Substitution in Some Quranic Texts with Reference to their Realizations in English. A Syntactic and Lexical Study.
Rasha Hussein Alwan
Ministry of Education, The General Directorate of Education in Salahaddin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.3.4.14
Keywords: Substitution Nominal verbal clausal cohesion
Abstract
The study deals with the relation of substitution, which is one of the
constructional linguistic ties that contribute in textual cohesion by
forming a textual net which helps interpreting and understanding the
text. Substitution works at grammatical and lexical levels to achieve
textual cohesion. Understanding the substituted items is achieved by
returning to the previous ones. The problem is represented in finding
substitutional expressions in the Qur'an texts and identifying their
types as it is not an easy task for those who are not specialized with
Arabic and Qur'anic studies as well as revealing to which extent they
can achieve textual cohesion inside surah to avoid redundancy which
resulted from repetition. This study aims at finding the role of
substitution in the Qur'anic textual tying and achieving textual unity in
order to enable readers to read the Glorious Qur'an and to facilitate its
understanding for native and non-native speakers or readers and
finding out the Qur'anic miracles, styles and systems through cohesive
devices as well as knowing the way of textual building and cohesion.
The study depends on two hypotheses which are: 1- substitution is a
prominent device in cohesion which works at the grammatical and
