Defining Literal Usage: Linguistic Assignment and Speech Convention
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- Which condition is required by the technical definition of literal usage?
- Why does the definition specify an expression that is used?
- Why does the convention of discourse matter?
- In a legal discussion, ṣalāh denotes the ritual prayer. Which analysis is best?
- Why is not every departure from the usual referent figurative?
- Calling a book “faras” because one mistakes it for a horse is closest to what?
- What is the function of “yarmī” in “I saw a lion shooting”?
- What does taʿyīn mean in the definition of waḍʿ?
- Which reading of “bi-nafsihī” is more defensible in this discussion?
- What do min and ilā show about particles?
- How do a particle’s general function and its meaning in a construction differ?
- What is a basic role of context with a homonymous expression?
- Which principle is illustrated by “ʿayn al-māʾ”?
- How can a homonym-disambiguating indicator differ from a figurative indicator?
- What can remain possible in kināyah?
- How does ṭawīl al-nijād suggest tall stature?
- What is the more precise question about an indicator in kināyah versus majāz?
- What must first be clarified when classifications of kināyah differ?
- When does an accusation of circularity become serious?
- What does perceiving a sound–meaning affinity not establish?
- Why is variation of words across languages discussed?
- What kind of features are jahr, hams, shiddah and rikhāwah?
- Using asad for the animal lion in its established register exemplifies what?
- Which mistake should be avoided in discussing lexical and religious senses of ṣalāh?
- Why is a merely assigned word insufficient for classifying a specific literal occurrence?
- Which procedure best analyzes a potentially figurative expression?
- Which statement best reflects the discussion of the particle fī?
- Is a contextually selected established sense of ʿayn always figurative?
- The governing convention of discourse matters in defining literal usage.
- Any use different from an ordinary dictionary sense is necessarily figurative.
- With a homonym, context may select an already assigned sense.
- Because a particle does not form a complete proposition alone, it cannot have conventional signification.
- In some instances of kināyah, the surface sense remains possible while an implication is intended.
- Perceived sound symbolism in some words proves that every word has an innately fixed meaning in every language.