Journal of Language Studies

Abstract This research aims to study the levels of linguistic analysis in lights of the findings of comparative Semitic studies. It moves from linguistic comparison to the analysis of poetic texts, employing a scientific approach that seeks to re-employ the comparative method by interpreting Arabic linguistic phenomena within its comprehensive framework. In short, the research is based on a fundamental premise; a deep scientific understanding of the Arabic language can’t be complete without studying its historical and linguistic relationship with its Semitic counterparts, given the shared characteristics (phonetics, morphology, syntax, and lexicography) that these languages ​​possess, stemming from a common Semitic origin. To achieve the research objectives, a descriptive, analytical, and comparative approach was adopted to reveal the impact of Semitic studies on the development of linguistic analysis levels. This was accomplished through four main levels: the comparative level, the rhythmic/phonetic level, the lexical/morphological level, and the cultural/literary level. Thus, a number of findings emerged, the most important of which are: that delving into Semitic studies contributes to explaining many linguistic phenomena that remained obscure in traditional Arabic studies; in addition, it provides a contemporary methodological framework that helps us trace the historical development of the Arabic language and understand its deep structure and its relationship to the shared Semitic heritage; and that expanding the horizons of Arabic linguistic studies through the comparative method restores balance to linguistic study and enhances our reading of literary texts, enabling a deeper and more aesthetically pleasing reading. Therefore, we recommend the necessity of integrating Semitic studies into the curricula of Arabic language departments as a global and methodological imperative that contributes to building a more accurate understanding of the origins of the Arabic language and its linguistic and cultural history. “This, in turn, enhances our reading of Semitic language texts, rendering them more profound and aesthetically nuanced, in alignment with Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). This is achieved through contributing to the preservation of linguistic and cultural heritage and promoting its sustainability via comparative studies among these languages.”

Abstract This study attempted to discover the features of the artistic experience of the novelist Ahlam Mosteghanemi in her two novels (Memory in the Flesh and Chaos of the Senses). We focused on the applied aspect concerning the manner of structuring and arranging events, in addition to the ideological stances. It is necessary to examine some ideological positions that revealed the life and reality of the Algerian society and its suffering through the novelist's monitoring of certain situations and events from Algerian history. The most important findings were summarized at the conclusion of the research.

Abstract The rhetorical Appeal (al-isti'nāf al-bayānī) in the Qur'an encompasses a variety of meanings determined by the context in which it occurs. These meanings are numerous and manifest in diverse rhetorical forms. This study seeks to examine two of these meanings in particular: astonishment and indirect allusion (taʿrīḍ). It also aims to highlight their aesthetic and rhetorical features and to uncover some of the enduring secrets of Qur'anic expression. Accordingly, each of these two meanings—astonishment and indirect allusion—will be discussed in a separate section. The study is therefore organized into two main sections: the first examines explanatory resumption as an expression of astonishment, while the second explores explanatory resumption as a form of indirect allusion. These are followed by a conclusion and a bibliography of the primary and secondary sources that constituted the foundation for the preparation of this study.

Abstract This study, entitled Grammatical Interpretations in the Light of Cognitive Linguistics: A Study Based on the Mental Processing of Grammatical Structures, examines how Arab grammarians accounted for grammatical constructions that deviate from established analogical rules. Their analyses sought to reveal the relationships between meaning and syntactic form within these constructions. The present study aims to build upon the methodological approach developed by earlier scholars in explaining the relationship between form and meaning, as well as the cognitive links established in the minds of both the speaker and the hearer during the process of communication. The study is organized into two main sections. The first, "Grammatical Interpretation and Cognitive Linguistics: A Study of the Concept and Its Development," examines the theoretical foundations of both grammatical interpretation and cognitive linguistics. The second, "Grammatical Interpretation and Cognitive Linguistics: Selected Examples of Interpretive Phenomena in the Holy Qur'an," analyzes selected Qur'anic examples in light of cognitive linguistic principles. The study concludes with a conclusion followed by a list of references.

Abstract Dialogue is one of the most important narrative tools contributing to the construction of the contemporary Iraqi novel. It has become an artistic means capable of reshaping collective memory after the occupation through literary methods and new narrative forms. Sinan Antoon's novel Fihris, with its dialogic nature, possesses a remarkable ability to present a worldview by relying on dialogue to reveal the social fragmentation resulting from the accumulation of conflicts between the self and the other. While there are several aspects of dialogue that can be explored in this research, the central question is: how does dialogue contribute to the novel's narrative and intellectual structure? Therefore, the research problem stems from the need to understand the dialogic structure and necessitates demonstrating the artistic role of dialogue in revealing the characters' consciousness within a narrative space that enriches the text, imbues it with vitality, and brings it closer to reality.