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A cognitive-semantic study of the spatial preposition Fī in the Quran

The existing literature has examined the preposition fī in the Quran from lexical syntactic perspective in strict spatio-geometric sense, but its abundant use with abstract concepts, emotions and states needs an elaborate approach to investigate its complex semantic functions. Therefore, this paper...

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Main Authors: Sardaraz, Khan, Roslan, Ali
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2017
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PN Literature (General)
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spelling my.unimas.ir.197132023-11-07T03:12:30Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19713/ A cognitive-semantic study of the spatial preposition Fī in the Quran Sardaraz, Khan Roslan, Ali PN Literature (General) The existing literature has examined the preposition fī in the Quran from lexical syntactic perspective in strict spatio-geometric sense, but its abundant use with abstract concepts, emotions and states needs an elaborate approach to investigate its complex semantic functions. Therefore, this paper has taken a corpus based approach to investigate the functional semantic complexity of the preposition fī in the Quran from a cognitive perspective. The conceptual metaphor perspective holds that the sensorimotor neural structures define the use of spatial preposition in both spatio-geometric positions and abstract states. The linguistic data reveals that the container image schema is at work both in the literal and metaphoric use of spatial preposition fī. However, the preposition fī carries its own distinct semantic argument in each context and sometimes overrides the symmetry of container image schema. This paper recommends a broader perspective for a comprehensive analysis of spatial preposition fī and suggests further studies on its functional semantic complexity in the Quran. © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2017. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19713/1/A%20cognitive-semantic%20study%20of%20the%20spatial....%28abstrak%29.pdf Sardaraz, Khan and Roslan, Ali (2017) A cognitive-semantic study of the spatial preposition Fī in the Quran. Kemanusiaan, 24 (2). pp. 89-122. ISSN 1394-9330 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85034113424&doi=10.21315%2fkajh2017.24.2.4&partnerID=40&md5=d36005d96b331060efc96a3ba681d0c3 DOI: 10.21315/kajh2017.24.2.4
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Sardaraz, Khan
Roslan, Ali
A cognitive-semantic study of the spatial preposition Fī in the Quran
description The existing literature has examined the preposition fī in the Quran from lexical syntactic perspective in strict spatio-geometric sense, but its abundant use with abstract concepts, emotions and states needs an elaborate approach to investigate its complex semantic functions. Therefore, this paper has taken a corpus based approach to investigate the functional semantic complexity of the preposition fī in the Quran from a cognitive perspective. The conceptual metaphor perspective holds that the sensorimotor neural structures define the use of spatial preposition in both spatio-geometric positions and abstract states. The linguistic data reveals that the container image schema is at work both in the literal and metaphoric use of spatial preposition fī. However, the preposition fī carries its own distinct semantic argument in each context and sometimes overrides the symmetry of container image schema. This paper recommends a broader perspective for a comprehensive analysis of spatial preposition fī and suggests further studies on its functional semantic complexity in the Quran. © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2017.
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title A cognitive-semantic study of the spatial preposition Fī in the Quran
title_short A cognitive-semantic study of the spatial preposition Fī in the Quran
title_full A cognitive-semantic study of the spatial preposition Fī in the Quran
title_fullStr A cognitive-semantic study of the spatial preposition Fī in the Quran
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url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19713/1/A%20cognitive-semantic%20study%20of%20the%20spatial....%28abstrak%29.pdf
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