pillars are standard textual aspect, functional linguistic aspect exemplified in phonological and morphological rules, and value aspect.

The study used the textual linguistic approach as a modern approach based on a set of criteria and foundations that study in texts’ coherence and consistency. It adapted the descriptive analytical approach in extrapolating textual models from grammarians’ biographical books to identify the textual and functional criteria of stories. The results showed that grammarians' stories presented linguistic information according to a partial but not a comprehensive view in a suspenseful format with the aim of entering into the chapters of language and grammar and expanding them. They established a group of phonetic issues, such as replacing the letter “ba" with "mim" in Mazen's dialect, and the phonetic fluctuations between the letters "sad" and "seen" and the positions in which they occur. In addition, the findings indicated that grammarians’ stories presented precise meanings of some morphological structures and dealt with many aspects of melody in a way that the reader cannot forget due to its connection to life events, which embodies the standards on which the text is based, such as casting, weaving, situational, informative, and acceptability. The result referred to important morphological phenomena such as the phenomenon of words in which masculine and feminine are equal, where the phenomenon of morphological structures used and neglected structures in Arabic speech such as the structure of "af'alut" and "af'alit", and the phenomenon of the permissibility of pluralizing words that carry the meaning of plural such as (mahranjam).

The Impact of Syntactic Repetition on Nazik Al-Malaika's Poetry Cohesion

Ghassab Mansoor Al Saqr — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

This study analysed the impact of syntactic repetition in analyzing the role of repetition in achieving textual cohesion in Nazik Al-Malaika's poetry by exploring its patterns and functions through the lens of text linguistics. It reflected several questions related to the intentionality of repetition and its contribution to constructing poetic imagery and intensifying meaning. This is, in addition, to discussing its psychological, rhythmic, semantic, and pragmatic dimensions.

The study adopted the descriptive-analytical methodology and focused on four main types of repetition, including phonemes, words, sentences, and rhetorical structures (interrogative, vocative, optative, and imperative). The results revealed that repetition in Nazik Al-Malaika’s poetry is used with precise artistic awareness, reproducing the depth of emotional experience and contributing to the reinforcement of meaning. The findings showed that repetition is implemented to attain the construction of poetic imagery, and achieve the coherence and cohesion of the text, and enrich its semantic and pragmatic dimensions. Moreover, repetition serves as a persuasive tool that influences the reader. The study also highlights the poet’s awareness of textual construction techniques and her ability to use repetition to break monotony and infuse vitality into the text

The Rhetorical Terminology in al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī’s (d. 816 AH) Book al-Taʿrīfāt: Between Influence and being Influenced

Abdelrahman Ahmed Abdullah Almiqri — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Lexicographical documentation is singled out as one of the glories of the Arab intellectual heritage. The best-known monument of this heritage is Al-Taʿrifāt ("The Definitions") of al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī, a storehouse of the knowledge of the sciences and arts that no one had collected. The book is an amazing record of two thousand and twenty-six definitions. This records a rich variety of intellectual, cultural, and ideological diversity. This study is limited to the rhetorical terms that belong to ʿilm al-badīʿ (the science of rhetorical adornment), which feature in it. The main goal of this study is to investigate how al-Jurjānī handled the rhetorical terminology concerning the realm of badīʿ, to discover the way he approached these terms. The analysis also seeks to highlight the extent to which al-Jurjānī was influenced by earlier scholars and how he, in turn, influenced those who came after him. To achieve its objectives, the research adopts a comparative approach, supported by additional methods such as descriptive, inductive, and historical analysis. These methodologies allow for a thorough exploration of al-Jurjānī’s lexical choices and terminological frameworks.

Findings of the study indicate that al-Jurjānī was both influenced by his predecessors and had a lasting influence on subsequent scholars. His handling of badīʿ terms was selective rather than comprehensive, and it appears that his approach was not guided by allegiance to a specific school of thought. Instead, he prioritized clarity and accessibility, choosing terms that suited his style or served pedagogical purposes. The study also confirms that scholars such as Zayn al-Dīn al-Manāwī, in his al-Tawqīf ʿalā Muhimmat al-Taʿārīf, and Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿArbashāh al-Ḥanafī, in Sharḥ Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʿUlūm, were notably influenced by al-Jurjānī’s definitions.

Al-Āmidī’s al-Muwāzana in the Lens Modern Criticism: A Reading in the Light of Structuralism, Formalism, and the Theory of Intertextuality in al-Muwāzana bayna Shiʿr Abī Tammām wa al-Buḥturī

Izharulhak bin Saiful Hafni — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

This paper offers a renewed reading of Abū al-Qāsim al-Āmidī’s al-Muwāzana bayna Shiʿr Abī Tammām wa al-Buḥturī, which is one of the most foundational works in the history of Arabic literary criticism. By employing modern critical perspectives that highlight dimensions often overlooked in traditional scholarship, Al-Āmidī’s meticulous classification of poetic material and his rigorous comparative standards reveal not only descriptive criticism but also an implicit methodology that resonates with structuralism, formalism, and intertextuality. The study proceeds through three major axes. First, it examines the systematic structure underlying al-Āmidī’s classification of his material, suggesting that his approach anticipates, in striking ways, certain principles of structural analysis centuries before their articulation in Western theory. Second, it reconsiders al-Āmidī’s treatment of ʿAmūd al-shiʿr (the poetic canon) and al-ṣunʿa (artifice), reinterpreting them through formalist notions such as “literariness” and “defamiliarization”. Thereby, this reveals a deep sensitivity to the specific aesthetic function of poetic form. Third, the study explores al-Āmidī’s engagement with the issue of poetic thefts, placing it in dialogue with modern theories of intertextuality. What medieval critics condemned as “theft” may today be reframed as creative textual interaction or intertextual dialogue.

The study concludes that al-Āmidī represents not only a transmitter of inherited critical traditions but also a pioneer of advanced analytical awareness whose insights remain profoundly relevant. Re-reading al-Muwāzana through the lens of contemporary theory thus affirms the possibility of a fruitful dialogue between Arabic critical heritage and modern literary thought, while simultaneously enriching our understanding of classical Arabic poetry and its critical reception.

The Poetic Art of Al-Bullayq: From Literary Theory to Poetic Practice in the Mamluk Era

Hakan Özkan — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

This research investigates the poetic art of the bullayq. It addresses the dichotomy between its theoretical definition as a form of "humor and licentiousness" and its complex application in the Mamluk period. This study aims to trace the term itself, uncover its distinctive formal and thematic features, and examine its complex relationship with neighboring genres. It adopts an integrated descriptive-analytical methodology, constructing a broad textual corpus from classical sources for its descriptive component, whilst the analytical component consists of a close examination of this material to investigate its artistic features and interpret its themes in their cultural contexts. Also, the analysis concludes that the bullayq was not a minor subgenre but a vibrant and widespread literary form in Mamluk Egypt, distinguished by formal characteristics such as the alternation of long and short hemistichs. It functioned as a vessel for broader concerns, including social and political critique, thereby highlighting the significant gap between poetic theory and living literary practice.